Modcn) Astrology

Cljc "Astrologer's fl®aga3inc"

ESTABLISHED 1890

A MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO OCCULT THOUGHT

AND THE STUDY OF HUMANITY

BE WISE—"Knowledge puts an end to pain

VOLUME i. NEW SERIES

[Old Series, Volume XV.]

JANUARY to DECEMBER. 1904

Editor—ALAN LEO

London:
9, LYNCROFT GARDENS, WEST HAMPSTEAD, N.W.
1904
 CONTENTS.—VOL. I.

(FOR DETAILED INDEX SEE END OF VOLUME)

A Method of Rectifying the Time of Birth by Means of

Planetary Hours and Divisions 234
A Remarkable Escape 202
Admiral Togo 103
An Extraordinary Statement 58
Astro-Physiology and Pathology 12, 47, So, 121, 152, 339
A Remarkable Medium - 361

Birthday;—the Premier's, 206 ; the King's - 336

By the Way ; Notes and Comments on Current Events 16, 41, 83,
118, 145. 184, 216, 254, 313, 343

Character in Names 25, 44, 68

Cinderella 29
Construction of the Celestial Theme, The 179, 212,
251, 284, 304, 348
Current Synodical Lunations and Lunar Returns - 55,278,296
Cuttings from the Press - 28, 46, 92, 112

D
Degrees of the Zodiac Symbolised :—(=== 1° to 20°), 19;
(^21° to ni80), 51; (nig0 fo 210), 124; (ni220fo2g0),
150; ("130° to f7°), 280; to 16°), 310;
(; 170 to 29°), 345
Dimension, The Fourth
Dream Experiences
 INDEX III
P

Family Names 312

Genius or Impressionability ? 247

Horary Astrology, A Prediction by - 286

Horoscopes:—United Kingdom, 91; Czar, 1x6; United
States, 136; Australia, 182; Artist, 247; Journalist,
264 ; Houdini, the " prison-breaker " 309
How we may Rule our Stars 141

Kabbalah, The Houses according to the igi

Karma - 300,330
Korean Emperor and Astrology 250

Letters to the Editor 31, 63, 131, 161, 195,225,257,289, 320, 353,376

Magic Figures for Discovering a Person's Age 373

Matrimonial Bureau - 10, 190, 282
Mission of Venus, The - 316
Mundane Astrology 23, 40,70,102,156,170, 204, 232, 272, 302, 329,363
„ „ and the War in the East 113

Names, Character in 25, 44, 68

„ Family 312
Neptune, The Influence of 173
New York and Jersey City Fires, The - 269
iv INDEX
Notabilia : Birth-Data of Remarkable People (56 in all), 137,169, 201,
243, 263 [ref. 295 note re Georges Sand), 295, 328, 360
Notes and Queries 24, 50, 95, 127, 158, 189, 221, 315, 374

Observatory, The 1, 33, 65, 97, 133, 165, 197, 229, 261,293,325,357
Of Right Good Pluck 143

P
Pisces or Aquarius no, (225, 260)
Planetary Hours and Divisions, A Method of
Rectifying the Time of Birth by (63), 234, (321, 322)

R
Rectifying Time of Birth -
Reference Index to Vol. I.
Reincarnation > 5. 37. 73. JO6. JS8. J76. 219, 244, 275
Reviews 30, 61, 62, 96, 128, 159, 193, 222, 287, 317, 352, 377

S
Solar Revolutions : the Premier 206
Star of Love, The 242
Statistical Department 9, 60, 88, 130, 144, 209
Stories told by Astrologers 364
Students' Corner 191
Symbols of Planets and Signs 104

U
Uranus, the Awakener 266
ito&trn ^tetrologg

Vol. I. New Series. JANUARY, 1904. No. 1.

Stlre ©bscrtislarq

I have been trying to obtain a census of the opinions of our

readers as to the most useful topics of discussion in this monthly
Observatory." It is not at all difficult to choose
^'dUoubbV'1'0 an astr0 0
' gica' subject, but it is less easy to give
the necessary food for thought required by all
—more especially in a magazine of this kind, some of whose readers
are advanced students, others simply interested but in no sense of
the word ' students.' If I decided to favour the majority who have
expressed any definite opinion on the matter, the " Observatory "
would take the form of a monthly sermon. However, as I am not
fond of listening to preachers myself, I hesitate to inflict sermons of
my own upon my readers; but it is a curious fact that several of
my clients have asked me, when summarising my judgment upon their
nativities, to write them a wholesome sermon dealing with the esoteric
side of our lore—a request which may perhaps be accounted for by
the position of the Moon in the ninth house of my own horoscope.
As is usually the case when in doubt as to which course to pursue
for the best, I have had in the end to rely upon my own judgment.
♦ *
The Modern Astrology post-bag is always a very heavy one
(on some days over a hundred letters are received, coming from all
parts of the world) and there is rarely a day passes
^en'ts amftheir w't^out some important question being asked or
Questions some difficult problem being sent for solution,
many of our correspondents giving us credit for far
greater wisdom than we possess, while some of them ask questions
2 MODERN ASTROLOGY
that none save an adept could answer. I have decided, therefore, to
select from the questions received some which I think will be of
interest to the majority of our readers, and answer or comment upon
them to the best of my ability; while in time I hope to be able to
satisfy those who wish me to include subjects which are not generally
dealt with in these pages.
To those who have written for my opinion on the fiscal policy
advocated by Mr. Chamberlain, I need only say that the reforms
suggested are in harmony with my own ideas upon the question : but
such a subject requires a full knowledge of Mundane Astrology to
enable reliable predictions to be made as to the time of fruition or
collapse of any scheme of this nature. Having bestowed more atten-
tion upon Natal than Mundane Astrology I do not feel justified m
speaking with authority on the matter.
***
An American correspondent refers to a prediction made some
time ago in Modern Astrology that a new teacher or prophet would
arise in America, and puts the question as to whether
Mars versus Dr. Dowie, who claims to be a reincarnation of
Jupiter
Elijah, is the prophet alluded to, or if not whether
his influence is likely to have any beneficial effect on the world's
progress.
The only astrological opinion I can give is based on the planetary
influences operating at the time Deacon Cotton took possession of
New York—noon, October 14th, 1903 ; at which time the aspect of
Mars in square to Jupiter was in full force. This influence denotes
religious enthusiasm, prodigal and extravagant expenditure of energy,
waste of money, and fruitless effort.* It does not by any means
harmonise with the system of ethics conveyed in the Sermon on the
Mount, so that from our planetary point of view false prophets are
more likely to come under the dominion of this aspect than those
whose gospel is " Peace and goodwill to all men." It is a fact to be
remarked that men who have personal aims and motives as incentives
to bring them before the world rise with stars like unto their own
nature—and set accordingly.

• Since the above was in the printer's bands comes the report of the failure of
the New York Mission and the insolvency of Dr. Dowie.
 THE OBSERVATORY 3
A German querent desires to know " whether modern astrology
is based upon any ancient tradition, or upon actual experience." It
seems to me that there must necessarily be a wide
Ko^mn^AmtTolagy <^fference between Ancient and Modern Astrology,
for whatever tradition there may have been with
regard to the former it has apparently been lost to us, so that what
little we know of Astrology 'in these days is based upon our own
actual experience, to which we are of course daily adding. It is true
that the symbols used at the present day are similar to, if not actually
identical with, those used in the days of Chaldsea, and it is more than
likely that the astronomical system of the ancients was far less at
variance with that taught to-day than many people suppose ; but in
any case the method of applying astrological knowledge to our modern
western civilisation must necessarily differ entirely from that adapted
to a state of society in which humanity was at a much earlier stage
of evolution.
The only ' traditions' (in the sense in which I think my corres-
pondent uses the term) that I am aware of, are those delivered to us
by trained clairvoyants, to whom occult sources of knowledge regard-
ing these traditions are accessible. According to the statements of
these observers Astrology belongs to the Mysteries (being one of the
Seven Keys to Wisdom), and is older than the world, having been
taught to our infant races by the Divine Kings who came from a
world of perfected humanity to teach them Truth and to guide their
feeble steps into the path of Wisdom.
It was, however, an Astrology—compared to which our present
knowledge of the subject is exceedingly small.
* ♦❖
I was at one time very much concerned to know why we had lost
the thread of the true Astrology, and also what might be the best
means of recovering it. After a great deal of
Foutidatlon 'hough' and investigation I came to see that it
Neoesaary was first necessary to accumulate a solid founda-
tion of scientific fact upon which might be reared
a fitting temple to receive the Life of Astrology, which is no less
than the Law which governs all races and nations, and in fact all
things existing on this globe. We have a sufficiency of the theory, and
ample symbology to entirely satisfy our ideals, but we are lacking in
4 MODERN ASTROLOGY
precist methods of demonstration as to how the vibrations of each planet mil
manifest in individual cases. Fourteen years of daily study and a
great deal of mental tabulation have convinced me that the ' life ' of
Astrology has to be specially fitted to the race and nation to which it
is to be applied. This accounts for Chaldaean and Egyptian Astro-
logy conflicting with Persian Astrology, and also explains why the rules
applicable in the East are not adapted to a Western civilisation.
Similarly we might build up a system of Astrology for European
nations which, although quite true for us, would not be reliable when
used for nations who are less progressive, and therefore not so
prominent at our present stage of evolution.
•L
* *»• *
Sooner or later it will be imperative to prepare a reliable table
of signs and planets ruling different nations. At present there is some
doubt as to whether we have the correct list of these.
^Oountrlea^ Some few years ago I made a table for my own
private use, with which, however, I do not feel suffi-
ciently satisfied as yet to warrant an unconditional recommendation of
it to others: nevertheless, I will give it here, as it may offer'useful
suggestions to other students. I arranged, then, the nations and their
signs in the order of the triplicities ; thus,
IP SI ^
Fiery Triplicity—Great Britain France Spain
n
Airy Triplicity—America Japan Russia
ffi vi H
Watery Triplicity—South Africa Australia S. America
« 1»E Vf
Earthy Triplicity—Egypt_& Turkey Persia India
In view of the fact that a great world-empire is now in process
of formation, the study of ^national Astrology, which must in the
future become increasingly important, is rendered (to those who
believe the history of nations to be written in the stars) additionally
interesting and profitable. I shall he glad to hear from those who
study Mundane Astrology what they think of the statements already
published with regard to sign rulership of the various nations and
cotintries.
 5

Hfincarnation

i.

Those students who have read our articles on the Wisdom Re-
ligion from their commencement will remember that we spoke of the
Logos of this solar system, or, as the Easterns term it, Atma-Buddhi,
which practically means Spirit-Soul, or Father-Mother. This Atma-
Buddhi is the mainspring of our evolution, the impelling force at the
root of all things, the universal life gradually evolving as its own
manifestation all the various forms which make up our world. This
impelling force passing outward became the life in turn of the mineral,
vegetable and animal worlds. But the story of evolution in a
past manvantara is set out for us in detail by the gifted pen of
Madame Blavatsky in the second volume of The Secret Doctrine, so we
will be content here to take up the thread of history at the commence-
ment of the present period, when the germ of what was to become
man had appeared as the result of previous evolution on our own
globe.
The physical form of what was to be man slowly and gradually
evolved, two great races passing through their development and a
third race having run half its course before humanity had reached
completion so far as its physical or animal nature was concerned.
We call this nature (and rightly so) animal, because it contains matter
which man has in common with the brute, the dense physical body
with its etheric double, its vitality, passions, appetites and desires :
this nature was built by cosmic force during a vast period of time—in
fact, some millions of years—the force which brooded over it all being
the one universal divine life, which is sometimes called " the force
back of evolution."
During the first and second races of man the physical body was
built up by the action of what are called " Nature-spirits," who made
this outer clothing of man, this tabernacle of flesh, as some people
call it: out of the first race evolved the second, and from the second
he third: no break, and no new creation, but definite and sequential
 6 MODERN ASTROLOGY
evolution. As stated before, the materials used in these bodies had
been worked up in previous ages through the mineral, vegetable and
animal kingdoms, and so had taken on an internal differentiation so
far as the atomic part was concerned, this internal differentiation
becoming of paramount importance when these atoms enter into the
bodies of the higher animals and man.
While the third race was slowly and gradually evolving through
an almost incalculable period of time, the body of sensation or astral
body was the chief instrument being fashioned. It is this body which
receives and translates into feeling all impressions from without.
As our body receives contacts from outside so there is a
body or receiver within to answer to these contacts. The sense
organs of the body, while thrilling in answer to any vibration of their
own class from without, do yet not constitute that which feels or
receives; for the vibration has to be taken up inwardly, and not only
inwardly to the sense centres (which outwardly we call sense organs),
but thence inwards again to the desire body.
Now all the lower animals have this body as well as we. Take
any animal with which Jwe are familiar—the dog, for instance. You
will find in the dog the passions of anger, hunger, thirst and sex, just
as in man; but with this instinctual consciousness there is only a
germinal mind—not mind as we know it in ourselves. And
similarly at the stage of the world's evolution which we are consider-
ing there was the human animal already endowed with the divine
life, but not yet gifted with the divine intelligence or mini. Some-
thing was absent, something which just as definitely determines the
line of demarcation between the animals and ourselves now; the divine
life being too lofty to reach the consciousness on its lowest level, and
being thus unable to bridge the gulf that stretches between it and the
animal brain it vivifies but cannot illuminate.
Such was the organism that was to become, when the human-
ising quality was added, Man; a creature of wonderful powers, an
instrument with strings ready to echo to the music of the spheres.
Where then, was the master-hand to cause it to respond, where was
the power to touch this animal man and rationalise and humanise it,
and make it Man as we understand the word now ? When, in the
cyclic period of time, the hour had struck, the great lords of mind or
sons of mind, mighty spiritual intelligences, those who were the
 REINCARNATION 7
developed and successful men of past ages, perfect in intelligence and
wisdom through past experiences in previous aeons, were now about
to co-operate in forming a new humanity—they had nothing to do
with the physical form, nor with the desire body : both were ready,
waiting but the evolution of consciousness in another type of matter
—these Souls came down to the earth (some writers say from the
planet Venus), to give this particularquality, intellect, at thisjuncture,
so as to make the bridge, as it were, between the animal and the
divine in order that a new individual might arise.
" Coming down to animal man they threw part of their own mind
into him, filling the desire body wherein the germ of sensation and
feeling had already been evolved." Into this form, already evolved,
they cast the spirit of intelligence.
At the beginning of the second volume of The Secret Doctrine there
are some wonderful verses called "The Stanzas of Dzyan," dealing
with the evolution of man. In one of those stanzas it is said, " Some
projected a spark ; some entered . . those who entered became
Arhats." Arhats were the great Teachers of Humanity in the
earlier days of our Race—the fourth and the fifth Races, and the
' third and a half.'
The Great Teachers were those who took this infant Humanity
under their care, and trained it. Those who absolutely entered—
with their highly developed intelligences, into bodies that were
specially prepared for them—were the mighty Adepts of the past;
they formed what have been called the ' nurseries' of Adepts for the
present age; they were the Great Teachers who came in order that
this infant Humanity might be guarded and protected and helped in
its earlier stages. With Them, so far as ordinary Humanity is con-
cerned, we need not deal. They entered in and took these bodies as
Their vehicles: but They also, some of Them, projected the spark
which fell into the k&mic receptacle ; Their essence filled it.
Now the Individual begins where that union takes place. Before
that there is no Ego in man : before that there is no Soul in the full
sense of the term, although the term ' lower soul' (or ' animal soul')
is occasionally used for the collective expression of the feelings and
emotions: but the true Ego, that which is capable of achieving im-
mortality, is not there. This ' Ego' is not necessarily immortal in
itself, but it has in it the power of achieving immortality, by virtue of
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
its connection with these immortal Sons of Mind, who have already
achieved. Man may become immortal, and the great teachings of the
Wisdom Religion arejo show man that he may become immortal " if
he will not that he is necessarily immortal now, but that he may
achieve immortality. Is he not then already immortal in the essence
of his soul ? Yes, assuredly, but not in his developed self-conscious
intelligence ; for this intelligence has to be worked out and built
up by slow degrees. In Mrs. Besant's Birth and Evolution of the
Soul (p. 18) she puts this very clearly, and in concluding this chapter
I cannot do better than quote the passage, which runs as follows:
" Intelligence has to be evolved by this spark, working through
the matter into which it has come, and unless it works successfully,
acquires experience slowly, and gradually builds it up into faculty in
the course of that pilgrimage 'of the Soul that lies in front of our
thought, immortality will not be achieved; for it is necessary in order
that immortality may be achieved; that this which is to acquire ex-
perience and build up accumulated experiences shall regain unity.
That which is compounded does not last; that which is compounded
will be at some time disintegrated : only the unit persists. The
individual begins at this point, and he is a compound. He will weave
into his own existence all these endless experiences, and will become,
so to speak, more and more compound, a more and more complex
combination. But this has in itself the seed of destruction; every-
thing that thus goes on combining has in it the conditions of
disintegration, and the compound disintegrates.
"How then can this compound achieve immortality? By a
process of unification that will form the last stages of its pilgrimage :
by that Yoga, or union, which will make it again the One. Having
achieved individuality by many, many incarnations, through which
this individuality will be built up, it then unifies all these experiences,
and by a subtle alchemy extracts as it were a unit experience out of
the multiplicity, and in a way beyond words—beyond words because
it is beyond brain-experience and thought, but which is not beyond
the 'sensing' of some who have at least begun the process—this
individual evolves into a unit higher than its own combined nature;
and while it may be said to lose individuality as we know it, it gains
something which is far greater. Without losing the essence of indi-
viduality it re-becomes a unit consciousness, and by that becomes
incapable of disintegration and achieves its final immortality. But
here is the beginning point—and on that I want to lay a good deal of
stress—that it begins then, that before that the Ego which is now in
each of you was not in existence as Ego, any more than the plant
which will develop from a germ, if the germ be fertilised, is in exist-
ence before that fertilisation takes place. True, that which will form
it exists, because there is no increase either of energy or of matter;
but the combination which makes the new individual does not exist
before this union has taken place. It is there that originates the
 STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT 9
individual. You will forgive me for repeating that so often. But this
is the point where the mistake comes in, and where there is so much
confusion in thought; and it is because of that that I am laying stress
upon it, in order that you may have clearly in your minds this fact:
that individuals begin in each Manvantara or Age, that the purpose
of each Universe is the evolution of individuals, that the Universe
comes into existence in order that individuals may be born, that it is
maintained in existence in order that individuals may be evolved, that
when it passes out of manifestation its harvest is the perfected indi-
viduals who regain unity and outlast the Universe, passing into what
is called Nirvana to re-emerge for a new Universe as Sons of Mind,
if in the former Universe they have been completely successful.
There are other intermediate stages, points where failure may come
in, and where evolution may have to be taken up again as it were
midway, points of failure in one Universe that do not throw back the
fallen to the beginning of things again, but are such as to allow them
to take up their evolution at the point where it ceased. The failure
of one age having become, so to speak, the pioneer of another. But
leaving such complications out of consideration, the harvest of every
Universe is these triumphant individuals, who have evolved unity
out of diversity, and thus have achieved their immortality."
B. Leo.

^tatiatiral department.

Twins.

Arst j Female, born 7.30 p.m., October 8th, 1901, London.

cast ( Female, born 8.00 p.m., October 8th, 1901, London.
The last born was said to be a seven months' child and soon died,
the first born is living.
stcond | Female, born 9.00 a.m., 16th November, 1882, London.
cast I Female, born 9.30 a.m., 16th November, 1882, London.
Both natives are living and are aunts to the previous twin natives.
J.P.M.
[W. T. writes: " I beg to draw your attention to a misprint in
case No. 21 on page 24 of Modern Astrology for July (vol. XIV.
The year should be 1849 and not 1894 as printed.
" The Editor is correct regarding case No. 9. The time should
have been stated as 0.30 a.m., or 30 minutes after midnight." IVe
trust our rtadtrs will makt Hit correction.
See also p. 15. We regret to have no more space available in
this issue for matter from this department, of which the Secretary
has a great store in hand. We trust to give more next month.—Ed,]
 10

lEatnnxonial bureau
MEMBER'S HOROSCOPE
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In accordance with our recent promise we present the accompany-

ing horoscope, with the Editor's remarks on the matrimonial prospects.
The method of selection of this particular horoscope from among the
number received was as follows :—the distinguishing number allotted
to each was written on a card, and these cards were then placed in a
bag, from which one card was withdrawn at random. The identity
of the native has, we may add, been entirely concealed from the
Editor.
 MATRIMONIAL BUREAU 11
Judgment by the Editor
The foregoing map has been placed in my hands to comment upon
with regard to marriage, and as the person to whom it belongs is an
entire stranger, his name even not being known to me, I can express
a fearless opinion. Unfortunately, among the female horoscopes that
have been submitted I find none which are suitable to this tempera-
ment, so I will proceed to judge the map upon its merits alone.
No less than four planets, the most important being Mars and
Jupiter (which are in conjunction), are setting, and as a fiery sign
occupies virtually the whole of the seventh house I judge that Mars
has chief power and influence over the marriage prospects. As this
planet is in conjunction with Jupiter, showing a liability to suffer at
the hands of the opposite sex, and to incur legal responsibilities
thereby, it is hardly favourable for matrimony, and there is every
likelihood of a breach of promise case following any advances in this
direction on the part of the native. The Moon forms no favourable
aspect before she leaves the sign she is in (going to the direct opposi-
tion of the Sun, who is lord of the seventh) and as, moreover, she is
part ruler of the house of marriage this denotes a fatal or unhappy
termination to all matrimonial or other partnerships projected by the
native.
Now the main influence indicated by Mars in conjunction with
Jupiter as here shown, is of a wasteful and destructive nature. My
judgment, therefore, in this case—confirmed by Saturn in square
aspect to Venus—must be, that marriage is denied in this particular
horoscope. For the testimonies against a successful union are here
so powerful that marriage could only be brought about with extreme
difficulty, or under a train of good directions tending to nullify these
afflictions of the seventh house; in which case early separation, or
death of the partner, would quickly follow.
Note:—We do not know if "No. 103" considers his birth-time,
as given above, beyond suspicion as regards accuracy, but he has
forwarded his photograph (as all who apply for entry in this depart-
ment should do), and we must say we do not think that his appearance
suggests either Capricorn or Aquarius, but rather Scorpio. Perhaps
he will write and inform us further; for it is clear that if this should
not be the true birth-time, then the somewhat disappointing judg-
ment here given would not necessarily apply. It would be indeed
unfortunate if our very first aspirant should prove condemned to a
single life!
 12

2btro-|IInTstolog|i and ^patfjologij: ®lj£or£tttal,

^pcnxlattbc and ^radical
By Heinrich Daath

XXVII. INTESTINAL DIGESTION AND ITS

CONNECTION WITH VIRGO.

" And floods of chyle in silver currents run."

Gakth.

It will be convenient now to trace the chyme after its passage

through the pylorus.
The triturated food-mass issues from the pyloric duct into the
duodenum, that being the first portion of the small intestines. It is
with the small intestines that we are concerned most in this section,
for reasons which are pretty obvious. The small intestines make the
larger bulk, being about five-sixths of the total length of the
membranous canal extending from stomach to anus. This canal is
convoluted into folds and kept together by the duplicatures of the
peritoneum, called the mesentery or inter-intestinal laminae, by which
the viscera are attached to the vertebrae and the nerves and vessels of
the lower digestive apparatus supported. The smaller tube is, for
convenience of reference, divided into three portions, although it is
admittedly a somewhat artificial division, with the component parts not
marked by any decided boundary. These three sections are the
duodenum, jejunum and ileum. The former receives the food-mass
on its emergence from the stomach, as likewise the special secretions
of the liver (bile) and pancreas (pancreatic juice); the jejunum is so
called because usually empty owing to the absorption of the chyle in
the duodenum ; the ileum presents a folded appearance and is closed
by the ileo-cascal valve, guarding the gateway into the colon.
The special work accomplished by the small intestines is the
final preparation and absorption of the fluid contents called the chyle,
by the lacteals and absorbents, whose glands are thickly disposed
upon the inner wall; it is thence carried into the thoracic duct and the
 ASTRO-PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY 13
blood to fulfil the office of reparation of tissue, etc. Thus, application to
nutrition is the great function to be regarded here. It is not the
quantity we eat but the amount we digest and absorb. We note also
that the liver and pancreas are closely involved on account of the
juices they secrete being poured into the duodenum, there to be
mixed with the chyle, giving it in fact a fresh character. Of so much
importance is the duodenum that Sylvius asserted it to be the seat of
almost all disorders in the province of the human body. Helmont
agreed with him, and indeed there is every foundation for this belief.
Hitherto the food has been lunar, but from this point (duodenum)
it becomes solar. The raw material is transformed into blood.
Hence we must account both the mutation and the scene of its action
as of high importance and intention in the h uman crucible. The mystic
relationship existing between Leo and Virgo can thus be read in a
practical manner as also something of Nature's ceaseless reconstitu-
tion from degeneracy, renaissance from extinction, vitalisation from
mortality. We may note too that we are in the vicinity of the heart
and solar plexus.
Absorption and assimilation, then, are the functions of the smaller
bowel. The bowels have always been reputed to be under Virgo,
and this is found to be correct in practice; but it is the small
intestines that are mainly concerned, and especially the virgin
duodenum. When food taken in reaches the colon, its nutriment is
for all purposes exhausted, and it has assumed the character of dead,
fecal matter. Therefore when we speak of Virgo ruling the bowels
we ought to associate the sign in particular with the first portion,
consisting of duodenum, jejunum and ileum.
Mercury, the ruler of Virgo, takes power from another planet to
which it is in aspect, absorbing or assimilating its influence.* Every
astrologer is aware of this trait in the planet's character. Apply it to
the case of intestinal absorption. The food, after being prepared in
the stomach, is assimilated in the small bowel and passes into the
large intestine dead and inert.
Virgo is intimately associated with food and hygiene, health and
purity, while the eighth sign Scorpio is as particularly connected with
death, impurity, Jimus, stercus, sordes. The relationship between the

* See also section where we referred to it as the amalgamator

 MODERN ASTROLOGY
colon and Scorpio was touched upon by the present writer in an
article some months ago.* The word colon, it was there said, came
from the Greek word kuXvuv, to retard, from the fact that it is here
that the excrements are stopped and formed. Others again derive it
from kolKov, on account of its capacity, and still again from Ko\a£t<r6ai,
to be tormented—alluding to the griping pains frequently emanating
from it. From this part too, the colic takes its name. Some tribes
of Indians have a symbol representing colic pains thus,3i something
like our figure three. It suggestively indicates the twisting, griping
sensation of the malady; formed like a snake it bears analogy with
our symbol nj,, J, for Scorpio, and so a connection, trivial though it
be, is instituted. The colon is located between the ilion and rectum
and is wider than either of them. It begins where the ilion ends, viz.,
in the cavity of the oc ilium on the right side ; ascending by the kidney
on the same side it passes under the concavity of the liver, to which it
is sometimes attached {ascending colon), as likewise to the gall-bladder
which tinges it yellow in that place. Then it runs under the bottom
of the stomach [transverse colon) to the spleen on the left side, to which
it is also adherent; from there it turns down to the left kidney
[descending colon), and passing in the form of an S [sigmoid flexure; note.
the snake symbol again), it ends at the upper part of the os sacrum in
the rectum. The colon is a kind of sewer, which periodically requires
flushing of its foreign matter, since otherwise much disease emanates
from its cavity. We may, then, trace some Scorpio attributes,
although they may appear only analogical. The operation which the
King underwent in June, 1902, was for the disease known as
perityphlitis, the seat of which is at the junction of the smaller and
larger intestine. In His Majesty's horoscope the sun occupies
Scorpio aud is much afflicted by the semi-square of Saturn and Mars
and the square of Neptune.
I have remarked time after time that the medical diagnosis of
Virgo people's ailments, as well as of those whose Virgo is tenanted
by adverse planets, fails totally. In all these types of humanity the
action of the duodenum is of enormous significance. Each type has
its specialised physiological functions; and absorption and assimi-
lation are those of Virgo. To attribute the characteristics of one sign

• P. 39 vol. IX ''Aqueous Tumour and Loss ojHair.'

 QUESTION FOR STUDENTS
to another is just as foolish as to saddle a physiological process with
the responsibilities of a congener. Such a thing recurrently happens,
nevertheless, and thus we find maladies springing from defective
assimilative powers put down to gastric derangement.
Virgo being the sixth zodiacal sign is equivalent to the sixth
mundane division of the horoscope and is concerned with the sickness
of a native. From this fact we can gather how important this
mercurial sign is in a morbid import; and further, how intensely
sympathetic is the whole range of natural disorders with the
intestinal absorption, and especially as manifested through the
duodenum. The belief of Sylvius, Helmont and others is apparently
founded on a true base.
In general, too, the smaller intestines are mostly affected by
sudden and marked obstruction, such as strangulation, intussuscep-
tion, etc., while the large bowel is affected in a more chronic way by
strictures, cancers and intestinal degenerations. This fact may not be
of much value to us just at present but will be of service in future
comparisons.

(Question for ^tufcnts

On page 549, Vol. II., Modern Astrology, male, bom 6 a.m.,

zo/S/'ffi, Whitby, Yorkshire, says his father died June, 1872, and his
mother died December, 1872.
Now, I myself, male, was born 6.17 a.m. 2o/8/'56, Wincanton,
Somerset, and my mother died, June, i860, and father died, September
1866.
Question:—Why should seventeen minutes make such a vast
difference, as there are only 4J degrees difference in primary direction ?
[This is a most interesting item : perhaps our readers can furnish
other similar instances. We notice that a new sign passed over the
M.C. about the time stated, hence possibly the significators are
different planets. Perhaps the epoch might throw some light on the
matter.—Ed.]
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!Stj m tsEay
The weather just now is even more than commonly an unfailing
topic of interest in conversation. The past year has proved itself
victor over even the wet season of 1879, and has practically created
a new record. It is of interest to note that at the Equinox of 1903
1?, the godfather of fluidity, and the Sun (a fixed planet) were in
square aspect, from cardinal signs, while in 1879at Equinox, ® and £
(a cardinal planet) were similarly in square from fixed signs. This
suggests the inference that those towns governed by cardinal signs and
the Sun would have suffered most by the recent floods, while on the
other hand in 1879 those places ruled by fixed signs and Mars would
suffer. I do not know if the facts in any way justify this conclusion ;
perhaps one of our readers may be in possession of some data which
will help us to come to a decision. It is proper to note that these
remarks are based upon the assumption that the figure for the vernal
equinox (according to the zodiacal and mundane position of the
planets as viewed from any place) gives a clue to the general
characteristics of the weather that may be expected during the ensuing
year—see Vol. XIII., p. 201.
* * * *
Here we may fitly refer to a letter of Mr. W. H. Sampson's
received during the last week in August, and which hitherto
space did not permit of including. He says :
" There does not seem much hope for settled weather this season.
You will notice by the Ephemeris that 2 is now □ tp, from which
aspect she hastens back to Q. ^, in which she stays until the last few
days of October. The mutual aspects of 2 and ^ always produce
heavy rainfall.
" Observe then that 0 8 D August 8th had 2g°nf> asc. in London ;
Q d ]) August 22nd had 24°^. and these both included 2 • September
7th has 19°® (dec. 2203' about), which is parallel Neptune ; Septem-
ber 21 st has i30nK, with 2 again in asc. within 8° and gradually
approaching.
"At last October 6th, with 8°™ asascen., gives a better influence
in (J, d •? j A 5 . But it is then too late.
 BY THE WAY 17
" Octoberaoth with 7°X again threatens rainfall though P. may
help for fair weather. November 5th 2\°zz is again better, with c older
influence (* ^) and perhaps high winds at first (par. S , who is -Jt S).
November 19th i0tii is □ I? and A ^. Looks like cold damp and
fog. December 4th, 1520, cold and snow. Some fog, owing to t£.
December 18th, o0nE, similar, with * tj?.
" Of course these are only very broad and indefinite forecasts.
" I was rather surprised that S 230>tE □ ^ g ^ and in the desc. of
the new Moon of August 22nd did not produce gales on 23rd when
j) was 230tiK also."
It will be seen that up to the present Mr. Sampson's predictions
have in the main been verified.
* * £ *
Considerations of space are vital in a magazine, and from lack
of room contributions of interest are frequently unavoidably held
over until their appositeness is no longer so obvious as it would have
been could they have appeared immediately upon receipt. We often
receive letters just as we are going to press, and these have of course
to make a tardy appearance two months after date—since we go to
press on the 15th of each month previous to that of publication. In
this connection we would draw attention to the letter of " Zamael,"
which we much regret could not be inserted in last issue, so as to be
included in the same volume as the strictures to which he takes
exception. We think all will agree with the general tenor of his
remarks, which are in accord with those of " Sepharial " on p. 225 of
Vol. XIII. The essential point manifestly is that the source of
information, or the method of calculation, of the time of birth should
always be stated in every published horoscope. At present this is the
exception rather than the rule, the majority commencing with the
phrase " The Rt. Hon. so-and-so was born at such-and-such-a-place
at 6 a.m., on the 29th of September, 1809," or whatever the date
may be.
^ ^ ^ 4:
The remarks in the second paragraph of" By the Way" in the
November issue are strikingly confirmed by a diagram published in
the Daily Mail, in which the average number of unhappy marriages
brought before the law courts from 1896 to 1903 is shown to be 569,
434) 496> 729» 525, 738, 523, 1089, respectively.
i8 MODERN ASTROLOGY
With this number, the first of a new volume and of the New
Series, we give an instalment of " The Degrees of the Zodiac
Symbolised," translated from La Volasfera by our able contributor
" Sepharial." The first 180 degrees originally appeared in The
Astrologers' Magazine as a continuation of the series obtained clair-
voyantly by " Charubel," which through illness that author was then
unable to complete (though he did so subsequently*); we may reprint
them later.
The remarkable applicability of these symbols is rendered not the
less extraordinary by their divergence from those of " Charubel," the
accuracy of the latter (which has been frequently adverted to in these
pages) notwithstanding.)- Indeed, it would seem—so say those who
have carefully compared the symbols of a number of degrees in the
case of horoscopes of unimpeachable authenticity—that both are
correct in some way or other ; so that one can only conclude that the
interpretations, though different, each apply, but in different senses.
It is certain that both series have a very great value, and those who
study and compare them will be well rewarded.
* * * *
The plebiscite invited in the November Magazine (p. 171,
ol. XIII.) as to the probable date of birth of the notorious Madame
Humbert, declares itself in favour of the later date, viz., lo/g/'sd
It is interesting to note that this was the immediate conclusion of the
Editor on the question first being submitted to him. As a sample of
the reasons given I may quote the following:—" 2 Q b tends to
diplomacy and avarice, while ])□ b gives the misfortunes which
follow avarice and deceit." It will be seen that this judgment is
based upon the current ' directions' merely, apparently entirely
ignoring the radical positions: perhaps that is why the writer adds
"No figure in the first horoscope is sufficiently evil." Here again it
roust surely be the directions our correspondent is thinking of, for in
the radical map for the earlier date, we have ])d O 8 V >'U 0$ and
5 □ b > which seems to the present writer evil enough for anything.
Indeed, had he been permitted to vote he would probably have
plumped in favour of (1) rather than (2).
• And the complete circle of 360° is now published separately, with Mr. H. S.
Green's " Theoretical Value of the Degrees of the Zodiac " (price is. 8d., post free).
f See for instance Aries 20° the ascendant of Mrs. Besant as given in the
Autobiografky.
 Hegrees of tlj£ ^oftxar ^^ntboixseft

Translated from '< La Volasfera," by Sepharial.

LIBRA
ist Degree.—A man with a drawn sword in an aggressive
attitude.
It denotes a person of martial and quarrelsome character, ever ready
to pick a quarrel and to rush into danger. Such an one will fight his way
through life with little regard to the feelings and prejudices of others, and
though he may become notorious for his executive readiness, he will meet
with disgrace and trouble through his impetuosity. There is danger of a
fatality at the bands of the native. He will do well to keep bis action under
control. It is a degree of Wounding.
ds: 2nd Degree.—A man in the garb of a doctor of the monastic
order {misericordia).
It denotes a person of kindly and humane disposition, but very melan-
cholic and predisposed to religious mania. The native will possess a high
order of intellect, capable of investigating the laws of the most recondite
sciences; inclined to spiritual pursuits and to the monastic life. It is a degree
of Starching.
3RD Degree.—A man in chains.
It denotes a person of reticent and self-centred character, disposed to
take lite according to his own views and beliefs. He will suffer much in
consequence, and will be estranged from bis people ; will be often in distress
for the means of a livelihood and will at some time in bis life be deprived of
his freedom. It is a degree of Binding,
^ 4TH Degree.—A man with a broken plough standing in an
open field.
It indicates a person of fair abilities, but one who will sufiierfrom lack
of opportunity in life. He will be debarred from reaping the fruits due to
bim by reason of misfortune and hindrance in the early stages of bis worldly
career. He will more than once lose his office, and will be reduced to the
necessity of menial work. His life will be difficult and troublesome. He
will have a taste for farming or for cultivation in some form. It is a degree
of Privation,
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=~ 5TH Degree.—A red triangle.
It indicates a person of high intelligence and lofty aspirations, but very
prone to the use of force instead of persuasion. A man who is always get-
ting in front of himself, so to speak, losing bis temper against bis desire, and
letting his energies run away with his reason. He will be in danger of hurt
by the sword or by fire. He must be careful of the martial element. It is
a degree of Impulse.
12= 6th Degree.—A heifer drawing a plough, and urged by the
goad.
It denotes one very unfortunate, who will be constrained to severe and
hard work for a certain period of his life. The native is patient, enduring,
and capable of much self-government. In the end he will assuredly reap
the reward of his labours. It is a degree of Labour.
=2= 7TH Degree.—A naked man in the act of falling from a rock
into a lake.
It indicates a person of susceptible and weak nature, easily led away,
and liable to be drawn to his destruction by the agency of the opposite sex.
The native may attain to a high position in life, but whatever bis position, be
is in danger of an untimely fall. Let him take heed against the allurements
of the world. It is a degree of Falling.
2= 8th Degree.—A young maiden weeping over a grave.
It denotes one of a melancholy and retiring nature, very sensitive, and
of keen sympathies. The native will be in danger of early bereavement, and
will at an early age be left devoid of family ties and friends. It is a degree
of Effacement.
=2= qth Degree.—A gladiator, armed with dagger and shield,
ready for the fray.
It indicates a person of quick, impetuous, quarrelsome, and aggressive
nature, who will cause many disputes in life on account of bis irascible
disposition, and will make many enemies. The native will be in danger
of losing his life while engaged in some affray or quarrel, and should know
how to forefend himself by self-command, which is the greatest of all con-
quests. It is a degree of Fighting.
=2= ioth Degree.—A prison door, fitted with iron spikes, and
framed with iron girders.
It indicates a person of vicious tendencies, which will lead him into
dangers of the gravest kind. He will suffer restraint or imprisonment, or
will lead a life of forced seclusion. He will not escape open criticism, and
 HEGREES OF THE ZODIAC SYMBOLISED 21
misfortune will press heavily upon him : yet even the caged bird will sing, and
to every prison bouse there is a way out. It is a degree of Seclusion.
=5= iith Degree.—A centaur—half man, half horse—armed with
bow and arrow.
It denotes a person of a subtle and changeful nature, capable of simula-
ting the virtues and vices of others from motives of diplomacy. The native
will be alternately impelled to paths of high endeavour and to those of
debasinginslinct. The father of the native will die early or will be unkuown
to him. It is a degree of AUentalion.
=2= 12th Degree.—A fair woman looking at her face in a hand-
glass.
It denotes a person of a frivolous and light-hearted disposition, im-
provident and foolish, neither regarding the future nor profiting by the past:
laughing in the face of fate, and closing the eyes to experience : self-centred
and worldly. The native will come by much misfortune, but will flaunt his
colours to the end of a foolish career. It is a degree of Foolishness.
=2= 13TH Degree.—A pillar of black marble standing upon a rock,
roughly hewn.
It denotes a person Of peculiar and sometimes melancholy and misan-
thropic nature: apt to contract false or unprofitable relations with bis
fellows and with the opposite sex. The native will make a bad match, and
will be unfortunate in wedlock, with probable separation. The native, in
centring bis affections upon one object, will be liable to disappointment in
life. It is a degree of Solitariness.
^ 14TH Degree.—A mummer's mask.
It denotes a person of a subtle nature, capable of simulating the char-
acter of others, and given to mimicry and; imitation : not always sincere,
and apt even to deceive himself in matters relating to the emotions and
feelings. The native has natural aptitude for theatricals, especially comedy,
and is capable of much foolishness and flattery. If a female, a coquette. It
is a degree of Imitation.
=~ 15TH Degree.—A man walking with two women, their arms
linked in his.
It denotes a person of untrustworthy nature; frivolous, insincere,
capable of duplicity : of a light, joyous spirit, sometimes running away with
the reason. The native will be given to self-indulgence, and to the flattery of
women. There will be trouble in love affairs and in marriage. It is a degree
of Vacillation.
 modern astrologv
^ ibTii Degree.—An iceberg, at the back of which is seen a
display of the aurora borealis.
It denotes a person of immense reserve forces, of much activity, energy
and brilliance: a quick, alert and original mind, which will win for the
native some distinctive honours. The native will be disposed to travel to
distant northern countries, and may explore arctic regions or pursue electrical
science. It is a degree of Force.
=e= 17TK Degree.—An old door, in which a dagger is stuck.
It denotes a person who has a critical and quarrelsome nature, apt to
find fault with the opinions of others for the sake of controversy: striking at
existing systems and laws even when unable to improve upon them. A
mocking, taunting spirit, which will bring upon the native a series of troubles
in life. Eventually he will be convinced of his foolishness by the strong
hand of retribution. It is a degree of Folly.
x8th Degree.—A well-lighted house with open door.
It denotes a person of hospitable and homely nature, ever ready with
the best of fare to entertain friends and acquaintances. The native will
grow to be much beloved for bis open-bandedness and sincerity of feeling.
He will be both prosperous and happy, and will rejoice in the company of
bis friends. It is a degree of Hospitality.
ee xqth Degree.—A square block of marble, upon which is the
regalia of sceptre and crown.
It denotes a person of proud, ambitious nature : desiring to be held in
esteem, and possessed of such force and firmness of character that he will
triumph over his rivals and opponents. In whatever station of life he may
be, the native will evince the characteristics of rulersbip and government,
and will sway the destinies of others. It is a degree of Rulerskip.
^ 2oth Degree.—A man in the robe of a priest standing in the
cloister beneath the light of a window.
It denotes a person of sincere, religious tendencies: a taste for ecclesias-
tical work, in which he will probably indulge. The life will be quiet,peaceful
and free from much of event, perhaps secluded. The native will have
protection aud favour from persons of high position and intellectual dignity.
It is a degree of Religion.
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0 par. dec. par. dec.
At the moment of New Moon at London, Jupiter culminates in
sextile to the luminaries, with Mercury setting; and the map is, for
the time being, more free from disturbing elements than for a long
time past. In spite of some disturbing influence connected with
India or Russia (5 ^ par. I7), our foreign relations are likely to be
satisfactory and the events that happen creditable to the government.
Jupiter is favourable for the monarch and for our rulers and the nation
generally, although its influence will not outlast the lunation; for
the February New Moon shows quite a different planet, Saturn, in
the mid-heaven. As Jupiter was in the sixth house at the December
solstice and is ruler of the same mansion in this map, it seems pro-
bable that part of its good-will may be bestowed upon the army and
navy, and that auspicious events may occur in connection with one of
the services. When the Sun enters the eighth house and meets the
conjunction of Saturn, the deaths of aged people are likely to be heard
of, as well as of members of the legislature and of municipal or local
ruling bodies. If the angular positions give any clue to the prevailing
weather (which is not certain), it should apparently be somewhat
milder than usual for the season, at least temporarily, but with some
cold winds. The position of Mars, however, seems to indicate deaths
round our coast and trouble to shipping. Its influence, too, is the
reverse of harmonious for the churches. The health of the community
should be fairly satisfactory, in spite of the presence of Uranus in the
sixth house and its approaching opposition to Neptune ; the nature
of this latter influence is very difficult to define.
 iSotes and <0 Ufries
Regulations
The Editor of Modern Astrology is always willing to answer in this
page, without .any fee, all reasonable questions, as soon as possible after
receipt. The following rules must be carefully observed.
i. Every communication must be accompanied by the name and address of
the writer.
3. The question must always bear upon Astrology, directly or indirectly,
3. Personal questions will not be answered unless they are of general interest,
and instructive to the ordinary reader.
If an answer is required by letter, a fee of five shillings must be enclosed
with the particulars of enquiry. One question only should be asked, and it
should be stated clearly on a separate sheet of paper containing name and
address of sender.
The Terminus Vit«
1. Is the limit of life definitely and clearly marked in every horoscope ;
if so, do you think astrologers are able to predict the time of death if pressed
to do so ?—Novice.
(Apparently the enquirer wishes to know if the limit of the physical life
is to be judged from the nativity of birth. It is impossible lor the ordinary
astrologer, not gifted with clairvoyant vision, to accurately predict the time
of death, for death in the physical body may take place earlier than the limit
indicated in the nativity. Physical death is but a withdrawing of the life
inward to the Astral plane which, we are taught by those whose conscious-
ness has expanded sufficiently to enable them to function thereon, is the
next plane to the physical. In The Other Side of Death, by Mr. C. W. Lead-
beater, we are told that " man remains after death exactly what he was
before it—the same in intellect, the same in his qualities and powers; and
the conditions into which the man passes are precisely those that be has
made for himself," also that " the astral plane is one stage higher than the
physical."
There is in reality no limit to the life, and all that we can judge is the
condition of the physical form. This physical vehicle issubject to influences
that operate upon it from outside, and the life is at the same time operating
upon the form from within. In some cases a train of adverse lunar directions
will produce dissolution of the physical vehicle, in other cases adverse solar,
as well as lunar, aspects are necessary.
There is undoubtedly a limit that is fixed at the beginning of each life,
but that limit is not confined to the physical death. There is a constant
ebb and flow of the vital forces, which until controlled by the ego will always
make life in the physical body uncertain, and therefore extremely difficult^to
judge of as to its limit in the earthly casket.
 CLbaractcr in iSamea

[We have quoted this article from the Daily Mail in its entirety,
not only because it is well written and interesting, but because (in so far as
people owning them are known to us) the temperaments and fortunes
assigned in the various names are corroborated in our own experience; and
we think that a brief classification like this of the influence attached to
names will be of permanent utility to our readers. We consider, though,
that the writer has been exceptionally unfortunate in his ' Ada's ; one of the
most intellectual and artistic, and certainly one of the most all-round capable
women known to us has ' Ada' for a first name, and, moreover, is always
called by it. This may, perhaps, be one of the exceptions to which allusion is
made, though certainly no other ' Ada' that we know is deficient in nous in
any respect. We have heard it said that Ada is a Libra name, however, and
if so there would doubtless be found a great many of far too yielding a
disposition.
This subject of names is extremely interesting to the occultist, and forms
a fascinating study, as possessors of Kabalistic Astrology will know. We
believe that the name of a person (with other data, of course) is often a
valuable clue to the determination of an unknown ascendant. Some day we
may give a list of Christian names, and the various signs under the jurisdic-
tion of which they are thought to come. Thus, Ernest and William are, we
believe, Jupiter names, while George is under the rule of the Sun : and any-
one who will refer to the papers for 1902 cannot but be struck with the pre-
ponderance of these names amongst those who came before the public
either favourably or otherwise (^ in ^ in V.; © rf S in IX. at Equinox).
Last year in =5= in Asc.) the Thomas's, Arthurs, Josephs and Annies,
and some Alfreds (query, b in cc? ?), were prominent. The present year (W
rising in will no doubt see Ernests and Williams again to the fore, with
perhaps some Bernards.—Ed.]
The name by which a person is generally called—usually his
Christian name—is an important factor in deciding his character, and
may modify his physique. Some names seem to have more effect than
others, but very few are quite without influence. If you are told the
name by which a man is familiarly called—though you have never
seen him and know no more than the name—you may begin to form
an opinion of him. For instance, no Arthur, in the habit of being
called Arthur, can expect to be a strong man. From King Arthur to
the present day, Arthurs have very rarely been strong. They are
frequently amiable and cultured, they may attain to high positions,
and they need not be absurdly weak. But they are not what would
be described as strong men. George Eliot knew that.
I will give a few names and the characteristics which are gener-
ally associated with them. The reader can test for himself how far
the characterisation is correct.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
David and Andrew, for example, make shrewd lawyers or clever
doctors; they are cautious and moderate. Peter is likely to be
somewhat eccentric and quaint; he has humour. Paul is artistic in
some direction or other, and as a rule rather good-looking. Samuel
may attain to distinction, especially in commerce, but Sam is rather
coarse, and Sammy mostly goes to the bad. Stephen is generally a
weak-kneed failure. Reuben is vulgar but unpretentious.
Much also must depend on whether the actual name or some
version of it is used. For instance, William, if he is always called
William, is a good man, but a prig ; if he is called Willy he is weak ;
if he is called Bill he is a good fellow, but rather animal than spiritual.
You can always depend on James to take care of himself, but
you cannot say so much for Jim. The most virile names are John,
George, Thomas and Robert. George is inclined to luxury and self-
indulgence ; John is more domestic ; Jack has more spririt than John ;
Thomas and Robert are good business names. Robert has a temper,
and so has Bob; but Bobby is good-nature itself. Richard is a
poseur; Dick is natural in manner, and has physical courage.
Joseph in any walk of life is a schemer, sometimes with good motives
and sometimes with bad; sometimes with success and sometimes
without it, but always a schemer.
Henry and Edward are both rather colourless names. Henry
may be anything from a criminal to a Cabinet Minister, but if he is
never called Harry he will tend to dulness and solidity. Walter is
rarely popular, and is frequently inclined to sharp practice. Frank is
popular enough, but wants energy and determination. Charles has
amiable qualities, and spends money freely in his youth ; in his latter
years he is likely to be frigid and parsimonious. Ernest is quiet,
well-meaning, and almost always mistaken.
Before leaving the masculine names there are a few others, mostly
less common, that may be mentioned. Wherever the Christian name,
or name in general use, is also a surname—such as Graham, Trevor,
Scott—the man has very marked ability in one particular direction,
but is extremely likely to be a charlatan.
Reginalds and Harolds belong to the very-nearly class. They get
very near to success in almost any kind of work. More things have
been missed—only just missed—by Reginalds and Harolds than by
any six of theothernames. Wherea Reginald or Harold ispopularly
 CHARACTER IN NAMES
supposed to have succeeded it will nearly always be found that
he has not realised his ambition. Reginald and Harold are rarely
well suited to a commercial career. They are a little selfish, but
never actively cruel. Archibald is neat and precise. Names ending
in "Id " are inclined to be unlucky.
Eustace is intensely interested in himself, but may be rather
brilliant. All Lionels are—or have been—extravagant. Horace is a
selfish prig. Bernard is serious and has strong convictions. Oliver
has push, and gets on in the world. Cecil is self-satisfied and
opinionated. Hugh is conceited and talks too much. Augustus is
slightly ridiculous. Geoffrey is the best of fellows, but will never
make money. You will be almost certain to find romantic episodes
in the life of any Ronald or any Rupert.
Thedifferences in character in women are perhaps fewer in number
and certainly are less strongly marked. It may be, too, that they ar
less under the influence of their names than men are. Many of their
names are quite colourless, but I will give a few that have character,
Catherine and Elizabeth, if they. are so called, are practical,
organising women. They get power, and use it well.
Kitty and Bessie, on the other band, are more feminine and less
suited to public careers ; of these two Kitty is almost invariably the
cleverer. Fanny and Polly are not necessarily ill-natured, but they
are scandal-mongers. Florence is generally discontented, and so is
Florry ; Flossie is, as a rule, quite contented and irritatingly silly.
Alice is the female of Arthur. Her character is generally feeble;
she is meek on the surface, but there is sometimes a substratum of
spitelulness. Agnes is inclined to have all the virtues, but no sense
of humour. Gertrude and Margaret have a marked capacity for self-
sacrifice and devotion ; they are good names for sick-nurses. The
capacity is less marked in Gertie and Maggie, and they are generally
more commonplace.
Ann has a strong will and a disregard for niceties and the fine
shades; Annie, on the contrary, is generally under the domination of
some stronger character. Edith has courage and self-control, and
makes a good mother. Louisa is spirited. Barbara is unconven-
tional. Ada, I am afraid, is a fool; she may possibly distinguish
herself in an artistic career, but she will show great foolishness in
other respects. Ethel is a rather limited person, and in early life is
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
generally a flirt. Jane has what is vulgarly called a "cool cheek,"
but Jenny is less self-confident.
(To be continued)
The following press cuttings might well form a pendant to the com-
ments at the bead of this article. The italics are ours. Note the dates.
A legal correspondent calls our
attention to a curious instance of
history repeating itself. Thirty-
seven years ago a lady, who stated
she intended going on a pedestrian
tour in Lincolnshire, disappeared,
and was never seen again. Remark-
ably enough her name was Sophia
Hickman, exactly the same as that of
the " missing lady doctor." The case
is recorded in the Law Journal
and also referred to in Taylor on
Evidence.
Daily Mail, 28/8/03.
Napoleon Hayard, the " Emperor
ofthe Camelots,"wasburied to-day.
Daily Express, 31/8/03.
It is not generally known that Mr.
Tkos. J. Barratt, of Pears' Soap, had
intended to challenge for the America
Cup, and bad all bis designs ready
for building the yacht when the other
Thomas James threw the bat into the
ring and started on bis series of
plucky but unfortunate performances
in American waters.
Referee, 30/8/03.
An echo of the St. Enoch, Glasgow,
railway disaster comes in the inter-
esting fact that a copy of the popular
weekly, Answers, was found in the
possession of one of the victims
after the accident, and, in accordance
with the railway accident insurance
scheme instituted by Answers some
years ago, the proprietors of that
journal have been called upon to
pay the sum of ^"i.ooo to the next-
of-kin.
A claim for the amount mentioned
was somewhat late in the day for-
warded to the proprietors by the
unfortunate man'ssister, Miss Mar-
garet Hunter.
Daily Mail, 4/9/03.
A Sofia Sensation :—The Dnev-
nik publishes a sensational report
that one quarter of Adrianople has
been burned to ashes and that throe
other districts of the city are on fire.
The Turkish inhabitants are des-
scribed as committing wholesale
massacres.—Renter.
Daily Mai/, 31/8/03.
Mr. Napoleon Lambollet, the well-
known musical composer, while
cycling at Saffron Walden yesterday
was thrown from his bicycle.
Daily Express, 31/8/03.
To the Editor of the Express:—
Sir,—With reference to our many
attempts to lift that Cup, it is rather
curious that, while our American
cousins have defeated a Thistle and
a Shamrock (three-leaved variety),
they have never had an opportunity
of trying conclusions with an English
Rose. Future challengers might
make a note of this.
Stratford. A. W. Lockhart.
Daily Express, ro/9/03.
Last week Miss Margaret Love
Hunter, thirty-three years of age, a
music teacher, who lives with her
mother at 22, Underwood Road,
Paisley, gave to the public a roman-
tic story of which she was the
central figure.
Her narrative set forth that in
Glasgow she bad been nursing an
English gentleman who wassuifering
from small-pox. He fell in love
with her and promised marriage,
but when he was informed that his
recovery was hopeless he made a
will bequeathing her his Warwick-
shire estates, worth £"3,000 a year,
bis mansion, and £24,425 in cash...
Daily Mail, 4/9/03.
 (Kiniimlls anil (jcr (Slass S$lipp£r
Cinderella was the daughter of a king, who, on the death of her mother,
married a widow with two daughters. She was consigned to the kitchen, dressed
in rags, and condemned to household drudgery ; while her step-sisters were elegantly
attired, lived in splendour, attended balls and danced and coquetted with a prince,
leading lives of ease and pleasure. But one day a "bright being" appeared to
Cinderella and promised her that she should have glass slippers, and the most
brilliant and dazzling dress ever worn, and dance with a prince, on condition that
she left the ball at midnight ; but if she did not, her finery should be stripped from her
in the presence of all the dancers. She agreed to the terms, and all happened as
promised. The prince was polite and attentive, and she became so interested that
she forgot that she must leave at midnight, until the clock began to strike twelve.
Then she rushed for the door, and when the clock finished striking was outside, all
except one foot. The glass slipper was stripped from that foot and thus she made
her escape. The prince caught up the slipper and followed her. He pursued her
all over Europe, never able to overtake her, till he became discouraged and was
about to abandon the pursuit, when, chancing to look back, he saw that she was
following him.
Among the many versions of this puzzle, the foregoing is the best, and now
we will give the interpretation.
Turn to any chart of the heavens, and on the right hand side you will see, high
up, the pictures of four human figures, which are four constellations of stars and
thus described. Perseus, the central figure, holds a flaming sword above his head.
This is the prince. In mythology he is a demi-god. being the son of Jupiter, his
mother the daughter of an earthly king whom Jupiter visited in her prison, where
she bewailed her virginity. On the left of Perseus is Cepheus, the father of Andro-
meda, who has chains attached to her wrists. The fourth constellation is Cassio-
poeia, wife of Cepheus. and mother of Andromeda. Of course, there were never any
such persons, any more than there is a Goddess of Liberty or Jack Frost. These
were the exoteric explanations of astronomy when the true science was taught only
to the initiated. The author of Cinderella selected Cepheus as the king and father
of bis heroine, Perseus as the prince, and the two female figures as the king's step-
daughters, varying the characters from the cast in mythology. Cinderella is the
zodiacal constellation Virgo, the last of the six northern signs.
When the sun reaches the vernal equinox, about March zist, these four constel-
lations have their heliacal risings and settings, that is, rise and set with the sun.
Figuratively, the step-sisters dance up the sky from the east, with the prince, and
down again in the west. But the sun does not tarry with the sisters. It moves on
through the zodiac and about August 22nd is the " bright being" that appears to
Cinderella, or "overshadows" the virgin, clothing her with its "dazzling and
brilliant " rays, when she is "the woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under
her feet," at full moon, as described in the twelfth chapter of Revelation.
Virgo rises, facing the west, gradually turning so that she sets head first, facing
the east, and. like Iscah, the wife of Lot, she " looks back " as she sets. Turn to a
celestial globe and this will appear plain to you. Virgo is pictured with a naked
fool, the last to disappear below the horizon, and hence the pretty conceit that
Cinderella lost her slipper from the foot that was last to disappear through thedoor.
As Perseus is 180 degrees east of Virgo, the prince mounted the sky as Cinderella
descended.
The prince pursues Cinderella through the heavens, setting head first, and as
she rises in the east, while he is setting in the west, he looks back and sees that she
is following him.
This is the true version of Cinderella and her glass slipper.
Octult and Esoteric.
 30

Hebuto
Thb Birthday Book of Destiny, compiled from ancient
Hermetic and Rosicrocian Sources. By Sepharial. Nichols
&• Co., 3s. (id., cloth, gilt edges.
This little volume should become a popular gift-book among
those interested in Astrology and kindred studies. Framed after the
usual model of birthday books, in place of the customary verse of
poetry or scripture there is given a symbol, derived from some cha-
racteristic of the constellation through which the Sun is passing,
together with a short interpretation thereof, applied to the native in
terms of modern life and thought. A succinct and eminently readable
preface introduces the non-technical reader to the method pursued in
the allocation of the various qualities to each day, according to the
motion of the Sun in the ecliptic ; so that it is obvious even to the
most casual that some definite order and method have been pursued,
and that the symbols and readings are not merely given at haphazard.
We have referred to the birthdays of several people known to us,
and in general have found the descriptions to tally remarkably well.
As an example, taken at hazard, of the interpretations given, we sub-
join those found on the dates of birth of the Editor of Modern Astro-
logy, " Charubel," and the author himself, who are all three well
known to readers of this magazine.
August 7. The Main Sail:—This symbol is one which has rela-
tion to the Ship. This may be the Ecclesiastical Bark or the Ship of
the State. As the mainsail of some great body you will take a
prominent position in progressive and useful enterprises. You will be
remarkable for your breadth of mind, your keen appreciation of public
thought, and will, to some extent, be representative of the trend of
public opinion. On the expansion of your powers for good will
depend your progress in the world. You will be raised to a position
of honour, and will be esteemed for your great service.
November 9. The Wine Press :—This is the index of a generous
and bountiful nature, itself loving all the comforts of life, and ready at
all times to impart them to others. Yon will overflow your borders,
and forsake your allotted sphere in order to carry goodwill and com-
fort to others. You will be esteemed for your generosity and con-
viviality, and you will have a full share of the good things and
comforts of life. You will be esteemed for the humaneness of your
heart and thegenerosity of your nature.
March 19. The Tripod : — The three things, life, thought, and
substance; the three principles, Spirit, Soul, and Body, are here
represented. The trinity of thought, feeling and volition are repre-
sented in you. A versatile and adaptable temperament, capable of
applying itself to a variety of projects, while standing on the least
possible advantage, is given to you. Either in the administration of
the law, the formulation of philosophic truths, or in the sacred offices
of religion, you are likely to find your work in life. Your life will be
largely apart from the world. A.H.B^
 Metiers to tlje (Ebxtor
Letters of general interest only are inserted. Correspondents desiring reply
most please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily for
publication, but as a token of good faith.
N.B.—Writers of signed articles are alone responsible for the opinions con-
tained therein.

303, West 150TH Street,

New York City,
October \$t, 1903.
To the Editor of Modern Astrology
Dear Sir,
In the June, 1903, issue of Modern Astrology reference
is made to the assumed character of Zamael's horoscope of President
Roosevelt, and in the same issue, pages 225 and 226, an excellent
article from the pen of Sepharial says ; " Why it follows as simple
logic that if we cannot derive a horoscope in agreement with such
data, there is no reliance to be placed on any predictions made from a
knowledge of the exact moment of birth," In this connection I desire
to say that the horoscope published as that of President Roosevelt
was erected from a knowledge only of the day of birth ; the time of
the assassination of President William McKinley, through which Mr.
Roosevelt became President, de factoj and the official [i.e., standard)
time at which the oath of office was administered to Mr. Roosevelt.
The horoscope as derived from the above events has since been
rectified by what I understand as Sepharial's method and gives i8057'
of Sagittarius rising : a variation of only fifty-nine seconds of space
or less than fifteen seconds of time from the original assumption.
Although the Magazine for which this horoscope was calculated con-
trols the plate from which the latter was printed, I am no longer
with it, and circulars or letters from its office which purport to be signed
by me are issued against my protest; but I desire to uphold and advance
the interest of true astrological work and to utilise the knowledge or
ability granted to or earned by me in the enlightenment of and for the
benefit of humanity. If the method used accomplishes the result, why
surround it with or conceal it beneath intricate calculations and techni-
calities ? It is said that Moses was " learned in all the wisdom of the
Egyptians," also that Jesus " stooped down, and with his finger wrote
upon theground " before delivering his judgment on a certain question.
Is there not in this a valuable hint and a plea for simplicity ?
Very respectfully,
S. Parks (Zamael).
32 MODERN ASTROLOGY

"Mundane Astrology"
August 26th, 1903.
Dear Mr. Editor,
Allow me to express my opinion that until State (or Mun-
dane) Astrology is based upon a similar system to that of Natal
Astrology we shall never arrive at any definite or satisfactory results.
It is as if one should attempt to read future events for any person
merely by transits, and generally in reference only to a knowledge of
the Sun's position and the ascendant. We might " hit it right " very
often, and yet it would be most unsatisfactory. Let me therefore
suggest that the horoscope of the birth of a nation (such as the Declara-
tion of Independence of the U.S.) must be procured before all else.
I must candidly admit that I am making this suggestion without any
proof of the thing itself, but merely holding that what is true of the
individual will be largely true of the mass, and moreover that if
national affairs were governed by the ephemeral positions of the planets,
how chaotic they would be in their rapid shifting. I would suggest
the following as experiments :
i. The time of the Declaration of Independence for the U.S.
ii. The foundation of the French Empire under Napoleon I.
(I do not know what date to take for this.)
111. The Australian Commonwealth.
I should be much indebted to anyone who would supply me with
the correct data. I know that the horoscope of the last was supplied in
Modern Astrology, but I have let it go, being busy on other things
at the time, and now I have neither the date nor the time.
Will anyone send me any or all of these data, especially the first,
as it would be most interesting.
I remain,
Yours very sincerely,
Walter H. Sampson.
[We think this letter is very much to the point. Our readers
in the U.S. can no doubt answer one of the queries. The Australian
Commonwealth was founded May gth, 1901, at Melbourne 12.40
p.m. ( = London 3 a.m.) ; long. gh. 39m. 54s. E., lat. 3705o,S. See
Modern Astrology, Vol. X., p. 6.—Ed.]
Apropos : " On September 30th it will be exactly too years since
the first white man settled where now Chicago stands. The event
will be celebrated by a great fete."—Daily Paper, 28/8/'o3.
{Again we regret to be compelled to hold over one or two reviews and
some very interesting correspondence through press of other matter.—Ed.)
iJto&mi E^trcrlog^

Vol New Series. FEBRUARY, 1904. No. 2.

®be Obscrbalorg

A subscriber suggests that there should he published each

month a certain number of photographs of people born under some
oneof the twelve signs, in order to help students
Photographs arrive at a fairly definite conclusion with regard to
the description of personal appearance from the
sign rising at birth.
To do this effectually I shall require at least twelve good photo-
graphs of persons born under each one of the twelve signs. When I
have collected the 144 pictures necessary I will reproduce them in these
pages for the benefit of our readers. I therefore appeal to all who
know their times of birth to favour Modern Astrology with the
loan of their photographs. If any preference can be made I should
like to have those who are born without any planet in the rising sign.
All persons desirous of helping in this very essential work of tabu-
lation will kindly send their photographs early {carte de visite only, with
name in full) addressed to Room 3, Editorial Department, 9, Lyncroft
Gardens, West Hampstead, N.W., stating (1) colour of eyes and hair,
(2) age when the portrait was taken ; (3) place, date and time of birth.
{These two latter details will be filed for reference, hut not, of course, published.)
* 3J«
The great importance of fixing the rising sign is only duly appre-
ciated when the time of birth is not accurately known, and therefore
the ascendant uncertain. Those who study
Bialng Sign* physiognomy have special facilities for judging
what sign a person is born under; but unfortu-
nately all physiognomists are not students of Astrology, i have, how-
34 MODERN ASTROLOGY
ever, often tested the powers of those who make character-reading from
the face a profession, and I have found much pleasure and interest
in noticing that in the majority of cases the nature of the sign rising
entirely agreed with their judgment : on the other hand, in many
cases the sign occupied by the Sun or the Moon has chiefly marked the
features.
Persons born under fiery or airy signs usually possess a good
colour and have bright and attractive eyes, features are well defined,
characteristic and noticeable ; while those born under earthy or watery
signs have pale complexions, eyes that are dull or not so bright, and
features that are less mobile, more ordinary and without any special
characteristics. Those born under fixed signs generally have round
faces with a determined cast of feature ; in those born under cardinal
signs the face is long and angular, while common signs render the
face dull and somewhat ordinary. The difficulty in judging the
rising sign is accentuated when one or more planets are near the
ascendant.
* * *
On some one of the many happy evenings spent at Bouverie Street
in the days of the old Astrological Society, it was our wont to ask visitors
their favourite colours, virtues, hobbies, or precious
Fate and Fortune stones, and then to compare the answer with the
from Rising . , , , , ,
Sign sign the person was known to be born under.
The amount of pleasure and instruction that can
be obtained from a comparison of the likes and dislikes of a person in
connection with the rising sign is quite surprising. The gems said to
belong to the rising signs are as follows ;—Aries, Amethyst; Taurus,
Moss Agate; Gemini, Beryl; Cancer, Emerald; Leo, Ruby; Virgo,
Jasper; Libra, Diamond; Scorpio, Topaz; Sagittarius, Carbuncle;
Caprtcorn, Onyx ; Aquarius, Sapphire ; Pisces, Chrysolite.
The fate or fortune specially connected with any sign is always
very prominently marked in the lives of all persons born under that sign.
For instance, I have tabulated a great number of cases where persons
born under the sign Gemini have had their lives seriously affected for
good or ill by relatives : or where those born under Aquarius have
been seriously influenced by their friends, and so on. I believe a
whole life-history could be written from the rising sign alone.*
* A short life-summary, as determined from the rising sign, will form a special
feature of the enlarged reprint of Astrology /or All now in the press.
 THE OBSERVATORY 35
If the rising sign is so important, what must be the value of the
rising degree ? The whole belt of the zodiac is a band containing an
infinite number of minute centres—in the twelve
The Eicaot Degree sjgns containing 360 distinct degrees (the separate
influences of which we find by experience to be
quitedifferent), tbereareoverahundredtbousandseconds—and I am of
opinion that every minute of a degree is a molecule and every second an
atom, so to speak, and that in every atom there is concealed the whole
life history of that which is to be unfolded. Many attempts have
been made to give a distinct value to each degree,* and it is probable
that we may in the near future discover the law which will give to
every degree its own especial value. As far as I can see at present this
law will he discovered by noting the effects of the planets as they pass
through the various degrees of the zodiac.
If certain degrees have not a special value, why is it so important
to obtain the exact degree of London's ascendant ? And I am quitein
accord with the idea expressed in Mr. W. H. Sampson's letter last
month, that the birth of nations must be just as important as the
birth of an individual, if not more so; and Modern Astrology will
place upon honourable record the names of those students who will
endeavour to supply the true birth-times of past and future nations.
It is my firm belief in the supreme importance of the exact degree
(and minute) ascending that makes me attach such weight to the
Pre-natal Epoch; and it is also the reason why I bold such very
strong views on assumed horoscopes, and those " rectified " by various
means.
❖ ^ ♦
Most students know how little value is generally placed upon the
horoscopes published in Sibly's book, and I could mention a book
recently published in America in which numerous
Reliable and horoscopes are given in which the birth-time
false Horosoopes
is assumed. In the course of time these horos-
copes will be taken by young students as authentic and much
barm will result in consequence.
I cannot, of course, disapprove of any bo)iA fide attempt to find a
birth-time by calculation, but it would be wise if at the time of giving
the horoscope the statement were openly made that the true time of
* See The Theoretical Vuhi: 0/ the Degrees of the Zodiac, by H. S, Greenlis.8il.fost free).
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
birth was not known. If we are to be thorough in our search or truth
concerning Astrology let us avoid being too impatient and work slowly
but surely for those who are to follow in our footsteps in the future.
The great trouble at present is to find students who are so thoroughly
in love with the study of Astrology that they will set self-interest on
one side and give some of their time and labour for the common good.
In the search for the value of each degree there is plenty of scope
for all sincere and earnest students.
* **
The responsibility of those who profess to understand the mys-
teries of Astrology is rarely fully realised, and until there is a greater
number of capable students who are really compe-
tent t0
'"cfuesiiing"'" S've a definite and decisive judgment upon
national affairs from a' planetary standpoint, much
harm will be done to Astrology by those who exhibit more desire for
fame (or indeed mere notoriety, in some cases) than real love for the
science and a desire to preserve its dignity.
There is a certain type of ' professor' who thinks nothing of bom-
barding newspaper editors with predictions, sometimes conveniently
vague and at others startlingly explicit, in the hope apparently that
sooner or later one of them will prove a ' lucky hit.' At the first rumour
of trouble in certain parts of the world postcards are sent wholesale
all over the country bearing these all-too-premature prophecies—an
ill-advised proceeding, to say the least of it. I have in my possession
no less than nine of these prophetic postcards containing predictions
not one of which was in any way justified by events.
This sort of thing indeed is discreditable to our work, and is likely
to hinder our progress far more than an honest admission that we
have not yet arrived at a point when as astrologers we can venture
to definitely prophesy with regard to the details of national affairs,
notwithstanding that some remarkably accurate predictions have been
given from time to time by various workers.
 37

ftiincamatian
II.

In studying reincarnation it is necessary carefully to realise that all

mankind are not, and never can be, equal—though we are all one human
family. There are, so to speak, in point of time, younger and older
souls evolving, the older members of the family being wiser through
length of experience in many lives ; for we do not all start our pilgrim-
age at the same time. Thus wisdom and morality become to the
student merely relative terms, for he realises that all that is needed
for the human soul is time to develop; and so if he is more moral than
another it is only because he is older, while beyond him there are our
" elder brothers " with far wider knowledge, greater compassion, and
larger love.
These ' lords of wisdom,' our elder brothers in a very deep sense,
incarnated about the period of the third round and became the
Helpers and Teachers of the child men and women of that period.
The word ' Man' (from a Sanscrit root meaning to think) is synonymous
with Thinker, and indeed it was these Thinkers who redeemed animal
man by endowing him with mind, so that the senseless animal became
a Thinking being by virtue of the Manas that entered into him and
dwelt in him. It was then that man became clothed in his ' coat of
skin,'* after the " fall " into physical matter had taken place in order
that he might eat of the Tree of Knowledge and thus become a God.
For this Man or Thinker is the link between the divine and the
animal; truly a God incarnate in man, be is crucified as it were
on the Cross of Matter—set between the animal on one hand, and the
Divine Spirit whose offspring he is on the other. The divine spark latent
within the man strives ever upwards to assimilate with the loftier
nature, so that his influence shall become spiritual and his knowledge
turn to wisdom; but the man is also yoked to an animal, and this
animal alone can bear him to the conquest of the lower planes. This
animal he is ' riding,' trying to make it a perfect instrument for the
* The phrase alludes to the normal coveriog of skin possessed by the body, of
course, and not to the skins of animals.
38 MODERN ASTROLOGY
manifestation of the higher life. Long is the way and weary the task
the stupendous task that lies before him !—to raise the animal to the
Divine, to suffuse matter with spirit, to take back again along " the
ascending arc " the life that has already accomplished the descent
and has now to climb upwards, bearing with it all the fruits of its
long exile from its true home ; and finally to re-unite the separated
aspects of the one, becoming " God made manifest in the flesh." To
become spiritually self-conscious on all planes, to make matter the
perfect manifestation of spirit, obedient to its lightest wish—this is the
grand achievement man has to accomplish ; and for this the Thinker's
tool or instrument is reincarnation, the taking up of life after life on this
earth, learning something in each, and in each adding something,
small or great, to the powers of the ego or Thinker.
If we would understand reincarnation we must try to get a firm
grip of this basic idea, that the Thinker is our real self; and that the
body is the " NOT-self " by which we learn, that it is merely the vehicle
of matter through which the Thinker is alone able to gather experi-
ence. Thus it is really only the Thinker that reincarnates, and it is
with this Thinker we are concerned; for in him reside all the powers
we class as mind.
To him belong memory, intuition, will. He gathers up the net
results or experiences of each earth life and stores these accumulated
treasures of knowledge within himself, to be presently transmuted
into that essence of experience which is called wisdom. Knowledge we
acquire from without, by contact with the NOT-self; but wisdom is
the essence which is slowly (alas, often too slowly !) distilled from that
knowledge. Wisdom is said to be the crown of age ; and in a much
wider, deeper sense, wisdom may be regarded as the crowning point
of many incarnations, the mature age of the Thinker in his life
pilgrimage—the fruit of many re-embodiments, in which knowledge
has been gained, experience garnered, and patience has done her
perfect work. The result is at last The Man, or perfected Thinker,
who knows all this earth can teach ; this is the outcome of the ages of
evolution, and before we can truly comprehend all that evolution
means we must, I think, ourselves have realised that perfection. A
" Master of Wisdom " could never be the growth of one short life from
cradle to grave, but may be the finished product of hundreds or
thousands of lives rich with their stored and accumulated experiences.
 SATURN 39
The acorn cannot in one season become an oak, neither can the baby
soul become the Master soul in one life.
Through countless earth-lives the immortal Thinker patiently
toils at his great mission, gradually leading the animal upwards till he
is fit to become one with the Divine; and if in one life he may only
perhaps gain a mere fragment towards his work of regeneration, yet
the next animal body he has to work through will be slightly more
advanced because he has uplifted and purified the past vehicle. He
has gained some little control over his passions, it may be, and that
is ever a step forward, for the next mould will be less animal, more
amenable to control. Thus the Divine Thinker struggles on, with
many lapses and apparent retrogressions, recovered failures made
good, wounds slowly healed ; yet on the whole upward, on the whole
forward, the animal lessening and the human prevailing. Such is the
story of human evolution, the becoming " perfect, even as the Father
is perfect"—to use the words of the Christ, the Master of Wisdom for
the Western World.
In our next chapter we will try to deal with one of the objections
to reincarnation often put forward, viz., if we do reincarnate, why
do we not remember our past births ?
B. Leo.

Saturn
Brincer of dark-browed misery to mortals;
Monarch of drear dark palaces of air;
Down to the world come flying from thy portals
Grief and despair.
God of the black-plumed messengers of sorrow
Earth as a child chills, withered by thy breath,
Smitten by thee man turneth from the morrow,
Bringer of death!
God of this world, god chosen by the nations,
Over thee love reigns, mighty in its height,
Loosening the long chains, wrought by thy temptations,
God of the night!
N. G. Shere.
 ^tunfrsne ^slrologg

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The lunation falls in the mid-heaven at London, with Saturn

close by. This planet is in semi-square to Jupiter and Uranus, and
receives no good aspect from any planet, unless a trine to the ascend-
ing degree is to be reckoned as such. Jupiter and Mars are in
conjunction in the'eleventh house near the place of Mr. Balfour's
Saturn.
Exciting times are likely to be witnessed in Parliament. The
Government will probably be hard pressed. The debates will be more
keenly fought than in recent years, and luck will not favour the party
in power so uniformly as it has hitherto done. The sign in which the
conjunction takes place suggests that party splits, caves, or threatened
secessions, may make their influence felt and cause bitterness and
strife. The watery sign, too, points somewhat in the direction of the
Bill for regulating the licensing question, which has long been
promised. Jupiter rules the seventh house as well as the eleventh ;
and our foreign affairs and allies abroad will very likely share in the
 BY THE WAY
wave of excitement that seems indicated. The presence of the
luminaries in the mid-heaven suggests that the government may be
strong enough to hold their own and even to score a point or two;
but they are not likely to be either popular or lucky.
Death will claim one or more of our legislators. Prisons,
hospitals, and charitable movements are under evil influences; and
many sudden deaths will be heard of in this connection.
The presence of Venus in the ninth house is favourable for the
churches and for foreign trade. The luminaries are applying to the
trine of Neptune in the second house; and those who are studying
the influence of this planet will no doubt be anxious to note whether
any benefic result follows in connection with money matters.
Uranus has reached the very last degree of Sagittarius, and
although it does not yet pass into Capricorn, places and events
signified by the latter sign will already feel its influence adversely,
especially as it remains for a long time within orbs of Neptune's
opposition. This is unlucky for both African and Indian affairs.
H. S. G.

Hji tffc SStai)

Many of our readers, students of Mundane Astrology, must have

been sorely puzzled to account for the alarming though happily not
dangerous fire at Sandringham, on the early morning of Thursday
last (December 10th) shortly after five o'clock in the morning, when
her Majesty the Queen had such a narrow escape from serious injury.
An inspection of the ephemeris entirely fails to account for the mis-
hap : singularly enough, there is not a single ' bad aspect' in opera-
tion, either on that day or the day before. If, however, we go into
the matter a little more deeply, the problem becomes at least not
quite so incomprehensible. Let us examine.
* * * ♦
The figure for the vernal equinox, or the Sun's entry into Aries
(2i/3/'o3—7.16 p.m., London) is regarded by most astrologers as con-
taining within it the seeds of all the events of the ensuing year—being,
in fact, the horoscope of any nation when viewed from its capital city.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
If, then, it be " a horoscope," it is reasonable to treat it as such,
applying the various methods of ' direction' to it in the usual way.
The basic principle of all ' directions' is the natural cor-
respondence subsisting between the various circles, or cycles, of the
day, month, and year; that is, an aspect formed say six hours
(i day) after the 0 enters T will act slightly at the time, it will
manifest more strikingly ' by direction' 7J days (J month) after-
wards, and in a still more comprehensive manner 3 months (J year)
later. These two distinct directions' may well be distinguished as
lunar and solar respectively. I
The method of applying these ' directions ' is really surprisingly
simple when once the principle is clearly grasped. Thus, suppose
any event has taken place say 263 days after the equinox:—
(1) For the ' solar' direction corresponding thereto, subtract the
sidereal time at noon on March 21st from the sidereal time
at noon on the day in question—result, 17!:. 15m. Add this
to the time of the equinoctial radical figure, and it gives the
time of the 1 solar ' direction (A )
For the ' lunar ' direction, divide the number of days by 29J
(30 is generally near enough)—in this case 8d. 2ih. 48m.
Add to the time of the equinoctial radical figure, and it gives
the time of the ' lunar' direction (B).
» * *
If we apply these elementary principles to the case in point, viz.,
the fire at Sandringham, what do we find ?
Neglecting the fraction, 263 days have elapsed since March 21st.
Then say, d. h- m.
R.A.M.C. (sidereal time) at equinox, March 21 7 7
plus diff. of sid. time at noon, Mar. 21st to Dec. 9th 0 17 15

equals R.A.M.C. (sidereal time) of' solar ' direction Mar. 22 0 22

Also,
R.A.M.C. (sidereal time) at equinox, March 21 7 7
plus days elapsed, 263-5-294 8 21 48
plus diff. of sid. time at noon for the 8f days 0 0 35
equals R.A.M.C. (sidereal time) of' lunar' direction, Mar. 30 5 30

f All this has, of coarse, often been demonstrated before and is only repeated
here for clearness, having been fully recapitulated in these pages recently by the
writer of The PeascnhaU Case. The principles of all systems of 'directions' are
ably and lucidly discussed in Theoretical Astrology (Man. III.].
 BY THE WAY 43
This gives us for the two figures;
(A) 'solar' M.C. T60 Asc. SI 0-34
(B) 'lunar' M.C. n23.30 Asc.-hr 25.0
* * sit A
Here we find, as a glance at the ephemeris for March will show
us, that:
(1) The lower meridian of the 'solar' progressed figure—in
which the © was passing from the opposition and the j from the
square of S —was being transited by 3* in the ' lunar' progressed
figure ; while
(2) in the 'lunar' progressed figure itself ?, the ruler of
the figure, was setting and in exact square to %i, which is itself
just about to cross the cusp of the fourth house—the lower meridian
again.
* * *
Thus there is both a predisposing ' solar' and a precipitating
' lunar' direction, each measuring to the day of the event, and each
indicative of something sudden and unexpected (^J), and of a fiery
nature (3*), important and public in some way [angles). Whether the
astutest astrologer would have interpreted the direction in such a way
as would accord at all with the events is open to doubt. Indeed,
there will not be wanting those who will consider this derivation of the
event to be ' far-fetched." Certainly we hold no special brief for it ; but
it is at least deduced from known factors by the same principles of
' direction ' employed by all who use the " progressed horoscope."
It is to be noted that the j) at equinox was half way between the
squares of the © and 3" '> and since the © is universally regarded in
mundane Astrology as significator of the King, it would seem reason-
able to regard the j), who is the solar consort, as symbolical of the
royal consort in like manner. Further, the ruler of the lunar pro-
gressed figure was on the cusp of the seventh house, a position some-
what suggestive of danger affecting the monarch through his queen.
The chief point to be observed is the way in which the angles of the
respective figures are brought into prominence.
Turning to the day itself (December gth-ioth), we see that the
fateful sixth degree of ^ had reached the second house (opp. 8th) of
the National Diurnal Horoscope (7.16+4.19, i.e., 11.35 p.m.—see foot-
uoie, p. 212 in the December number), and at the actual time of the fire,
" shortly after five in the morning," was upon the cusp of the eleventh
house, i.e., in (mundane) square to its ' diurnal' place, while 31 was
the ruler of the figure for the time being. But, we repeat, while it is
easy to trace these positions after the event, it would be quite another
thing to prophesy from them.
 (fffjaracfcr in ^anus

{Contintitd from p. 28)

Phyllis is lazy; Dora has personal charm ; Georgina is a good

sportswoman. Maud is fond of society, but is not unduly frivolous;
she has ambitions. One seldom sees a Maud who is fair or a Nancy
who is dark ; or a Muriel who is short or a Lucy who is tall. Lucy
is a name associated with money. If she has it she keeps it; if she
has it not she either marries it or makes it. Kuby is clumsy and
tactless. Pearl is generally a rather ornamental and highly-finished
woman.
Eleanor is a mass of splendid principles and very difficult to live
with. Christine and Cecily are gentle and rather pathetic. Mildred
and Millicent, if they are not called Millie, are proud and reserved ;
Millie is in all respects more ordinary.
If you wish your child to be beautiful call her Sylvia or Beatrice.
It is seldom that any one who bears either of these names is quite
unattractive; grace and beauty are their characteristics. Sophie is
generally delicate, and Joan is generally robust. Lastly, it would
almost seem as if the number of convolutions in a woman's brain
depended in some mysterious way on the number of syllables in her
name. It is certain that women with long names generally have
remarkable abilities. Arabella and Veronica, for instance, are never
quite ordinary women. One does not notice this effect of long names
in men.
The reader who tests these observations will not find them
invariably accurate. He may know of a Hugh who is not conceited
or a Florence who is not discontented; any of the descriptions given
may not fit in with his experience.
This is only to be expected, for the name, after all, is only one
factor in the formation of character, and also a character of a forcible
and independent kind may resist the name influence—the repeated
weak suggestions that in most cases affect the unconscious mind.
But a reader who will test the instances given over a wide circle of
 CHARACTER IN NAUES 45
acquaintances will be certain to find that they are far more often
right than wrong.
It is noticeable that the name-suggestion affects the character
through the unconscious mind alone. A child who is called Napoleon
never becomes a great general, because in such a case the suggestion
appeals to the conscious mind, and is consequently resisted and
rejected. But a child who is called Arthur is unconscious of any
suggestion of weakness, and does not resist it; the suggestion is
repeated every time the name is used, and the character is conse-
quently modified.
H. V. C.

(By Elaine, in The Referee.)

Christian Names.—There is everything in a name. With all due
respect to Shakespeare, it must be remembered that his celebrated
" What's in a name ? that which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet," was merely a sophistical defence in the mouth
of an ingenious lover for his own name, Montague, against which the
Capulet family had so strong a prejudice. It was not Shakespeare's
own sentiment, for who could be more exquisitely fastidious as to
names than the creator of Ariel, Rosalind, Celia, Imogen, and the
rest? We are all influenced by a name, and instinctively associate
different names with different characters. If you hear a woman is
called Augusta, or a man Charlie, you instantly,form, according to the
name, some idea of the personality. Why should this be so ? I
came across an ingenious theory some time ago as to the effect of
names on character. The writer contended that by the continued
"suggestion" of calling people by certain names characteristics
harmonising with the names will be developed. . .
Pet Names.—A pet name is not retained late in life unless it suits
the person. A fond mother may call her little boy Dicky, but if he
turns out to be a real Richard the abbreviation will soon be dropped.
Everyone has the nickname be deserves, and none if he deserve
none. Much, too, must be put down to fashion. If Bertie, Reggie,
Hughie, Cecil, Cyril, and Claude, all suggestive of somewhat- irre-
sponsible people, are now very frequent, it does not follow that there
are more irresponsible people in the world than formerly, but that
 MODERN ASTROLOGV
these names are more popular. For example the revival—say, about
twenty or twenty-five years ago—of interest in old furniture and
china and antiquities, and << quaintness" generally, caused by the
" aesthetic" craze is doubtless the reason of the present immense
number of old-world Marcus-Stone names, such as Dorothy, Pamela,
Marjorie, Phyllis, Phoebe, and so forth, which you will find belong
generally to young people, at leastto the present generation.
[To be concluded.)

Here are a few further cuttings bearing on our remarks last

month :—
A young woman named Richards,
was seen on Tuesday night in the
company of a man on the Port Tal-
hot Docks Company's mineral rail-
way line, near the river Avon.
The girl's companion tried to
force her into a plantation close by,
but she sturdily resisted him. He
then struck her under the jaw, and
she fell unconscious on the railway,
and her assailant ran away.
This had all been witnessed from
the opposite bank of the river by
Lewis Thomas, of the Colliers' Arms
Hotel, who noticed that as the girl
fell on the line a train was approach-
ing.
Realising that the woman was in
danger of being cut to pieces he
plunged into the Avon, which was in
mil flood, and made a desperate effort
to reach the prostrate girl in time.
Meanwhile be shouted to her as-
sailant, who rushed back and pulled
the unconscious woman off the lines
just as the train was within a few
yards of her.
He then disappeared, and Thomas
conveyed the woman, who is about
nineteen years of age, to the Colliers'
Anns
In connection with the affair the
police have arrested Thomas John
Thomas, labourer; Benjamin Jen-
kins, tinworker; and John Davies,
collier, all of Cwmavon,
Daily Express, 3/9/03.
Early yesterday morning a fire
was discovered in the chemical
department and basic slag stores of
the Spring Vale Steel Works of Sir
Alfred Hickman, near Bilstoc. The
dames had complete hold of both
buildings, and the Wolverhampton
and Bilston fire brigades were at
work for nearly six hours before the
fire was subdued.
Referee 13/9/03.
Mr. Hickman still believes that
hisdaughteris being detained some-
where against her will, but all sup-
posed " clues " have up to now led
nowhere. He has now issued a new
poster in reference to his daughter's
disappearance.
Referee, 13/9/03.
By a strange coincidence, when
Holoein's swim is being reported,
one of our morning contemporaries
has an article to-day about the other
Holbein's famous "Ambassadors."
Westminster Gazette, 3/9/03.
A strange coincidence occurred at
Lloyd's on Saturday, the day Lord
Salisbury died. Among the vessels
posted on the loss-book was the
Lord Salisbury.
Daily Mail, 28/8/03.
 47

JUiro-fitnisiologg anb Patljologg; Sljcorrfxcal,

^pemlatibe anb practical

By Heinrich Daath

XXVIII. LIVER, BILE AND PANCREAS

We arrive now at an organ which is indeed of considerable

importance. So remarkably forceful is this physiological alembic that
a large section of the population is conscious of nothing else, swears
by it, and regards it hourly as the lever which is responsible for the over-
turning of their earthly joys. Who doesn't know the man with a
liver ? Though, singularly enough, he usually possesses but the
faintest idea of the anatomical situation of the organ to which he
attributes most of his misery.
The liver occupies a position to the right of the stomach, imme-
diately under the diaphragm, and extending just below the ribs. The
folds of the peritoneum (lining membrane of the abdomen) connect
it to the adjacent parts. Its shape is oval, its colour reddish, its
greater end to the right, its smaller to the left. The convex surface is
directed upwards, its concave downwards to the stomach. The func-
tions of the organ are the secretion of the bile and the purifying of the
venous blood by absorbing its carbon. The secretion in the liver is
deposited from venous, not arterial blood, and this accounts for the great
measure of carbon found as a constituent of bile. It may be considered
as the sewage farm of the body.
Although so large and prominent an organ, its physiological action
and vital chemistry are in many ways obscure. The main fact,
however, is impressed upon us : the secretion of a fluid of peculiar
composition, a kind of animal soap, exerting metamorphic and peris-
taltic action upon the chyme, coagulating, uniting, and rendering it
more susceptible of absorption. This bilious fluid is always most
abundant while food is passing through the bowels. At other times
a side duct conveys it to the gall bladder.
One-fourth of the entire quantity of blood in the body is found
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
circulating in the liver. This would seem to suggest the transaction
of other work besides the manufacture of bile. Indeed it has been
established of late years that a substance known as glycogen* is
stored in large quantities in the organ. The most probable conclusion
about glycogen, says an authority, is that in the liver it is a store of
amyloid material, added to after meals, and then gradually withdrawn
to meet the demands of the blood and the different tissues. It is a
means of equalising the supply, so that the amount furnished to the
various tissues, whether for doing direct work or for building up their
protoplasm, may keep up a certain constant standard composition
which promotes the satisfactory accomplishment of their operations.
We are not prevented from holding the view that glycogen may be
formed from other than starchy foods, but nothing is practically
known of such processes, nor does it seem natural, when directly
allied bodies are ordinarily supplied to the liver, to seek more round-
about methods for its origin. Another view about glycogen is, that it
is converted into fat. This may take place, but it is not proved ; it
would be a strange chemical change whose meaning cannot be
understood—it would be a change in the nature of degeneration.
With what planetary bodies can we reasonably connect the liver ?
As in other instances, theory may indicate one, practice suggest
another. The discrepancies which exist require careful notice, for
throughoutthe whole domain ofastro-science simple causes are less the
rule than compound ones. But at least it is possible, as a general
thing, to associate one factor or series of factors as paramount in
importance, and upon these to build our own conclusions. Frequently
the whole ground will be covered, as far as needs be to the
understanding of symptoms.
The liver, hepar,\ jccur,X has astrologically been confided since
ancient times to the care of Jupiter, the bile to Mars. The triad of
fiery signs we have mentioned Jn a previous section as being con-
nected with the choleric temperament, the planets involved being
therefore Sun, Mars and Jupiter. The function of the solar sign
seems to be insisted upon by early writers, biblical and otherwise,
they continually referring to the liver as the seat of the amorous
* I.e., sugar generator. Glycogen is a modification of sugary and starchy compounds,
f 'ijtrap, vaulted, suspended. J That is iuxia cor, as being near the heart.
 ASTRO-PHTSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY 49
passions.* In jtcort sedes amoris ec libidinis. Thus we should find the
rulers of the three ' igneous signs all having an influence upon the
organ in question. To take a few examples at random of this refer-
ence to a connection between jecur and fifth sign affairs. Nearest to
my hand is Horace, and he will do very nicely. In Bk. I., Ode 13—
that to Lydia—he writes :
—meunt
Fervens dijjicili bile tueum tumet jecur.
And again in Ode 25.
Cum tibi flagrans amor et libido
Qua solei matres furiare equorum
Saviet circa jecur ulcerosum.
The following citations may also be considered ; 6k. III., Ode 4 ;
6k. IV., Ode 1; Epode 5 ; 6k. I., Sat. g. And in notes on these places
we have, in the edition to which I am referring, " Intumescit fellis
receptaculum jecori annexum. In felle ira, in jecore amor ac libido, in
splene risus, in corde sapientia, proprifi resident. At Horatius modo
libidinem in jecore statuit ut lib. 4, od. I., V. 12. Si torrere jecur
quarts idoneum, alias iracundium ut hie : pariter et Juvernalis, Sat. I., V.
45. Quid refer am quanta siccum jecur ardeat ira ? Secuti videntur
Archilochum, XoXyv ovk «<£' fjiran. Jecur, in quo amoris sedes est
atque libidinis, ex Platone et aliis."
(To be continued.)

There are but two laws in life, of love to God and of love to man.
Adherence to one begets reverence ; to the other concentration. For love to
man consists in manifesting God most fitly to one's fellows, and in recognis-
ing most duly God's presence in them. And we also become divine only as
we become perceptive of the divine in others. The Way of Love and its
two laws is therefore the pathway of the Spirit.—The Lamp.

• Under Hthhat al-calh : lagrainedu caur, /'amourpropre. Herbelot writes " Cette
mime graine est encore appelMe la noirceur du cceur : souadaicaib, et hebbat ai-
saouda: la graine noire, mot qui convient aussi i la graine du Meianthium, que
tous appelions Nigella. Le mot de Saouda signifie aussi la bile noire ou milancolie et
i'amour excessif qui la cause."
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The Ego's Expression.

2: What are the rules by which the ego's expression upon the physical
plane may be judged from the nativity ?—Service.
This is an important question. The nativity of each person shews the
various planetary positions and aspects, with the rising sign, as the centres
through which the individual is capable of expressing himself upon the
physical plane. In no case can the whole of the ego be expressed in one
life; even in the case of an adept there would be limitations imposed upon
him by the construction of the physical brain and the physical body through
which be is to express himself, and no matter bow quickly be obtained
full control over these, they would act as limitations.
The first expression of the ego upon the physical plane will come through
the sign on the ascendant (1) the sign as a whole ; (2 and 3) the ' face ' and
decanate, and (4) the exact degree of that sign. Hence the first rule would
be to study well all that is implied by the degree rising, which would
affect the whole life, more or less, according to the growth and development
of the Ego. Mext to this in importance will be the place (bouse and sign) ot
the Moon ; and finally the degree of the zodiac through which the Sun's ray
passes. The remainder of the horoscope may be considered as representative
of the environment, the nature of which will depend upon the planetary
positions and aspects approximately as follows :
[The further answer will appear next month.)
 Begms of tbe Zohiac ^^ntboliseb

Translated from "La Volasfera," by Sepharial

LIBRA
{Continued from p. 22)

^ 21 st Degree.—A bridge in a broken and dilapidated con-

dition spanning over the dry bed of a river.
It denotes a person of an unpractical nature, serving in positions for
which be is not qualified, and making little or no progress in life. His re-
sources will run dry at short notice: he will be deserted by friends: will
serve in a lowly position : will form projects only to see them fall through one
after another, and generally will work along a false trail. It is a degree of
Collapse.
22ND Degree.—A man asleep by the side of some money-
bags.
It denotes a person of little vigilance; much 'given to self-indulgence :
wanting either in sense of duty, or in energy to fulfil it. The native will lose
heavily on account of his carelessness, false sense of safety and want of
caution. He will live much in the memory of the past and in dreams of the
future, being the while oblivious to the demands of present duties. It is a
degree of Carelessness.
23RO Degree.—An old man in a gown and skull cap, like a
doctor, surrounded by chemical and other instruments.
It denotes a person of careful, systematic, and patient observation:
much incliued to the study of science, especially chemistry, medicine, or
alchemy. A researcher in the secrets of Nature, given to the careful and
accurate tabulation of results which will prove of use to science, and by this
meanstbe native will gain for himself certain distinction and honour. It is
a degree of Research.
24TH Degree.—A solitary tree upon a rocky height, behind
which is a dark^and threatening cloud.
It denotes a person of much independence of spirit, self-confidence,
pride, and no little love of distinction. The native will suffer on account of
bis isolated feelings, and will be in danger of betrayal by the machinations
52 MODERN ASTROLOGY
of perfidious enemies. At a time when be has reached a height of isolated
distinction, be will fall under the jealous band of bis enemies. It is a degree
of Pride.
25TH Degree.—An elevated promontory, illumined by the
noonday sun and crowned with many and variously coloured flowers.
It indicates a nature that is prone to self-conceit, amenable to flattery,
proud in heart but light-beaded and trifling in many relationships of life.
It may confer considerable personal charm and attractiveness, and will
render its subject the recipient of many of fortune's favours. It is a degree
of Elevation.
26th Degree.—A strong man mailed and plumed, with
couched lance, ready for attack ; a knight of the field.
It denotes one who will be steadfast in defence of bis rights and those
of his country, ever ready for the fray of daily life, and possessed of a courage
and determination which, together with bis alertness and caution, will give
him the victory over all his enemies. It is a degree of Victory.
=== 27TH Degree.—A rustic cottage, overarched by a spreading
cedar tree.
It indicates a nature that is attuned to works of benevolence and homely
simplicity, careful in the affairs of daily life, solicitous of peace and com-
fort, and ever ready to shelter, befriend and succour the wayside traveller
without neglect of those within bis doors. It is a degree of Benevolence.
28th Degree.—An ass tethered to the shaft of a grinding
mill.
It indicates a nature that is inured to arduous and homely work; one
who will pursue the beaten track of an unambitious life with but slight
regard to bis own limitations and still less to the wider projects and life of
others. It is a degree of Servitude.
=== 2gTH Degree.—A dark pool of water in the shadow of dense
foliage.
It indicates a disposition towards a quiet and ineffectual life ; a nature
that is ambitionless and effortless, disposed to a gloomy fatalism which
renders the life insipid and melancholy. Yielding without reason and show-
ing adaptability without purpose, the nature will be devoid of any degree of
brilliance and the life will be rendered obscure. It is a degree of Gloom.
=cr 30TH Degree.—A man sleeping upon a bundle of clothes.
Over him hovers a vulture, while, upon one side of him is a serpent
ready to strike and on the other a leopard in the act of springing.
 DEGREES OF THE ZODIAC SYMBOLISED 53
It indicates a nature that is careless and imprudent; one who is foolishly
oblivious to his environment, believing himself secure while yet he is sur-
rounded by dangers, and given over to self-indulgence and untimely
pleasures which will render him subject to misfortune and violence. It is a
degree of Indifference.

SCORPIO
First Degree.—A nomadic warrior, equipped with javelin and
firearms.
It denotes a character that is ever ready for the fray, liable to become
involved in many strifes and quarrels, and to {resort to force rather than
reason for bis victories over others. Such an one is liable to become sub-
ject to the accusation of violence,towards others, and will hardly pass through
life without wounding some one or more of his fellow-creatures. In body
robust and in mind offensive to the peace of others be will not fail to make
numerous enemies. It is a degree of Offence.
iq 2nd Degree.—A great headland over which the Sun is
rising. It overhangs the sea.
It indicates one who is great and magnificent, imbued with feelings of
magnanimity and reposeful strength. His opinions are lofty and elevated,
bis views wide as the seas, and bis stability of purpose in all respects equal
to his strength of mind. He looks forward to the future with confidence,
and bis hopes will not be frustrated. It is a degree of Magnitude.
nj. 3RD Degree.—An old man seated beneath a shady tree, his
head bowed in thought. A pilgrim.
This symbol is the index of one given to solitude and deep philosophic
thought, a lover of the mysterious and abstruse. Impressed with the un-
reality of things around bim and the changefulness of human relations, be
is disposd to the study of eternal verities and feels in no need of companion-
ship. He is not a misanthrope nor a pessimist, but be has a true perspec-
tive of life and regards things and persons according to their true value. It
is a degree of Disillusion.
iq 4TH Degree.—A lyre, upon the arm of which there hangs a
wreath of laurels.
Tbisis indicative of a nature almost wholly given to the pursuit and cul-
tivation of the fine arts. The mind is harmonious, generous, and peaceable.
The life will be free from disquieting and distressful elements, and the in-
herent harmony and refinement of this character will be reflected in all bis
works. He will strive by the use of the gentle arts as well as by the more
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
liberal, to illustrate and interpret the finer emotions of the soul. In art or
the drama he will meet with great distinction. It is a degree of Sound.
nt 5TH Degree.—A storm-swept prairie.
Free as the wind that blows will be the mind of him who shall answer
to this degree of the circle. Violent withal and rash, he shall put forth
much strength to no purpose, and the path of him will be marked by waste
and extravagance. Fallen idols and desolated temples will be the outcome
of his genius, and to destroy where he cannot build will appear his aimless
pursuit in life. Nevertheless in the end he will become himself the desecrated
tomb of many forlorn and blighted hopes. It is a degree of Waiilonness.
r»l 6th Degree.—A great mound of earth and stones, on the
summit of which there is a single flowering shrub.
It is the index of a mind that is given to carefulness in small things and
attention to detail; whose heart is in his task; and whose soul is content
with the simple fruits thereof. Such an one will build up a name and position
for himself by dint of patient and laborious toil, whether in natural science
or in the ordinary avocation of a commercial life, and in the end be will be
sure of his due reward. It is a degree of Continuity.
r»i. jth Degree.—A man standing with his left foot upon the
shoulder of a spade. A pickaxe lies upon the ground, and in his
hand he holds a jewel which reflects the Sun's rays.
This symbol denotes one who shall gain his position in the world by
fortuitous means, and acquire considerable wealth by exploration and dis-
covery. He may become a great trader in precious stones, a discoverer of
rare minerals, or the pioneer of some undeveloped country. Such as may
be his calling, be will have unusual success therein, and by means of his
good fortune will be raised to a position which he had never looked to
enjoy. It is a degree of Fortune.
ni, 8th Degree.—An archer shooting his arrows towards a flight
of birds.
It indicates one who is restless, flighty, and indeterminate; effecting
operations without design, using his forces at hazard, and frequently engag-
ing in strife upon small occasion. In social life be will be disposed 'to be
dissolute and disrespectful of convention, and will become involved in more
love affairs than he will be able to manage successfully. Intensity, enthu-
siasm, and nonchalance are the chief features of his character. It is a degree
of /ncoiiseguence.
(Ttf be continued)
 55

®nrnnt SSimoZtical lunations an& Sanar ikturna

In Theoyetkal Astrology, I have pointed out that the methods of

prognostication based upon the Moon's motion deserve more investi-
gation than they seem to have yet received, in modern times at least.
The synodical lunation is that measured from New Moon to New
Moon. In the horoscope of birth this becomes the return of the Moon
to its same relative distance from the Sun in the zodiac, after passing
round the whole circle. For instance, if a child is born exactly at
Full Moon (Moon opposition Sun),one such lunation will haveelapsed
when the Moon has passed all round the zodiac and again arrived at
Full Moon (progressed Moon opposition progressed Sun). This period
is applied in two ways. Firstly, each synodical lunation after birth is
held to foreshadow or symbolise the events of the corresponding year
of life. Secondly, apart from the horoscope of birth, the motion of
the Moon is constantly going on by transit; and twelve or thirteen
times every year the transiting Moon arrives at this relative distance
(whatever it may be, opposition or otherwise) from the transiting Sun.
This divides every year of life into periods of about a month, which
I propose to call current synodical lunations, to distinguish them
from the first or ordinary synodical lunations. A map of the heavens
for the beginning of a current synodical lunation is held to signify the
events of the month following. In addition to these two methods
there is thirdly the question of whether a map of the heavens for the
return of the Moonjto its radical longitude every twenty-eight days has
any significance in connection with the month's events, just as the
return of the Sun each birthday has in connection with the year's
events.
I propose to illustrate these second and third methods by pub-
lishing a few maps of current synodical lunations and lunar returns in
well-known horoscopes.
A point arises here, as well as in the case of solar revolutions, as
to whether these should be calculated for the birthplace or for the
place in which the native may be living for the time being I men-
tion this matter here without attempting to settle it. When the native
56 MODERN ASTROLOGY
travels often, or when he has emigrated from his birthplace, the diSer-
ence may be very great. Ultimately the matter must be settled by
experiment with suitable test cases. I have as yet made no such tests
myself, and therefore, partly for this reason and partly because of the
difficulty of ascertaining exactly where the native was at a given
moment, I have calculated all maps for the latitude and longitude
of the birthplace. I may add that they are calculated to the nearest
minute (of time) only.

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 CURRENT ST NODICAL LUNATIONS AND LUNAR RETURNS 57
Map No. 1, here given, is the last lunar return in the life of
Queen Victoria. It is based upon the horoscope published by Mr.
E. H. Bailey in this Magazine, Vol. X., page 112, with the Moon at
30n34'. The Queen died on January 22nd, igoi, and the Moon re-
turned to its radical place for the last time on January 2nd, at 1.59
a.m. It will be seen that the extreme end of Libra is rising and Leo
culminating. The characteristic feature in the map is that the Moon
is afflicted in the eighth house, that of death. It is applying to the
square of Mars in Virgo on the cusp of the eleventh house, and to
the opposition of the planets in the second.
Certainly if all lunar returns are as significant as this, they will
be worth consideration by astrologers. But this remains to be seen.
Map No. 2 is that for the last current synodical lunation in the
Queen's life. At birth the Moon was i028' from the Sun, and increas-
ing. It returned to the same distance from the Sun on January 20th,
igoi, two days before death. By a curious coincidence this map is
the same as that for the Sun's ingress into the sign Aquarius, which
was given in this Magazine at the time (Vol. IX., page 4). The
essential positions are those in the sixth house. The Sun, lord of
the ascendant, is in this house, that of sickness, as well as Mercury,
lord of the natal ascendant. That so many planets should be here at
a moment when the attention of the whole nation was centred upon
a sick bed certainly seems very ! characteristic. I do not think the
map shows death quite so clearly as does the lunar return ; but if an
astrologer had calculated this figure beforehand, he would have
noted unfavourable indications and the absence of good aspects.
Other and more characteristic maps will be given later.
In investigating this question it will be well to try to determine
which of these two methods is the most to be depended upon for in-
dicating monthly events. They have a specially interesting bearing
upon a royal horoscope, for the geniture of a monarch is not merely
significant of personal events but also of those of national importance.
It therefore becomes a question whether either of these methods when
applied to the royal horoscope can at all rival those of ordinary
mundane Astrology in their significance of monthly events.
Finally, it may be pointed out that in these and analogous
methods we have a kind of rival to the various systems of directing.
Instead of depending upon directions, it seems open to the astrologer
to employ Solar Revolutions to forecast the events of the vear,
Lunar Returns or Current Synodical Lunations for those of the
month, and lastly the Diurnal Horoscope for the day.
H. S. Green.
 58

Jin (BitraoriJinarg Statement

" Charubel," a clairvoyant" well known to a great number of

astrological students, has had what he considers a first-hand proof of
the theory of reincarnation. Being a man whose word is thought by
all who know him to be reliable, his statement—which may, however,
sound very extraordinary to those who have doubts concerning the
soul's re-embodiment—is worth recording. The following is the
substance of his remarkable story :
" My mother has been dead over fifty years. Since her death I
have clairvoyantly seen her wandering about in the neighbourhood in
which she lived. She always appeared to me to be very wretched,
and wanted to be again as she had been before her death. 1 have
repeatedly done all I could to reconcile my mother to her new state of
existence, but all to no purpose, since she persisted in turning her
thoughts earthward and could not rest, nor overcome the wish to be
back again in her old surroundings. Some friends who had passed
on, and had freed themselves from the lower planes, visited her and
tried to persuade her to raise her thoughts higher, but it was all to no
purpose, and whenever I looked her up on the astral plane I always
found her in the same sad state of distress.
'•Just recently I missed her, and since I could find no trace of
her whereabouts I felt anxious concerning her welfare, when I heard
the voice of my guide saying, ' She is dead, and her soul has entered
the womb of a poor woman, your neighbour.' "
Our clairvoyant astrologer discovered that a child was born that
day to a poor neighbour (at Manchester) at g p.m., June 4th, 1903.
He is quite certain of the fact that this child, in her former birth, was
his mother, and he laments the knowledge that she is now doomed to
suffer from poverty, as the father is a worthless fellow.
The most extraordinary part of this story is that his mother died
but 50 years ago, although it is generally supposed that the soul spends
an average of 1,500 years out of the body between each incarnation.
It may be that the whole life of this woman was spent in material and
worldly thought, and that she was incapable of raising her conscious-
ness into the heaven-world. It is also possible that the guide spoke
• Those who have used this author's " Degrees of the Zodiac Symbolised."
and noticed the extraordinary applicability of the symbols there given, will certainly
not be disposed to challenge the remarkable seership of this man.
 AN EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT 59
of her second death as related to her passing out of the astral plane
into higher regions. In any case the seer has made an extraordinary
statement. Those who are interested in other worlds besides the
physical should read The Other Side of Death, by Mr. C. W.
Leadbeater.
The following quotation from the Daily Mail, which has been
forwarded by a correspondent, comes aptly as an addendum to the
above remarkable statement.
WEIRD STORY FROM BURMA
(From Our Own Correspondent)
Simla,
Thursday, June i8ih.
A story comes from Burma of a six-year-old Burmese boy in the
Pegu district who is believed to be the reincarnation of the late Mr.
A. H. Tucker, district superintendent of police, who was killed by
dacoitsin 1894.
The child has been taken to various places where Mr. Tucker
was stationed, and the Burmese declare that he remembers all the
incidents of his previous existence. At the place of the murder he
trembled and gave particulars of the deed, they say, and nothing will
persuade them that the spirit of the late Mr. Tucker has not returned
to earth in the shape of the boy.
Such reincarnation is generally believed in Burma, and numerous
alleged examples of it are on record. The reincarnated ones are
called " win-zas."
[Our correspondent asks us as to the ' cause of it.' We refer him
to the book above recommended, and to other Theosophical
literature.]

Matter is man's measuring rod—not his ground-plan.

Were not the eye itself a Sun,

No Sun for it would ever shine.
By nothing God-like could the heart be won
Were not the heart of man divine.
Goethe.
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Utatiatiral Bcparfntfint.
[Senders of data to the Statistical Department are begged to
bear with the Secretary's inability to acknowledge and publish all
that has been received—some energetic members have sent several
pages apiece (all honour to them!)—but all shall be printed in due
time. Considerations of space prevent more than a small portion
appearing each month.—Ed.]
Two maps illustrating the ascendant of Bradford, Yorks., which
is said to be 50 VJ-
No 1. November 6th, 1855, ohr. gmin. noon. - The time of
uncovering Peel monument erected by the Bradford Corporation.
No 2. December 28th, 1882, 8.10 a.m. The time a mill
chimney fell at Bradford, and thirty or more lives were lost.

Birth Data.
No 1. Male, born November 24th, 1830, 3 p.m., at Keighley,
Yorks. Born in poor circumstances, father was a wool-comber. The
native was a wool-buyer for a large Company in America, he crossed
the Atlantic between thirty and forty times, coming to England to buy
wool.
No 2. Male, born August 16th, 1879,5.35a.m., nearSaxmundham
Suffolk. Was terribly burnt December 31st, 1883, and died from the
effects, 2 p.m., January 2nd, 1884.
No 3. Male, born 3.15 p.m., December 23rd, 1895, London,
seven months' child, inflammation of eyes set in a day or two after
birth and resulted in blindness in less than a month, but the sight of
one eye subsequently partly restored by a second surgical operation,
the first on the other eye being unsuccessful. The native is other-
wise strong and healthy—the Moon at'birth is ci Sheal Pegasi.
No 4. Illegitimate female, born October 22nd, 1896, 3.57 p.m.
(exact time). Longitude i05'E. Latitude 5204o'N.
No 5. Male, born 12 noon, August 4th, 1832. Hunchback.
No 6. Male, born 6.15 p.m., 28th June, 1841. A pink-eyed
man, and reputed to see by the crystal.
No 7. Female, born about 8.30 a.m., April 7th, 1833. The
native was crushed to death in Leeds station, December 1883.
No 8. Female, born 5.45 a.m., April 28th, 1859. The native
was a teacher; while standing with her back to the fire her dress
caught, she was terribly burnt and died from the effects.
No g. Male, born 4 a.m., March 27th, 1850. Shot himself at
Shipley, Yorks., October gth, 1894.
I have the maps of the foregoing cases Nos. 5 to g inclusive, they
are erected for Leeds and I believe them to be correct, but am unable
to say the actual places of birth, J. P. M.
 6i

How to Judge a Nativity. By Alan Leo.

This book is the third of its series. The first one was Astrology
for All, which contained a full description of the influences of the Sun
and the Moon in each sign of the zodiac, both singly and when com-
bined as polarities. No information on this subject adapted to our
ordinary zodiac had ever before been published, although Butler's
Solar Biology had previously given a similar classification according to
the supposed influence of the so-called solar zodiac. This volume has
been for some time out of print.
The second of the series was Casting the Horoscope, which dealt in
detail with the arithmetical calculations necessary when making a
map of the heavens for the moment of birth.
The present work assumes that the student has calculated his
horoscope and that he has a general familiarity with the matter con-
tained in the two previous volumes. It proceeds to give rules for
interpreting and judging the horoscope. This is done by taking the
twelve houses into consideration one at a time, and classifying the
various subjects with which an astrologer has to deal— money, health,
marriage, etc.—under one or other of the houses, or under a combina-
tion of them. The influences of the signs and planets acting through
each house are then given in considerable detail, and the reader will
probably find more information under most of these headings than in
any modern work on the subject. The philosophical side of the
subject is not forgotten, and several new views are given here and
there on the bearing of occult philosophy upon Astrology.
In this most ancient science, as in all others, students inevitably
belong to one or other of several different classes; and when a new
book is published each is sure to wish that his own particular private
views had been brought more prominently forward in the work. The
philosopher will wish it more philosophical, the scientist more scientific,
the occultist more occult, and the man who fancies himself" practical "
will no doubt wish that all these departments of the subject had been
ignored. Probably no book that ever has been or ever will be
published can satisfy everyone, and certainly no sensible author will
ever attempt to do so. Of the work now published it may be said
that it is full of information and extremely practical.
H. S. Gkeen.
62 MODERN ASTROLOGY

Elements of Hand Reading. By Pharos. [London ; Grunt Richards;

cloth, is.)
This, as its name implies, is a book for the beginner, being a
precis, as it were, of the author's larger Guide to Hand Reading (Nichols,
3f. td.). There is nothing distinctively ' original' about this work,
which is perhaps rather an advantage than otherwise in a text-book
such as this. On the other hand, it does not follow conventional
methods merely because they are conventional. The arrangement is
clear, the diction is straightforward and terse, and the blocks (of
which there are thirty-eight, including four plates on glazed paper)
are diagrammatic in design, and therefore far better adapted to the
needs of a beginner than photos of the hands of celebrities. Indeed,
these blocks are the clearest we have seen in this class of work. The
personal element is commendably absent, and the reader is spared the
long introductory dissertation upon the history and antiquity of
palmistry which so often mars such manuals. It is eminently a'text-
book,' and therefore wisely adopts a dogmatic rather than an argu-
mentative style, giving no reasons for any of its statements. Never-
theless the structure seems logical and orderly, and the book as a
whole admirably fulfils the requirements of a 'popular' manual. It
is well got up and strongly bound.
We have also received The New Thought Simplified, a series of
essays by Henry Wood, apparently reprinted from magazine articles,
and here issued in a collective form, for they have no continuity of
design. They are helpful little sermonettes, and all may be said to
develope themselves from the train of thought engendered by the
inner significance of a lad's remark quoted in the first paragraph.
Told to "stop that whistling," he replied "I ain't whistlin'; it
whistles itself." It is so with a large part of the thinking that is done,
adds the author, it ' thinks itself.'
Other publications to hand are :—The Horoscope, for January, containing among
much interesting matter, fully up to the high standard of last year, the fullest and
clearest statement of the " poles of the houses " difficulty which we have yet seen.
We hope to have more to say about this in our next number,—Aurora, 3d. monthly.
The first number shows us carried into practice the excellent idea of a cheery and
inspiriting booklet designed for those who are debarred from some of life's activities
by reason of physical disabilities, and which is edited and contributed to by like
sufferers, who wish to show that happiness consists in usefulness and that' invalids'
are not necessarily less helpful to humanity than others: it is got up in an attractive
form of pocket-book size, easy to carry about or to read when lying down; we
wish |it all success.—The English Magazine of Mysteries for October, November,
December, in which appear besides the Editor's tonic and astringent " straight
talk," a series of excellent lessons in " practical Theosophy," physical culture,
human magnetism, etc., by various writers, and the first chapters of "The
Magician." a story; "Joseph's" interpretation of a dream in the November
number contains the following prophecy A departure is about to be made
by the King (? government) of England, resulting in a greater command by England over
the sea ; we wonder if this may have reference to the Thibet expedition.
Time will show.
There are other books on our table, and these we trust to review next month.
 better to the (Eittior

Letters of general interest only are inserted. Correspondents desiring reply

must please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily for
publication, but as a token of good faith.
N.6.—.Writers of signed articles are alone responsible for the opinions con-
tained therein.
On the Rectification of Birth-times.
[This we consider an extremely interesting communication, and
we have taken the liberty of slightly emphasising certain points.
—Ed.]
Dear Sir,
Having applied the rule given by Mr. S. H. Ahmad for
finding the four-minute planetary periods (as described in his book
Tht Mysteri es of Sound and Number*), to the time of birth for any horos-
cope, I have found that the said moment always falls in a period ruled
by the planet governing the sign ascending at that time.+
I have tested some twenty-five or more cases in which it has
held good, more especially in those rectified by Sepharial's method
from the pre-natal epoch.
This being the case, when once the limits between which the
birth-time is known to fall are given the latter can be at once found
to within two minutes of the true time, provided the same sign con-
tinue upon the ascendant: and even if a second sign rise within the
included period, one can generally determine the true ascendant with
but little difficulty, since it seldom happens that the defining limits
are more than from twenty minutes to half an hour apart.
I have thus far found that the first period coming under the ruler-
ship of the lord of the ascendant is in general the one which includes
the true time of birth; but if the approximate time only be given,
that period (falling between the given limits] which is ruled by the
planet having dominion over the rising sign will contain the true
birth-time. In several cases I have been able to give the true time
to within two minutes when the including times have been from 20m. to
30m. apart (but the same sign rising).
For instance;—At what time was a person born on Saturday,
January 15th, 1876; long. 87.3 E., lat. 26.1N., the true geocentric
sunrise being 6.34. a.m., in local mean time, and the time of birth
stated as falling within the limits 2.37 and 3.8 p.m. ?
• [Sfi Modern Astrology Vol. XIII., p. 116.—Ed.]
f I do not know if the ' law of interchange ' will also sometimes apply ; so far
as I have gone I have not found it to do so.
64 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Then say,
Noon -- - - 12.o. m.
Sunrise ... 6.34 a.m.
Time elapsed at noon - 5.26
Given time - - 2.37 p.m.
Time since sunrise at 2.37 p.m. 8.3
That is, 2.37 p.m. falls in the gth hour on Saturday {i.e., the hour of
Jupiter), and in the first four-minute period, v»>.,the period of Jupiter,
with im. of that period to spare ; thus,
Hour of Jupiter
Period of V <?025!D,?V<?
2.34 to 2.38 2.42 2.46 2.50 2.54 2.58 3.2 3.6 3.10
As Gemini is ascending from 2.37 to 3.8 p.m., we take the
sought-for moment as falling in the period of Mercury, i.e., at 2.52
p.m., and as a matter of fact Sepharial rectified the time and gave it
as 2-52-45 p.m.
Taking another instance ;—Time of birth stated as falling between
5.38 and 5.59 a.m., on a Saturday, 187S, in longitude 78.30 E.,
latitude 17.15 N. The true geocentric sunrise is 5.32 a.m. local mean
time, Leo ascending. Thus,
Time - - - 5.38 a.m.
Sunrise - - - 5.32 a.m.
0.6
This on Saturday is the hour of Saturn and the second period, viz.,
the period of Jupiter.
Hour of Saturn
Period of 2( <? © 2 5 D
5.36 to 5.40 5.44 5.48 5.52 5.56 6.0 a.m.
Here we take the period of the Sun, 5.48 a.m., as giving the time, the
middle of this period being 5.46 a.m.; as a matter of fact the birth
occurred at 5.47 a.m. Had the limiting periods been given as 5.28
and 5.52 a.m., the same result would have been arrived at. For since
on Saturday the first hour is that of Saturn, so the hour before is that
of the Moon ; thus,
Hour of Moon . . , Saturn . . ...
Period of S 5 (sunrise) b if <? O 9
ending 5.24 s.28 5-32 5-36 54° 54 4 5-48 S-S2 etc.
Here again, since Leo ascends, we should take the period of the Sun,
i.e., 5.48 a.m.
I have not tested this with a sufficient number of cases to be
able to state that it holds good invariably, but I think it is worth
bringing to the attention of students so that it may be investigated
and either established or disproved.
Yours faithfully, D. S. Duff.
iHu&mt EfiftrulDflu

Vol. I. New Series. MARCH, 1904. No. 3.

W>\ie ^bserbfifonr

I am writing this month's " Observatory" in the city of Paris,

whither I have journeyed to permanently establish a branch office of
Modern Astrology, through which in the future
ranch8 continental business will pass. A small office
was opened in Paris in 1901, under the manage-
ment of M. Leopold Mieville. This is now too small for the business,
and therefore a removal from the Rue Saint Simon has become
necessary; the location of the new office will be duly announced.
During the present year the first of our publications will be trans-
lated and printed in French, the manuals will follow, and then the
larger books; while in about two years from now I expect to issue in
Paris the first number of the French edition of this Magazine.
The many friends of this Magazine, who always watch with deep
interest the progress of our work, will be glad to know that we have
in M. Mieville a scholar and a gentleman who is as devoted to the
work in France as myself, having caught the spirit of our mission—
i.e., thoroughly to purify and re-establish the ancient science of Astrology,
The continental branch of Modern Astrology is therefore in good
hands.
* -r
It is interesting to watch the development of one's horoscope as
indicated by the progress of one's life-work, and I feel a certain amount
of pleasure in the success of the Paris branch,
Contrast particularly as in starting it the disadvantages
were numerous. Apart from the difficulties intro-
duced by the necessity of translating all the matter into another l«in-
66 MODERN ASTROLOGY
guage, Modern Astrology had little or no influence on the conti-
nent. On the other hand the branch in America, which has failed,
had everything in its favour. The Magazine itself was well known,
I possessed, moreover, a very good clientele in the United States, and
many sincere friends as well. Leo, however, is apparently stronger than
Gemini, whilst the benefic influence of Jupiter in the former sign is
favourable, and indeed is likely to be very potent in the future. Still,
I do not despair of yet finding the right man (or woman) for the States,
and my next trip will in all probability be to America for the purpose of
accomplishing that which has proved so successful in France. It is
only a question of finding the right person, for the work is waiting to
be done.
* *
Steadily and quietly in various parts of the world agents are
being trained to open up branches when the time is ripe for com-
mencing. At the beginning of the present year I
Other Branches commissioned a gentleman, fully equipped with all
the working materials, to establish a branch office in
New York,* and gave him full instructions to operate in America until
another branch could be opened in the United States. Particulars of
the books printed in America will be announced in due course. Our
Dutch agent, Mr. H. J. van Ginkel, is slowly laying the foundation
of a good business in Amsterdam. He is at present engaged in
giving lectures and spreading generally those ideas in connection with
Astrology that we so strongly advocate. In Cuba, a Spanish gentle-
man is slowly but surely working in our interest by gradually trans-
lating our literature into Spanish, and is only waiting the word to openly
come before the Spaniards as an agent for Modern Astrology.
From small things, commenced at the right time, great issues
arise ; and I am convinced that we are only waiting for the right men
to come forward and put their hearts into the work, in order to spread
our knowledge all over the world.
* *
I regret very much to learn that " Sepharial " is in distress.
After a severe illness and many trials he has now been forced to part

• Mr, H. W. Hoyt. 9. West 2?nd Street, to whom all American business

.should be addressed.
 THE OBSERVATORY

with his home, and go into apartments with his

" Sepharial" family. (This month's instalment of "The De-
grees of the Zodiac Symbolised" has unfortu-
nately been delayed in consequence.) There are many readers of this
magazine who appreciate the work that this able astrologer has done
for the science, and I feel sure they would be glad to put anything in
his way likely to help him to recover his social position. All letters
of help or sympathy may be addressed to " Sepharial," c/o Modern
Astrology, and those who desire astrological work of any kind will
probably be able to (ind him something to do until he is once again
established and able to dispense with this much-needed temporary
help.

We have lost a personal friend in Madame Antoinette Sterling,

who died peacefully at her residence in Hampstead at 7.45 on the
morning of January 10th. She often expressed her
^Singer" regret that her birthtime was unknown; for she
was a firm believer in Astrology, and nothing, I
am sure, would have delighted her more than a reading of her horos-
cope, had that been possible. We had many friends in common, and
on only her latest visit to Lyncroft Gardens she expressed a wish to
sing, saying that she felt an influence which moved her to expression.
Often before, too, she had delighted us with her gift of spng.

NOTICE
To prevent misconception the Editor of this magazine desires to
inform all who may be interested, that his tenancy of the chairman-
ship of the Society for Astrological Research, renamed The Uranian Society,
expired with the year 1903. At the last general meeting in December
the attendance was so scanty, and the support otherwise afforded so
slight (in spile of special circulars having been sent by the Secretary
to each member), that the Society may be said to have died a natural
death—or rather to have perished through inanition. Moreover those
members of the Council who were present did not,offer themselves
for re-election.
However, no official intimation of the discontinuance of the
Society has yet reached this office, and any one wishing for further
information in respect thereof is referred to the Secretary at 16,
Greenhill Road, Harrow, to whom all applications for copies of the
"Transactions" should be addressed.
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CljarartEr in Mantes
[Concluded from p. 46)
Gladys and Muriel.—A popular novel will often influence the
fashion in names for a time. Many a Sybil owes her pretty name to
the once favourite novel of Disraeli, and no doubt in a few years we
shall find a large fresh crop of Elizabeths. The many-syllabled
name seems to be coming again more into vogue. The love of
romantic names in the early part of the nineteenth century—such
names as Alicia, Camilla, Evelina, and Juliana—gave way in the
fifties and sixties to a fancy for simple and insipidly pretty names
such as Ethel, Edith, Alice, Florence, Rosie, and Lily, while the
earlier Janes and Betties and Emmas were relegated to the kitchen.
Now that our modern parlour-maids are taking to being called Gladys
and Muriel, 1 dare say we shall soon return to Emily and Ann.
Laura is hard, Margaret sympathetic, Cecily colourless, Maud
interesting, and Agnes unselfish. Kate is kind and clever, Priscilla
prim, Amy lovable, and Irene vain. But one might multiply
instances for ever. For men 1 have an affection for one-syllable
names, such as George, Frank, Charles, Fred, &c. Charlie and
Harry are pleasantly casual, but seem to suggest more depth than
the Berties and Reggies. Hilda is rather meaningless and Daisy
theatrical. Maria is pretentious, Marie artificial, but there is no
more lovable name than Mary. It suggests strength aud tenderness,
and, though so hackneyed, has never lost its distinction.
Elaine.
Correspondence column of " The Referee."
Sir,—"Elaine's" paragraphs on the Christian names of women
interested me very much, the subject being one which I have from
time to time investigated. The enclosed extract from the " Cressing-
ham Court Rolls" transcribed by the late Henry W. Chandler, M.A.,
Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, and a Waynflete Professor
(Magdalen College, Oxford), will, 1 think, interest you. These Court
Rolls cover a period between 1328 and 1584. The book of my old
friend was privately printed, and possibly may not have come under
 CHARACTER IN NAMES 6g
your notice. Mr. Chandler analysed the recurrence of the names of
both men'and women. As to the women's names Mr. Chandler writes ;
Thirty-eight names serve for three hundred and sixteen men,
but eighty-six women have twenty-eight names among them. Of
these Alice, Agnes, and Margaret are the favourites. Their numbers
are as follows: Alice, sixteen ; Agnes, fourteen ; Margaret, ten;
Christiana, six; Elizabeth and Joan, four each; Catherine, Cecilia,
Isabel, three each ; Clarice or Clarissa, Petronilla, Sarra, Sibilla, two
each. Of the following names there is only one example for each :
Agatha, Anne, Beatrix, Denise, Dorothy, Evina, Gundred, Ivetta,
Lettice or Letitia, Lina, Lucy, Mabel, Matilda, Milicent, Thomasina;
besides these Isolde, Basilea, and Sabina are implied in other names.
. One more remark before bringing this rambling introduction
to a close. Amongst all these women not one bears the commonest
and surely, for everyday wear, the prettiest of all names, Mary; not
a single one from 1328 to 1584. Stow, in his Survey, mentions scores
of women, but, I think, only three Maries before 1500—namely,
Dame Mary St. Maure, buried in St. Lawrence Jewry; Mary de
Sainte Paule Countess of Pembroke, wife of " Aymor de Valence
who had a chaplain at St. James" in the wall, near Cripplegate" ;
and the "Maiden named Mary" who "long before the Conquest"
founded a house of Sisters at St. Mary Overy by London Bridge.
The Countess of Pembroke was a Frenchwoman; Mary de St.
Maure, probably not an Englishwoman, and the " Maiden named
Mary" is somewhat mythical; if real, she must have been a Roman
Christian, for Mary was not, I believe, a Saxon name. English
Maries before 1500 seem to be uncommon ; Edward I. had a daughter
so called, two occur in the Bedingfield pedigree before 1300, and the
first wife of Henry IV. was Mary de Bohun. Is it fanciful to imagine
that Englishwomen for some time avoided the name from a feeling of
humility and reverence ?
This from Professor Chandler's transcription. My own expe-
rience, which is fairly wide, as I have for antiquarian purposes
carefully visited hundreds of ancient churches and the cathedrals and
abbeys, &c., in England, points to the same conclusion. On old
tombs the name of " Mary " seldom occurs—very seldom. A curious
instance in modern times of the reason for the naming of a family of
girls, too, may interest you. There were four daughters, and they
were named after the waltzes "Mabel," " Hilda," &c. One of these
ladies, a very well-known actress and singer, while assuming a stage
surname, still retains her own Christian name. The Gaiety pro-
grammes in recent years will give a clue to the identity of the lady in
question. Godfrey's waltzes were still fashionable, though not in
their first freshness, at the date of her christening.—I am, Sir
yours, &c. O. U. A. C.
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Prognostication for the Year

The figure for the entrance of Sun into Aries is somewhat more
propitious than the one for March, 1903. But with three inalefics
angular and both luminaries afflicted it is by no means a perfect or
reassuring horoscope. Mars on the lower meridian still threatens to
embarrass the Government with its malign influence, although fortu-
nately it has passed the cusp. It is true that Sol is conjoined with the

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benefic Jove, but then both bodies are hurt by the adverse rays of
Uranus and Neptune, while the former itself is going to a semi-square
of Saturn. But at all events Jupiter will be a good standby and will
make for peace and a solution of existing problems. The other aspects
create much strain, and foreign relations are not amicable. The cross
aspects of Uranus, Neptune, Sun, and Jupiter indicate difficulties with
foreign trade, and the existence of public enemies. Financial ques-
tions are well to the fore. Saturn in the second warns of bad trade
and low revenue.
The third house will play an important rfile this year. Altera-
tions take place in the Postal and Telegraphic Service. The public
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Flourishing period for art. Big money frauds. Surprises in the
money-mongering market.
The occupation of the North angle by Mars will be responsible
for serious conflagrations, explosions and calamities in mines and
public buildings, as also family seats. The condition of the fifth
house leads us to expept a high birth-rate and a national morality
below par. Illegitimacy very prominent. A crop of tragedies arising
through sex and sensuousness. Divorces frequent. Restrictions
upon the licensed victualling business.
The passage of Mars through England's ruling sign will excite
the country. Jupiter is in Aries mostly all this year. This should
benefit us considerably.
The Eclipse of the 17th inst. falls in the ascendant at London
and in the last decan of Pisces. Junctinus said an eclipse, either
solar or lunar, happening in Pisces signified harm and destruction to
creatures living in the waters, corruption of rivers ; while another old
author holds to be presignified theft, robbery and rapine by land,
and piracy and trouble by sea. China is likely to feel the effects of
this phenomenon. At Pekin the lunation is in the ninth with Mars
culminating. Religious riots and massacres.
Heinrich Daath.

The protessional career of the late Madame Antoinette Sterling,

to whom allusion was made in the Observatory, was a brilliant one, and
those who have once heard her sing will never forget it. Her wonderful
voice and magnetic personality were only part of her charm, for she sang
as she felt, and her devotional mind always translated her songs into
sermons. "The Lost Chord" was specially favoured by her, and
this, with " The Better Land," " Darby and Joan," and " Love's Old
Song," which were written for her, could always reduce an audience
to tears. Madame Sterling sat out to move men and women by songs
of everyday life; and her religious convictions were never far from the
exercise of her art. She was a Quakeress, and loved to speak to
hearts, and, as she herself said, the mere idea of singing for fame or
money or anything else dwindled beside the idea of reaching men
and women, and helping them in the battle of life.
She has " passed on," and she believed that when it came to her
turn to cast off the sheath of the body, she would continue a higher
and more beautiful life, freed from all the limiting effects of her
present existence. Her body was cremated at Golders Green, on
January 13th; her soul, as she herself has termed it, had "passed
On."
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Hcincarnation

III.

To fully understand why we do not remember our past births it

is necessary for the student to bear in mind what it is that does not
reincarnate, and to clearly appreciate the difference between the-
Thinker, and the Animal Man whose brain is played on by the
Thinker ; for while (as we have before stated) the Thinker reincarnates,
the Animal Man never does.
This is indeed the crux of the matter, and just the difficulty
which tends to make the theory of Reincarnation difficult of appre-
hension. Animal nian is born, and the Ego or Thinker becomes linked
to him, fully entering the little animal body and brain at about seven
years of age. The real Man uses the brain and body of the animal
man as a vehicle for expression on the physical plane. The ego is
always the unit-consciousness and remains one, but it has the power
to inform in turn multifarious personalities. In one life a ray of con-
sciousness may play upon and inform the brain of William Brown ;
in another earth life, John Jones, or Claude Duval; in yet another
Mary Anderson onjoanna Southcott, etc., etc. But it is the one
eternal Son of Mind, begotten of the Father, that dwells in each of
these in turn, gathering through them by contact with the Not-Self
fresh knowledge and new experiences.
It is this reincarnating Thinker alone that can remember and
recall each earth life, tracing, as it were, the line of its re-birth, the
story of each human pilgrimage from the cradle to the grave. It sees
itself as the immortal actor on the stage of life, sees all the past drama
and the parts it has played therein unrolled, act by act, century after
century. But that memory belongs to the Thinker, and not to the
brain mind that it plays upon. Take away the Thinker—as in the
case of a congenital idiot—and what is left but an animal, even though
its form be human ? Without the Thinker we are all animal men and
women ; the Thinker within us alone makes us human.
This Thinker, connected with and informing the animal man,
74 MODERN ASTROLOGY
imparts to this lower nature as much of its own capacities and inherent
powers as that animal man is able to manifest, and these capacities
inherent in the Thinker are recognised by us as the brain mind or
the " lower mind."
There is a new instrument, as it were, in each re-embodiment
made ready for the player. But the instrument cannot remember
melodies, only the player can recall them. We each have a new brain
for every life, and this brain or instrument (together with the body)
only /ivcs once, and consequently and naturally cannot remember a
past in which it took no part and had no share. Our animal selves
have only one earthly existence, for animal man does not reincarnate ;
only the Thinker does that. Take, for instance, that great statesman
of the last century, Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Gladstone's brain could not
remember his past life, say as Cicero in an earlier incarnation ; for
neither brain nor body of the famous statesman had ever lived before,
nor had his eyes seen the light of an earlier day. But the innate
character with which William Gladstone was endowed was a char-
acter wrought and hammered out through many an_earlier incarnation,
by many early personal predecessors in various lands and under many
different civilisations, but adding during his latest incarnation as
Gladstone many new touches, taking on fresh light and colour, and
thus passing from his hands in some way different—for an added
nobleness and greatness will be handed on to his heir and successor
on the stage of life, whenever that future incarnation may occur.
Thus his successor will be, in a very real but not external sense,
himself.
We see, then, that the question we are so often asked :—" Why
do I not remember my past lives if I have lived before ? "—is really
based upon a misconception of the theory of reincarnation ; for while
I personally have never lived before, the I of consciousness has lived over
and over again and will continue to do so until perfection on the physical
plane is reached, and the brain of the animal man has become respon-
sive to the consciousness of the Divine Self. That was what the great
western teacher meant when he said; " Be ye perfect even as your
Father in Heaven is perfect " : for could any rational mind believe
that perfection could be reached in one short life ?
I, the true self, the consciousness, do remember; but the self of
matter and the self of spirit have not yet become united, and so that
 REINCARNATION 75
consciousness is not able to unite itself with the physical brain mind.
The animal man not yet in full responsive union with his true self
cannot remember a past in which he personally had no share, for
brain memory can, of course, only contain a record of those events
in which the brain has been concerned. The present writer's
brain is not the brain she used perhaps as an Indian woman of an
earlier epoch, nor the brain, say, of an artist at Venice; and she
could only obtain memory of past lives to link with her present one
by her brain being able to vibrate in response to the supple, delicate
vibrations sent down to it through that ray which is the bridge
between her transient personality and her individual self. To enable
us to remember past lives (which is a remembrance in conscionsiiess, not
in form) we must each live in that consciousness; we must realise that
we are not the personality, but a ray of the immortal self, and that
our present brain and body form but the temporary house in which
the Thinker is living for the time being for his own purpose.
Instead of living in the brain consciousness, the only conscious-
ness which the majority of mankind know anything about, we must
live in the higher consciousness. Instead of looking upon this higher
self as without and the transitory personality as " I," we must identify
ourselves with the Thinker, and look on the outer man merely as an
external organ for work, useful on the physical plane and to be edu-
cated and trained to the highest point of efficiency, including a quick
responsiveness of the present brain to its real owner. There is a
passage in the Ancient Wisdom that puts this very beautifully. It
says:—
" As life after life this difficult opening of the man of flesh to
influences from the higher plane is gradually carried on, and
as the true self is increasingly able to affect its bodily habita-
tion, glimpses of its past incarnations will flash on the lower
mind, and these will become less like flashes and more like
permanent visions, until finally the past isrecognisedas mind
by the continuous thread of memory that gives the feeling of
individuality. Then the present incarnation is recognised as
being merely the last garment in which the Self has clothed
itself and it is in no wise identified with that Self any more
than a coat which a man puts on is regarded by him as being
part of himself. A man does not regard his coat as part
of himself, because he is consciously able to put it off and
look at it separated from himself. When the true man
does that with his body consciously on this plane certainty
becomes complete." B Lbo.
 Bream (Kipmcnces

[The following scenes from dream life have been communicated to

us by a lady who has ^ angular at birth, and J) d also angular in
ss. She has =2? on the ascendant with 9 in ^. On the date of the
dream first mentioned J1 was passing over her ascendant.
The extreme poetic beauty of some of the ideas suggested, coupled
with the remarkable series of planetary positions given above—so
significant of the true dreaming faculty—seem to indicate that this
is a gift which should be encouraged. Those who have read Anna
Kingsford's equally beautiful dream stories will no doubt agree with
us, and we hope these may not be the last we shall be enabled to
publish.—Ed.]

On the nth of August, 1899,1 dreamed a dream so strange, so real

and as it seemed to me at the time so terrible, that I have carried out
as far as possible the instructions given me during the dream ; which
were, that I was to write down all I had seen, in red ink, and that I
should one day have a solution of the whole.
I dreamed that I was in a large open space—open, that is, except
for two low walls, placed about three yards apart, and so forming a
miniature carriage-drive. On these walls sat six people, three on each
side, facing each other.
They were so immovable that I bent forward to touch them,
when, to my horror, I saw that they were dead. Murdered !
As I thus stood transfixed, I heard a low sound, and saw
standing before me a woman, handsome, but fearfully emaciated.
She did not see me, but presently glided forward, making the same
soft crooning sound I had previously heard, and approached the,
bodies, looking into the face of each one.
Then a voice spoke to me, from—J don't know where—saying,
" This is Jean I- , the murderess." (I remember the name
with the most perfect distinctness.)
Then the same voice spoke again, though it seemed to come
through me this time, for my own lips moved, saying :
 DREAM EXPERIENCES 77
" Woman ! This is your work," pointing to the bodies, " hence-
forth, reap the seed that you have sown."
She grovelled at my feet, imploring me to keep her secret and
to save her. The voice spoke again :
" Do you know that your punishment here would be small
compared to your suffering hereafter ? "
" Hereafter ? " she muttered, doubtfully. The voice replied :
" Do you think, then, that this life ends all—that there is no
beyond ? Do you not know that you must expiate in the lowest
depths of bitterness and pain this sin that you have committed here ?"
Then suddenly, as lightning strikes the tree, she seemed to
understand, to realise.
" What can I do ? " she shrieked. " Help me ! "
The voice answered " Atone 1 "
Then I awoke, terrified, with the wretched creature's last words,
" I will, I will," ringing in my ears, wrung from her lips in the first
passion of contrition; while the air still seemed to reverberate with
the music of that wonderful voice, so beautiful and yet so majestically
terrible, and which seemed to come from nowhere or everywhere—
like the murmur of the sea in a cavern by the shore.

I dreamed that a picture was given to me. The subject consisted

of one full-blown water-lily.
1 looked at and admired it for some time, and then on turning it
over I saw that, instead of the usual brown paper, the back was
pasted over with a sheet of parchment, which was closely covered
with writing. I remember that I read it through, and that I was
greatly impressed.
It commenced with : "And the so-called Son of Man "
I cannot recollect any more. I know that I thought it strange, and
I remarked that I had never read anything like it in the Bible. Some-
one answered, " No, you may not have seen it in the Bible. But it
is perfectly true, nevertheless."

I dreamed that I was in a country Jane. The dust lay so thick

that my feet seemed to sink into it. A few yards in front of me I
saw what seemed to be a little whirlwind of dust.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
As I looked more closely, there struggled out of ita most exquisite
butterfly, and I was amazed to see that its beauty was in no way
marred. On the head, and on each wing, there flashed a diamond
point of light, giving the appearance of three tiny lamps.
It fluttered a few inches from the earth, seeming to shake off the
last grains of dust that might be still clinging to its body, then soared
heavenwards and was lost to view.*

Again 1 dreamed I was in the same country lane. I stood under

a grand old oak tree, while on the ground at my feet I saw lying
several coins or tokens of oxidised silver. I stooped to pick them up,
and the one nearest to me proved to be a death's head and cross-bones.
I flung it away, horrified.
There were three other coins, and on each was the head of a
man. But the only one I distinctly remember was that of the Pope
of Rome.

I thought I was looking for rooms at the seaside, and was just
beginning to despair of finding any when 1 saw a card in the window
of a house I was then passing. I rang the bell, and was shown into
the drawing-room, where several ladies were having afternoon tea.
One of them, who afterwards proved to be the hostess, kindly
offered me a cup of tea, saying, " Yes, I have rooms to let. I will
show them to you."
I was very tired, and I remember how glad I was to rest. As I
sat there, an exquisite humming-moth flew in at the window. It
fluttered, or rather sailed, round the room several times, and finally
settled on the back of my left hand. Whilst we were all admiring it
I experienced a most awful sensation, and a very sharp pain on the
exact spot where the moth rested. I brushed it off quickly. Once
more it sailed round the room and again settled on my hand, when 1
felt the same sensation as before. In desperation I hastily brushed it
off again, and on looking at my hand I found a drop of blood had
oozed from each place.
I must have looked alarmed, or annoyed, for my hostess came
forward and offered to show me the rooms.
° I was inclined to regard this as an allegory of the escape of the soul from the
bondage of the senses.
 DREAM EXPERtSNCES 79
I followed her upstairs into a bedroom, and as I stood just within
the doorway I saw between the bed and myself the figure of a woman,
as it seemed to me carved in stone. While wondering how she came to
be there, I saw her slowly turn her head. And then she looked at
me.
There was something in the lurid depths of those stone-dead eyes
that so terrified me, that I turned and incontinently fled downstairs
into the room I had previously been sitting in, and burst out:
"There is a statue of a woman in that room upstairs—and , ,
* . , shewoved!" I have a recollection of someone saying " Don't
shake so. She is dead. She died mad."

I dreamed I was in a large room, beautifully furnished. On the

tiled hearth stood a rose-tree in full bloom. The blossoms were large,
and of an extremely delicate shade of pink.
I stooped to inhale the perfume, and in doing so I observed re-
gretfully what I thought was a faded bloom. On turning it round,
however, I was astonished to discover that it was the head of a mag-
nificent St. Bernard dog, whose drooping car had apparently given me
the impression of a dead blossom.
Then I noticed the heads of other dogs upon the tree, one of them
being a retriever's.^

Wf. wish to call our readers' attention to the improvement made this
month in the " Lunar Aspectarian " on p. ii. of Supplement, in which is shewn,
by means of letters, the (approximate) time each day at which the various
aspects are complete. It is well to remember that lunar aspects do not
necessarily exert their full force at the exact moment of completion, but
rather when the Moon passes over the cusp of a house, or otherwise
' aspects1 the ascendant, so that an approximate time as there given is
therefore quite near enough for all practical purposes. Our less advanced
readers are here cautioned against supposing that each aspect acts by itself
only, the different influences at work must all be considered ; but at any
given time the aspect indicated is the principal influence.

• 1 took this to be a pictorial way of conveying the idea of reincarnation.

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Jlstro-^pljijsiologii anb ^Jatljologo; Sljcorefiral,

^p£culat:b£ anb practical

By Heinrjch Daath

XXVIII. LIVER, BILE AND PANCREAS

{Continued from p. 49).

Plato himself fixed the principle of love in the liver, and hence
the Latin proverb Cogit amare jecnr. Compare also the French foie
from four, focus or fireplace, agreeable to the ancient doctrine which
asserted the blood to be boiled and prepared in it. Theodore
Goldstucker in his essay "On the etymology of Jecur, Storem, etc."*
comments as follows: "In the words jecur, rgrap and yakr'it, we
perceive the same phenomena as in those we have been considering,
and I have only to refer to the preceding remarks to account for their
apparent diversity. Yakr'it has been already correctly understood by
the Hindu grammarians as being a compound oiya and kr'tt, though,
strange to say, they have mistaken the original bearing of the form
s'akr'it. The theme of which I have spoken before, is preserved
mjecin-oroi jecur, which has aflirmed the suffix or (not to be confounded
with the radical or in jecor); ijTrap shows its radical p only in the
nominative of the singular, like oxwp, while it has the —t oiyakr'it in
the other cases. But less clear is the etymological meaning of these
words, for which we must again have recourse to the Sanskrit form
yaA-cVf as composed ofya—which amongst other things means ' union '—
and kr'it, ' doing, producing,' and which is explained by native
dictionaries as ' that which makes the union (sc. of the parts of the
body).' To understand what they may mean by this, it would be
necessary to know the function ascribed to the liver by the old Hindu
medical works. As yet, however, I have not been able to ascertain
their theory on this point, as neither Sus'ruta, nor Charaka and
Atreya, their most renowned authors on |medicine, contain any hint
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 ASTRO-PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY 8l
as to their notions on it. Nor do the other four synonyms of this
word in Sanskrit afford any aid, as they merely refer to the black and
fleshy substance of the liver. It may be considered, however, as a
curious coincidence, that the German word Lebey (which, like the
whole Germanic branch of this word, presents the only instance,
perhaps, in which the semi-vowel ^ of the Sanskrit idiom corresponds
with the semi-vowel I) does originally mean, not the part of the body
we call liver, but every substance which is ' prominent and firmly
united in its parts,' as opposed to substances which are soft and low.
The notion of joining or uniting is still prevalent in the word Leber or
Leberstein (liver or liver stone) which in an Austrian dialect means a
bomtdayy stone, i.e., a stone put where two fields join. It would seem,
therefore, that this meaning of ' joining or making union,' as expressed
by the component parts of yakr'it, was also the primitive meaning of
this word in Sanskrit, but became lost and has only been preserved
in some German dialects."
It is already pretty adequately proven that Jupiter and Mars
affect the liver and its processes. To the former, we should look for
physical defects, structural changes, etc., while the latter concerns
itself with the biliary fluid, pure and simple. Thus, an abscess of
the liver, or a hepatis infarctus, may depend upon the condition of the
Jovian planet in the horoscope. But a bilious fever, such ascholerica
febrisor C. causus, would certainly be chiefly influenced by Mars.
Such diseases, moreover, often arise from fits of anger {Mars), and are
concerned with an immediate effusion of bile. Fevers of all kinds are
governed by Mars, and it is certain that in them the bile is not only
plentifully generated, but is also peccant in quality, and so, if not duly
evacuated, must be productive of very disagreeable symptoms. The
bile being at fault in the intestines during the progress of a fever often
causes such results as aphthce, inflammation, purple spots on the
skin, erysipelatous disorders, hcDmorrhages, diarrhoea, etc., all truly
indicative of the nature of Mars.
It is interesting to note that the Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihita
places bile under Moon and Mars, because it is a mixture of fire and
water, and that the Chinese hold the gall-bladder to be the seat of
courage (Mars). In my own practice, I have learned that Virgo-Mer-
cury are not a little connected with the liver and its functions. There
is a dark-complexioned type of the sixth zodiacal sign, very represen-
82 MODERN ASTROLOGY
tative of the bilious temperament. We must not forget, too, that bile
is a natural purgative, and so acts in addition to its duty as an aid
to intestinal digestion. The only writer I can call to mind who has
associated the biliary fluid with Mercury is Ptolemy, and I had not
seen his pronouncement until I had convinced myself, or rather, seeing
it, had forgotten the circumstance—as we all do in our modern
superiority to the venerable author of the Tetrabiblos.
In illustration we may remark that bilious diseases are more
especially apt to prevail in August and September, while the Sun is
passing through Virgo ; and that the atmosphere of an inland country
has a more corrective influence upon the deranged state of liver than
the sea air. Then, too, we need only mention that bilious diarrhoea is
treated through the liver. The atra-bilis is denominated the Mercurial
humour. In cases of dropsy connected with a diseased liver, the
exhibition "of mercury is efficacious. In fact, mercurials increase
secretion of the essential constituents of bile, and so are useful in
congestion of the liver, dropsies arising from a morbid condition of
that organ (and not from kidneys), and as a purgative in bilious states.
The bile, as observed previously, is a natural and gentle purgative, and
acts by promoting an increased secretion of the intestinal glands, and
by stimulating the intestines to the propulsion of their contents, as
Baker says.* This view receives support from the constipation
which ordinarily exists in jaundice, from the diarrhoea which accom-
panies excessive secretion of the bile, and from the purgative
properties of ox-gall. Finally, for the present, compare the amalga-
mating property of Mercury with the mixing and dissolving powers
of bile.

Prediciions : On p. 41 we read "Prisons, hospitals, etc., are under evil

influences." At the moment of going to press the papers announce an "Asylum
Mystery" at Portsmouth. The Reform Scheme is doubtless the "auspicious
event" in connection with the army referred to on p. 23.

* Several cases have been recorded, observes the same writer, in which the
pancreatic duct being obstructed so that the secretion could not be.discharged, fatty
or oily matter was abundantly discharged from the intestines. In nearly all these
cases, indeed, the liver was coincidently diseased.
 ISir tfre
So quickly do events move that by the time this appears it is
possible that many people will have already forgotten the famous
Kwilecki trial at Berlin, in which the Countess Kwilecki was acquitted
of the charge brought against her of foisting upon the public as her
own child, reputedly born 5 a.m., ay/i/'gy, at Berlin, the infant son
born of a woman at Cracow, 22/i2/'g6. There is a very curious
accordance between these dates from an astrological point of view,
for the younger child has the d in nt, 2^', and the elder b in >U,
b and W 'n both nativities being very near their conjunction.
The ascendant of the heir is approximately J- 21c, and his j; has
progressed to the square of b and $.
■U * £ *
In reference to the remarks in January's " Observatory " anent Mr.
Chamberlain's fiscal policy we have received from a subscriber who
is an advocate of free trade an interesting letter which we should
like to publish, did not its length make this impracticable, even were
it wise to allow political matters to be brought into discussion in these
pages; for it contains one of the best statements of the case for a
continuance of free trade, as a matter of principle, that we have seen.
In the absence of the Editor it has been " dumped " (fatal word !) on
to the sub-editorial table for comment under this heading.
To the present writer it seems that the expediency (using the
word in its highest sense) of a policy cannot be decided under any
circumstances by an appeal to "facts" or statistics, but rather by a
consideration of the fundamental principles involved therein. That
the principle of free trade is essentially a sound one will hardly be
denied by any one who believes in the brotherhood of man. But the
application of any principle, no matter how sound, depends upon the
conditions under which that principle is required to manifest; and we
must first ask ourselves whether the present state of things is a
manifestation of the principle of free trade, or whether it is not rather
the outcome of the passion for ' buying cheap ' regardless of all ofher
considerations, before we can decide as believers in the true free trade
to support the continufince of our present policy.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
The word ' retaliation' in connection with this question is out
of place, for ' retaliation' is the cry of a weakling; but fair-play is
the demand of mere justice.
* * * *
Notwithstanding the parallel letters given on p. roa of last volume,
where we were severely condemned by two separate well-wishers for
not taking two precisely opposite courses in the conduct of this journal,
we still occasionally receive complaints that our pages are " too full of
all sorts of technical terms," or that the scientific aspect of Astrology,
to which a good deal of space is generally devoted, is very often quite
beyond the degree of learning possessed by ' the complainant '—
could we not give a series of simple directions how to set up a map,
and how to tell what is going to happen in a year's time ? (this last
very insinuatingly).
It never seems to occur to those who ask this that all such infor-
mation has been given over and over again in these pages, and that it
is not fair to our older subscribers—who surely ought to have the
priority of consideration—to repeat what is to them familiar to the
point of weariness. The complaint would be the less ill-considered if
we had not a complete series of manuals at a popular price dealing
with these very matters in the clearest possible way. It is a curious
fact that it is as a rule our oldest subscribers, those who have most
continuously supported the magazine, and who by their greater ex-
perience are the better qualified to make suggestions, who most
seldom find fault, or indeed criticise in any way. We often wish
they more often would do so ; for it is our aim to make this maga-
zine as indispensable to the student of Astrology as is the daily paper
to the business man.
* * * *
We beg that readers will address all communications relative to
the magazine to ;—Magazine Department, No. g, Lyncroft Gardens,
West Hampstead, N.W. Much unnecessary delay will thereby be
avoided.
* # * +
The " Horoscope of the United Kingdom " given elsewhere should
prove interesting to students of Mundane Astrology, for certainly the
comments there made seem to indicate that it indeed marks the com-
mencement of a new epoch. If some historical genius would only
 fiY THE WAV

come forward and furnish us with similar equally reliable data in

reference to the joining of the destiny of England (and Wales) with
that of Scotland,* we should have reached a still more fundamental
figure from which to reckon. No doubt some student can supply a
little information on this point.
♦ » S: *
In answer to those correspondents who have written enquiring
about the planetary periods mentioned in Mr. Ahmad's book, referred
to in Mr. Dufi's letter (p. 63 of the current volume), and who ask
how these periods are calculated, we give the method, which is
extremely simple, here.
Each day, commencing at (true geocentric) sunrise, as calculated
for any place, is divided into 360 four-minute periods of mean solar
time, that is, ordinary clock-time, f
The first of these periods is ruled by the planet ruling the day—
say Saturday. In this case Saturn rules (1) the first four-minute
period, (2) the first hour, as a whole, and (3) the day, as a whole.
From this point onwards the four-minute periods follow one another
in the order of the planets, viz., O, ?, 5,I)• That's all.
« * « *
For it will readily be seen that the first period of the second hour
of Saturday belongs to Jupiter,} who therefore rules the second hour;
similarly the third hour is ruled by Mars. Thus we find, continuing in
the same order, that the first period on the day following, i.e.,
Sunday, belongs to the Sun, who therefore rules this first period, the
first hour as a whole, and also the day in general; and so on with the
other planets. Indeed, it is in this way, Mr. Ahmad tells us, that
the days of the week came to be named in the order in which we know
them to-day.
* * *
Singularly enough, the next item that claims our attention is a
suggestion from a correspondent of an easy way of memorising the
rulers of " decanates " (third part of a sign, or space of 10°) quoted
in Sepharial's New Manual, and which is also based upon the order of
• [This, we presume, would be the time of death of Q, Elizabeth.—Ed.]
f The discrepancy of two minutes or so (due to the varying time of sunrise)
would presumably be distributed throughout the whole day, if one wanted to be very
precise.
J Since there are 15 periods in each hour, or twice 7 and 1 over.
86 MODERN ASTROLOGY
the planets, as given above. Thus, the first decanate of Aries is ruled
by S, the second by ©, the third by 5 ; the first decanate of
Taurus by 5 , the second by D, the third by I? ; and so on, round the
zodiac. The last decanate of K being ruled by &, we therefore find
two martial decanates together at this part of the zodiac. A ready
way of remembering these rulerships is as follows. The first
decanates of the various signs are thus ruled :—
T and ttj. (150° apart) g Tuesday.
« ,, f » » ? Wednesday.
If. Thursday.
95 ? Friday,
SI l? Saturday.
© Sunday.
D Monday
This requires no effort to memorise, and for the second and third
decanates one needs only to go back two days—to " the day before
yesterday," so to speak. For instance : b 1st dec. = 9 Wednesday,
and dec. = D Monday, 3rd dec. = lp Saturday.
* * *
It should not be forgotten that there is another way of allocating
the rulership of the decanates, according to the Hindus, as pointed out
in Mr. Green's book The Theoretical Nature of the Degree of the Zodiac,
namely, that the first, second, and third decanates of any sign corre-
spond respectively to the three signs of the same triplicity. Thus, for
Aries, 1st dec. T-T, and dec. T-Sl, 3rd dec. T- -f (rulers ©,
lf)\ and so on, the influence of the sign itself being always the
predominating one, of course.
We are inclined to regard both the above as being natural divi-
sions, operating on different planes, as it were; the latter system
being chiefly concerned with zodiacal influences, the former with the
planetary influences fer se, so to speak, apart from their zodiacal
sheaths. The Hindu method just alluded to is certainly most valu-
able, and as an instance may be cited a case where a student known
to the present writer determined the senior of two twin children from
a photograph and the times of birth, the same sign (tie) rising in each
case, and the deduction being drawn entirely from the decanates
(second and third) ascending ; moreover one or two idiosyncrasies of
character were also correctly indicated, though based solely on the
difference of decanate-rulership,^ lp and 5 respectively.
 BY THE WAY

In reference to our note on p. 18, we learn that the notorious

Madame Humbert's birth, as taken from the register of birth, is the
earlier date there given, ii/9/'55, and that nothing can be found to
verify the statement on her marriage certificate giving the later date.
*: * * *
It is curious to compare the positions just referred to, the most
significant of which in either case is ©g with those of the late
Mr. Whitaker Wright, whose dramatic suicide at the end of his trial
is the chief theme of the newspapers at the time of going to press.
For, in the magnitude of his financial dealings, alike with his extra-
ordinary persuasive powers and genius for management, his career
forms in many ways a striking parallel to that of Madame Humbert.
The day of birth is given on the coffin-plate as 9/2/'45, when the
planetary positions at noon were j

.srai0 K260 ^23° T40 mi0 T40 £13° vy270 ys7.$°

Here the most significant features are O d ^ and if rf ^ : in
both cases the Moon has but just left the Sun, indicative of the per-
sonality predominating over the individuality. At death the major
progressive aspect was If O <7. If, as we are inclined to think, the
ascendant be the end of Leo, these planets are lords respectively of
the fifth and fourth houses: moreover, on this supposition the pro-
gressed horoscope for the year shows 2 (ruler of the M.C.) rf ^ just
setting, with If following some degrees later.
<: * * *
The above, however, are but the ideas of one student, and it
would be instructive to have a consensus of opinion. Following on
the lines, then, of the plebiscite taken in November, we invite opinions
as to the ascendant of this too able financier. Replies will be num-
bered in the order of their receipt, allowance being made for the time
required to reach this office, and we will give a Bound Volume of
Modern Astrology—any volume not out of print that the winner
may select—to the sender of the first post-card whose opinion is
subsequently endorsed by the majority, and who gives two good
reasons for his judgment. [Post-cards only, please, square preferred.)
* if *
We beg to remind Australasian readers that June Subscriptions
should be forwarded now in order to reach us in due time. Apropos:
88 MODERN ASTROLOGY

A Melbourne correspondent writes asking us to give the Lunar

Aspectarian printed on p. ii. of supplement a month in advance, for the
benefit of our subscribers at the Antipodes. We think on reflection he
will see that this, while undoubtedly a most reasonable request in
itself—since the Aspectarian must be nearly out of date by the time
the magazine reaches him—would be rather an inconvenience than
otherwise to most of our readers. Modern Astrology is published
and despatched so as to reach the great majority of subscribers (both
in this and in most other countries) by the first of each month, and to
date the calendar for the month following would scarcely be to
consult their convenience. Our correspondent, with whose position
we entirely sympathise, is referred to the Aspectarian published in
Raphael's Ephemeris.
:fc tfc
We have a letter for " Asmothiel " if he will communicate his
address to us.

^taitatical department.
Appendicitis.

A. E. P. writes :—i. " With regard to the attack of appendicitis

which I had in Germany I may say that I was taken on the morning of
June 8th, 1903, about 3 or 4 o'clock, in Gera, State of Reuss, about
thirty-seven miles S.W. of Leipsic. I was taken to the hospital on
June 10th, and without any operation gradually recovered and left the
hospital on July 17th for home (England, Staffs.), arriving safely
on the 19th. I have not felt anything of it since and am now
thoroughly restored. Date of birth 3/io/'75, about 1 p.m., Barrow-
in-Furness."
From P. W. R.:—1. Male ; b. i6/7/'o2 ; 5 p.m., Hunslet. About
5.50 p.m., i4/2/'o3 (Shrove Tuesday) mother went upstairs to make
bed, leaving child tied in a chair by the fire, eating a piece of bread.
All at once the mother heard a slight scream and ran downstairs to
find her child had fallen over with the chair into the fire. She
quickly carried him to the doctor, who at once ' took the fire out.' The
child's face was in a shocking state, and was kept covered up for four
 STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT 89
days. When uncovered the marks of the grate could plainly be seen.
The flesh around left eye was very badly burned, also the nose and
forehead, though fortunately the eyesight was uninjured.
2. Female: b. ii/i2/'7$; 12 p.m. nudnight* (time approx.).
Is now suffering from consumption, which commenced in May, 1902.
She is indeed in a very bad condition, almost like a skeleton; the
doctor has given her up to treatment at the infirmary. Allowed to
eat anything she likes; has enormous appetite; daily injections
necessary to relieve costiveness : does not look as if she will live long:
married. Mother died, 28/6/'02 : father died 6/9/02 : one brother
died of consumption 28/fl'gy, aged 29.
3. Female: b. 6/5/'63; 2.45 p.m., Howden, near Goole, Yorks.
Became insane about eighteenth year (religious fanatic) was taken to
asylum at Wakefield, where she died. Not married. Cannot obtain
time or date of death.
4. Female; b. 6/2/'73; time unknown.f Met with serious
misfortune at 2J years of age; was being carried by sister, who let her
fall upon her back on some crockery in the garden. She did not tell
her mother (who was away at the time) until it was observed that she
was growing out at the back; is now badly deformed, in fact a
hunchback. Clever, sharp, ingenious person. Married very
fortunately. Has had a child, which had to be cut away from her.
From " Ibare " ;—1. Female. Born at Abeokuta, situate in the
north of Lagos in Latitude 70N. and Longitude 3j0E. on 17th March,
1879, after 5 o'clock in the morning. Has an extraordinary chin, i.e.,
a tumour of a globular shape about 4 inches in diameter forms part
of her chin, but does not prevent the use of her mouth,
2. Male. Born at Lagos between 3 and 4 in the morning on
13th September, igoo. About the ninth day after birth a tumour
about an inch and half appeared on his occiput, but disappeared after
a few weeks' treatment by a native herbalist after the medical man in
attendance had announced his failure. Was taken very seriously ill
in August, 1902, and was given up as a hopeless case by the medical
man in attendance, but was restored to life by a native herbalist. He
is already showing marked signs of intelligence. He sucks his right
thumb invariably, either when wakeful or asleep.
3. Male. Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in Lat. 8J0N.
• Query place I^eds? t ■ Leeds.
go MODERN ASTROLOGY
0
and Long. 13J E., on June 7th, 1887, at 9 in the evening—died after a
few days' illness at his birthplace on the afternoon of September 8th,
1903. Was the only child ofthe mother and was a bright boy at school.
[The above lats. and longs, are taken from Marshall's School
Atlas.]
From D. E. M. :—Record of meteorological observations for
August, 1903, at Honolulu ;—
Temperature mean for the month, 77.9 ; normal, 77.7; average
daily minimum, 72.8; mean daily range, 10.5 ; greatest daily range,
14 ; least daily range, 8 degrees ; highest temp., 85 ; lowest, 70.
Barometer average, 30.001; normal, 29.98 ; highest, 30.08; lowest,
29.94 > greatest, 24-hour change, that is from any given hour of one
day to the same hour on the next, .06 ; pressure steady through the
month.
Relative humidity average," 70; normal, 68.5; mean dew point,
66.6 ; normal, 66 ; mean absolute moisture, 7.08 grains per cubic foot;
normal, 7.01.
Rainfall about normal, but extremely variable, ranging from 0.26
to 40.58 inches, depending on locality, elevation, etc.
Average daily mean sea level for month was 9.78, the assumed
annual mean being 10 feet above datum. Artesian well level fell
during the month from 33.80 to 33.30 feet above mean sea level.
Trade winds 31 days, normal 29 days ; average force of wind dur-
ing daylight, Beaufort scale, 2.1. Average cloudiness, tenths of sky,
4.1 ; normal, 4.
Earthquakes reported : Naalehu, south side of Hawaii, August
1st at 11.50 a.m., 4th at 9.45 p.m., 21st at 4.20 a.m. Hilo, east
Hawaii, 1st 11.40 a.m. and 4th at 9.55 p.m., the latter preceded by
rumbling. Kohala, north Hawaii, 17th at 1 a.m.
Volcano Kilauea, Hawaii, always active, but quiet during August.
Occasional bursts of smoke and steam and on night of 22nd bright
reflection thrown on clouds; seen over 100 miles at sea. Weather
extremely dry about summit.
A perfect lunar rainbow was seen from Kohala, north coast of
Hawaii, on the 30th at 10 p.m.
East coast Hawaii reports bright morning glow all the month.
Ato.—This glow ranges in colour from pink to crimson. It is
seen in the morning before sunrise, in the east, and in the evening
after sundown, in the west. It is thought to be due to the reflection
of the sun upon vitreous volcanic matter suspended in the atmosphere.
The effect is sometimes weird and sometimes beautiful.
 9i

®lj£ horoscope of ttj£ Enite5 kingdom

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The Act uniting Great Britain and Ireland was passed in the
Irish Parliament on June 13th, 1800, and in the British Parliament
on July 2nd, 1800; the Act of Legislative Union becoming an operative
law on January 1st, 1801.
It is clear that this union of the two countries must mark an
epoch in the history of the English-speaking nation, and the above
map, which has been cast for 0.0.0. a.m., January 1st, 1801, London,
may therefore well be styled the Horoscope of the United Kingdom.
It should form a useful key-map through which to interpret the various
quarterly ligures.
92 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Treating it as a horoscope in the ordinary sense of the word, the
present " progressive direction " is Mars square Uranus, while the
Moon is passing through Aries, 'having just formed her conjunction
with the Sun (dating to March 5th, 1903).
Previous lunations by progressive motion fell in the years 1873
(severely contested elections, conservative reaction), 1844 (anti-Corn
Law agitation, Peel's new tariff). It does not therefore seem un-
reasonable to connect the present ' progressive lunation ' with Mr.
Chamberlain's Fiscal Policy, more especially as on May 15th, the day
the news of the late Colonial Secretary's proposition startled the
country, the radical M.C. (ss 90) had just arrived at the ascendant in
the progressive figure. It seems not a little curious that the previous
lunation but one should have heralded ' the loaf argument' and a new
tariff!
February 12th, 1902, the date of the Anglo-Japanese treaty,
measures almost exactly—within a week or two in fact—to the transit
of the descendant of the above figure by the progressive Moon.
Students who procure an Ephemeris and compare the progress of the
planets with the past century's history will find "plenty to interest
them.

(luttings from tljr $kss

Twins Die Together at Leicester. Hindu Twin Dying.

The circumstances attending the
deaths at Leicester of twin boys were
somewhat remarkable. It appeared
that on Saturday one of the boys
(they were eleven months old) was
seized with a spasmodic croup. Two
days later the other was similarly
taken, and both expired within half
an hour of each other. Their mother
died when they were but sixteen
days old, and they bad been in the
care of a Mrs. Quinn, at Leicester.—
The Deputy Coroner remarked that
twins often died within a short time of
each other.—Dr Hunter said there was
a certain sympathy between twins and
{From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Monday, August ijth.
It will be remembered that some
months ago Dr. Doyen, the eminent
surgeon, performed a delicate opera-
tion on the Hindu twins, Kadica
and Doodica.
The twins were joined together,
and Doodica being in an advanced
stage of tuberculosis, it was decided
to separate them in the hope of
saving the life of Radica.
The operation was successfully
performed, and Doodica subse-
quently died, but it was hoped that
 CUTTINGS FROM THE PRESS
they were very susceptible to the saute
disease.
Daily News, 20/2/03.
(The italics are ours.)
Three Sets of Triplets.
Three families have just been
appreciably increased by the addition
of triplets.
The wife of a railway porter named
Ransom, of Sussex Road, Brixton,
yesterday gave birth to three boys.
Mrs. Burton, the wife of a Leeds
mason, who is on a visit to relatives,
gave birth to two boys and a girl at
Salford on Saturday.
The wifeofa collier named Roberts,
living in Rivington Street, Atherton,
near Manchester, has also given
birth to triplets—two girls and a boy.
Daily Express. 17/8/03.
Both Hushands fell Bfad.
Alfred Hemsley, a Great Eastern
Railway signalman, of Peterborough,
suddenly died at the house of a
"pill doctor," whom he had gone to
consult.
On being told of the circumstances
of the death, his widow exclaimed :
" Why, my first husband fell dead
at my feet! "
Daily Express, io/g/03.
" I never felt better than I do to-
night," remarked Frederick Andrew,
a Hornsey painter, to a friend on
Saturday night. The next moment
he fell down dead.
Daily Express, 15/9/03.
Presentiment Fulfilled.*
A remarkable story was told
yesterday at an inquest on the three-
year-old son of a lock-keeper named
° See footnote on next page.
93
Radica might be saved. In spite,
however, of every effort to prolong
her life, she has grown so weak that
she is not expected to live through
the summer.
Daily Express, 18/8/03.
Curious Coincidences.
Sir,—In reference to the loss of
the ill-fated Vega, of which a gra-
phic account was given in the
Express 011 Saturday, it is some-
what singular that at the moment of
vernal equinox (the beginning of the
astronomical year), the Moon's R.A.
was identical with that of the star
" Vega," viz., 18-32-33.09 and 18-
33-39-79- l" fa-cL they would cul-
minate together in longitude nh.
25m. W. A reference to the Nau-
tical Almanack will substantiate
this.
Surely our astrologers can make
some capital out of this.
Cassiopoeia.
Daily Express, 28/7/03.
Yesterday's gale caused such a
heavy sea off Scarborough that the
crews of the Channel Fleet could not
land, and last night's ball and other
festivities in connection with the
visit had to be abandoned.
It is a singular coincidence that at
the 1890 visit of the fleet to Scar-
borough Admiral Seymour and offi-
cers were at a ball when a gale sud-
denly sprang up and the ships had
to proceed to sea without them,and
they were obliged to proceed south
by train.
Daily Paper, 15/9/03.
Discovered by Premonition.*
A singular case of premonition
occurred in Dundee on Saturday.
While a woman named Toshney,
94 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Mandeville, who was drowned in the
canal at Ripley, Surrey.
Two nights before the accident
the father dreamt that the child fell
into the canal and was taken out by
him dead. The day after the dream
he went in search of two of his child-
ren, the deceased being one of them,
and remarked to a villager that he
had a feeling that, unless he caged
them up, one or other of them would
be drowned.
The following day the fatality
happened, and the father was the
person to take the body from the
water.
Daily Newspaper.
Traction.
(W in ^)
Technical journals have recently
drawn attention to the fact that,
despite the rapid extension of tram-
ways and enormous increase in the
number of passengers carried, the
railways have also had an augmented
passenger traffic. In the last seven
years, according to "Engineering,"
the aggregate number of railway
fares has risen by 11.7 millions,
while in the same period tramcar
fares have increased by 196.2 mil-
lions. British tramways last year
conveyed 1,394,000,000, which was
25 per cent, more than the railways.
The figures seem to demonstrate
that what the railways have lost on
suburban and short-distance traffic
they have more than made up on
their long-distance fares ; and further
that facilities for travel increase its
amount, and doubtless that lesson
will be anew illustrated when the
railway companies connect their out-
lying areas with the trunk lines.
Daily Telegraph, 15/9/03.
• ref. By the Way, Vol. XIV. p., 170, also p. 17 of present volume
living in Princes Street, was at work
in a mill she was disturbed by fears
that something was wrong at home.
She left work and proceeded to
the house, found the room filled
with smoke, and her daughter, a
girl of eleven years, enveloped in
flames. The girl sustained terrible
injuries.
Daily Express, 20/8/03.
Two children fell out of two
trains on the Norfolk section of the
Midland and Great Northern Joint
Railway on Friday. Both were
found uninjured.
Daily Express, 19/8/03.
Distraction.^
C<? i"
Whatever may be the chief cause
of the unusual briskness which now
prevails in the matrimonial market,
the newspaper Press undoubtedly
has a good deal to do with it.
Almost every day the " agony "
columns of the London dailies
contain a round dozen or so of
advertisements palpitating with
youthful emotion.
Here are a few samples from
yesterday's papers:—
Will the lady dining at Roche's Mon-
day evening kindly communicate with
gentleman feeding dog, who sat one
off her?—K.. at Horncastle's, Cheap-
side, E.C.
Will the Gentleman who travelled to
London on Saturday evening, 8th inst.,
and escorted the lady home. Call
Again, as be said be would do ?
My dear King.—I have come back.—
Yoors.
Tom.—Do you think sometimes of me?
—Nbll.
"Gloria."—In every way am true, dar-
ling.—" Votary."
Daily Express. 21/S/03.
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an ft (flomES
Regolations
The Editor of Modern Astrology is always willing to answer in this
page, without any fee, all reasonable questions, as soon as possible after
receipt. The following rules must be carefully observed.
1. Every commiuiication must be accompanied by the name and address of
the writer.
2. The question must always bear upon Astrology, directly or indirectly.
3. Personal questions will not be answered unless they are of general interest,
end instructive to the ordinary reader.
If an answer is required by letter, a fee of five shillings must be enclosed
with the particulars of enquiry. One question only should be asked, and it
should be stated clearly on a separate sheet of paper containing name and
address of sender.
The Ego's Expression
(2) Continued from p. 50.—Many planets in Mutable signs denote an in-
different environment; in Cardinal signs a changeable, eventful and perhaps
distinguished one ; while manyplanets in Fixed signs indicate an environment
that is more strict and rigid. The houses holding the majority of planets
will also affect the environment: planets rising denote a progressive environ-
ment offering abundant opportunity for the ego to express all its latent powers ;
planets culminating show that the progress of the native will be assisted by
hereditary tendencies, and by either one or both of the parents ; planets setting,
development is more rapid towards middle life; when below the earth, oppor-
tunity comes at the close of life. The position and aspects of the luminaries
also affect the environment very considerably.
But the most powerful means of expression will arise from the contact
of the native with those who have planetary positions which harmonise or
synchronise with his own. If two persons are progressing along a certain
line, and have reached a stage in evolution wherein they are ready to take
the next step forward, each will be able to express a greater amount of
power or love by joining forces as it were with his or her complement; i.e.,
the blending of the two nativities will call forth the latent life and energy
of the planetary positions and aspects in both horoscopes.
This is one of those questions that are especially worthy of study in
connection with Ast rology, and " Service " has evidently some idea of seeking
to express more of the life principle, so that service may be more competently
rendered.
 g6

flclmtas
Broad Views, No. x, January, 1904. Edited by A. P. Sinnett. {Price
is. 6d. monthly. Published by Keg an Paul &• Co.)
It must have been evident to many thoughtful people that there
is room for a magazine or review of the best class, which while deal-
ing with general subjects shall not exclude the more unconventional
topics usually tabooed by most editors. Mr. A. P. Sinnett is parti-
cularly well qualified to conduct such a periodical, and a perusal of
this, the first number, induces us to offer a hearty congratulation to
its editor, and to hope that it has a long and prosperous career before
it. Unconventional subjects are certainly not over-represented in
it, for they are practically limited to one article by the Editor on
" The Doctrine of Reincarnation," which is written with his usual
clearness. For the rest, Sir Chas. A. Elliott writes on " Education
and the Religious Imbroglio " ; Dr. J. Gennadius on International
Arbitration ; and there are articles on South Africa and on Persia.
Dr. A. R. Wallace's peculiar views on the central position of our
solar system in space are reviewed and criticised, and the number
ends with notes on passing events.
Old Moore's Almanack and Diary (W. Fonlsham 6" Co., 2d.)—
This does not materially differ in style from previous issues, though
there is a marked improvement in the quality of paper on which it is
printed. This is also true of the 1904 Ephemeris, issued by the
same firm. We have not space to comment here on the predictions
given.
How to improve Body, Brain, and Mind. By Ida Ellis.
(The Ellis Family, Blackpool. Third Edition, 6d.)—This little book-
let is already familiar to the public. The present issue is on excellent
paper, with neat stiff cover, and is convenient for the pocket. It con-
tains various useful hints and rules on matters relating to health.
The Card Magazine. (ii, Lyford Road, London, S.IV.)—A
quaint idea which will please many. Delivered by post every morn-
ing is a handsomely got up card with some pithy quotation. For
instance, "Men being contented and devoted to their own proper
duties attain perfection," from the Bhagavad Gitii. One month, 3s. 3d.;
year, 65X.
The Stones of the Breast Plate. By J. M. Lawrence.
(Robert Banks &• Son, ^d.)—This is a serious and thoughtful paper on
the ever-fascinating theme of the arrangement of the signs of the
zodiac among the Twelve Tribes of Israel. It contains many sugges-
tive thoughts that will be of value to all students who are at all
intuitive, and also some interesting diagrams relating to the signs,
the breast-plate stones, and the prismatic colours.
! Several Hews crowded out. We trust to devote wore space to Reviews next
t. One or two interesting Utters are also held over.—Ed.]
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Vol. I. New Series. APRIL, 1904. No. 4.

(©bscrbafonj
There are many problems an astrological student has to face,
some of which are practically insoluble without the aid of occult
knowledge ; and those who appear only too anxious
t0 attac c
AstrologerB! ' ^ esoteric side of Astrology would do
well to attempt an explanation of some of these
problems from an exoteric standpoint. The fruitlessness of their
efforts would " give them pause " and perhaps occasion reflections that
would greatly widen their mental horizon.
Up to the present I have seen no reasonable explanation of
planetary influence, upon humanity, apart from the idea of reincarna-
tion, and without this theory I should be unable to understand the
reason for (let alone the justice of) the extraordinary inequalities we
find on all sides around us. I would often express myself more freely
upon this topic, if it were not for the fact that I have still many friends
who subscribe to this magazine without at all subscribing to my
views on the subject. But I have this month been asked to deal with
one of those problems which cannot be solved without resort to an
esoteric explanation—at least so far as f am aware. If an interpre-
tation can be given, other than that which I shall offer, it will afford
many who think on similar lines to myself great pleasure to see the
matter taken up by those who believe that every problem in connec-
tion with Natal Astrology can be disposed of exoterically, and judged
solely according to the 'old established rules.' To make it worth the
time and labour that may be necessary I will send a five-pound-note
to the person who will write an article on the subject giving adequate
exoteric reasons for the physical defects that I shall now name.
g8 MODERN ASTROLOGY
A correspondent writes;—" I send you the birth-data of a
male child born at the county farm hospital, of which I have charge,
on June 5th, 1902, at 1.30 a.m. central time (which
The Problem is about 26m. fast of local time); lat. 33°38'N.,
long. 960i5'W. This child was very large when
born, but had no hands (the portion of the limb from midway between
elbow and wrist on each arm being missing). On the left foot, more-
over, the two smaller toes were absent. The child was also tongue-
tied, and could not 'nurse.' It died on June 10th, at about 4 p.m. I
was not present at the death, but I assisted at birth and can therefore
vouch for the accuracy of the data given."
The following are the elements necessary for a map :—
M.C. nth iztb Asc. 2nd 3rd 4th 9th
28"32' 1321° 2219° ay'HSo" S6® □ 5° H290 75°
0 0
liZfu'R 2117°r5° (T) f r 29' 5o i2' iji
i 28029' G r 304 x' 5 4049'
The beginner, if enthusiastic, as the majority are who become
quickly fascinated with the science, would endeavour to stretch a
point by allotting to the Q and B in n the cause for the deformity; but
he would have to be reminded that many were born that day without
any physical defects whatever : in fact any student unacquainted with
the esoteric teachings would be considerably puzzled to account for
the missing hands and toes; if not, I am sure the majority ofour readers
will be glad to know how they would be accounted for.

Previously to starting this magazine in the year 1890, I had

joined an occult school, in which were given certain teachings that
supplied many of the missing links required to
ma e
^.nation ^ Astrology intelligible, and harmonious with
a progressive view of life and its evolution apart
from the mere evolution of form under a law that was as rigid as it
was fatalistic. In that school I was taught that there was an evolu-
tion of life as well as form. Half of the problems that are to-day
vexing exoteric astrologers can be solved by an application of this
teaching, as I will endeavour to show in dealing with the case I have
in band.
From the moment of conception until the Moon has made twenty-
seven complete cycles round the Zodiac, the form which the Ego (ot
 THE OBSERVATORY 99
soul) is going to inhabit is under the dominant influence of the Moon,
and exists only as animal, i.e., a form without any direct control of the
life. From this starting point, the above-mentioned moment of con-
ception, the matrix is laid down by those who govern and regulate
birth and death, and a model is given, to au " elemental " whose sole
existence is for the purpose of building the form according to this
plan or model—which is fully represented or imaged in the lunar
position at that time.. Upon this theory reposes the fundamental
basis of the pre-natal epoch.

Without desiring to excite controversy on the subject of the pre-

natal epoch I must risk any misunderstanding which may follow, by
statingthat I firmly believe thefateoftheform dates
"^^Epoch8*8^ frorn 'he moment of the pre-natal epoch*—which
to all intents and purposes corresponds to the time
of conception. I cau here only roughly state the facts connected with
the building of the form by the special " elemental " whose work con-
sists in fashioning it (according to the model laid down by a Maharajah
who knows the past and future history of the Soul, or Ego, that
is to inhabit it during the coming incarnation). When the incoming
Ego "passed over" from its previous form, at the moment we term
death a model of the form best suited to represent the outcome of that
life was taken by the Great Ruler who watches over the destiny of
mortals, and that model is the matrix of the form which that Ego will
inhabit on reincarnating at the proper time. Now if the builder is,
by some extraordinary effort or event, driven off the work in hand
the form is liable to suffer, and in all cases of shock or fright to the
mother the builder is disturbed in its work, and thus liable to either
injure the form or leave it unfinished, as in the above curious case ;
reference to a hypothetical epoch will no doubt reveal much to an
intuitive student.
* +- *
The true epoch in this case would appear, from the rules already
laid down, to be found on September 13th, 1901, at which time the
map would contain the following elements :—
* For articles dealing with the epoch rcf. General Index in^Decetnher No. (vol. XIV.).
 100 MODERN ASTROLOGY
M.C. nth nth Asc. 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7lh 8th 9th
ntio" -11° 148° t 0° 190° =5° X to0 Vii0 8 8° no" so0 As'
O200 D 00 ii" ijt 130 -iiz' uijo
S 4°1 it gost,
S 25 '
Those who favour the pre-natal epoch theory
A'Print a Fade* wj]j probably consider that a prima facie case has
here been made out, seeing the many remarkable
coincidences it denotes. The signs governing the limbs are at 0° on
the eastern and western angles, while the 3 is in 0° of which
makes the true ascendant at birth 00 of V in square aspect to ;
again, the 3 at birth is at the point that was setting at the time of
epoch, no0. All this is very interesting and fascinating; but it only
reveals half the truth, and I am with those who assert that if the
exact moment of quickening could be ascertained we should learn much
that would be helpful and useful in our astrological studies. What-
ever may be said for and against the pre-natal epoch, in this case there
can be no denial of the fact that the common or mutable signs play a
prominent part in both nativity and epoch.
If nothing further is said in this magazine about the case it is no
reason why those who are anxious to solve some of the severe pro-
blems should not go on investigating the matter. It is also a very
good subject for further discussion.
I have left this case without further enquiry in order to pass on
to the question of the evolution of the life apart from the form. In the
majority of the births taking place at the present
period, the incoming egohas to be sa tisfied, or other-
wise, with the body or physical form supplied by
his parents. Ask each person you meet if they chose the body into
which they came at their birth, and you will quickly realise how little
thought they give to the subject; it is sufficient for thein that they are
here, how they came and how they will go out is at present of little
or no concern. In many cases it is not until the seventh year is
reached that the life begins to realise its imprisonment in form; and
then the form and the environment overcome the life and it gropes its
•way blindly and only partially conscious of its powers and inherent capa-
bilities. A little meditation along these lines will bring to light many
problems that astrologers will some day have the task of unravelling.
 THE OBSERVATORY 101
Put this side of Astrology, which I have chosen to call the eso-
teric, beside that of the " horary " man, who is daily casting horary
figures to know if he shall go here or there, meet this person or that,
in fact, if he shall do anything at all. There is no comparison between
these two extreme uses to which Astrology can be put—except that the
one is used to serve the selfish man only and the other is calculated to
eventually serve the whole of humanity.
* ' *
It is impossible to over-estimate the good that Astrology and
astrologers may do for the world. Putting all esoteric considerations
on one side, there are thousands born into this
Cue Destiny physical world into environments which handicap
written in the
Skies them at every turn, and in which the very worst
side of the nativity is the first that is appealed to
by parents, relatives and surroundings. Thousands are wrongly
educated, or put to professions for which they are totally unfit.
Thousands are wrongly mated, and bring children into the world
chained to bodies diseased and constitutionally weak ; all of which is
the result of sheer ignorance and inability to understand nature's laws
and the planetary vibrations whicfi accord with those laws.
The chief things to understand at the outset of any enquiry
into the esoteric side of Astrology are, the laws that govern the form,
and the lines of least resistance for the life; not to so hopelessly
mix the two together that it becomes impossible to discover which is
which. Careful thought given to a study of these two factors will lead
to the only conclusion a student can arrive at; and that is, the
nevitable conviction that the story of the evolving lift as well as
that of the evolving form is concealed in each one of the triplicities,
each of which govern the ego according to the stage in evolution that
he has reached. Truly, our destiny is written in the skies that he who
runs may read.

ERRATA. March Issue.

(Bv a curious coincidence two cases occurred in which the symbol of
the planet Jupiter appears in place of that of another planet.)
P. 87, third par., line 4 . . . " should be " Qa £ •"
,, „ line 6 . . . "fifth" s/iokW " first."
Supplement, p. iv., third par. from end, line6, "(O If)" should be"{0 •?)."
We trust readers will make these corrections.
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Here we find the planet Uranus just on the cusp of the second
house, in opposition to Neptune, square to Venus, and sesqui-
quadrate to Mercury, ruler of the inid-heaven. This supports the
indications of the annual map, implying financial troubles, deprecia-
tion of securities, lack of prosperity in money matters, and difficulties
for the Chancellor of the Exchequer. There is a trine to the lumin-
aries, but it cannot be expected to have much effect; and the anticipa-
tions made months since that we are not likely to see much remission
of taxation seem likely to be realised. There seems a likelihood of
some heavy failures being heard of during the month. Ireland will
 ADMIRAL TOGO, COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE FLEET 103

be disturbed by the passage of Mars through its ruling sign near the
place of the Moon at the equinox ; and as a martial sign was on the
eleventh house at that time, some Irish question may engage the
attention of Parliament, not very harmoniously. Questions relating
to our forces are likely to attract attention, and movements of our
troops may take place. There is likely to be considerable activity in
Parliament, and some much-discussed measure may pass. Diseases
of throat and lungs will be prevalent, and some very sudden deaths
will be heard of. The square of Mercury to Saturn is likely to trouble
railways and the post-office, and accidents or strikes will occur; while
educational questions will by no means go smoothly. The weather is
likely to be mild and propitious for the crops, but the aspects to Venus
may perhaps cause some rain.
The directions of the Asc. d ^ and g tjf (from the annual map]
measure to April ioth-i5th; hence the foreign troubles and other
matters predicted in this connection are likely to eventuate then.
The directions M.C. g B, □ fall a few days after, and are very
unfortunate for all money matters. H. S. G.

JUinural SCojjc, ®ommanfor of t\jt lapanesf fhei

Born October 14TH, 1857
Flatlets' places at noon
O2i0i J)80n)i 5 3°^ ? i80iij ^ io0iij ■]/i3<'a^. Ip280«l^ yi200xl^
At the last Birthday Amiiversary the Progressed Positions
were as follows :—
©8°; ])2o0« 9140/ 1 I60IH i8°^ J(!70«I5- ij270ffl!R iji260«i5-
There are no serious aspects in the general disposition of the
planets on the day of the Commander's birth. Jupiter in Taurus in
trine to three planets in Virgo gives much tact and discrimination.
Here, then, we have a man capable of filling a position of responsi-
bility. The square of Sun and Saturn is not close, and even if it can
be said to exist it is set aside by Saturn sextile Uranus.
The chief "Directions " are Sun square Moon (rad.), and sextile
Mars (prog.) It is doubtful how this will act, not knowing the houses
from which the aspects come. He is most probably under Aries, and
if so it may be assumed that the sextile of Sun and Mars now in
operation comes from his 7th and gth, a significant position.
H. P.
 Symbols of planets anb ^igna

The planetary symbols are formed of the-, circle, the half circle
and the cross, either singly or in combination, as Mr. Alan Leo has
shown. Corresponding with these, there are three vital points in the
horoscope ; the Sun (circle), the Moon (half-circle), and the ascendant
(cross, matter, earth). So far as I am aware, it has not yet been
pointed out that the same three glyphs afford a sufficient number of
combinations to cover the twelve zodiacal signs exactly.
Let S stand for Circle (Sun), H for Half-Circle, and C for Cross.
Then, taking all three at a time, there are six and only six ways of
arranging them.
CSH Aries HSC Gemini
SHC Leo SCH Libra
HCS Sagittarius CHS Aquarius
I suggest that, when taken three at a time, they may correspond
to the odd signs and in the above order. If the reader will draw
these, substituting symbols for letters, he will notice the following
agreement.
CSH means cross over circle over half-circle. The first two of
these, cross over circle, give the asserted true symbol of Mars, ruler
of Aries as a whole and of the first decanate in particular. The
second letter, S or circle, stands for the Sun, ruler of the second
decanate (in the Hindu classification of the decanates, which has often
been described). The third, H, is the first half of the symbol of
Jupiter, ruler of the third decanate.
SHC, or circle over half-circle over cross, will then correspond
to Leo and to the rulers of each of the three decanates.
HSC, or half-circle over circle over cross, gives the symbol of
Mercury and belongs evidently to Gemini, and its first decanate. SC
indicates Venus as ruler of the second decanate, and C is the first half
of the symbol of Saturn, ruler of the third decanate.
SCH and CHS correspond to Libra and Aquarius and their
decanates in just the same way.
 SYMBOLS OF PLAMETS AND SIGNS 105
If, now, the three symbols are taken two at a time, there are
again six and only six methods of combining them.
SC CH
CS SH
HC HS
Of these, SC, or circle over cross, gives the symbol of Venus, the
ruler of Taurus.
CS, or cross over circle, indicates Mars and Scorpio.
HC, or half-circle and cross, stands for Jupiter and Pisces.
CH, or cross over half-circle, points to Saturn and Capricorn.
The other two symbols are doubtful. SH and HS pair off in
some way with Cancer and Virgo, the two remaining signs, but
whether in this order or the reverse it is not at all easy to decide; for
analogy gives us no clue as to the application of such combinations as
circle over half-circle and the reverse.
The coincidence, however, remains that the three symbols used
to indicate the planets also give exactly the right number of combina-
tions to correspond with the signs. When taken three at a time, they
pair off with odd signs, and, when taken two at a time, with even
signs.
H. S. Green.

The Matrimonial Bureau, in which we have been ably supported

by the sterner sex, has been treated rather lukewarmly by our lady
readers, who comprise as a matter of fact less than half of the mem-
bers enrolled. Evidently an astralogical marriage bureau is quite a
different matter to the ordinary commercial article—where consider-
able premiums are required, by the way—to which women are
reported (perhaps libellously) to contribute by far the greater number
of applicants. We are rather surprised at this, since we count among
our warmest supporters many ladies, both those who are deep students
of Astrology and others whose duties do not permit much time to be
given to it.
 io6

Hmcarnation
IV.

We thus see that the Personality—consisting of the physical

body, the etheric double, the vitality, and the passional nature—does not
reincarnate, but that these elements break up and return to their
affinities in the lower worlds. Nevertheless all that was best in the
character passes on with The Thinker into a state of peaceful and
blissful rest for a certain period of recuperation, until the impulse that
carried it out of physical existence is expended, and it naturally
gravitates earthward again for a new cycle of experience.
We will now consider the mode in which reincarnation operates.
Having gained a fairly clear conception of what does, and what
does not, reincarnate—of the difference^ between the permanent Ego
and the transitory Animal Man—we are in a position to study the
method of re-embodiment ; and to do this we must consider the plane
to which The Thinker belongs* and the forces which it uses for work.
The Thinker is what is called the " fifth principle " in man—
and answers to the " fifth plane " of the Universe.
By the word ' plane,' so frequently used in writing on these and
kindred topics, we mean a stateof existence in which spirit-matter can
vary only within certain limitations and act only under certain laws—
just as we speak of ' octaves ' in music, for instance.
The physical plane, of course, is our visible, tangible, odorous,
gustable world, made up of spirit and matter—Science calls it force
and matter—and accessible to our consciousness only by way of our
physical senses. Whether the matter which constitutes it be in the
solid, liquid, gaseous, or even the " electric" condition, all is included
under this title. And so with the other planes of nature ; each known
by the nature of its spirit-matter. Man is a Septenary Being, and his
consciousness can work on any one of the Seven Planes; the first,
counting upwards, being the physical. These planes all inter-
penetrate, being, not like the skins of an onion, one over the other, but
penetrating each other—just as sand would penetrate gravel, and water
* See The Seven Principles of Man, by Annie Besant.
 REINCARNATION IO7

sand, and alcohol water, and so on. In fact each physical atom is
surrounded by an " aura " of etheric, astral, and mental matter.
Now the fifth principle in Man corresponds to the fifth plane in
the cosmos, the Universal Mind, from which emanates the moulding,
guiding, directing force, which is the essence of all the differentiations
we call forces on the physical plane. This world of Form (whether
aerial or solid, dense or subtle), is evolved by this force of the Uni-
versal Mind. The Philosopher sees only one force, acting on all
forms of matter; while the Scientist, studying forms, sees many
forces.
Mme. lilavatsky {Secrel Doctrine, I., p. 312, new edition) speaks of:—
" That mysterious power of thought which enables it to produce
external perceptible phenomenal results by its own inherent energy."
It is in The Thinker, and in this creative power of thought, that
we shall find the secret of the method of reincarnation.
Few people realise .that thought is a vibratory power and that it
fashions a literal image of the thing thought about. " Thoughts are
things." If any reader desires to prove this fact to his consciousness
he should study the records now so widely scattered of so-called
" hypnotic " experiments. The thought-form may be projected as an
idea on to a blank paper, and it there becomes visible to a hypnotised
person ; or it may even be made so "objective" that the hypnotised
person will handle it as though it were an actual object. All people
who are able to visualise successfully are to some extent clairvoyant,
and may prove to themselves by personal experiment the power of
moulding thought into an image.
Habits of thought will in time mould even dense physical matter.
Thus, any long-practised habit of vice or virtue makes its impress on
the features ; and we do not need clairvoyant power to tell us if a
person's general mental attitude is genuine or otherwise, whether it is
trustful or suspicions, pure or impure, passionate or peaceful, for the
very shape of his head, to say nothing of the general expression of the
face, will tell us plainly enough. This is such a common every-day
fact that it passes us by, and yet it is really most significant. For i
matter itself, flesh, blood, and bone, can be moulded so as to take on
a certain expression by the force of thought, what is there incredible
in the statement that Nature's " finer forces," operating on a finer
grade of matter physically unseen, should find it even more ductile
io8 MODERN ASTROLOGY
and should make it take any shape conceived by the immortal
thinking Man.
Thus our position is this. Mind in its own sphere is a Jorm-pro-
ducing energy; so that the succession of events in the manifestation of
an external object is as follows :—Man thinks a thought; this thought
clothes itself, first in the subtle matter of the w-ental plane ; then it is
made denser by aggregating to itself a coating of astral matter (which
a clairvoyant can actually see): it is now an astral mould, or model,
ready to be clothed with physical matter when circumstances occur
which draw it down to this plane.
In The Occult World (5th edition, page 88), there is this remarkable
passage :—
" To project into and materialise in the visible world the forms
that his imagination has constructed out of inert cosmic
matter in the invisible world the Adept does not create any-
thing new, but only utilises and manipulates material which
Nature has in store around him, material which, throughout
eternities, has passed through all the forms. He has but
to choose the form he wants, and recall it into objective
existence."
If you take up an ordinary scientific text-book, in the chapter
devoted to physics you will come across something like the following:—
" You see here a glass tube, apparently empty, but in reality filled
with the invisible gases, hydrogen and oxygen, which are
capable of combining to form water. By passing an electric
spark through the mixture (an ordinary match would also
serve the purpose) we cause this combination—which is at-
tended with explosion, light and great heat—and now 4 water'
exists there, but at present in a state of gas. As the receiver is
cooled, a steamy vapour becomes visible, and gradually con-
denses on the glass as drops of liquid water. Finally the
water congeals and becomes a film of solid ice crystals. Thus
we have traced the formation of a visible, tangible solid from
an invisible and imperceptible gas."
And so when the manasic spark flashes forth it moulds mental
matter into a thought-form (analogous to the steamy vapour); this
thought-form clothes itself with astral matter (corresponding to the
condensed liquid, i.e., water); and so on to the physical (for which ice
may stand).
That manifestation takes place as a result of the action of Nature's
finer forces and subtler matter upon her grosser forces and denser
 REINCARNATION iog

matter, is a fact of Science. Thus, the vegetable world grows by the

gases it inhales from the atmosphere, transforming this subtle matter,
gas, into the denser forms of solid and liquid. Of course, one can only
s«fl mental forms with the "Eye of the Mind"; but testimony from
those who can thus see is becoming greater as the years go by, and their
evidence will some day be that of the majority of mankind. Then it
will be a matter of common knowledge, and nothing thought of it,
though the idea is openly scouted by many " scientists " of the present
day. Nevertheless, the word of fifty blind men who deny the existence
of a visible object is after all of less weight than the word of one man
who does see it and who testifies to its existence. Nor will he concern
himself greatly about their disbelief. Mesmer asserted the existence
and control of animal magnetism at the close of the last century. The
medical world of his day laughed at his theories and discredited
his facts, but now we have the majority of medical men firm
believers in his facts and to a certain extent followers of his theories
—only really disagreeing as to their explanation—and they meet
with general support and credence.
It is stated by Madame Blavatsky and many other writers on
occult laws, that events take their rise on the Manasic Plane. As
ideas passing into the desire-region oriAstral Plane as thoughts of
passion, emotion, etc., they then take astral form, and lastly they ap-
pear objectively on the physical plane as acts or events. Thus all
acts and all events are but the effects of pre-existing mental causes.
In fact the physical world might be likened to the dial-plate of a
clock ; it is but an indicator of the operations of the world of causes
acting within, just as the hands of a clock record the movement of the
works hidden inside.
Now according to occult teaching the physical body is an effect,
and it is moulded on its etheric duplicate or frame-work.
This point must be made clear ; that there is a " body " formed of
etheric matter which serves as a mould into which the denser matter of
the physical plane may be built. Moreover, if we are to intelligently
follow the method of reincarnation, this idea of the dense body being
the result of the building of the matter of this plane into a pre-existing
" etheric " mould must for the moment be accepted.
B. Leo.
 no

|)tacca or ^qusrtua ?

In connection with the vexed question of the Equinoctial Preces-

sion, which has been several times referred to in the pages of
Modern Astrology, it would be extremely interesting to arrive at a
positive understanding as to which zodiacal constellation the Sun
really is in now, Pisces or Aquarius ; because this knowledge would not
only make plain many tendencies and phenomena of the present times,
but also give a basis for the calculation of the various cycles, and so
help us to know what to expect for the future, since every zodiacal
month in the Great Year brings back events similar to those which
happened in the previous recurrences. And it might be that if our
astrological writers were to devote some study to the matter, they
might reach a solution. Meanwhile Sepharial has stated (in Modern
Astrology, January, 1902, p. 31) that the change of the Sun from
Pisces to Aquarius will not occur till 720 years hence, t.f., about 2622.
With due regard to Sepharial's well-known and much-respected know-
ledge and talent, would it be allowable to ask him how he arrives at,
or upon what authority or calculation he bases this assertion—which
disagrees with all other writers I know of?
Thus some astrologers place the change in 1898 or 1899, while
others claim that it happened ten, twenty, or fifty years ago, Mr.
Brodie-Innes saying "somewhere in the eighties" {Trans. Scottish
Lodge, 1893, IX., p. 144); and one writer (I think Butler, but I have
not his book at hand for verification) asserted that we have already
been 2° or 144 years in Aquarius, the Sun thus being now in 280—.
Others, on the contrary, assign various future dates to the event, the
furthest being 2150 and 2181 A.U., these corresponding to a present
position of about H40: but I suspect the adherents to these dates
merely start their calculation from, and take for granted, the stupendous
fabrication or voluntary delusion of the old Christian Fathers, otz.,
the myth that the Sun left Aries to pass into Pisces just at the time
of either the crucifixion or the nativity of Christ, whether this be the
year o A.D. or four years previous, as Sepharial puts it.
 PISCES OR AQUARIUS? Ill
The problem is full of difficulty, and one grievous cause of uncer-
tainty is the doubtful duration to be assigned to the various zodiacal
months—whether 2,160 years or less ; this also including the total of
the precessional period or Orphic Year. I do not doubt that the trite
figure of this cycle is 25,920 years—beginning in Cancer—but I also
think that the zodiacal months each vary in length ; either according
to the size of the Constellation itself, or in accordance with a law
similar to that which regulates many irregular motions and periods of
the earth—these months being thereby more or less than 2,160 years,
in the same manner as the apparent velocity of the Precession (from
which alone modern Astronomy makes its estimate of the problem)
may also grow faster or slower as the cyclic influences ordain. If we
turn to astronomers to settle the question, they are still more at sea,
because for them the fact of the position of the Sun in one or another
zodiacal sign is immaterial; and they therefore ignore it. Thus, in
answer to various enquiries addressed to well-known astronomical
authorities, I obtained the following unsatisfactory answers—that at
the last Vernal Equinox the Sun was :
{a) near the S.E. edge of Pisces (!) ;
(b) near the fifth magnitude -K-u) of Pisces ;
(c) near the 9-5 magn. * No. 4317 (00 Zone of Argelander's N.
Durchmusterung);
(d) that the question of whether the Sun is in Pisces or Aquarius
was of difficult solution, because the celestial charts differ as to the
limits of the Pisces Constellation.
This last answer was really the most practical, much more so than
it would appear on the surface, for there is, in reality, no well-marked
separation between Aquarius and Pisces, and we all know that the
various constellations are unequal in size, so that the passage from
one to the other must be a mysterious, imperceptible gliding, as in all
the operations of Nature. The nearest attempt at an estimate of the
intersecting point would probably be by referring to Hindu knowledge
and counting by their subdivisions in Nakshatras or Lunar Asterisms,
whose size is about i302o'.
Of course, here again, the particular star in Raivathi from which
they started their Mesham or Aries, seems to have disappeared, but
they make Aries start—backwards—at J of Krittika (Pleiades) and
include Bharani (Musca) and Aswini (/J Arietis), four ghatikas in all,
112 MODERN ASTROLOGY
or one hour and thirty-six minutes ; while Pisces includes Raivathi
Piscium), Uttarabhadra (Andromeda) and J of Purvabhadra (Pega-
sus), the other -f of which belong to Aquarius, this also making just
four ghatikas or ih.36m.; both these signs being of short and about
equal ascension ; therefore the limit of Pisces towards Aquarius
would be about 3h. ram., or nearly 48° on the ecliptic, starting from
and including 3o20' of the Pleiades, thus reaching to about the present
equator.
At anyrate, the astronomical stars mentioned above would also
tend to show that, if we are not already in Aquarius, we are certainly
on the borders of it, and not (as Sepharial makes it) nearly seven
degrees away. I have been waiting to see whether some pen more
authorised than mine would not take up and challenge Sepharial's
figures ; but, as it has not been done, I shall be very thankful for my
own sake to be kindly shown, through these hospitable pages, how he
settles the point; and his explanations cannot fail to be very interesting
and instructive.
A. Marques.

Humours of Insurance:—A good story was told by the Right

Hon. Evelyn Ashley in presiding at the annual meeting of the Railway
Passengers' Assurance Company yesterday. Within the last year a
gentleman had his horoscope cast, and was informed that he was about
to meet with a serious or fatal accident. He came to their company,
insured against the fatal effects, and brought several other members of
his family, for whom policies were also taken out at the same time.
Curiously enough the gentleman with the fatal horoscope had met with
no accident whatever—the policy had probably frightened the evil spirit
—but every other member of the family insured at the same time had met
with an accident, and the company had paid them compensation. In
that way they were rewarded for their faith in the "prophet."
Daily Telegraph, 3/3/'o4.
{The italics are ours.)
[This involves a very nice astrological point. On the surface, it would seem
that here was occasion for the scorner to blaspheme, but a more deliberate weighing
of the facts shows that the evil anticipated happened, and happened at the time
foretold ; not, however, to the native personally, but to his family—affecting him
indirectly, in fact, instead of directly.
Presuming therefore that the data supplied to the astrologer were correct, the
error appears to have been due to not taking account of the houses from which the
affliction fell, which no doubt were cadent, indicating relatives, or perhaps the
cadent house (say, 3rd) was interpreted to mean journeys. In any case, there is here
a text for a discourse on the directional branch of Astrology.—Ed.)
 II
3

iEanbnne Jlstrologg anil tbe Mar in tljc ®ast

By The Editor

Now that war has actually broken out between Russia and Japan,
there will doubtless be a number of claims to prophecy and prevision by
many who, during the last year or so, have made more or less indefinite
predictions of some such event. It was, however, a foregone conclu-
sion that war was inevitable, sooner or later, between Russia and any
other power who dared to clash with her interests in the East.
It has also been foreseen by those interested in the welfare of
nations that a European war must take place before universal peace and
goodwill could be maintained ; and the present rupture in the East is
in all probability but the beginning of that desirable or undesirable
(according to the point of view from which the crisis is studied) end.
In the study of Astrology there are two extremes ; the vast and
wide study of Mundane or National Astrology, and the petty and
personal Horary Astrology. In the study of the former there are
scarcely a dozen persons in the world who are deeply interested
enough to come forth and express their opinion or judgment, while
those few who do have but a slight knowledge of the subject, as well
as having to contend with many limitations which seriously handicap
and weaken their expression; but behind the scenes there are many
who know the world's history as written in the stars, yet who would
no more think of " prophesying " than of denying the truth of the law
which governs nations. The case, however, is quite different as
regards Horary Astrology, for which advocates may be found as easily
as mulberries in season.
The fate of nations depends upon the law of cycles, upon great
conjunctions, that is; and also upon the progress that a nation has made
in its evolution. Each portion of the globe has its own sphere of
influence, and nations are under the influence of planets and signs
just as are individuals ; individuals gravitating toward those nations in
which their own particular fate in relation to the national destiny can
be achieved.
II
4 MODERN ASTROLOGY
In ancient days astrologers hitw—with certain knowledge—the
signs of the zodiac and the planets to which each nation belonged,
but to-day we have only the remnants of that knowledge, handed
down to us as tradition, in the general information we possess of the
signs ruling countries. Thus it seems to be true that Russia is under
Aquarius and Japan under Libra, and hence that in all probability the
" balance " of power and the future unity or separation of nations, as
represented by Libra, n«w lies with the Japanese; also that the
humane principles expressed by Aquarius are to be established by the
disturbancethat will eventually take place, through a greater revolution
inside the Russian Empire.
There are some very wonderful secrets concealed in the signs of
the zodiac and their influence over nations; and these who have that
breadth of mind which will allow them to obtain an abstract and
dispassionate insight into the higher Mundane Astrology will realise
how strangely all things work together for good. It is many years
since I made my final choice between Mundane and Natal Astrology,
making a special study of the latter for no other reason than that I
had the conviction that it must eventually lead to the wider study of
national influence, when individual destiny was understood; for the
greater is mirrored in the lesser, and the fate of individuals finally
becomes the fate of nations. The whole of the yellow race are sur-
vivors of the "fourth great root-race," and in stepping forward into
recognised power in the world the Japanese are undoubtedly the
flower of the Librans, whose future destiny is now most surely in
the balance.
Can we, as modern astrologers, at our present stage of under-
standing, foretell the outcome of the Eastern Crisis ? Judging from
the great conjunction at the close of 1899 a European war is a fore-
gone conclusion ; but the question we shall be asked is: when will this
disaster take place ? There are many who believe that a definite
moment will come for this great event, which it is affirmed is fore-
ordained to take place as a part of the great scheme connected with
the world's progress. Experience, however, tends to prove, so far as
Natal Astrology is concerned at all events, that a certain latitude
must be allowed for the exercise of what we term " free will" in all
human concerns, as against Divine Will, which is not limited to
time and space in the same manner. As the majority of my readers
 MUNDANE ASTKOLOGV AND THE WAR IN THE EAST II5

are aware, I am a fatalist. I can see in every horoscope a certain

amount of freedom of choice, according to the kwonledge and experi-
ence of the native. And every nation has the same freedom of choice
in action, according to the wisdom of its Rulers and the experience of
the People.
This may be easily illustrated by the condition of the Russian
nation previous to the outbreak of th« present war. It was not until
the planet Saturn had reached 130 of .rr that the tension had been
strained to the utmost limit ami hostilities commenced, but at any
time previous to this point it was within the choice of the Emperor of
Russia and his advisers to act discreetly or otherwise. They chose
to act unwisely, through their inability to recognise the rights and
just claims of the Libra nation, and thus the Japanese will act as
"fate" or "Karma" to the Russians, teaching them by actual
experience the lessons they were unable to learn without objective
realisation. We who watch the passage of Ij through the second
decanate of can foretell the result of Russia's choice, which she
herself might have foreseen, had she as a nation advanced beyond
that objective stage where the material forces are stronger than the
spiritual.
All who have watched the progress of events must agree that
Japan has exercised all the forebearance associated with the sign
which is supposed to rule this progressive nation.
The second decanate of zs is of the nature of ^r-n . It will be
interesting to know later on the exact extent in which the United States
has been or will be involved in this important struggle. Another
curious item of interest lies in the fact that the ]) was in the sign =2=
when the diplomatic relations were broken off by Japan, and it would
be still more curious to find if the X) was occupying the second or
third decanate of (the or =!r-n decanate) at the time that
diplomacy failed, and recourse was had to compulsion.
From this brief and hasty survey of the situation from an astro-
logical standpoint it will be seen that Mundane Astrology requires
more than ordinary judgment to predict accurately future events.
The nativity of the Emperor of Russia will now be instructive
reading.
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The Russian Emperor was born when the tenth degree of Virgo
was on the ascendant, Mercury, the ruler of this sign, being placed in
the meridian in its own positive sign, Gemini, which denotes thought
and action being one in his life ; but his expressions will be distorted,
and his mind misinterpreted and abused by the inhabitants of his own
household and those who are his servants (described by Saturn in
the fourth house and ruler of the sixth, in opposition to his ruling
planet Mercury).
Nicholas II. is in himself a humane and peace-loving monarch,
but he is in the clutch of destiny, and has very little opportunity to
exercise his own free will. He is' individually ' fated, the Sun applying
 THE HOROSCOPE OF THE CZAR OF RUSSIA II7

to the opposition of Saturn after leaving the cusp of the mid-heaven.

The obstacles in his path are insurmountable, as a study of his nativity
will clearly indicate.
Mercury (ruler) in opposition to Satum.
Sun (on M.C.) in opposition to Saturn.
Moon, ruler of eleventh (desires) in square to Uranus and to Venus
(ruler of third), and in conjunction with Neptune.
Surely this must prove the truth of the saying " Uneasy lies the
head that wears a crown." For at the time of writing it is stated that
" the Czar resents the deception practised on him by the war party in
the Russian Court"—a clear instance of the p's triple affliction,
especially by Neptune.
Just previous to the outbreak of war with Japan, the planet Mars
by transit had passed the opposition of the Czar's radical ascendant,
while Neptune passed over the progressed Sun. If Jupiter is taken
to be the ruler of the seventh house, indicative of open foes and
enemies, they have evidently power and strength on their side; but it
would seem as though here Neptune were ruler of the seventh, judg-
ing by the naval warfare and its destructive action upon the Russian
ships at Port Arthur at the very commencement of hostilities. Nep-
tune and Mars are between the luminaries at birth, and Mars has
now progressed to the semi-square aspect of the Moon (radical) and
is fast approaching the d of © (radical); the progressed positions of
the planets and angles for May 18th, 1904, being as follows :—
Asc. M.C. (. 2/ <f Q ? 9 D
£= I023' 0200' ■ 7 00l6' I). T11039' W24020' m20I3' Sl20il' 025050' ilI2023'
This war is " the beginning of the end " for the Czar ; indeed, it
is an open question if he will live to see its end, for the Sun is apply-
ing to the square aspect first of Jupiter and then of the Moon, both in
the eighth, the house of death. From the beginning of the war every
influence points to a speedy termination of physical existence for this
ill-fated Emperor.
Will he survive the present year ?
It is doubtful. And even should he do so, his country is
threatened by an internal revolution which will go to hasten his end
(S d W. ODand f),
 ii8

tfre Waji

A very remarkable coincidence is afforded by the description

given this month of the seventeenth degree of Scorpio, where the
expression " Abandonment " is used. Readers who turn to Vol. XII.,
p. 24, will learn that this very degree of Scorpio rose as Mr.
Frank \llen conceived the idea of a magazine to bear this title—
Abaitdonmnt.
Referring to Mr. Green's criticism of How to Judge a Nativity, on
p-. 61 of the February issue, a correspondent writes as if the last sen-
tence in the first paragraph referred to Solar Biology. Only a hasty
reading could give such an impression, it seems to us, but we draw
attention to the matter here lest any other reader should have come
to the same erroneous conclusion. Solar Biology can be obtained of
us or of our publishers (price 215.).
The (estimated) horoscope of the Mikado, by Kymry, the astro-
loger who predicted a war between Russia and Japan about this
time, appears on p. 212 of Vol. XI., wherein are given sundry further
predictions which will be watched with increased interest in view of
the striking confirmation furnished by the outbreak of war. The fact
that this was expected to eventuate in July-August, 1903, as there
given, suggests that if the horoscope were originally rectified by
transits of the meridian, or directions thereto only, the latter may
have been inverted, which would, of course, throw all directions out by
six months. We do not know if the further study Kymry has
bestowed upon this horoscope in the light of later events has led him
to that conclusion, but in his prediction quoted by "Merlin" in The
Referee, he gave January as an alternative date, we believe. In either
case, by proportional motion the equinoctial point reached the horizon
about the 6th to 9th of February, causing of course a simultaneous
change of rulership of both horizon and meridian ; i.e., the rulership of
the four angles wasimmediately transferred to fourfresh planets. And
it is quite in accordance with fundamental principles that this should
eventuate in a dramatic change.
 BY THE WAY II
9
A cursory comparison of this horoscope with that of the Czar
published in this issue), in reference to the directions in progress
leaves no doubt whatever of the ultimate success of Japan.
i «
" Mercury," in a private letter to the Editor, points out that he
predicted that Russia would during the Czar's thirty-fifth year be
involved in war, in the April (1896) issue of Borderland: unfortu-
nately we have not a copy of this number at hand, or we would quote
the prophecy. He further alludes to the rectified nativity therein
published, and opines that the Russian palace authorities do not
always give out the truth, since the royal salute was fired at 2 p.m.
on the day of birth. Perhaps they have some knowledge of Astro-
logy, and do not wish to place the weapon of knowledge in the hands
of possible enemies. Our correspondent adds that the direction on
which he based his prophecy is Q d converse, and he goes on to
say that in reference to the prediction of death given in the article
alluded to he was, in a journal intended for general reading, less ex-
plicit than he would have been in a purely astrological publication.
The manner of death he describes as due to the ruin of a building—
probably through an explosion.
* * *
The sceptic may remark at this point that it is not customary for
a Czar to die in his bed. To this we, as astrologers, have nothing to
say. For it is impossible to make a layman who believes in ' chance '
and ' the accident of birth' see that nations can be represented in
their rulers only by men whose destiny symbolises and crystallises
that of the nations whose prototypes they are, and that nations which
have a violent upheaval in immediate prospect can scarcely expect to
have as a figure-head—using the word in its literal and dignified sense
of a tutelary emblem—a man born to a peaceful destiny. It is
with monarchs as with men ; each is born into that sphere with which
he is, as it were, in tune, and a discordant environment, one in which
the smouldering fires of revolution are contending for mastery with
the accumulated forces of repression, can scarcely be expected to form
the matrix for an harmonious soul.
. =1:
It is this principle which is the basis of all serious study of
Mundane Astrology: the principle that the oificial representative of a
 120 MODERN ASTROLOGY
body, country or nation expresses in his person the synthesised life of
that body, country or nation ; that he (or it, for the principle is equally
true of wands of oflice and the other paraphernalia of investiture) is
merely a symbol, in which the collective influences constituting that
nation or people are focussed or brought to a head ; so that by his
movements the destiny of the nation or race in question can be traced
and checked, just as one determines the varying temperature of
a mirror pyrometer by the movement of its spot of light, or as the
pointer of a dial indicates the working of the machinery within. It is
for this reason that deductions based simply upon quarterly figures,
new Moons, etc., so largely fail, owing to the lack of certainty as to
the degree of prominence that should be accorded to the various
positions, good and bad. So much is this the case, that the super-
ficial enquirer into mundane prediction is very easily persuaded that
there is " nothing in it." Yet those who study these matters more
closely and follow the details more patiently see that the predictions
given are as a rule quite right in their general scope, and that
they fail chiefly in the direction of application, more especially in the
' perspective,' so to speak. All this is due to the want of a basis on
which to rest one's judgment, a fulcrum, as it were, on which one's
prophetic telescope might turn. If only students of the mundane
branch of the science would each take some really authentic horos-
cope of a ruler or president, and study contemporary history while
that ruler held sway, they would not only learn much themselves but
would be able to offer valuable hints to other students.
* * » «
Only let the cases chosen be those where there is no doubt as to
the correctness of the horoscope ; where the given time harmonises with
the appearance of the native, for instance, so that there is no lurking
suspicion of the date of birth pressing at the back of the student's
mind, so as to prejudice either his results or his judgment. The
natus of His Majesty the King is a good example, for here rectifica-
tion by two different workers, using entirely different methods {vis.,
Zadkiel I. and SephariaH), has led to identically,the same conclusion
as to the time of birth : to wit, 10.37 a.m., November gth, 1841.
• Ste p. 204. Vol. XIV. (Dec. 1903 ).
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^.stro-^ljnsiologn anil ^atbologn: ^tovttical,

^peculotibe aub practical

By Heinrich Daath

XXIX. THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS AND THYMUS

GLAND

{Continued from p. 82)

"First there is the windpipe extending from the lungs to the inmost part
of the mouth, and through that the voice, deriving its origin from the mind,
is taken up and poured forth."—Cicero: DeNatura Deorum.
The physiological intention of the lungs is to provide for the
absorption of oxygen and the elimination of carbonic acid, thus effect-
ing the reinvigoration of the venous blood by the oxygenisation of its
particles and reconsiittie pour une nouvellevie, as Fourroy puts it. Not, of
course, pure oxygen,* for this, even as a remedy, is admissible only in
extreme cases. Where it is not attenuated by admixture of some
other gas, reaction and combustion would be too violent and too
frequent. Life would be too energetic ; entire nature, and mankind
in particular, would be unable to defend themselves against the
violence of combustion ; in a word, the world, such as we know it now,
could not exist.
Besides the connective tissues in which the lungs are inlaid we
must also include for our present purpose the trachea, bronchi, the
bronchial tubes, the vesicles and air cells. All these are related to
the aerial sign Gemini, and in the regenerative alchemy of life the
introduction of atmospheric air into the vital organism is of pre-eminent
importance. In Hebrew, the union of Aleph and Tau makes the
particle eth, or what the Rabbins interpreted as first matter, aa—the
stuff out of which all things were formed. In Greek, the union of
* "It is evident that oxygen is prejudicial to the mucous membranes of the
respiratory passages themselves, where it produces premature and too energetic
oxidation. In the air which we breathe the azote, tempering the oxygen, penetrates
so far as to come in contact with the red corpuscles of the blood in the pulmonary
alveoles,"—Addollknt.
122 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Alpha and Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet,
constitutes the verb aa>, I breathe. These two letters stand for the
twins, and express the dominant character of the sign Gemini, i.e.,
breathing, for that sign rules the respiratory organs.
I suppose no astrologer questions the tact of the pulmones being
governed by Gemini, his study and practice having shown him so
many times the truth of a subtle connection existing between the
respiratory processes and the third sign of the zodiac. There remains
the less to attempt here. Nevertheless the matters aremanifoldwhich
might be set down concerning the positive domicile of Mercury, but
which would require more space than at present available. We can
note several in brief.
Gemini* rules the lungs because of the air-cellsf, and the hands:}
because they are the chief seats of touch, the sign being closely
identified with the nerves too, since they may be accounted the
telegraph wires of the body. Mercury is always represented as breath,
spirit, and in action fleeting, elusive, alert, nimble and lively.
Mythologically the god Is shown with wings tohis heels, so suggesting
this faculty. He was the messenger and go-between of the whole
pantheon of gods and goddesses. As a planet he is the quickest to
perform his revolution round the Sun. In Astrology his house (the
third) governs short journeys, letters and messages, the telegraph
system, etc. The rational soul infused by the Divine, breath is
governed by this planet. The ancients, indeed, denominated it the
spirit, and held the intellectual will to be seated therein. Mercury is
the spiritus of Paracelsus, the chesed of the Hebrew Sephiroth, the
atrna of the Theosophist.
It was Liebig's idea that respiration directly consumed the oily
parts of the blood, for when the respiratory changes are defective, and
there is an observable weakness in the subject of extensive disease of
the lungs, especially emphysema, the deposition of fat is often exces-
sive. Jupiter has considerable dominion over fatty and oily substances
* Persons whose Sun occupies this sign use up their vital force quickly.
Inspiration and expiration are frequent, circulation rapid, etc.
f Argument. Mass. Fic. in Lib. I. Enn. Sec.
J Cicero de Natura Deorum.
Digitalis is used in defective respiration and for reducing circulation and other
functions to a lower standard. Digitalis, that is the (ox-glove. Compare Gemini
ruling hands
 ASTKO-PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY 123
and we remark that it is lord of the oppositional sign to Gemini.
And as each pair of signs so related work more or less noticeably to-
gether, and through each other, after the fashion of an astral osmosis,
we can understand the probability of the Gemini-Sagittarian confeder-
acy acting incidentally in the above way. A fatty transformation of
the liver is almost exclusively observed in •persons affected with
phthisis. Here again we trace an obvious action of the same pair of
signs upon each other.
The thymus gland appears to me to be a Gemini-dominated
organ. Syphilitic abscesses in the lungs of new-born children
generally coincide with other lesions—suppuration of the thymus
gland, pemphigoid bullse, and an increase in the volume of the liver
(combined action of Gemini and Sagittarius again). Paul Dubois*
and Cruveilhier have shown that pemphigus is frequently met with
in new-born children, who sink under these abscesses of the lungs.
But diseases of this gland are too uncommon to enable us to easily
decide.
Abnormal conditions and anomalies are chiefly connected with an
increased size in newly-born children, and its persistence to puberty
or even beyond sometimes. In such cases there is a simultaneous
predominance of the lymphatic glandular system, accompanied perhaps
with rachitis and cerebral hypertrophy. Thymic asthma, however,
is dependent upon the actual pressure of the enlarged gland on the
respiratory passages.
In the matter of syphilis in new-born children there is some con-
nection with the thymus and liver. A glance through the Apkrodisiacus
suggests how important was the role played by the latter organ
according to the early writers. Not only was it regarded as the
principal seat, but even as the actual generating organ. Without
going that length it is easy to prove a sympathy between the organs
and disorders mentioned. It is worthy of remark, also, that syphilitic
complaints are treated with mercury.
It is not always understood that Jupiter is concerned with re-
spiration and the lungs. But so it is. Of course the ancients gave the
atmosphere to the jurisdiction of Jove, but his parallel kingdom in the
microcosm has been slurred over more than a little. Jupiter governed
all atmospheric phenomena, winds, tempests, thunder, as also the
period of full Moon.
• Cf. Gazelle Mid. de Paris, 2oe annee, p. 392.
 Segrees of t\jB Zodiac ^^tnholiseb

Translated from " La Voiasfera," by Sepharial

SCORPIO

(Continued from page 54)

ni qth Degree.—A nest of young and unfledged birds lying

upon the ground.
This symbol is indicative of a childhood spent in adverse circumstances;
and of a nature that may be in danger of degeneration through neglect in
the earlier stages of its growth. Bereft of parents and guardians at an early
age, the nature is doomed to self-assertion and effort, or else to desolation
and despair. Obscure in origin, and reared among strangers, the nature is
yet capable of attaining to considerable distinction. It is a degree of
Orphanage.
tTf ioth Degree.—A man wearing a mask as in a play.
It denotes one whose character is never wholly expressed, but who is
capable of simulating qualities and characteristics which are not proper to
himself. The nature is taciturn, sarcastic, and critical; sometimes decep-
tive ; and always capable of playing a part, whether it be for good or evil.
Difficult to understand and to penetrate, the thought is yet more playful than
malicious, and is capable of attracting friends and admirers without com-
mitting itself to any obligation. It is a degree of Simulation.
171, 11'FH Degree.—A hare seated upon a knoll above its burrow,
behind it is the rising Moon.
It is the indication of a timorous and watchful nature, apprehensive of
dangers that are not apparent and unmindful of those which are inevitable as
the nightfall. Such an one is liable to be taken unawares and deceived in
the chief affairs of life; and while showing astuteness in all that be has
regard to, be will yet prove himself to be more watchful and cautious than
wise and far-sighted. It is a degree of Insecurity.
uj, 12TH Degree.—A smalljcottage surrounded by a thicket.
It is the index of a mind that is prudent and resourceful, provident
and reserved. But it also shows one who is surrounded by enemies and
 DEGREES OF THE .ZODIAC SYMBOLISED 125
liable to ambushes and deceits. This circumstance will unfortunately call
forth all the lower and ruseful faculties of the nature, and while rendering
the person free from harm by such enemies will at the same time tend to
degenerate the mind. It is a degree of Setf-defence.
ill 13TH Decree.—A great and lonely tower rising from an
eminence of rock.
It shows one of a powerful and independent nature, relying on his own
counsel and capable of standing alone. A degree of taciturnity and reserve
will add to the general inscrutability of the mind of this person, and dispose
him to command the respect and regard of others. His position will be
elevated, his success in life will be assured by his own innate strength, and
his fortunes will remain untouched by the hand of Change. It is a degree of
Stability.
ill i+th Degree.—Two men seated at a table with beakers of
wine before them.
It is an indication of a jovial and sympathetic nature, disposed to some
degree of self-indulgence, and liable to indiscretions which will prove
harmful to the fortunes. It augurs much liberality and frankness of mind,
a kindly but weak nature, and a very intimate knowledge of human character.
It is a degree of Comradeship.
ill 15TH Decree.—A bear sleeping beneath a tree around which
is a swarm of bees.
This symbol indicates a mind that is slothful and inactive, relying on a
false idea of the invariable necessity of things rather than upon his own
efforts, and disposed to take a fatalistic view of life. But both Heaven and
Earth conspire against him. and while he remains heedless of the busy
workers all around him, the sweets of life also remain unknown to him;
eventually he will be spurred into a blind and fruitless activity, and will
suddenly be bereft of his natural powers. It is a degree of Indolence.
ill i6th Degree.—A cup or goblet from which rays of ruddy
light are emitted.
It is the index of a kind and benevolent nature; a generous and humane
disposition; ever eager to befriend and comfort those who may be in dis-
tress of body or mind. The grandeur and spiritual loftiness of this soul
will attract many friends, and the work of charity and benevolence will
increase continually,gathering volume as it goes, till it reaches the ocean of
human life, and enfolds all mankind. It is a degree of Humaneness.
wi 17TH Degree.—A battered hulk lying upon the seashore.
126 MODERN ASTROr.OGY
It is the symbol of a life that is wrecked and battered about by the winds
of adversity, a condition of misery and abandonment the most profound.
The life will be a wandering and rudderless drifting upon troubled waters;
and whether through his own fault or folly, or the yet more relentless hand
of a most inimical fate, the fortunes will eventually be in danger of wreck
and ruin, and the native will become a derelict from the great sea of life.
It is a degree of Abnndomnenl.
ni i8th Degree.—A woman charming snakes, one of which is
twined about her neck.
It is the Index of a watchful, brave, but suspicious and jealous nature.
Such an one will brave many dangers for the sake of mastery over the
passions of others, and will be active in the attainment of the arts of con-
quest, Nevertheless it is probable that eventually the life will be endangered
thereby, and beyond the loss of power where it is most to be desired, the
danger of a poisoned love, or a yet more sinister folly, will threaten to crush
and obliterate this person. It is a degree of Jealousy.
wi igTH Degree.—A stiletto and tavola.
It is the index of a mind that is given to disputes and assaults, eager in
contention and yet cautious in self-defence. Such an one will prove a for-
midable anduntiring adversary,yet at the same time a convivial companion.
With a somewhat abnormal taste for the good things of life, a good trencher-
man, and a man of sharp wit, be will make friends easily; but bis enemies
will be equally numerous. Headstrong and quick-tempered, he will yet bear
himselfbravely and honourably in strife, and his enemies will have much
respect for him, while his friends will hold him up as a champion. It is a
degree of Avidity.
nx 20TH Degree. —A Sun that is rising'upon the ocean waters.
This symbol is indicative of a mind that is given to restlessness and
travel for the sake of discovery. The rising of the Sun is a symbol of eleva-
tion and coming honours, while the ceaseless motion of the waters denotes
many changes and long voyages, especially in the direction of the Orient.
There both fortune and distinction will await him, and in some field of
exploration and discovery he will become celebrated, It is a degree of
llluminalion.
nq, 21 sr Degree.—A buffalo standing on an eminence pawing the
ground and snorting.
It is the symbol of a bold, independent and forceful nature, that knows
neither restraint nor law, and that will suffer great privations in order to
maintain the semblance of freedom. It is a degree of Indeprudence.
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Regulations

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Questions
3. How do yon judge by a horoscope the character and the karma of a
person—which is which ? If we have more lives than one the karma and
the character may not always go together.—J. Wilson-Gates.
The two great divisions of a nativity are governed by the © and ]),
representing respectively positive and negative, "life" and "form." Cha-
racter belongs to the life side (©), and Karma or fate to the form (J)). Now
the Character can only express itself through the form while in physical
manifestation ; but all " form," from an astrological standpoint, is not ruled
entirely by the J)—although the lunar orb may in the abstract preside over
all ' forms '; for the signs of the zodiac also play an important part in the
rule over form, and its fate or karma. So far we may divide character into
Individual and Personal, the former governed by the © (and, to a certain
extent, the planets) and the latter by the J (and zodiac). The Personal
Character will, to a considerable extent, be under the influence of environ-
ment, heredity, and national destiny. The Individual Character on the
other hand will represent more directly the inherent qualities and powers of
the Ego. These twe will constantly act and react one upon another, but
Character will gradually affect Karma. And although Karma and Character
will not always ' go together,' the individual will gain by the experiences
which each will produce ; until he realises that he himself is both Character
and Karma, and can thus directly or indirectly mould his future. Yet the
true Self is never affected by either, for it is the silent watcher of whom the
Bhngavad G ltd says : " He is not born, nor doth he die, nor, having been,
ceases he any more to be; unborn, perpetual, eternal, and ancient, he is not
slain when the body is slaughtered,"
 iz8

Hebutos

We have received the first copy of Le Dikriiiinisme Astral (Paris:

L. Bodin, bi-monthly, ifr. 25c. per copy, yfr. yearly), "a miscellany of
contributionsto the scientific study of astral influence." The items oft his
first number are chiefly contributed by the " directeur," M. H.Selva,
who, after a preliminary announcement detailing the scope of the
publication and drawing attention to the rigidly scientific manner in
which all investigation will be pursued, contributes articles on " Is
the scientific demonstration of planetary influence possible?" and
"Traditional Astrology," in which the question of the division of the
houses by the various methods employed at different times and by
different workers is thoroughly gone into. Other items are " Astral
Heredity," by Paul Flambert. Four schemes of nativity (Auguste
Comte, Pierre Lafitte, Ernest Renan, Clfemence Royer). The
number concludes with " Varieties," in which is given a ready
method of determining the Moon's longitude a long time in advance,
communicated by an English astrologer, Kymry.
We quote the example given. To find the j)'s long, on the 30th
April, 1912, noon, Paris. Method:—(1) subtract 12 years; (2) add
57 days ;* (3) add i2i0io' to the J)'s long, at noon on that day. This
will give the longitude at noon on the day required—similarly, of
course, for any time of day other than noon. The error rarely
amounts to 30'. (This may be turned into a formula as follows;—
D's long. " D "= jj's long. (" D " — 4,326 days) + i2i0io',
where " D" is the date of the day on which the j's long, is
sought.
Thus to return to the example:—
Given date - = April 30 1912
Subtract years • 12
= April 30 1900
Add days 57
= June 26 1900
Long, of ]) at noon (Paris) 26/6/1900 = n rfii'
Add 12 I0I 0'
Total = rfe a8c43'

* If the year 1900 (or any other century year which is not a leap year) is
ontained during the period of years subtracted, add 56 days instead of 57.
 REVIEWS 129
which is the longitude required. This method, of course, is only
applicable to the longitude of the Moon. The concluding pages are
occupied with an explanatory table of symbols and abbreviations, the
latter admirable in every way and well fitted to become standardised.
The 5-pointed star, however, as a symbol for the quincunx or 150°
aspect strikes us as somewhat unsuitable and misleading; the inverted
semi-sextile aspect (7^) would appear self-explanatory and not likely to
lead to confusion. As a whole, the magazine is more than creditable,
it is admirable, and well calculated to present the subject of Astrology
in a worthy light before the intellectual world. The printing and
general get-up are excellent.
What, however, will perhaps be of greatest interest to the general
student, and indeed also to the mere beginner, is {he first instalment
of a detailed scheme of research, on the comparative method so greatly
in vogue with exoteric scientists, into the astrological conditions at-
tending the manifestation of an unusual degree of intellect—much on
the lines of Mr. Daath's late paper on " The Astrological Basis of
Wit and Humour," but carried out in a still more detailed fashion, and
liberally illustrated with blocks, showing, with the precision and
thoroughness for which the French are noted in scientific matters, the
preponderance of planets in various signs, etc., etc. Thus, blocks
1-45, we are told, will deal with the general planetary positions, f.r.,
those which are common to all the Earth's inhabitants at the time
(1-9 each planet separately, 10-45 combination of anyone with the
other), blocks 46-106 relate to the individual conditions pertaining
solely to the respective birth-places at the given times—and so on, the
facts being carefully marshalled and arranged with a carefully-worded
precision that Darwin himself would not have disdained. It is to be
hoped that this paper will receive the attention that it merits from astro-
nomers and psychologists, as well as from astrologers, by none of whom
should it remain unread. The nativities that form the basis of the ob-
servations are, we are told, those of a certain number of persons
famous for intellectual endowment, each being chosen primarily as an
incontestably suitable subject for such an investigation, and secondarily
being included according to authenticity of birth data.
We may perhaps spare space for one or two items, some of which
are rather surprising. The percentage shown by each of the planets
in the various signs is indicated by flattened curves, and stands as
follows, the observations covering a period of about fifty years
Maximum Mean Minimum
4 a 15 % - 9% 7- 3 %
i D! 15 % ®"IX 7i% nw 3 %
0 x »6i% T® ^ W9 % A / 4i%
« * % ^ = n 7i% a 3%ni4i%
9 = I9i% n n* 7i% A "I 3 %
D a a uu % nS=== 6 % "I 0 %
Total signs occupied by planets, percentage in1 the case
sign,
T « n 0 ji ii» HI f 1? *
9j 9 7 7 8^ 9 Si 5i 6i 7i 9i
13° MODERN ASTROLOGY

The mean occupation of signs by planets, arranged according to

their various groups, triplicities, etc., shows the maximum in Earthy,
Winter, Mutable, Feminine, Ascending (ly to n incl.) sigus respec-
tively. Tabulation of this kind has long been wanted, and one cannot
bestow too great praise on the thoroughness with which it has here
been done. The above examples are but specimens.
At the moment of going to press arrives another new French
journal of a similar degree of excellence, La Science Astrale (BibliothSque
Charcornac, monthly, i franc). It contains a horoscope of the
German Emperor, giving as ascendant, however, 0S260 instead of 20°
as usually published.

^tofxatxcal department.

From " I bare"

Male born at Syntynt in the island of Hailuoto, Finland, 2/g/'8o,
and was banged here on the gallows, at 8 a.m., i2/g/'o^, for murder
said to be committed by him in this harbour on board a steam vessel
at anchor, 2g/y/'o^. Regret to say that it is not possible to get at
exact or approximate time of birth.

From F. I. B.
Re the article on Pre-natal Epoch on pages 200 to 206 in the
December magazine, I have pleasure in sending you my own case.
(Full particulars in Coming Events for Dec., 1899, pages 93 to 96.)
(a) 3i/io/,73, N.W. of England, at 5.40 p.m. Male.
(4) 3i/io/'73, N.W. of England, at 5.50 p-m. Male.
(а) Became engaged, g/'gy; married, a/'gg; taken ill, i/z/'gg,
and died, n/z/'gg.
(б) Lost my brother, n/z/'gg', and also an aunt, io/^/'gg;
became engaged to a lady, 26/io/'oi ; it was broken off by the
lady, 26/ii/'oi. (I met this lady /\./6/'gy.)
The lady was born 4/n/'75> 4-45 p.m., Liverpool; was married
10/8 '02.
" Azoth" writes:—Can any student supply (tony, sex and place of
any person born 14 or i5/4/'54: 10 to i2/8/,72: 20 or 2i/io/'g2:
1 or 2/1/'03 ?
* ^ ^
A correspondent asks for the time of birth of
Prince Consort:—26/8/19 ; Coburg.
Earl Roberts ;—30/9/32 ; ? place.
Lord Kitchener :—? date and place.
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fitter to tfjc ®bxtcr

Letters of general interest only are inserted. Correspondents desiring reply

must please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily for
publication, out as a token of good faith.
N.B.—Writers of signed articles are alone responsible for the opinions con
tained therein.
[We have made room for half of this lengthy letter, which we have ven-
turetl to slightly compress, because the matter it deals with must necessarily
bo of great jnterest to all earnest investigators, especially as possibly throwing
light on the varying periods of inter-uterine life. We have not examined our
correspondent's theory, and cannot therefore speak as to its validity, hut no
doubt our medical readers will be able to furnish unimpeachable data where-
with this "law " might be tested. The necessary condition to provide the
simplest possible case appears to be: Birth of both parents and children in
or near the same locality.—Ed.]

The Relation of Epoch to Birth as a Method of Checking

Birth-Time of Parents
To Hit Editor of Modern Astrology
Dear SIr,
As I think I have discovered a law which, if true, will prove
of great utility (i) in ascertaining the unknown birth-times of parents
when the true time of birth of a child is known ; or which, (2) on the
other hand, will prove helpful in determining the true epoch and
hence the ascendant of a child when the birth-time of one of the
parents is known accurately, I hasten to bring the matter before your
attention, and (if you think fit to publish this letter) that of your
readers, in order that other students, with more leisure and better
opportunities of obtaining scientifically trustworthy data of births
(under which term I include statement as to whether the time given
is that of extrusion, first breath, etc.), may be enabled to test its
validity ; for, if established, its usefulness is obvious.
• Without further preamble, then, I will proceed to the enunciation
of this 'law.' It may be stated thus:—
" The degree of the zodiac occupying the descendant of the
diurnal horoscope* of a mother on the day of epoch of her
child becomes the culminating point (M.C.) of her diurnal
horoscope on the day of that child's birth : and similarly,
[• This is a daily horoscope, erected for place of birth—or. as some have
suggested, place of present residence—at the time of day, a.m. or that birth
Occurred: set Vol. a., p. 47.—Ed.]
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" The culminating degree (M.C.) in the diurnal horoscope of a
father on the day of epoch of his child becomes the
ascendant of his diurnal horoscope on the day of that
child's birth."
Or in other words, the horizon (—) becomes the meridian ( | )
and the meridian ( | ) the horizon (—) respectively.* So far as I
have investigated the matter, the above ' law ' seems to be consonant
with fact. As in the case of the epoch itself, however, it is quite
possible there may be modifying factors yet to be discovered, and it
is in the hope of inducing others to undertake research that I am led
to write this letter.
I will not further trespass on your space: save by pointing out
that this ' law ' (if valid) supplies an interesting explanation of the
irregularity of the gestation period prevailing in high latitudes, as
compared with the closer approach to the normal common in countries
lying near the equator—a fact which I believe your contributor
Sepharial alluded to a year or so ago in " Olla Podrida" : but will
merely conclude with an
Example. Data as follows ;—
Male, born 30/9/1890, 4.43 p.m., London. Asc. X6—1)86.15
Epoch (irreg.) 10/1/1890, noon, London. Asc. 8 6.15—DnK6-43
Birth-time of mother given as 0.46 a.m.,t London.
Calculation [values approximate):
k. ni.
Sidereal time noon on day of birth - - 12 37
Less time of mother's birth before noon - 11 14
Gives sidereal time of mother's Diurnal Horoscope
on day of child's birth - - - 1 23

Degree of zodiac culminating T220^o'

h. m.
Sidereal time of T22c'3o' setting [i.e., sidereal time
of mother's Diurnal Horoscope on day of epoch) 8 8
time of mother's birth from noon - » 11 14
Gives sidereal time noon on day of epoch - 19 22
Compare with sidereal time noon on Jan. xoth,
1890 (day of epoch as calculated) - - 19 20
Discrepancy - - - -02
[To be concluded)
° This statement may be represented graphically thus; epoch to birth, Mother
(b, Father
| I believe, however, the exact time is based on a"recti6ed" horoscope:
will be well to regard it as not unimpeachable.
iHotrern

Vol. I. New Series. MAY, 1904. No. 5.

W\je Obserbatorg

There is an anxious feeling abroad, a particularly sensitive appre-

hensiveness pervading the British mind at the present time, more
especially amongst those in whom patriotism is an
ac ve
t' quality- Wherever the English language is
spoken, those who are qualified to estimate the
tension which is slowly pressing the ruling powers to a crisis, realise
the near approach of a struggle for supremacy that must lead to most
serious and far-reaching results; a struggle far greater in its possi-
bilities than the rise and fall of the Napoleonic dynasty, being a repe-
tition in fact of the war between mighty nations in the past, this time,
however, on a considerably grander scale. The ' drama in the East'
is but a prologue to the real drama, the destined rearrangement of
the balance of power amongst the ruling nations, and a few thoughts
upon the situation, if we can view the outlook from an impersonal and
astrological standpoint, may teach us much that will be of interest
in our work and useful as a study for the future.
=!= *
Without prejudice we may say that Astrology points to England,
or, looking at the matter broadly, to the whole of the English-speaking
people, as the race destined to take the leading
N^ttanaiitles Part 'n this supreme and fateful struggle.
T here are upon the face of our globe three
distinct Nationalities. The first may be classed under the quarternary
of Fixed Signs and comprisesthe whole of the Latin races, whose ruling
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34 MODERN ASTROLOGY
star has long since waned, their real power having culminated with the
end of the fourth root-race.
The second, those who are under the rule of the Cardinal Signs,
form the pivot upon which the fifth and present root-race will turn.
It is the English-speaking race who form the head and heart of this
second quarternary, and principally those who give allegiance to the
British flag.
Those who form the third quarternary, under the Mutable
signs, have yet their part to play in the coming sixth root-race, whose
advent will be foreshadowed in the sixth sub-race of the fifth root-
race, of whom the present English-speaking people may well be the
pioneers.

Aries is, without doubt, the sign ruling the destinies of Greater
Britain, the pioneer race of the earth to-day; and those who under-
stand the temper of the British and the nature of the
planet Mars find an analogy and a correspondence
between the two. It seems more than a coincidence
that Mars in its relations to the Cardinal signs
should pourtray the history of the British in the
part they have playedamongst those nations represented by the remain-
ing Cardinal signs. Mars has its detriment in Cancer, its fall in Libra,
and its exaltation in Capricorn ; and Great Britain has experienced a
rebuff in the war with South Africa (governed by Cancer) which
nearly proved fatal to the British arms ; for it was destined that the
forceful and fiery Mars nation should learn a severe and humiliating
lesson, so that <?, the "counterfeit of the spirit," might be changed
into true strength and courage, and the value of right for right's sake
ottly realised, in order to prepare Britain for that which is yet to come.
Through the Japanese Alliance (v-^) Great Britain will be forced
to understand something of her future possibilities—of the possibility of
becoming the most mighty empire in the world—and should this race
be fit and ready to rule and govern the major portion of the world,
her exaltation in India will be assured. The crisis will have begun
when Britain is called upon to take her part in the final subjugation
of the last menacing remnant of the fixed quarternary, which now
remains in Russia (.rr), to say nothing of the dying embers still
smouldering in the French (St), despite the present entente cordiale.
 THE OBSERVATORY 135
The exaltation of the Sun in Aries appears to be sufficient justi-
fication for the belief that the Aries nation will in itself form the
nucleus of the great World-Empire which is yet
England's to be formed. Nations, like individuals, are
Coming Trial pUrj£e(j through suffering. In Africa enough ex-
perience was bought to bring about the much-needed army reform,
in which the warrior caste again finds its higher expression. The
" man in the street" (also represented by Cancer) did all the shouting
necessary to bring home to those upon whom the responsibility of the
nation's well-being rests the urgent need for reform, and the desir-
ability of waking up to the weakness in the nation's armour; and so
to prepare for that " weighing in the balance " of the Lihran scales
which is shortly to take place when the Eastern crisis reaches its most
critical point.
**«
But this is a long subject to deal with in my " Observatory,"
belonging rightly to the mundane branch of Astrology. So to con-
_ _ . elude this expression of the thoughts which have
Tn^luence recently occupied my mind I will draw attention
to the fact that Jupiter's passage through Aries
favours the work of preparation which is now going forward, and also
benefits the Government to the extent of bringing an increased
revenue, and the support of all patriots, together with a favourable
influence in which tact and diplomacy will hold sway for the time
necessary to take a careful view of future possibilities.
* * *
A correspondent writes asking what are the natures of the various
aspects. This question cannot be answered ofl-hand, foi it touches on
the deepest metaphysical problems, and to go into
The meaning of it thoroughly would occupy a volume. But
Aspects probably the answer here given will be satisfactory
to my querent.
All aspects, whether benefic or malefic, produce opportunities
for Fate or " Karma" to be liberated. Everything depends, however,
upon the attitude of mind maintained towards the aspect, which either
restores harmony or disturbs it. Now when an adverse aspect is
complete and the event denoted by that aspect happens—which in the
case of squares and oppositions is generally of the nature of a disruption
or separation—the future results of that aspect will depend upon
one's attitude of mind at the time: if a resentful or separative thought
is engendered by the event, then the momentum of the force origin-
ally liberated keeps the aspect operating until the disruptive energy is
expended. And of course tliis applies also to benefic aspects; if the
mind is kept harmonious after the benefic event, then the favourable
influences continue until such time as another aspect is set in motion.
 136

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to Mr. Sampson's request in the January number of Modern Astro-
logy, comes as an apt pendant to the Horoscope of the United
Kingdom given in the March issue: it is significant, by the way, that
both are " united," and the sign of' union,' is rising. The above
time our correspondent gives as that generally accepted, and he adds
that from it an; American astrologer predicted the result of the
 137

Spanish-American War, Admiral Dewey's victory, i/s/'gS, and the

destruction of Cervera's fleet at Santiago, s/y/'gS, of which prediction,
he states, an account was given in the San Francisco Examiner about
the middle of April, '98.
The same figure was published in a number of Borderland, the
p having been, however, accidentally omitted, which greatly modified
its value! We print the map as received, and beyond remarking
that it agrees with the one in Borderland are not able to guarantee it.

NOTABILIA
(Dates have been verified where possible, but are not guaranteed)
(j) " Dr." Deighton, the veteran pedestrian 3/3/'43
(2| Signor Manuel Garcia, inventor of the laryngoscope 17/3/ 05
131 Mrs. Mary Menzies, just completed ggth birthday M/3/'05
(41 Mr. Edward Lloyd, the celebrated tenor ylil'+S
(5) Sir George Newnes, founder of "Tit Bits " tS/S/'S1
161 Mr. J. L. Tools, the famous comedian t2/3/'3o
(7) Maxim Gorky, the novelist (4/3/'68
Fuanets' Places at Noon on Day of Birth

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We regret that, through an oversight, the advertisement of Rays

of Truth in last month's issue gave the price as 53.; it should have
been 3s, bd.
 tkxncarnalxcn
v.
We will now consider this idea of The Thinker creating forms,
working naturally through desire and intellect (kama-manas)—since of
pure thought apart from emotion or desire we may not hope to find
yet awhile many traces. Every day we think, and thus are continu-
ally creating thought-forms. These thought-forms always remain
more or less within our aura or magnetic sphere and, as time goes on
and their numbers increase, they react upon us, with cumulative
energy, until a habit of thought on the ' lines of least resistance ' is
set up. Thus charadey is built, and if we are sufficiently acquainted
with any one of mature character, we are able to foretell with a toler-
able amount of certainty what step he would take and what his line of
action would be in any given set of circumstances.
When the life-term on earth has ended, and the finer vehicles dis-
entangle themselves from their coarser particles (the etheric double
disintegrating gradually with the physical form), the next vehicle of
consciousness, the Desire-Body, remains, in some cases persisting for
over fifty years before it in turn breaks up; while the Thought-Body
resulting from the past life endures in some individuals for several
centuries, going through various processes of consolidation of ex-
perience and assimilation of differentiated thought. By a process of
vibration it transforms expcriince into faculty; thus, at death we
gather into ourselves all the experiences we have cognised on this
plane either as pleasure or pain, and work it up into faculty, just as
we should cut, trim and sew cloth into a garment. And the greater
the storm and stress of the life, calling out earnest thought to over-
come obstacles and hindrances, the greater faculty will be secured for
the next earth experience. In other words, we might say that the earth-
life is a process of gathering material, and the after-life a process of
weaving that material into mental and emotional faculty; and thus
the pains of one life are often the powers of another. When in process of
time the Mind-Body disintegrates, it hands its results to the Ego—who
dwells in the Cause-Body or permanent vehicle.
 REINCARNATION 139
When again a new experience is needed, a new dip into the ocean
of physical matter, the Ego builds out of mind- and desire-matter a
new mental and a new astral body; but the " Lords of Karma,"
great spiritual intelligences, themselves provide the mould suited to
express the karma to be worked out. To do this they, through their
agents, " nature spirits " and " elementals," build the Etheric Double,
which is the matrix on which is electro-deposited, so to speak, the
physical body of flesh, bone, brain and muscle, ready for the incoming
tenant.
Note that the Ego fashions his own mental and astral bodies, but
is compelled (so long as he is bound to the " wheel of reincarnation ")
to accept the mould provided by karmic agents. So that only so
much of his mental, emotional and passional nature can manifest
as can be expressed through this etheric mould ; in other words, the
Ego can only express himself through such a temperament, brain and
nervous system as the " Lords of Karma " provide, the etheric and
physical garments being somewhat of a karmic barrier—a veritable
" ring Pass-Not," Naturally the brain, in common with the rest of the
dense body, is built into this etheric mould, and is to a limited extent
the physical expression of the habits and qualities of the human being
then to be reincarnated, the fitting vehicle for the working out of past
karma as well as for the exercise of some of the capacities which
experience enables him to manifest on the physical plane.
Thus whereas the Adept or Master forms every vehicle for himself,
the ordinary man does not, but has to take the physical mould the
" Lords of Karma " consider he is justly entitled to have. For did
the ethericj mould express the w/iole of the Ego put down into in-
carnation, reincarnation would be ended and the soul free, having
learnt every lesson earth-life has to teach, being in fact a Master, a
Christ. So each etheric mould limits, as well as expresses, the mental
and emotional nature ; for we are, as it were, but students graduating
in the "school of Life," and restrictions are placed upon our liberties
in order that we may achieve certain results.

The method of reincarnation is somewhat as follows :—By way

of an example, let us take first a selfish and then an unselfish
type of character; always remembering of course that the selfish type
is in the " kindergarten class " of humanity, so to speak. The first
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
ever thinks self-centred thoughts, his desires are for self, his hopes are
for self, he plans for self only; and naturally these thought-images
are ever about him, for he has made them : so that they tend to re-
act upon him, and thus in time he becomes unscrupulous in his
self-service, disregarding the claims of others and seeking his own
ends at all costs, living for self alone. He dies, and, his character
having become of the selfish type, in due course he is given a suitable
mould for his next body. He is drawn towards a family of similar
type, towards parents physically able to supply materials stamped
with similar characteristics, and the dense body is built into this etheric
matrix; so that the brain is shaped physically so as to manifest and
to respond to mere brutal tendencies to self-gratification, with a
corresponding lack of the physical basis for the manifestation of
unselfishness or of service to others.
In extreme cases of persistent and unscrupulous selfishness dur-
ing one incarnation we see in the next incarnation the " criminal
type," the child coming into the world with a bad instrument, from
which the immortal thinker will be scarcely able to draw one note of
pure and tender melody, strive as he may. The soul will slowly learn
in labour and in pain that selfishness " does not pay," and withanguish
and effort the lower nature will be to some extent trampled under
foot, slowly and painfully a step or two of progress being achieved.
But all the life through the past will dominate the present, and the cup
filled in forgotten days must be drained by the quivering lips to its
last drop.
We will now consider a character more advanced in life's school,
one who continually gives birth to thought-forms of unselfishness, help-
ful desires for others, loving plans for the welfare of others, earnest hopes
for thegood of others. Just as in the firstcase,thesecluster round him,
and in like manner re-act on him; so that they tend to help him, building
up a habit of character which is KKSelfish, inclining him to place the
welfare of others ever before his own. When he dies, he takes this un-
selfish character with him, and on coming back into incarnation the
model which represents his previous characteristics is drawn onwards to
a more advanced family, parents of higher culture and a more virtuous
type of mind. The physical particles which are then built into the
etheric mould yield a brain of a higher type, one better fitted to ex-
press the self-sacrificing nature, and with little material for the mani-
festation of the brute instincts. Thus the Ego has not only a more
suitable instrument wherewith to express himself, but is also less
subjected to outside distractions or " temptations " of various kinds.
G. Leo.
 Unto Wic may iluk (0ur Utars

[The following is extracted from an article in Mind (July, 1903),

to which the above title, though not the one there used, would be per-
fectly appropriate. We have not hesitated to slightly emphasise or
amplify certain portions. It is written by E. A. See.—Ed.]
Here is the secret of the power of thought to mould conditions.
We come into harmony with our environment by refusing to
recognise that the influences that have irritated and disorganised us
have in reality that element in them. The appearance to us of the
presence of this element is consequent on our concerning ourselves
with that which is not our own. If my associate is fretful it is naught
tome. I need not concern myself about his affair. His fretting is
his matter, not mine. I have a work already in hand that demands
all of my strength. I cannot divide my forces by concerning myself
with what he thinks is essential to his life, when I know it serves me
nothing in mine. The fretting and antagonism I find are from con-
structive forces operating in other lives. Let those forces work there.
They are not for me. They irritate and disorganise me only because
I am concerning myself with that which is not my own. The element
in them is constructive, but it appears to me to be destructive because
I falsely relate myself to it. My proper relation to it is to have no
consciousness of it. It is not for me. It is for another. Let each
man give heed to his own.
That is the process of harmonising ourselves with our environ-
ment. We are not to control it that it may not control us, as ascetics
conquer appetite by starving it, but we are to control our relation to
it, as wise men transmute passion into energy. If we fail to do so its
means to sustain us and its means for our growth will not avail.
Each person has the power to use such of his environment as he will.
It is the use that each makes of it that determines the rate of growth.
The checks to growth—that is to say, the distresses, losses, sicknesses,
cares, and trials that come to us—are the consequences of our attempt
to force conditions, of our attempt to make environment what it is
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
tiot rather than to make use of it as it is. We act thus because we fail
to see that the lack is not in our surroundings, but in ourselves. .
" The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we
are underlings."
The environment we contemplate, when we overlook present environment, we
seek too soon.
A young man grows up in a rural district, attends the village
school, teaches, goes to the city, enters a law office, becomes a
member of Congress. A contemporary still lives in the country town,
having passed his youth and early manhood in contemplation of
advantages he would have in the city were he but there. The congress-
man adapted himself to the environment of his early life and used
what of it was of advantage to qualify him to embrace the oppor-
tunities that the city and congressional district should offer. The
other young man failed in his early unfoldment, and if by some chance
he should have found himself landed in the city, he would have been
wholly unqualified to profit by its advantages.
Success as well as character is a growth. There is no bypath for
a short cut. In the environment iu which we find ourselves at any
stage of life are means that we may use to qualify for larger oppor-
tunities. To harmonise ourselves—or, in other words, to rule our
planets instead of being passively ruled by them, unable to transcend
their limitations—is to use these means, and to refuse consciousness
to things that serve otherwise—to ignore them, in fact.
Three things are to be kept in mind:—(i.) that the Power of
growth is in the self {horizon); (ii.) that the Means of growth is in the
environment {meridian); (iii.) that the Condition of growth is simple
union between the self and its environment {succcdeut houses: thus,
X.-I.).
This is true, not only of material accomplishment, but also of
intellectual and spiritual accomplishment. Whatever the position in
life, whatever the circumstances that seem to circumscribe that life,
we shall, if we are diligent, find somewhere correspondences that will
serve to bring us to the consciousness we seek.
 " ®f Kigbt (Boob ^Intk."

The following unaffected account of an adventurous life, with a

cheerless ending rendered cheerful by a philosophic spirit and a con-
tented mind, is from the pen of Mr. Harold Stevens, in the Daily
Express (i4/3/'o3), and possesses peculiar interest from the fact that
the birthday of its hero is given. We here present the planetary
positions at noon on that day, and we have added at each part of the
story where dates are either given or implied, the major ' progressed'
aspects then in force.
O p >1' iji ne ? ¥ o.
K K ~ ~
19.28 19-48 O.54 23.59 8.48R. 4.52 I3.50 2O.4 7.4O 2.2
It is, of course, possible that the birthday given is incorrect ; but
if so it has been wisely chosen, since in all cases where dates are
given appropriate aspects are to be found.
Of Right Good Pluck :—The companies. Then (? igoo ? <? S b)
old mati stood in the Strand selling I took to drink. And when that
collar-stnds. And plump in the mid- happens, sir, it's not long before a
dle of his tray stood a card which man's got nothing left.
bore bis septuagenarian proclama- " It makes me laugh sometimes.
tion :— People ask me how much I've had
Horn March to, 1834. to drink this morning. But 1 never
70 Years Old touch anything, exceptin' tea. Just
To-Day. now I went along to • Peace and
Plenty' and had a cup of strong tea.
Poor old man! It was a mile- I felt as if I should have dropped to
stone in his life, anyhow, but nobody nothing if I hadn't had it. It's the
seemed greatly interested in the decay o' nature, that's what it is, sir
event except the passing omnibus —the decay o' nature I "
conductors. Yet there was conceal- " It's your red face that makes
ed a life's romance worth ten minutes them think you drink ? "
of anybody's time to hear. "Yes, sir. I'm a Lancashire
This is the story of that old man. And I've lived in Africa;
seller of collar-studs, whose litt le blue made a lot of money in the diamond
eyes are half-hidden in his face, and mines long before there was any
whose nose is claret-veined. railways there. Had luck all the
" Yes, I'm seventy to-day. I've time (1864, DdO, *l£f, rf ? ), until I
been at this for the last two years came home!
(O □ ^, r 902). People are very good " I was bom at a village four
to me—the man at the shop there miles from Manchester, but I like
gives me half a crown a week for to think of London as my home. I
cleaning the windows and sweeping served my time at Manchester at
out the shop, and lets me stand here. tailoring and cutting. When I was
" I had bad luck and lost all my twenty-one I came to London, and
money—£2,500—inone of the Hooley worked at Whiteley's. When I was
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
twenty-seven I went to the Cape
(i860, Ddd, "d A woman
was the cause of it, like as often
happens."
There was a tinge of far-away
sorrow in his voice, but only for an
instant.
"The manager told me I was
wrong to go. But I wanted to roam
sir; I was young, and I wanted to
roam.
" Well, I went up-country to a
place called King William's Town,
and I stayed there a year (1861, no
lunar aspects). Then I was natura-
lised—got used to the ways of the
country—and I went out into the
bush with Gordon-Cumming, the
lion hunter, stayed out in the bush
tor months together and made very
good money.
" I fought in the Kafir war (1877-
8;—? 9 8 ? d V ; D8©, A§),
the Basuto war, and 1 the Zulu war
(1879, J)8 '4• ? . Ad )- I was with
Sir Charles Warren, you know, sir.
" I thought to go back to Africa
to end my days, but the war came,
and I knew it would be a long one,
knowing the country.
" I could go into a home or the
workhouse. But I am used to do-
ing something—always have been,
whether in luxury or hardship.
"These young London lads,
sir, f see them at the County
Council house in Parker Street,
where 1 sleep—they get near a fire,
and they stay there. Don't seem to
have any ' go' in them. 1 can't
understand it (t) in "Y1)-
"I'm content enough. I goto
bed about a quarter to eight and
have a good rest, and get up about
six. And I don't have to work on
Sundays—never have done.
" But it's hard when yon have
to draw on your stock for your bed
money! (J)d ,1904; ad A ? 1 Alg).
It's not as if it was a double event.
If you spend your money on your
bed and comedown in the morning
and see an empty tray, it's a bit
downheartenin', sir! "
Then a customer hove in sight.
A pennyworth of shirt-studs! Good !

J. W. writes :—Sepharial's theory of the epoch has interested me

for years, and my limited experience has satisfied me that there is
truth in it. But there are two difficulties I wish he would explain in
your columns;—(1) How does he distinguish the cases of children
born at seven months ? (2j Difficult births: Is not the proper time
for birth altered in these ? Two cases came under my notice lately.
(«) Boy born near Grantham, gj a.m., 2nd August, 1903.
(6) Girl born at Peterborough, 6.55 p.m., 27th December, 1903.
The times given were noted and cannot be far wrong, but the
times calculated from the epoch show errors of ten and fifteen minutes.
In each case birth was difficult and had to be assisted by the doctor.
J. P. M. writes:—(1) Will readers communicate through the
editor any experiences as to the correctness or otherwise of " Charu-
bel's " Degrees of the Zodiac Symbolised, particularly as to the ascend-
ing degree, giving, if possible, the birth data of the case in question.*
(2) Will those who have noticed directions, transits and pro-
gressed M.C. or Asc. to Dragon's Head send any corresponding
events to the editor, especially with regard to the fame and honour of
the native]; birth data, as before, would be very acceptable.
• Our correspondent should refer to general index (given at end of Vol. XIV.)
under "Zodiac" : also to The Astrologer's Magazine, Vol. HI., p. 204.
 145

10 Ij ilw ®iaij

In the March number the " Horoscope of the United Kingdom"

was given, and it was there mentioned that, treating it as an ordinary
horoscope, the " progressed aspect" in force was <? □ $, which is an
eminently warlike one. It is worthy of note that <? is the ruler of the
seventh house (the house of partners), the cusp of which was transited
by the progressed Moon just about the date of the Japanese treaty,
February 12th, 1902, as pointed out last month. The " progressed
ascendant" of this map for the present year is f 20°, while in the
annual rotation jco0 had just arrived at the horizon on February gth
(the first day of the war)—thus making ^ the temporary ruler of the
figure. Inasmuch as the affairs of the nation as a whole are bound
to be more or less involved in this war, it is decidedly interesting to
see how these complications are signified by the progressive motion of
this horoscope—albeit, of course, that it is merely one of the factors
concerned in British Mundane Astrology, and subsidiary to the great
horoscope of the Anglo-Saxon Race, which we do not possess.

Those who study names will doubtless have noted that the Far-
Eastern crisis all centres round Port Arthur, one of the names men-
tioned in the prefatory note to " Character in Names" on p. 25 of the
January number as being under the rulership of Libra, and hence
likely to be prominent during the reign of the last Equinox figure
(which has still a month and a half to run at the time of writing this).
In connection with this matter of names, and the signs signified
thereby, an interesting case has come before out notice of a whole
family of boys and girls, each one of whom possesses the name Joseph
(or Josephine). The planetary and other positions at birth of the one
who is ordinarily called Joseph are as follows (birthtime carefully
noted) :
Asc. M.C. v 0 % '? V <? 0 ? S D
1tt22 1^15 8 27 ===9° °S220 =^17° $6° zSs210 ^9° 1112° 8 6°
The position of ruler (<?) in f lends colour to the generally accepted
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

idea that Joseph is a ^ name,* but the preponderance of planets in

and the notable influence of this sign rather than f in the other
genitures, seems somewhat confirmatory of the opinion expressed in
the note above alluded lo that Joseph also is a "Libra" name
(though it is only fair to say that " Josephine " has neither a planet nor
an angle in Libra). Certainly it is a name that has been prominently
before the public during the major portion of the past year, for all
will admit that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has been the cynosure of
this country at any rate, if not of the world at large.
* * * *
It should be borne in mind that the ascendant of the horoscope is
not likely to be the sign expressed by the Christian name: for the
ascendant expresses the most ephemeral part of the personality, while
the Christian name remains in full force even when the surname is
changed through marriage or inheritance, and also in other ways dis-
plays a far greater persistence than either the middle or surname.
Thus, ' controls ' who manifest through mediums are frequently, in
fact usually, unable to remember their surnames, and are almost in-
variably known by their Christian names (or nicknames); and a
similar phenomenon is often observed in cases of accidental loss of
memory.

Apropos of names, and those likely to be to the fore during the

(astronomical) year, 1903-4, either favourably or otherwise, here is a
list of the victims of the Chatham explosion on February 18th, 1904.
It will be noticed that out of ten men three are Williams and two
Alfreds (one paper, however, gives Talbot's name as Elijah).
Killed:—
William Know, Daniel O'Donnell, Jack Murray.
Died from injuries :—
William Talbot.
Injured;—
Charles Brown, Jack Gale, Robert Hart, William Skipper, Alfred
Pain, Alfred Turner.
* *
A further instance is afforded by a report which appeared in
the daily papers of March 16th of three cases in which a tragic

" Most writers who deal with the allocation of the Zodiacal signs to the sons of
Jacob assign T lo Joseph : but with the other names there is such an entire want
of a; ret ment among the various authorities quoted, as to incline one to doubt
whcthtr the true key has yet been discovered.
 BY THE WAY 147
death occurred within a few hours of intended marriage. The
names of the unfortunate young women were given as Miss Eleanor
Louisa Gardiner, Miss Louisa Bungard, and Miss Loft. The common
factors "Louisa" and "Gard" in the first two names certainly
point towards something more than a mere coincidence. It would be
interesting to know the Christian names of Miss Loft.
*
A suggestion made by a correspondent, that we should publish a
page of " notabilia,"—birth dates and, where possible, times and places
also, of notable people—we have gladly acted on, and a page giving
these data and the planetary positions as well, appears in this issue.
Inasmuch as all the cases selected are with one exception quite
well-known people, and as they all have © in the sign Pisces (second
or third decanate), the lunar positions and planetary schemes will
furnish interesting matter for comparison, in respect of the varying
spheres in which the distinguished individuals in question have
achieved fame, as well as regards differences of temperament and taste.

La Science A si rule quotes from Le Gaidois a curious prophecy

relative to the royal house of Germany ;
" Shortly after his accession, the King William, grandfather of
the present Kaiser, consulted a divinatrix who predicted to him the
dale of his elevation to the dignity of Emperor, and also that of his
death. This revelation, she declared, was based on the cabalistic
-value of the date of his accession to the Prussian throne (1849) : in
fact, adding together the figures expressing this date to the date itself
(1849+1 + 8+4+9) we obtain 1871, the date of the foundation of the
German Empire, and a similar operation applied to this date
(1871 + 1+8+7 + 1) = 1888, the date of the Emperor William I.'s
death. The clever prophetess declared to the present
Emperor that by adding to the date of his grandfather's death the sum
of its digits, i.e., 25, she obtained the certain date when a republic
would be proclaimed in Germany."
*
This method of divination is by no means new. But there is an
aspect thereof that is worthy of a moment's attention, quite apart
from the obvious puzzle that the would-be divinator experiences when
he is called upon to decide whether the next epoch, which may be
quite certain as to date, is to be an elevation or a downfall. And
that is this: grantingthat the method has some actual basis in nature,
148 MODERN ASTROLOGY
then, whether or no we are able to determine the favourableness or
otherwise of a given epoch, we must recognise two things—
(i.) That there is a denary division in nature as real and as true
as the duodenary [of the twelve signs that we are all familiar with.
(ii.) That each century therefore initiates a new epoch, and this
in spite of the apparently arbitrary way in which chronology has been
arranged.
These are two decidedly important conclusions, from which may
be deduced, on the one hand, that the quintile aspect should be
worthy of more attention than is generally bestowed upon it ; and on
the other that the commencement of a year, although it is not so far
as we are aware an astronomical epoch, is yet in some sense an epochal
moment. In this latter connection it is worthy of note that in a
horoscope for the year 1899 published in the Evening News, the prog-
nostication, which was made by our contributor Sepharial, was based
upon a figure for midnight, December 31st, 1898, instead of the usual
map for the Vernal Equinox.
* * tj: *
The suggestion of a writer in the Daily Express, that people born
on the zgth of February might " change " their birthdays to March
1st, for diplomatic reasons, is worthy of attention. For some such
arrangement might easily be made in early years, for convenience
sake, maybe, and afterwards adhered to from mere custom, till the
1st of March was so associated therewith in the mind as to be con-
sidered the true date of birth. Therefore all births stated as occurring
on March 1st in any leap year should be subjected to investigation
before any great amount of work is expended on a horoscope.
* « *
A correspondent wishes for advice as to the "influence of
aspects." Apart from the information in How to Judge a Nativity, Part
I.,* in which the various mutual aspects and their effects are given very
fully, we cannot offer the student better counsel than to regard the
aspects in just the same way as the houses : thus, a square is a
" fourth-house " or a " tenth-house " aspect according as the quicker
planet is separating from, or approaching to, the slower; and
similarly the 150° is a " sixth-house " or " eighth-house " aspect, as
the case may be. As regards the effect of squares and oppositions,
° Issued as supplement to volumes XIII. and XIV. Separately, js.6d., post free.
 BY THE WAY 149

the square (increasing) corresponds to the Moon's first quarter, and

indicates the precipitation or manifestation of that which was latent
at the conjunction ; the opposition {cp. full Moon) indicates the fullest
degree of influence of the swifter planet, in which the utmost of the
influence derived from the conjunction is brought out; and the
square (decreasing) represents the balance of forces, between the
state of things brought over from the previous conjunction and that
which is to be at the ensuing conjunction. In these suggestions there
is food for a great deal of reflection, and some good hard thinking on
the subject will prove to the student a better investment than much
poring over dusty books. The whole subject of Astrology is one long
chapter of "correspondences," and the most elementary knowledge of
astronomy suffices, if sufficiently profound thought be given to the
essential truths conveyed, to occupy years of careful "thinking out."
[A paragraph dealing with "aspects" in relation to Karma
appears in this month's "Observatory."]
* * * *
The new departure in the Lunar Aspectarian, p. ii. supplement
has been received with mixed greetings. Some are enthusiastic
about it, and say it is just what was needed. Others want it
explained ! We had thought the arrangement was self-evident,
almost, and that the example given was quite sufficiently explanatory.
However, since the idea appears not to have been quite grasped by
some, let us give an illustration.
Suppose it is, say, the 26th of the present month. In the table
of aspects, opposite to 26 we find * m in the $ column, and A w
in the ^ column : we then refer to the meanings on the right-hand
side of the page, and there under the heading of *, in the paragraph
devoted to %, as shown by the symbol fg on the extreme left, we
find that the day is good for travelling, whether on business or
pleasure, and for making changes and for mental activity ; while the
paragraph referring to A says " . . .a dreamer's day." This is
then clearly a day for those who desire a pleasant day's excursion, or
who wish to exercise their minds—either in regard to literature or
invention. The times when these two aspects are respectively most
powerful we find from the italic letters in the table of aspects, "in"
and "w," to be 1 p.m. and 11 p.m., according as one desires to take
advantage of the (i-i or the ^ influence. It is, of course, impossible
to print figures to indicate the time, as space does not permit; but
the letters are quite as explicit as is needful, and are really far more
graphic, as the eye can take in the influences operating during two or
three days at a glance. Those of our readers who have adopted the
device of one gentleman who uses it constantly, cutting out the table
of aspects on the right side of page, and pasting it on to the fly-leaf of
his pocket-book, will appreciate the force of this remark.
One or two correspondents ask whether the explanations given
of the lunar aspects, on page ii. of supplement just referred to, are
equally applicable for any other time, say any aspect given in the
ephenieris a few months ahead. Certainly they are.
 S^gms of ttji Zodiac ^jmtboliaid

Translated from "La Volasfera," by Sepharial

SCORPIO

(Continued from page 126)

ni 22ND Degree.—A cataract falling from one rocky ledge to

another.
It is the index of a nature that is impelled by force of circumstances to
precipitate and hazardous projects. A restless and impulsive mind, defective
in foresight and never aware of danger till it is encountered. The life will be
narrowed and confined, and so largely determined by the force of circum-
stances that it will be in danger of falling from one level to another until it is
lost in obscurity and swallowed up in the sands of time. It is a degree of
Compulsion.
23RD Degree.—A man sowing in the wind.
It is the index of a character that has little regard to the fitness of things,
and is for that reason apt to waste bis substance and dissipate his energies,
continually occupying himself with vain and illusive projects; sowing where
be has no advantage and constantlygoing counter to the opinions and advice
of others. Such an one may lay bold of a fortune and it will be scattered,
or being endowed with superior faculties be will use them to small advantage.
It is a degree of Dissipation.
ni 24TH Degree.—A man habited in rough clothes hewing
timber close to a log hut.
It is the indication of a mind that is contented and laborious, peacefully
employed in useful arts, and naturally adaptable to circumstances. He will
fashion and shape a world of bis own from materials which nature will supply
in response to industry, and out of such rude elements be will eventually
acquire a habitation and a name that will be banded down to future genera-
tions. Industry and stability will mark his character, while virtue and
humility will adorn his soul. It is a degree of Utility.
tlX 25TH Degree.—A wolf standing upon the carcase of a horse.
It is the indication of a predatory and adventurous spirit, a mind that is
 DEGREES OF THE ZODIAC SYMBOLISED
avaricious and cunning, quick to perceive and enforce its own advantage
but slow to cultivate the more useful and sociable habits of life. Such will
lead a distressful and contentious life, and will not long enjoy the benefit
of his conquests. He will snatch an advantage and will be forced to surrender
it to others; and because of his selfishness his own friends will berail him.
It is a degree of Seizure.
ni 26th Degree.—A man swimming in an angry sea.
It denotes a person of resolute and brave nature, reckless of danger and
disposed to take great risks upon himself for the benefit of others. He will
have a troublesome life, with many changes of fortune, and more than the
usual amount of buffetting by tbe waves of adversity. Yet be will endure,
and in spite of his disposition to help others at his own disadvantage he
will meet with recognition, and even honour, as the leader of a forlorn hope.
It is a degree of Sucrificc.
ni 27TH Degree.—A warrior plumed, haranguing a multitude of
armed soldiers.
It denotes one who has a forceful and yet pliant mind, a persuasive
tongue and a brave spirit. Such an one will lead others by the power of
authority which is vested in reason and sustained by the ability of expression.
From such a man an appeal is equivalent to a command, and an exhortation
equal to a rebuke. He will undertake high duties and grave responsibilities
in life and will largely be moved by a power that is within him, unrecognised
but potent. It is a degree of Persuasion.
ni, 28th Degree.— A rocky eminence out of which is carved a
cross in stone. It stands against the rising sun as if haloed in divine
light.
It is the index of a nature that will give evidence of a superior faculty,
and a disposition for spiritual and religious studies. The mind is firm and
dependable, the tastes are monastic and austere, and the whole character
luminous yet ponderable, faithful and reclusive. It is a degree of Security.
tq, 29TH Degree.—A man seated at a table holding a pen.
Before him are some pebbles on a sheet of paper.
This denotes a mind that is studious and of serious bent, delighting in
the higher problems of the intellect, and disposed to the more serious studies,
such as literature, science and especially mathematics. He may become the
originator of some new methods of computation, or the demonstrator of a
new science. He will lead a sedentary life and fortune will at length wait ^
upon him. It is a degree of Faculty.
 Jtatro-|JljiTatoIogir anb ^patljologg: tEljeavetical,
^peculatitre anb practical

By Heinrich Daath

XXX. NERVOUS SYSTEM.

Optica prima, oculos movet altera, tertia gustat

Quartaque; quinta audit, vaga sexta est, septima linguse.*

The nerves relate the human organism to the physical world.

Through them we perceive the external reaction of things, and suffer
sensation. Outer action and internal feeling are provided for, a due
reciprocity between animal function and mental susceptibility. There
is a co-operation of agency too : a reception and transmission of sensory
impression, and a translation or conversion of it. Like the telephone
system, we have first a sensory receptacle to receive the impression ;
secondly, a central apparatus from which finally radiates the elabor-
ated and specialised intimation to its particular extremity or organ.
The unique arrangement of the nervous system can only be fully
admired after being considered from both physical and physiological
points of view.
The nerves accomplish the voluntary and involuntary actions of
the body; they are the conductors of energy; they propagate motion,
and behave towards other causes of motion, as Liebig says, which in
their manifestations are analogous to the vital force, in a precisely
analogous manner.
We must be content here to reduce the subject to its narrowest
limits, tracing only the broad outlines which may enclose what is
most absolutely essential to the present state of astrological science.
It must be borne in mind that in these chapters a full presentation of
the matter treated upon has by no means been possible. The writer
has sought to convey fact and theory by hint and flashlight rather
than to seek the attainment of an impossible perfection of completion.
' The ancients allowed only seven pairs of nerves to proceed from the brain
 ASTRO-PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY 153
The nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord and the
nerves ramifying from these headquarters. The spinal cord is indeed
but a continuation of the substance of the brain. Hence branches
are given off along its course, ultimately finding their way to the
viscera, walls of the blood-vessels, etc. The terminating nerve-
fibrils enter the organs they are specially identified with, and either
become continuous with the substance, as in the cells of secretory
glands, or end in tactile corpuscles, Pacinian bodies, etc., as in the
sensitive regions of the skin.
Two distinct portions belong to the nervous system—a cerebro-
spinal and a sympathetic or ganglionic. The former is concerned with
sensation, volition, and mental action ; the latter with the functions of
respiration, circulation, etc. There is a plexiform arrangement of the
spinal nerves. Thus we have a cervical plexus, a brachial plexus,
a lumbar and sacral plexus, named according to the zone of the body
to which related. Then, too, in the sympathetic nervous system
(found in pairs with their associated ganglia in front of the vertebral
column), a cardiac, solar and hypogastric plexus. The cardiac plexus
supplies the heart. The solar or epigastric plexus, of which so much
is heard among psychical students, is situated behind the stomach.
The common signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces are iden-
tified with the nervous system, and Mercury is the planetary represen-
tative in chief. When we speak of the mercurial temperament we mean
one in which restlessness, alertness, nimbleness, obtain with a high
nervous development and a keen capacity for physical and mental
sensation. The connection between the head and Gemini is apparent
in sumberless ways. The will and mind are expressed through speech
(the tongue), and the hand (writing— again). Some day we
shall learn a more direct manner to utilise the nerves ( $ ) without any
medium of tongue or hand. All those parts more particularly destined to
be instruments of touch, and in which the nerve endings are numerous
and delicate, will be found governed by Mercury. For instance, the
hands and tongue in man, the proboscis of the elephant, the tail in the
monkey tribe, tentacula of fishes, snails, hydra, etc., the antennae of
insects, and the processes put forth by the amoeba.
The cerebro-spinal system is associated in particular with Aries,
Gemini and Aquarius; the sympathetic or ganglionic belongs to
Virgo. One region of the nerve centres is absolutely essential to the
 134 MODERN ASTROLOGY
function of respiration. It is found in the medulla oblongata near
the vaso-motor centre—that which controls the calibre of the arteries
throughout the body. If this respiratory centre, which is governed by
Aquarius, be destroyed or seriously injured, the maintenance of
breathing is completely stopped.
We may remark further the able office fulfilled by nerves—their
afferent and efferent character. For they convey (i) to nervous
centres impressions based upon peripheral surfaces; (2) impressions
from nervous centres to other parts.
Special sets of nerve fibres exist in both great systems [cerebro-
spinal and sympathetic) for the carrying out of this double work. The
centripetal fibres (carrying impressions from periphery to centre) are
known as afferent ; they are governed by Saturn, to which body their
action is allied. The centrifugal fibres (transmitting impulses from
centre to periphery) are known as efferent; they are associated with
Mars. In a previous section (XVI.) I tried to show by diagram
that Mars was centrifugal in action, radiating energy from a centre,
and Saturn centripetal, drawing to itself, concreting, as it might be,
to a nucleus. The Martian series of nerves are those of motion
will, and activity; the Saturnian per contra.
The ganglionic system and the afferent fibres are well developed
and exemplified in Virgo. The highest expression is seen in
psychometry, that peculiar magnetic sensing of an object's past
history through spiritual touch, and which power is very generally
related to the sixth sign. The solar plexus before referred to is
associated with Virgo, and this sensitiveis of great psychometric
importance. For here is received the great pair of splanchnic or
visceral nerves.
The epigastric plexus* is situated behind the stomach in front of
the aorta, and is identified with the Sun. It is the psychical centre of
physical health.
The complex nature of the whole subject, the intricate inter-
relations of the central brain sentiency and the nervous machinery,
the ramifications and intercommunications, preclude detailed exposi-
tion. But we see that nerves are organs of relation, and therefore
especially dominated by, and of kinship with, Mercury and its signs
* The semi-lunar plexus corresponds to some but not all of the functions of the
Moon.
 ASTRO-PHVSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY 155
Gemini and Virgo; and we can understand that the more perfect the
nervous system is, the wider and more expansive will relations with
surroundings be. Not only this, but an exalted sensibility must
obtain. These things we know the mercurial type possesses in full
measure. The qualities and attitude of the vis wmwsamust necessarily
vary. They may be normal, depressed or perverted ; and though it is
by the vital action and reaction of nervous force that sensibility of
nerve-fibres is chiefly made distinctive to us, the vis nervosa may be
both static and dynamic. Every healthy person makes a certain
amount of nervous energy over and above his present needs, just as
he does adipose tissue. This is stored up for future times when the
market runs short. It is a kind of electric accumulator or capital at the
bank. When the reserve force is being drawn upon we may anticipate
the worst, in the same way as a person drawing and living upon his
capital and not adding to it. Mercurial people are prone to dissipate
this nervous energy and deplete their stored supply. They bring
more force to bear upon their daily life than others. They are reck-
less, generous and extravagant with it. Every sign has a defect
physiologically considered, and this is that of Gemini and Virgo
and the signs which work in sympathy with them, viz., Sagittarius and
Pisces. Howclosely these signsare connected with the nervous system
might be illustrated in scores of cases. Observe the manner in which
fear and agitation will act upon the bowels. Many of my readers can
perhaps recollect the " examination diarrhoea " or, as we used to call
it in our school days, diarrhaa a timore.
The sub-rule of the nerves is important in the following light:
Afferent Ij Sensory 5
f Motor S (il to muscles)
Efferent S \ Secretory ]), ? (if to glands)
I Vaso-motor if (if to blood-vessels)
In cases of defective volition there is a lack of Mars. In hyper-
assthesia an excess of that planet's influence, as in a conjunction with
Mercury and Moon. The position of Mercury by sign will usually
indicate the zone of defective or excessive nerve nutrition, according
to its affliction.
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The map of the heavens for the New Moon at London shows
the two luminaries in the mid-heaven in Taurus, with Venus, Mer-
cury. and Mars close by. Saturn is setting in square to these.
Neptune is in the eleventh house in opposition to Uranus.
With Venus so closely culminating Ireland is likely to benefit,
and the King's promised visit will take place under good auspices,
and is likely to be popular and to benefit the country.
 MUNDANE ASTROLOGY 157
Affairs in Parliament seem likely to be extremely involved and to
make comparatively little progress. Neptune comes into the eleventh
out of the quarterly seventh house ; whether this will bring trouble in
the debates arising out of foreign questions and our allies abroad
remains to be seen, but it looks probable. In any case our foreign
relations are likely to cause trouble ; and as Saturn comes out of the
second house of the map for March 21st, and the corresponding sign
is here afflicted by a square, money matters, trade, shares, invest-
ments, and national finance generally, will not prosper; and fisca
matters and international questions bearing upon money are likely to
cause much trouble to our rulers. The whole Taurean month is likely
to be unfortunate in most parts of the world, both financially and
internationally, owing to the square cast first by Mars and afterwards
by the Sun to Saturn. It will be a very unfortunate period for
Russia; and as the Moon has the parallel of Saturn there will be
suffering and discontent among the lower classes. At St. Petersburg
Neptune and Uranus fall in the tenth and fourth, showing national
misfortune and weakness; and the heavenly bodies in Taurus are
found in the ninth house afflicted by Saturn from the sixth, the house
of army and navy.
Jupiter has reached the position held by Mars in the fourth house
of the map for the year, which benefits the crops; but there is a
probability of some thunder and other storms in parts, and some
danger of fires in houses.
The lunation falls in the sign that contained the Moon at the
births of Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain ; and as it was afflicted in
each case the period will not be fortunate for either statesman. Mars
is very near its own place at Mr. Chamberlain's birth; which will
render him very active mentally but bring some passing political
annoyance or worry with it.
Measured in the yearly map*, the directions Asc. □ Di d reach
to the middle of May and are bad for trade and money matters.
During the first half of June, Asc. d 5 , □ , d ©, fall out; which are
likely to cause railway and other accidents, and to bring trouble to
the Government, as M.C. d , □ ©, occur at nearly the same time.
* See p. 70, March issue.
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Regulations

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receipt. The following rules must be carefully observed.
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Questions
5. If there are in a horoscope certain indications of definite aptitudes,
why do we find so many people to-day engaged in pursuits they thoroughly
dislike ?
It is true that each Nativity indicates certain aptitudes, hut owing to
environment, lack of opportunity, and other causes, we find many people
engaged in pursuits which they dislike. It often happens that the desire for
financial gain causes persons to seek and fill positions in life for which they
are not in any way adapted. There are three houses connected with
profession or employment, the tenth, second and sixth—honour, gain, and
service respectively Each of these may be in harmony with the other two;
or two of the houses may agree, and the third disagree, in which case inhar-
mony is the result. Most persons are adapted to those pursuits signified by the
tenth house, but if the second house is not in harmony with the tenth, and
greater gain is shown by following some other occupation, the pursuit may
be disliked but the extra gain desired. The sixth house usually denotes the
working capacity, and if a fixed sign governs the sixth, there is not the same
energy or love of work as if a cardinal sign were on the cusp of that house,
while if a mutable sign be thereon too great a love of details wastes the
energy and makes work anything but a pleasure. When the ruler of the
ascendant is in the tenth, pursuits are followed that are thoroughly enjoyed.
The ruler of the tenth and the first in unfavourable aspect denotes a dislike
to the occupation followed, but in good aspect, the reverse. All this has
a far deeper meaning than is usually supposed, distasteful occupations being
the outcome of former lives, and the attitude therein displayed toward
previous environments.
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ilfbiftos

In a magazine such as this, where space is so limited, it is

natural that it should be devoted to astrological subjects as far as
possible, and therefore the bulk of our attention will be given to La
SaV«£< (Bibliothfeque Chacornac, Paris; ifr.; tafr. annually),
briefly noticed last month. Two numbers have appeared, and the
aim of the magazine is now clearly established ; to direct the atten-
tion of progressive men of science, psychologists and others to the
subject of Astrology, without awaking prejudice by employing astro-
logical terminology more than' is absolutely unavoidable—in fact, to
work upon what is generally styled a scientific basis. This attitude
is carefully entered upon and firmly maintained, and will no doubt
win adherents to the cause of Astrology who would otherwise never
investigate the subject.
In the first number an editorial of some twelve pages, introducing
the magazine and outlining its scope and policy, is followed by a
horoscope and delineation of the German Emperor, for whom is
predicted " one fin semi-violente, c'est-a-dire soudaine
syncope, suffocation " ; also, we are told, the German Empire will be
broken up.
" And thus will be fulfilled a prophecy made a century ago by a
seer of the north, and published in London :—Germany will attain
the height of her dominion and glory under the reign of a monarch
wise and beloved of his people, who will die at an advanced age,
regretted by all : his son will reign only a few months and then will
follow him to the tomb of his ancestors. After that a young prince
{/oiigueux) will succeed him ; he will have seven sons, and after the
birth of the seventh he will he dispossessed of the Empire founded by
his grandfather."
The succeeding article, " Experimental basis of scientific Astro-
logy " should appeal to " scientific " men, since the matter is divested
of all they have been accustomed to think of as 'superstition,' and
"that blessed word"—astronomy—saves the situation. But the
example given to illustrate " Astral Heredity " strikes us as too well
chosen, and calculated to defeat its object ; for surely, when stress is
laid on the fact that Asc. and M.C. in the case of a mother and daughter
arerespectively the same signs, and that Q, ? and ^ occupy respectively
the same signs in both horoscopes, while a ])□ 2; from SL to 8 in the
case of a mother is reflected as ;)□ 2; from b to 2; in the child—surely,
when these are given as illustrations of astral heredity, the casual lay
reader will expect to find similar correspondences in the first pair of
horoscope she examines? and as far as the present writer's experience
goes it is rmcommon to find parents and children with Q in the same
sign. A very ingenious plan of showing these relationships is
i6o MODERN ASTROLOGY
adopted, which might with advantage be followed in all cases when
discussing a horoscope for the benefit of non-technical readers. The
twelve signs are placed round an ordinary circular map, one in
each house, beginning with T in the ascendant. Large dots are then
placed on the circumference (like towns in a geographical map) where
the cusps of the houses cut the zodiac, the M.C. and Asc. being dis-
tinguished by a thick stroke in addition : these dots are then marked
with the degree in question. Finally a thin line, from a point on
the circle corresponding to the zodiacal position of any planet, is drawn
outwards, away from the centre, and labelled with the planetary sym-
bol and the exact degree occupied. In this way, not only are the
various planets picked out more readily by the unaccustomed eye, but
the zodiacal signs being always each in the same place, and occupying
uniformly 30° of the circle, the vexed question of the unequal division
of the houses, which is such a terrible puzzle to the novice, does not
present itself to the mind : moreover any number of planets in one
house can be accommodated without confusion. Certainly the plan
seems to have much to recommend it for demonstrating several
horoscopes to a popular audience : for an elementary lecture is always
chiefly concerned with the sigus rather than the houses. In a paper
on Physiognomic, M. F. Ch. Barlet has some interesting diagrammatic
sketches in which the dominant facial expression is shown to approxi-
mate to V in the fiery and A in the earthy types of humanity, airy
and watery representing a combination of the two as shown in the
six-pointed star, the airy indicating a longer base line for the w^rr
and the watery for the lower triangle respectively. After articles on
the history and philosophy of Astrology, the number concludes with a
paper on planetary hours and a complete table thereof for the month
of February.
The second number continues the serial articles. The horoscope
given is, as might have been expected, that of the Czar; contrary to
most astrologers, however, M. Venus predicts no violent end, but
suggests consumption. The "Cours Elementaire," deferred from
the first number, is here entered upon with thoroughness, and
proves in every way admirable : there is actually given a moveable
disciform "astrolabe," to illustrate the various aspects, A, O, Q,
etc.! Each number forms an admirable franc's worth, and it would
be hard to say which is the more interesting of the two.
Flower Vision. Bv William Heald. (14, Arcadian Gardens,
N.)—This is a pleasantly written little booklet containing the first of
a series of studies in " Flora clairvoyance " ; the title is self-explana-
tory. The scheme is based on the author's well-known " Chromo-
scopy " system, and should prove decidedly useful to all students
thereof.
[Several other reviews and notices are held over.—Ed.]
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N.B.—Writers of signed articles are alone responsible for the'opinions con-
tained therein.
(Concluded from p. 132.)
In a similar way, the time of the father's birth, 6.3 p.m.,* might
be utilised, the " diurnal ascendant" on day of child's birth being the
" diurnal M.C." on day of epoch ; thus,
A. m.
S.T. noon, birth - . - 12 37
Add time of father's birth 6 3
(T2203o' ascend.) - 18 40
'Y^^o' culminates 1 23
Less time of father's birth - - 6 3
S.T. noon, day of epoch 19 20
For the converse operation, if, say, the mother's birth is
unknown, then proceed as follows:—
S.T. noon, day of child's birth (add if necessary
24 hours) - - - - 36 37
Less S.T. noon, day of epoch - - 19 20
Gives acceleration of meridian during period from ^
epoch to birth - - - - 17 17
The difference between this amount and 24!!. gives the diurnal semi-
arc of the degree required, namely, in this case, 6h. 43m. Calcu-
lation, or an inspection of the table of houses for London, shows the
degree having this diurnal semi-arc to be T2203o', which is therefore
the culminating degree in the mother's diurnal horoscope on day of
child's birth; thus,
S.T. Taa^o' culm. - - - r 23
S.T. noon, day of birth - - - 12 37
Difference - - - - ix 14
i.e., mother was born at irh. 14m. before noon, or 0.46 a.m.
* It is only','right to say that here the time is founded 00 the assumption that
this ' law ' is correct : it is not near the reputed time, which latter, however, is, I
think, open 'o doubt. Moreover the birth did not take place in England.
 MODERN ASTROLOGV
Where the birth-time of father is required, proceed exactly as
above, but note that the degree found culminates in the father's
diurnal horoscope on day of child's epoch : thus,
S.T. V2203o'culminating (adding 24 hours) 25 23
S.T. noon, day of epoch - - 19 20
Difference - - '63
showing father's birth to be 6.3 p.m. It is clear that where the birth-
places of parents or parent and children are widely separated com-
plications are introduced, but probably in most cases the pre-natal
epoch of the parents would correct any error due thereto. Also, and
this is a very important point when seeking the birth-times of parents,
there are always two different points of the zodiac which have the
same semi-arc. If, therefore, the time of neither parent is known, the
time derived from each one of these points must be worked out: this
will give a pair of times [about 6 hours apart) for each point, and there
is unlikely to be any difficulty in deciding which is the correct pair.
Note.—The above case is given rather as an illustration of the
method to be pursued than as in any sense a test of the law; I only
chose this example because the birth of one parent was known fairly
accurately, and because the locale was in all cases London, but I
cannot even feel certain that the epoch is correct. The birth-time of
the child was given with great precision, but the epoch as here calcu-
lated gives a female degree ( 8 6°) rising ; nevertheless, no epoch calcu-
lated for m, 6° ascending accords with the birth-time.* Perhaps
Sepharial can explain this ?
I trust that this will be viewed by students merely as a tentative
statement of what I think may prove to be a true astrological law.
I am, dear Sir, Yours faithfully, Maffka.

Solar Biology
Applegate, Cal. February 3rd, 1904.
Dear Sir,
In the February, 1904, number of your journal I notice a
book review by H. S. Green in which the statement is made that Solar
Biology is out of print, and as your magazine is being read by thousands
of people, we think it very unjust* that such a statement should be
made in view of the fact that Solar Biology is not and has not been out
of print since its first issue in 1887; therefore, we ask that you give
place to the contradiction of this statement in your valuable journal.
Mr. Green says in this review ; " No information on this subject
adapted to our ordinary zodiac had ever before been published,
although Butler's Solar Biology had previously given a similar classifica-
tion according to the supposed influence of the so-called solar zodiac.
This volume has been for some time out of print."
• Other members of the same family seem to furnish similar instances of epochal
irregularity, so far as a hasty examination shows])
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
It seems to me a gross injustice" for the author of this review to
thus cast a reflection upon a book that is so well known and to which
the author of the book under consideration, namely Astrology for All,
is indebted for the foundation principles therein explained. No one
can read this book and believe that it was not drawn almost wholly
from Butler's Solar Biology, and all who are acquainted with Solar
Biology, which by the way not only deals with the influence of the
zodiac in relation to the Sun and Moon (preferably Earth and Moon),
but also in relation to the influence of all the planets of the solar
system, admit that it is the most correct system before the world
to-day.
Raphael, in his 1899 Almanac and Ephemeris, p. 120, says : " Solar
Biology, by H. E. Butler, 500 pages, with portrait, etc., price 21/-.
Mr. Butler has been criticised very severely by some writers, but
this much I can vouch for—that he read my Horoscope truer than
anyone had ever done before, particularly my mental abilities. Of
course I wrote to him under an assumed name. His Solar Biology is
worth the money."
This from Raphael, who, as everybody knows, has for years been
the leading astrologer of the nineteenth century, unless we now
except the editor of Modern Astrology, must be accepted as from
one who is a competent judge; and it is also well known that there
are few astrologers worthy of the name who do not continually use
Solar Biology in their work.
Mr. Editor, we ask you to publish this letter in justice to us, for
that false impression that seems to be so vigilantly circulated that
Solar Biologv is out of print is doing much injury to our business.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness, I am, with sincere
regards,
H. E. Butler.
[Note:—This letter is printed exactly as received. In " By the Way" of last
issue a reference was made to the review in question, wherein it was pointed out
that the phrase "out of print " of course applied to Astrology for All and not to Solar
Biology: in view of this, the terms which we have marked with an asterisk are
inapplicable. We have mailed Mr. Butler one of our circulars, in which Solar
Biology is offered (or sale as an ordinary item of stock {and of which a copy was
enclosed, as a matter of fact, in many if not all copies of the magazine despatched
both in February and March). The sentence complained of certainly admits of an
ambiguous interpretation, and if any detriment to the sale of the work in question
has unfortunately resulted therefrom, we are sure that Mr. Green no less than
ourselves will regret it; and we take pleasure in giving publicity to Mr. Butler's
letter in order that any misconceptions that may have arisen in regard to the matter
may be cleared up. Nevertheless we repeat, that the impression that Mr. Butler
considers the paragraph has produced is not, in our opinion, that which to an
ordinary person would be conveyed by a casual reading of the criticism referred to.
On receipt of the above letter we wrote pointing out what seems to us the
obvious meaning of the passage quoted therein, and we have since received a very
courteous reply, in which, however, it is obvious that the writer considers the words
quoted to have been intended to bear the construction he has placed upon them.
We can only say once more that we know this was not the case and. having printed
° See note that follows this letter.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Mr. Butler's letter, we must leave the matter to our readers to decide.* At the
same time we also wrote to the gentleman whose letter appears below, whose reply
needs no oomment.
For the rest, it is quite true that the Editor is indebted, very gratefully indebted
to Solar Biology for the " foundational principles" of his work : namely, the idea of
the Sun as representing the Individuality ana the Moon as forming the Personality.,
For it was when first reading Solar Biology in 1892 that the idea came home to him, and
without the help thus afforded he might have waited years for the hint required.
But further than this, that A Urology for All was "inspired " by Solar Biology in any
other sense than the above, as apparently suggested later in the letter, is not correct.
Astrology for All was dictated in 1899, independently of any book, and forms a blend
of the author's own innate ideas and his practical experience. We have this
moment referred to the first si^n that occurred to us (Sagittarius! and turned up
both works, in order to see if there were any matter that could reasonably be
termed a copy of the older work. We think it would be difficult to find two delinea-
tions by writers who were in sympathy as regards the main principles involved, more
at variance as regards matter, style and detail. We recommend those interested to
make the comparison . they will learn from both, and they cannot fail to be struck
by the aptness of both characterisations, in spite of the difference of treatment. It
goes without saying that the Editor is a warm admirer of Mr. Butler's book.
Indeed, he has himself helped to sell many copies, and he has often been heard to
say that of all the books dealing with astrological thought that he has studied, those
that have helped him most were Hiram Butler's Solar Biology and Eleanor Kirk's
Jnflittftce of the Zodiac.

16, Adams Avenue, Northampton, February ijth, 1904.

Dear Sir,
In the capacity of Secretary to Alan Leo during 1898-
1899 I have taken down/row kis dictation the series of delineations as
are now contained in Astrology for All, and I can certify that during
the many days that we worked together on astrological literature for
future publication, he did not resort to any Jbook for information. In
fact, I always found him to have a peculiar disregard of books for
obtaining any such information. He believed in himself. Moreover,
he always impressed upon uie the absolute necessity of only giving a
brief delineation of what I believed to be true, rather than refer in any
way to astrologic rules as contained in the various books—his con-
tention always being that such rules were more or leas obsolete, or
that they would not apply to the matter in hand.
No, I regard Alan Leo above all things as a man who always
"stood on his own feet" regarding matters astrological. He is the
most self-reliant man I know. It was the strong point he always
pressed home, and since then I have realisedthe value of his teaching,
and I may say that one of the best lessons I learned of him was
" Rely on yourself." Yours sincerely, Alfred H. Smith.
* In this letter, moreover, reference is made to the expression " supposed
influence of the so-called solar zodiac," as implying a slight on the writer's book.
With regard to this it seems to us that so long as the way of regarding the zodiac
adopted in Solar Biology, and known as the "solar" zodiac, is rejected by the rank
and file of astrological students—so long as it is still sub judice, so to speak, to the
majority of the public—the expressions "so-called" and "supposed" as here
used arc perfectly in order in critical writing, without implying any slur either on a
book devoted thereto or ou the author of that Imok. Is not this, indeed, precisely
the attitude of the higher section of the press towards astrology and astrologers ?
iltoUmt ^tetralugg

Vol. I. New Series. JUNE, 1904. No. 6.

W-ht ©fasErbrforii
Inevitably though gradually I am being drawn on towards an
astrological study of mundane affairs. Somewhat reluctantly I have
consented to give a certain amount of attention in
Mundane this month's " Observatory " to State or National
Astrology
Astrology ; but if I here express any decided views,
I wish it to be understood that they are my opinions only—opinions for
which, of course, I am personally responsible,—and that they do not
necessarily stand for those of other astrologers.
Just before the commencement of the Transvaal War I devoted
many hours of careful thought to this subject, and the result of this
thought produced several pages in this magazine, dealing with
Mundane Astrology and its requisite special treatment; further, I
invited students to make predictions privately, risking failure in
order to obtain the necessary experience required to check the rules
generally accepted. But, so far, no special effort has developed out
of these suggestions—either from shyness, or lack of time, or else
through sheer want of interest.
***
Apart from keen interest, some experience of politics, and a
knowledge of statistics, which are required to enable an astrologer to
become proficient in his judgment of state affairs,
Party bias all political bias and national prejudice must be
put on one side, and a thoroughly cosmopolitan
spirit employed, before any special judgment in Mundane Astrology
can be fitly attempted.
i66 MODERN ASTROLOGY
I am not quite certain as to the entire accuracy of the statement,
but I have been given to understand that the downfall of Mundane
Astrology commenced at some period in Roman history, when the
astrologers began to pander to the Empire's ruling powers for the
purpose of personal aims, without regard to the truth, as denoted by
the heavens. This seems to me a very feasible hypothesis, when
human frailty is considered, especially when we remember how
fervent and powerful party spirit can become when strongly opposing
forces are at work, as in our present day.
* **
If astrologers would only unite, and not allow the "separative
principle " to affect them so strongly, the danger of party feeling, and
personal bias, would soon be minimised. Since
Opposing Views my remarks in last month's issue I learn that
opposite views are held by some so-called astro-
logers with regard to the Russo-Japanese War. I use the words" so-
called astrologers " advisedly, because those who hold these opposing
views are not known to the astrological world as students of Astro-
logy ; so far as I can learn, one is a palmist and the other a psychic.
But whether they have founded their judgment upon astrologic data
or not, the fact remains, they are diviners, and prophets, who are not
in accord with the already published opinions. And it is for this
reason that I wish to preface my opinions with regard to State pre-
dictions, and the expression of some thoughts which I have cherished
for a long time, and which are now taking definite form, by asking all
astrologers one very pertinent question.
*
* *
I have often wondered as to the premises upon which the majority
of State predictions are based. The palmist, one would imagine,
bases bis judgment upon a reading of the hand of
A Vital Question the monarch or sovereign, either prior to his
ascending the throne, or after; a psychic either
sees symbols in a crystal, or uses a " medium " to gain an insight
into the future : but astrologers alone, so far as I am aware, claim to
base their judgments solely upon scientific methods, and therefore
they shotdd be the most reliable prophets. For although certain
palmists claim to use scientific methods in their work also, even
 THE OBSERVATORY
they, I believe, have admitted the use of their intuition, when any
remarkably accurate prediction has been made.
This brings me to the question I have spoken of, one that I would
very much like to see satisfactorily answered, as it will throw much
light upon that puzzling phenomenon, the entire failure of some pre-
dictions and the remarkable success of others made by the same
person:—How far dots the prophet astrologer make use of his intuition in
connection with the scientific basis of his prophecy ? In other words, Where
does his science end and his intuition begin ?

I can well remember the time when the idea of using intuition
in connection with Astrology was ridiculed as nonsense, and the
astrologer who failed to work up all the elaborate
an
aAd Intsdtion ^ tet^ous ' Primary arcs,' etc., in a nativity, was
looked upon as a charlatan and a pretender.
Most conscientiously have I in the past devoted many weary hours,
early and late, to the compilation of speculums, the calculations of
primary arcs, directions in eodiaco and in mundo, etc., only to find that
at the end of all my labours my judgment had fled, and my brain
was too tired to form any correct estimate of how the directions would
operate; and this, no doubt, has been the experience of many. Little
wonder, then, that the idea is gaining ground that after all a little
intuition is helpful when scientific methods have done their best, or
when they appear to fail. Not, of course, that calculations are to be
despised: but, in my own case, I now employ others to make the
calculations, thus leaving my mind free to form the judgment. We
are astounded at times by some illiterate " professor " who gives an
accurate judgment upon some important event without going through
all the routine of computing arcs of direction, etc.; and we wonder
how it is done. It is simple enough ; a flash of intuition has revealed
the truth that many hours' labour could not discover.
This, of course, opens up the question, What is intuition ? which
is too long a subject to thresh out here; but I may say in passing
that I do not employ the word here as synonymous with " impres-
sion " (in which sense it is so often used by spiritist psychics), nor
with " inspiration," both of which imply that the prophet is merely
the passive receptacle of knowledge without being in any sense a
i68 MODERN ASTROLOGY
knomr. I use the word to indicate a state in which the super-
conscious mind can impress the normal mind, for a moment, with
something of its own divine powers : so that the seer simply perceives
that the thing is-so, that it must-be-so, and also why-it-must-be-so,
as one single and as it were solid idea. It goes without saying that
this not being (at our present stage of evolution) a normal state,
cannot continue long; and hence the seer frequently is unable to
retain in his mind anything more than the mere conclusion of his
thought—namely, that such and such a thing will be.
***
To return to my subject. I think my question is satisfactorily
answered by the statement that the most accurate predictions and
reliable judgments are those wherein a judicious
Itaaent Customs ^'ei1^ 's of science and intuition, without the
judgment being swayed wholly by either. Speak-
ing personally, 1 have been unable to do my best work by the aid of
science alone; yet I have only felt confident in giving a judgment
when "intuition" has been founded on, and is supported by, a
scientific basis which lends confirmation thereto. Moreover, I am
quite convinced that present-day astrologers attach far too much
importance, in their original form, to the accepted ' rules' which
have been handed down to us, chiefly through Ptolemy; for until
these rules are thoroughly tested in the light of our present Western
civilisation, they will continue to be, as they have already proved,
misleading and unreliable. Without the aid of intuition, therefore,
judgments will continue to be faulty, and predictions at times un-
trustworthy : for, in the first place, the rules handed down to us had
reference to a totally different kind of civilisation, a different race of
people, with an environment and racial tendencies quite unknown to our
present Western civilisation ; and in the second, we are not sure that
we have a trustworthy presentment of the ideas the ancients held, or
even that we thoroughly understand what Ptolemy intended to convey.
J* •sfc • *
Mundane Astrology must, sooner or later, receive the same close
study and specialisation that I have applied to Natal Astrology. I
had not been in practice one year before I corn-
Adaptation of menced to totally ignore all books and supposed
UniYersal Laws ... , - ,
authonties, relying upon my own judgment, such
as it was, preferring to make mistakes rather than be influenced by
 NOTABILIA i6g

written books. To the truth of this statement " Aphorel," who at

that time was my partner, will testify : for we had both arrived at the
same conclusion, namely that the best procedure was to use one's
own intuition, while yet relying to a large extent on the old and well-
tried rules. The wisdom of this method is apparent when we con-
sider that we have no " rules " on which to base our judgment with
regard to the influence of Uranus and Neptune. Neither Ptolemy
nor Ramsay have given us the slightest hint as to their existence
even!
Mundane Astrology must receive the same treatment that I
have advocated in regard to Natal Astrology: we must apply the uni-
versal laws to the needs of the nation, as well as to those of the
individual—until such time as individuals and nations are willing
to adapt themselves to these Universal Laws.
I shall have more to say on this subject in next month's
" Observatory."

NOTABILIA

Note : The birth-time of celebrities is rarely ascertainable, and even when

secured is often untrustworthy ; but these objections do not apply to the planetary
positions, since the day of birth is generally known beyond dispute.
Observe that in (14) Q is <J Regulus, and in (13) 4 Capella.
Elizabeth Eliza Jennings, of King's Lynn, a centenarian i5/3/'04
Heinrik Ibsen, the Norwegian dramatist (date from Who's Who) zo/s/'zS
Sir August Manns, the veteran conductor l2/3/'25
Sidney Grundy, the playwright 23/3/'48
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" Lord Milner 23/3/,54
13 Sir Edwin Arnold (died 24/3/'o4) io/6/'32
(l4 Aubrey Beardsley, the famous ' decadent' artist (died i6/3/'98) * zi/S/'yz

Planetary Positions at Noon on Day of Birth

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xz T 2 33 W 25.32 X14. 7 V 10.22 •j 27.39 VJ 23.22 3129.4715 X 1.478 T 317^
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Current Progressed Aspects
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 iJtuttbanc ^.strologg

Sun Enters Cancer, June 2ist, 8h. 51M. p.m. G.M.T.

This quarter we have received from those who contribute this depart-
ment a •' double-barrelled " report, so to speak, and since each deals with a
diBerent aspect of the outlook we here present both accounts; so that it
will be a matter of interest to observe which of the two fields whereon our
seers have respectively fixed their gaze proves the more fruitful of incident—
the social, or tbe political. For convenience o£ distinction we have
numbered them (1) and {2).
(1) Capricorn is rising at London when the Sun enters the
first point of Cancer on the 21st June, and the Sun and Neptune
will have justjset. Uranus in the twelfth house is in opposition

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to Mars and Venus in the sixth ; which aspect, when referred to

the annual map of the 2rst March last (see p. 70) falls in the first
and seventh houses.
The Sun, heavily aspected by parallels with Uranus, Neptune,
Mars and Venus, and opposition to the former body, is likely to
produce foreign complications and bickerings this quarter. The
fiscal problem seems typified very appropriately by these same
positions in the seventh, and we may expect it to be prominent.
Foreign trade will be difficult. Saturn near the cusp of second is
equally predicatory of bad internal trade, and shortness of money
among the working classes. There will eventuate a more than
ordinary amount of journeying, travelling and emigration. Jupiter
in the third inclines to assist all matters pertaining to the press,
correspondence, and the attitude of the national mind. A religious
tinge is given to the latter by this position, coupled with the
presence of the Moon in the ninth. Clerical pronouncements and
interference ensue. A new religious sect is jVery likely to arise.

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There is an increased demand for books of an ethical and philo-

sophical character and volumes of travel. Great increase in
matrimonial alliances this quarter, but judging from the constitu-
tion of the seventh house, some startling divorce cases, also
Mercury in the fifth indicates plenty of speculation and an
increase in ballots: litigation over the latter.
The passage of Saturn through Aquarius will still continue
to depress Russia's fortunes, but England ought to benefit
considerably during Jupiter's stay in Aries this year.
(2) Foreign affairs are likely to cause a good deal of anxiety.
Questions connected with Africa and India will give much trouble,
and will bring us little credit—unless Neptune is more benefic
than is supposed. Australia and the United States will both be
unsettled ; troublesome financial affairs areindicated, also political
excitement and anxiety about international or state relations ; and
some sudden disaster, as well as accidents and deaths by rail and
off the coast, will be reported in those countries. At home, the
question of army reform is likely to make some progress, but
will also arouse great opposition and meet with much criticism and
ill-feeling. The opposition of Mars to Uranus seems to threaten
some serious accident connected with the army or navy. Diseases
of the lungs, inflammation and haemorrhage, will be prevalent.
Mercury is just on the descendant of the annual map and is in
good aspect to the Moon, here ruler of the seventh house ; so it
is to be hoped that this may bring about some treaty or better
understanding with some foreign nation, in spite of the afflictions
to the western horizon. The Moon is on the cusp of the mid-
heaven of the annual map opposing the place of Mars therein ;
here Mars is lord of the mid-heaven and is seriously afflicted by
the opposition of Uranus from the twelfth house (although it has
support from Jupiter, the lord of the eleventh, and also from
Saturn in the ascendant). This seems to indicate a continuance
of the difficulties and obstacles that have surrounded the path of
the government, who have to beware of enemies in their own
party, snatch divisions, and trouble through bye-elections. But
the supporting aspects should be sufficient to enable Mr. Balfour
to postpone a general election, if he really wishes to do so. If
the published horoscope of the Premier is approximately correct,
Mars is now transiting the cusp of his mid-heaven in opposition
to Uranus—and in square to kts Saturn—which supporfs what
has been said as to the necessity for vigilance to avoid sudden
and unexpected reversals.
The death of some eminent writer or speaker will be heard of
 173

®ljc Influence of iEeptune

[The following communication has been received by the Editor

from an old and valued subscriber, and is so interesting that we print it
substantially as received, since it forms a valuable contribution to the
bibliography of Neptune and incidentally serves to establish several
of the attributes mentioned by Mr. Daath in his article on that planet
in Vol. X., p. 17, some of which has been reprinted in How to Judge a
Nativity, partii., and appeared in the February number of the current
year.]
I have always felt extremely interested in the article on the
"Spirit of Neptune," in Volume X. of Modern Astrology, by your
original and talented contributor Heinrich Daath, as it explains to me
whence the influence comes that has given me many strange experiences
during sleep. These are the planetary positions at birth ;—
Asc. M.C. OH V W J S ?
T26 VJ9 Hit sszg Ky T29 TIS nj!i4 SLIO 554 023!^
As you will see, Neptune is in Pisces in the twelfth house. The
Moon is leaving Aquarius and applying to the conjunction of Neptune,
and both planets are in trine to Venus in the sign Cancer in the third
house ; Jupiter rules the ninth house.
You will think it strange (and it is most unusual, I believe), but
under these aspects I was taken to church on my first day, and
christened at 2 p.m.* I was a strong child. I have reason to think
my godmother wanted the function over, as she was going away on
a visit about the time.
Sometime about my tenth and eleventh years I used to walk in
my sleep, but only to come downstairs and do some of my lessons;
and if there were any mistakes in those I had done earlier, I used to
correct them, and any sums that I did during sleep were always
correct. My mother used to carefully watch me and see me safely to
bed again—and always without waking me.
But that is beside the matter. I have a very good memory for
things that occur during my "dreams," as I call them. I often have
the experience of flying or floating that Mr. Daath mentions, and
• Twelve hours later, i.e., semi-rotation of 'diurnal horoscope.'—Ed.
174 MODERN ASTROLOGY

know the delightful sensation of skimming over the country only a

foot or so from the ground; the scenery and objects passed are quite
vivid, and so also are places—places which I have never seen before
to my knowledge.
I also have done much writing, both in p'oetry and prose, during
these dreams; and I often remember the last few lines or sentences
written. Many a time I have been reading, and can always remember
the last sentence read, or at least recall the sense of it.
I must mention that my husband is at sea a great deal; well, if
ever he is in trouble, or his mind is anxious, I always know, especially
so if anything serious is the matter. I can sometimes leave my body
and see him and the ship—generally in a rather hazy way, but
sometimes much clearer.
A few years ago I dreamt I saw the ship he was in going
down, and there appeared some fixed object on the other side of the
ship, which enabled me to see how quickly it was sinking. I saw my
husband come out of his room and walk aft; then he went back to his
room once more—presently he returned, and again walked aft, so as to
leave the ship. I learnt afterwards that my husband had gone back to
his room for his violin, which he takes with him, as be did not want
to lose it, and this was the cause of his going back to the room. (I think
this remarkable in view of Mr. Daath's mention of string and bowed in-
struments, the Moon being in Pisces at time of dream). I entreated
him to make haste and get off, and he did. Then I looked at the ship
again, but she was fixed and had not sunk ! I did not know in the
dream what had caused the trouble. This occurred about 4.30 a.m.,
Tuesday, November 29th, r88i—the Moon being in Pisces and in
aspects to many of the planets.
I was expecting my husband to reach London from the Mediter-
ranean on December 3rd, and I was much upset by the dream. How-
ever, I wrote to him, care of owners in London, and told him all the
dream. Nevertheless, I beard nothing until the Thursday morning,
when a lady friend sent me a cutting out of a London daily, saying
another steamer had run into my husband's vessel while alongside a
coal-hulk at Gibraltar, and to save her from sinking he had run her on
to the beach, the other ship having lost command of her steering gear.
They were to repair at Gibraltar, I learnt, so I wrote to the owners
and asked them to send my letter on, which they did. The accident
 i75
did not take place until about 7.30 a.m. on the 2gth. I can't explain
how I came to see this three hours before it happened,* but I certainly
did. Some friends called same day and I told them about it; and my
husband told me afterwards that he showed my letter to some of the
oificers, with all the dates stamped on the postmarks.
I could tell of many similar experiences, but what I always con-
sider the most strange and remarkable of all occurred in like manner
during one of these strange dreams or absences. It was an " Initia-
tion " into the Ancient Mysteries in one of the Pyramids of Egypt
(where in the body I have never been). It was the most strange and
weird experience, for throughout the whole time I was outside my
body, which I could see laid on a rest or stand that seemed used for
the purpose. The great happiness and relief I felt on the knowledge
coming to me that I had become an Initiate, is impossible to express.
Just as all was finished my husband appeared and took up my body
and bore it away, very quickly ; and I have always felt that it was due
to his prompt action that I was enabled to join my body again.
During one of these "dreams" I have been able to look right-
into my stomach and see it in action on food.
Music has a great power over me, stringed instruments being my
favourites. Strange to say, I have had no experience in spiritualism,
seances or anything of that kind. As regards the " hampering " influ-
ence of Neptune, I have not suffered specially, but I do feel a certain
sense of restriction ; I think it acts upon me in having to live so much
alone, and also in not being able to act or do in the world v/hat I
should like to do, and what I feel 1 rnnld do if I had the opportunity.
It is still uncertain how far subsequent indications may modify or
contradict those of the 0 in V figure. An opportunity will occur
this summer of noting this point. For in the 0 in as map, b and t?
are the only two planets having any claim to be called angular; and
if the weather is indicated by them, it will be somewhat colder and
wetter than the 0 in T map would imply.
Vol. XIII., page 70, b in sr. Several points here have been
amply fulfilled; " hamper and afflict legislatures," note the evil effect
upon our own, the government almost gone to pieces within the last
twelve months. Russo-Japanese war followed I? d (? in sr. Lord
Salisbury dead; Russia at war, Kaiser's health has been affected.
Recent Anglo-French treaty followed new Moon in V,* ^ , illustra-
ting the good influence mentioned.
* Tbe difference of time between Gibraltar and place of residence will not
account for the discrepancy.—En.
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Heincamatian

VI.

Thus slowly, step by step, does the evolution of man go forward,

character being moulded and developed through personality after
personality, in bodies male and bodies female, all gains and losses
being rigidly recorded in astral or mental form, these astral and mental
" stereotypes " (to borrow a term from the printing-room) forming the
basis of the succeeding physical manifestation. Every virtue pos-
sessed is but the symbol of an onward step, of a past conflict gallantly
waged, of a conquest, or repeated conquests, over the lower nature.
This is not altogether a congenial doctrine, perhaps, to those
morally or mentally idle, but it is a most uplifting and encouraging
teaching for those who are self-reliant—who would not wish to be
" pensioners " on any charity, human or divine, but who prefer to earn,
patiently and laboriously, all they claim to own. Wisely did the
Christ say to his followers :—" Seek ye Jirsl the kingdom of heaven,
and all the rest shall be added.For with the magic shuttle of the
mind and the subtle threads of desire we weave during one life the
pattern of the next, and according to the nature of that pattern so will
be the fate—its opportunities, and its limitations. Just so long as
our desires are earthward, so long shall we be chained to physical re-
embodiment ; for this earth alone is the sphere in which these earthy
desires can be realised. When the nature of desire is comprehended
we shall understand why its destruction becomes necessary to the
perfected or spiritual man. All we can do at present is to try to purify
our desires, for desire must continue till the harvest of experience
has been garnered, since it is on the fruit of that experience that our
spiritual growth and sustenance depend.
If experience along any out-going line of activity is wanted, the
thirst for it remains unappeased, so that the Ego will return to earth
again and again to gratify its desires in physical form. But life after life
the soul steadily increases in wisdom, till at last the Ego reaches the
perfecting of its tabernacle, and desire is dead : for desire—all desire
 REINCARNATION 177

—is personal, and therefore selfish. The emancipated man acts

without desire; his keynote is " Action without any personal re-
turn " ; the adept must give light to all, but take from none. Hence,
as we slowly ascend the hill of experience, one desire after another
falls away from us; first, the desire for sensual gratification, then
desire for personal enjoyment, personal pleasure, or personal gain,
then personal attachments; and finally, even personal love and
(perhaps subtlest of all) the desire for personal perfection must be
transcended. For the personal self must be lost in the ONE Self—
that is, the Self of all that lives.
Here let me add a word of explanation lest misunderstanding
arise regarding " personal love." Personal love, if pure and unselfish,
is the one human emotion that is most akin to the spiritual life; it
musttherefore never be' killed out,'as some have fancied, but expanded
—till from personal it becomes universal. We are not to love our dearest
less, but others more ; so that in time every child of man will become
so dear to us that the sorrows of any shall wring our hearts as much
as those of our own blood, and shall stir us into equal activity to help.
In " The Secret of Time and Satan," Edward Carpenter has beau-
tifully put the truth about desire, and 1 cannot do better than quote it
for those of my readers who do not possess the book, called Towards
Democracy, in which it appears.
"Beware how thou seekest this for thyself and that for thyself.
I do not say, Seek not ; but, Beware how thou seekest.
" For a soldier who is going on a campaign does not seek what
fresh furniture he can carry on his back, but rather what he
may leave behind.
" Knowing well that every additional thing which he cannot
freely use and handle is an impediment to him.
"So if thou seekest fame, or ease, or pleasure, or aught for thy-
self, the image of that thing which thou seekest will come
and cling to thee—and thou wilt have to carry it about.
" And the images and powers which thou hast thus evoked will
gather round and form for thee a new body—clamouring for
sustenance and satisfaction.
" And if thou art not able to discard this image now, thou wilt
not be able to discard that body then ; but wilt have to carry
it about.
" Beware, then, lest it become thy grave and thy prison—instead
of thy winged abode and palace of joy
" And seest thou not that except for Death thou couldst never
, overcome Death ?
 MODERN ASTROLOGV
" For since by being a slave to things of sense thou hast clothed
thyself with a body which thou art not master of, thou wert
condemned to a living tomb were that body not to be de-
stroyed. But now through pain and suffering out of this
tomb shall thou come; and through the experience thou hast
acquired shall build thyself a new and better body.
" And so on many times, till thou spreadest wings and hast all
powers diabolic and angelic concentred in thy flesh. . .
" And the bodies which I took on yielded before him, and were
like cinctures of flame upon me, but I flung them aside.
" And the pains which I endured in one body were powers which
I wielded in the next."
The truth that Edward Carpenter here puts so forcibly before the
Western world has been taught in the East for ages, namely, that
through many, many incarnations the Immortal Thinker toils patiently
at his great mission of leading animal man upward and heavenward
till eventually and Anally he becomes one with the divine.

The next point we shall have to consider in detail will be The

Object of Reincarnation. Those who have read the foregoing essays
under this heading will have already grasped the idea that the object
of reincarnation is to train the animal man until he becomes a perfect
instrument for the divine, and that the agent in this training is the
reincarnating ego or divine jthinker. To a " Master," the body is
simply the instrument of the Spiritual Man : be is no longer cabined
and confined by the body he inhabits, but it is his convenient imple-
ment for work on the physical plane, answering to every touch of the
Immortal Player, thus placing at " His " disposal faculties and powers
for use in the world of gross matter otherwise unattainable by a
Spiritual Being.
In our next number we shall try and see the road by which this
goal is reached. Reincarnation is an actual, vital necessity; for only
through physical bodies can the spirit contact the physical plane, and
the final triumph is to become " God made manifest in the flesh."
B. Leo.

" 1 am myself," said the Minute, " I am no part of the Day.*'

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Qliijt (Konstrurfion of the ffielEstial t&ljeme

Translated from the French of Mons. H. Selva by Heinrich Daath
Astrologic tradition teaches that astral influence undergoes
variations according to the position which the stars assume, considered
in relation to the horizon or meridian, consequent upon the diurnal
motion of the sphere; and this seems on the whole very feasible.
The verification of these variations, which would appear to rest
less on the quality of effects than on their intensity and direction, has
conduced in the end to a duodenary division of the whole stellar space,
visible and invisible alike ; and the regions so determined have received
the name of astrological houses or mansions. Custom has willed
they should be designated in numerical order, commencing at the
eastern horizon and succeeding each other in contrary way to the
diurnal motion, as it were. The reason for this ordinance, nevertheless,
is not apparent, granting that the essential character of the division in
question is precisely relative to the diurnal movement of the sphere
aforesaid.
An octogenary division has also been proposed and similarly a
denary one. But neither has succeeded in establishing itself, and the
duodenary alone obtains.
Yet, if this number of houses is universally accepted, a similar
unanimity hardly prevails when the method to be followed in operating
the division in question is mooted.
Very divergent solutions have been conceived ; from this diversity
itself one concludes the insufficiency of some at least of the systems
proposed, while the persistent efforts towards a better solution suggest
that a great interest is attached to this matter of' domification.' The
aim of the latter is to determine the orientation of the heavens and
stars in relation to the place of observation, orientation which alone
appears to confer upon the theme of nativity and its derivatives, their
individual characteristics. Domification is thus evidently the essential
basis for interpretations of the celestial theme.
With this consideration in view, whether it be pretended or
veritable, it seems not inopportune at the outset of this article to pass
in review the methods which have been extolled at various times;
and this as much for instigating fresh proof as for provoking other
researches in points of acknowledged deficiency.
i8o MODERN ASTROLOGY

i. Equal Method (vwdtts aqtuilis), attributed to Ptolemy, which

although really wrong,has been primitively employed by occidentalastro-
logers. Among its more remarkable partisans may be cited Firmicuy
Maternus Schoner,* and Cardan f ; the latter abandoned it after thitts
years'practice in order to adopt the rational method, which will be
explained further on.
The Equal Method is as subpended :

X
Dt

After having computed the R.A. of M.C., the cusp of the first
houseor ' horoscope 'J is determined. Then, taking this point for that of
departure, the ecliptic is divided into twelve equal parts by striking
through the points of division six circles of latitude,§ each of which
* Compatriot and friend of Kegiomontanus (first half of sixteenth century).
t 1501-1576.
J [This is the correct meaning of the word, namely the ascending horiion; but the
term is in this country so commonly wrongly employed to indicate the celestial
theme <u a whole that we have thought well to draw attention to this fact.—Eo.]
S [Celestial latitude, that is. —En.]
 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CELESTIAL THEME l8l
passes through two points of division diametrically opposed,* that is to
say, distant from each other 180 degrees. These circles are those of
position.
Each thus defined by two semi-circles of latitude, the houses take
the form of spindles, as exhibited in Fig. i. The figure represents
the eastern half of the sphere, MDPNRP' being the meridian,
MHN the horizon, ETR the equator, P and P' the poles of the
earth, DCHG the ecliptic, and L. one of its poles. E is the R.A. of
meridian, and H the horoscope (ascendant). The arrow indicates the
direction of apparent diurnal motion.f
The whole of the methods which will be set forth here agree in
the determination of the ' horoscope'; it remains, then, to explain in
succession the procedure by which the conclusions are arrived at.
The R.A. of the meridian=TEj being computed, T is determined
invariably by adding go0 to this right ascension. The arc tT thus
measures the oblique ascension of H, the point of the ecliptic which by
hypothesis in our figure is found in the plain of the horizon. Knowing
TT we know T =2^, the two being supplementaries.
Let us draw from the equinox nearest to the ascendant (in our
case the arc perpendicular to the horizon. In the triangle
TZ^t, rectangular at Z, we know T^t.and the angle ZT^ (considera-
tions very simple, we observe in effect that ZT is the complement of
the given geographic latitude) ; we can then calculate the angle T^Z.
That done, we know the angle H==rZ, since the angle T=^H = u
(obliquity of ecliptic). When we have remarked that the two triangles
TZ=== and HZ^ are both' rectangular at Z and have a common side
Zit, we shall be able to determine which deducted from 180°
will give the arc VH, or in other words, the longitude of H.§
• [I.e., the poles of the ecliptic.—Ed.]
f In this figure, as in alt the succeeding, the circle which forms the basis of
division is shown by a heavily traced line, and the circles of position by dotted
lines.
I It is understood that the point T, or vernal point, is the origin of right
ascension; being the opposite of tne point ^ of our figure, it is invisible therein.
§ The preceding explanations are naturally adapted to the hypothesis according
to which in our figure H is situated between go° and t8o0of longitude: but the
reader will doubtless experience no difficulty in carrying out the modifications of
detail required when the position of the ascendant is in one of the other quadrants
of the ecliptic.
{To be continued)
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kindly note pointing out that the date given on p. 32 of the current
volume as that of the establishment of the Australian Commonweath,
viz., May gth, igoi, is erroneously so called, being in fact the date of the
opening of the first parliament.* The Commonwealth, he adds, was
declared and celebrated throughout Australia the first second after
• This date will nevertheless furnish a horoscope of value, being the next
epoch of importance following the actual federation ; but it will of course be
ubsidiary to the figure here presented. The map was given, with comments, on
p. C of Vol. X.
 AUSTRALIA'S HOROSCOPE
midnight on December 31st, igoo, i.e., 0.0 a.m. r/i/'oi—exactly a
hundred years after the union of Great Britain and Ireland, by the
way.*
Our correspondent also expresses himself as of the opinion that
Leo rules Australia, and not Scorpio, as suggested on p. 4; advancing
in support of his contention, the general sporting and gambling spirit
manifest, the lavish and generous nature of the people, and the climate,
which is fixed, fiery and barren. In view of the interesting corre-
spondence which can be traced between " directions" from the
similarly derived map above alluded to, and events in the history of the
United Kingdom, the figure deserves careful study.]

The map given has been erected for the time when the Common-
wealth of Australia was inaugurated. Cardinal signs occupy the
angles; Mars is rising, and the Moon setting, while the majority of
the planets are below the earth ; it is remarkable that Libra, the sign
of union, ascends, just as in the case of the horoscopes both of the
United Kingdom and the United States (published in the March and
May issues respectively). Venus, the ruler of the figure, is in the
second house in conjunction with Uranus; while Jupiter, dispositor
of the majority of the planets, is in his own sign Sagittarius, in con-
junction with Mercury, the Sun having moreover just separated from
the conjunction of Saturn. The Moon, ruler of the tenth, occupies the
sign of her exaltation Taurus, and is in trine aspect to Mars, Sun and
Saturn, lords of the seventh, eleventh and fourth respectively.
A careful examination of this figure will shew that it is a very
favourable horoscope for Australia, prosperity and rapid progress being
denoted. Out of chaos (^ g 2^ and 5 , from ninth to third), order will yet
be steadily established and firmly maintained (Q d I7 , lords of eleventh
and fifth on cusp of fourth). The trine of Mars and the Moon to the
Sun and Saturn in Capricorn on the lower meridian is a good testimony
for the future well-being and prosperity of the Australian Colonies;
for in this case ( b 1° l^) the most steadfast and concentrative influence
of Saturn is assured, and the unification of these colonies is shown to
be an accomplishment of which they will yet have just cause to be
proud.
•'See p. 91 ol this volume.
 tljt Mag

A correspondent well known to readers of Modern Astrology

under the pseudonym of " Neptune," and whose horoscope was pub-
lished in The Astrologer's Magazine (Vol. IV., p. 145), writes expressing
approval of the article on Neptune in How to Judge a Nativity, part ii.,
which appeared in the March number of this magazine. He demurs,
however, to the characterisation given of the aspect ^ g 9 , pointing
Out that his own personal experience does not corroborate it: and he
therefore concludes that it is incorrect. As in his case the opposition,
though angular, is some 804o' apart, it is perhaps hardly complete
enough to argue from; and even if it were, one instance will neither
prove nor disprove. However, as the point has been raised, we
should be very glad if those who have had experience of this aspect—
either in their own nativities or those of others—would communicate
their experiences to the Editor.
But in any case, as it would seem needless to point out, the
influences ascribed to the various aspects in the chapter referred to
are indications of the general trend ol the aspect in question. There
will always be a higher, and a lower, influence; which the native will
respond to, must be determined by the horoscope as a whole.
# * * S
The curious may perhaps like to try their skill over the following
problem:—A certain article* having gone astray and all search for it
having proved futile, a member of the staff suddenly conceived the
idea of erecting a " horary figure," at 3.40 p.m. on Boxing Day,
26/i2/'o3, London—while waiting at East Ham railway station, to be
precise as to locality. This was accordingly done, and the individual
referred to was exceedingly puzzled how to interpret the map : finally,
he came to the conclusion that the article would not be found, or else
found too late to be of use (0 lord of fourth ad g ¥ )•
* *
Nevertheless he was convinced, he says, that the map must show
' An electrotype block or < zinco,' mounted on wood, and representing the signs
of the zodiac in a circle, with triangles drawn to show fiery, earthy, airy and watery
signs [see p. 43, Astrtlogy jar All, first edition).
 BY THE WAY 185
the position of the thing sought; and he argues that since the ascendant
represents the thought that occurred to him, the Part of Fortune or
" lunar ascendant " (which fell in 11K270) must represent the concrete
expression of that thought, i.e., the exact place occupied by the lost
article. We present this idea for what it may be worth; it certainly
sounds plausible, and a certain circumstance, about which we shall
have more to say later, seems to lend colour to the theory.
Strange to say, the article in question has now turned up—though
not (he it noted) before another block had been prepared to take its
place—the time of finding being g.40 a.m., 5/4/'o4, and the place*
9, Lyncroft Gardens.1- Puzzle : Where had it been all the time ?
We will give a Bound Volume of Modern Astrology (any
volume, except of course those out of print), or if preferred a copy of
the new edition oi Astrology for All—or any other of our publications
to the same value, viz., js. 6d.—to the reader who sends the nearest
correct answer, with the reasons for his (or her) judgment.
* * *
In the opinion of the present writer, it is in the close investigation
of trifling matters like these, rather than in the superficial, or at least
less thorough, examination of horoscopes dealing with more important
matters, that really valuable hints may be obtained. And one of the
chief reasons for this opinion is, that in such a case the data are
absolutely trustworthy, and precise—in this particular instance the
watch with which the observations were made had been corrected on
the morning of each occasion by a Midland Railway anda Post Oflice
clock respectively, and it was especially noted in each case that the
minute hand was actually on the figure viii. of the dial. Hence
" twenty minutes to " does not here mean, as frequently, any time
between half past and a quarter to, but "twenty minutes to, precisely."
Moreover, since an inanimate object is concerned, and not a human
being, the factor of free-will, which nullifies so many astrological
judgments, does not enter the case. This alone is an item deserving
much more consideration than is usually allowed to this point, since
it simplifies the problem enormously.
As a pendant to these remarks might be added the suggestion
that, far from being rendered nugatory or having its significance
* Both the times given may be relied on as being correct, to within lets than
thirty seconds of Greenwich time.
i86 MODERN ASTROLOGY
exhausted by the discovery of the block, the horary figure under dis-
cussion simply provides us at this point with a further problem :—
Why was the block found then, and not earlier or later ? This is a
problem of the simplest, a mere matter of" directions " ; no question
of judgment as to how aspects will operate on a human being, but a
plain determination of the time when a hidden thing will become
manifest. Yet who will demonstrate it ?
* * * *
Apropoi of the recent note on p. 119, a kindly correspondent has
forwarded the following extract from Borderland for April, 1896 :
14
Horoscope of Nicholas If., Emperor or Russia.—Mars lord of the
eighth, some violent influences of his come into force at 35 and sub-
sequently. At 35 the Sun is directed to Mars in mundo* and in
.Zodiac converse. At 37, the Sun is in parallel Mars, Zodiac con-
verse. At 40, Mars, by progressive secondary motion, arrives at the
Sun's place in Radix in the Mid-heaven. This is very evil, falling
on such a prominent point. In the same year Saturn is stationary
on the Moon's place.
" Let us now glance at the nativity of the Empress of Russia. It will
help to throw light on the subject. She was bom on June 6th, 1872
(I have not ascertained the hour). Like Queen Victoria she has the
Sun and Moon conjoined in Gemini, showing advancement, and
her Jupiter is with Uranus in Cancer, signifying unexpected good
fortune, gain by bequest, etc. Hut the Sun is in conjunction with
Mars, and in parallel to Mars and Saturn ; and these denote death
of the husband.-'- Now it will be found that from about 33 to 38, the
Empress has her Sun directed to the opposition and parallel of
Saturn. By secondary motion, also, Venus opposes Saturn. These
aspects are terribly significant. They imply sorrow, bereavement
and deep afhiction. The Tzarina's worst period seems to be from
32 to 36, corresponding to 36 to 40 years of age in the [case of her
husband—the very time at which he is under dangerous aspects of
Mars!
" We may conclude, therefore, that about that time Nicholas II, will
depart this life. Let us hope that bodily illness, and not violence
or the weapon of the assasin, may bring about bis end ; but the
directions of Mars are far from reassuring, and do not countenance
this hope. From the position of Saturn in the fourth, it is certain
that the close of the Tzar's life will be very unfortunate and that
his reign will end in gloom. The martial influences in bis horoscope,
from 35 onwards, will involve Russia in war.
" (.Signed) Mercurv, Astrologer.
" 5, Central Street, Halifax, March, 1896."
Readers will find an interest in reading this extract in connection
with the note referred to.
V ^
We are glad to be able now to comply with the request of our
* Italics in print.
 BY THE WAY

Colonial correspondent (see p. 88 of March issue) in reference to giving

the Lunar Aspectarian a month ahead ; accordingly the Aspectarian for
July will be found at foot of p. ii. of cover of the current number, the
June table beinggiven as usual on p. ii. of Supplement. This arrange-
ment will also enable the table to be cut out and inserted in a pocket-
book or diary without injury to the body of the magazine.

While on the subject, we feel constrained to point out that while

we spare no pains to make the Aspectarian a useful guide to our
readers (both those who are novices and those who are old students),
it must be borne in mind that in the nature of things such a table,
having reference to the lunar positions only, can be but a partial indi-
cation of the influences at work. Certainly it represents them with
great completeness and in considerable detail, and will therefore always
be reliable as regards ephemeral things—the weather, moods, popular
gatherings, and so forth. But for all important matters, as only
beginners need to be informed,the "mutual aspects" (as being both
more lasting and more powerful) must also be taken into account.
* *
It is clearly impossible, however, even with the greatest ingenuity
and labour, to compile a table which shall correctly gauge and
balance all of these ; for in some cases it taxes the skill of the most
experienced astrologer to determine which one of any given influences
will preponderate. Moreover, it would scarcely be desirable, even if
feasible; for it would tend to lessen the development of individual
judgment, which is the prime requisite in all study of Astrology, and
which must be developed for the intelligent blending of the meanings
of aspects as there given—slight and fragmentary though they
necessarily are. Otherwise, the table would reduce those who used
it to the level of those who patronise the automatic tipster !
* ^
May we remind June subscribers that their subscriptions are
due at the end of the month ?
* * * *
The placing of each month's instalment of "How to Judge a
Nativity," part ii., in the middle instead of at the end of the magazine,
is not accidental (as some readers appear to have thought); the reason
being in fact a purely practical one, since this procedure enables the
i88 MODERN ASTROLOGY
work to be bound up at the end of the year without mutilation and
with the least trouble to the binder.
While we are on this topic we might remind any who are taking
advantage of last month's offer of a year's issue (2 vols.) of the
magazine, fret, to see to it when binding that the six instalments of
" How to Judge a Nativity," part i. (issued in like manner with every
number of last year's Modern Astrology) are all bound up together
at the end of each volume, or better still, that the twelve numbers of
the magazine are bound up together, and the other work alluded to
made into a separate volume. Those that we have had hound up in
this way have given great satisfaction.
* * *
The following notes re Mundane Astrology, mentioning some
fulfilled predictions made in this magazine, precise references to which
are given, will be of some interest.
April 18th. Budget night in the Commons. Deficit in the year's
revenue, id. on Income Tax, and increased taxes on tea and tobacco.
See page 71 (March), in second; also page 103, last sentence of
second par, and page 102, second sentence.
The bad and unsettled weather prevalent in England during 1903
was indicated in the very cross aspects from angles in the Map for
March 21st. This year showed 0 d and ^ strong in V in fourth,
so that although there are again a few afflictions to ^ and warmer
and finer weather is probable, and up to the present lias actually been
experienced.

The New Moon, June 13TH, g.io p.m.

The positions are almost the same as in the map for
the Sun's ingress into Cancer, and may therefore be expected to
throw into immediate operation the events signified thereby; for
Capricorn 6° is rising, and Neptune setting. Saturn being on the
cusp of the second, however, and the lord of the mid-heaven
afflicted, no revival of trade or retrenchment in national expen-
diture can be expected.
The condition of the sixth seems to point to military develop-
ments. High nervous tension is argued. Crime and conflagration
may be expected in London about the period of this lunation, for
Marswillbepassingover thatcity's ascendant (stated tobe n I7054').
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Opportunity
(6) Can you judge of "opportunity" in any nativity, since it is (as I
understand it) opportunity that really makes the sinner or the saint ?—Libra.
" Opportunity" is denoted by the angles of a nativity, also by the
planets in cardinal signs. Lack of opportunity is denoted by the cadent
bouses and the mutable signs. Many opportunities come to persons who
have planets angular at birth or occupying cardinal signs (the " angles " of
the zodiac). Very few opportunities come to those who have many planets
in cadent bouses or mutable signs. The fixed signs and succeedeut bouses
come between the two. Is it true that "opportunity makes the sinner or the
saint" ? I think this depends upon the inherent quality of the native, whether
he uses his opportunity for good or ill. However, without arguing the point
as to whether a saint or sinner is made by opportunity, obscure lives are
those in which nearly, if not all, the planets are placed in the obscure signs or
houses. Yet many obscure lives have their own especial opportunities, and
there is opportunity even in obscurity to prepare for the time when the wheel
of fate will carry the spokes to the cardinal or angular points. We therefore
judge oiphysical opportunities by the Angles, or the cardinal signs; psychical
opportunities by the Succeedent bouses or fixed signs; and tnental oppor-
tunities by the Cadent bouses, or the mutable signs.
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This month we present a map selected from the ladies' department (if
we may so term it) of the Matrimonial Bureau—one of the latest received, hy
the way. As will be readily understood, horoscopes contributed to this
department are not likely to show favourable signs of marriage according to
the accepted rules, or indeed to promise in any sense what is ordinarily im-
plied by the phrase " a successful marriage." Those who have such horos-
copes are not likely to trouble about a marriage-bureau of any kind, and
are indeed scarcely likely to be interested in the subject of Astrology at all.
But as most of our readers know, there are other aspects of the question of
marriage than the purely social, or ev en than th e purely domestic. M oreo ver,
as a careful study of the ' aspects' in the horoscopesof some of our most loved
leaders of thought will show, to advanced souls the " aspects of affliction "
becomg the " ladders of progress."
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Judgment by the Editor

This horoscope points to a single life, there being very few
testimonies in favour of marriage. The ruler of the seventh
house is in the first, always more or less an argument against
marriage. Mercury, part ruler of the seventh, is in a barren sign in
square aspect to the Moon in the fifth, denoting disappointments
in love affairs. The Sun's parallel to Saturn is a testimony
against domestic felicity, and the fact of Uranus being very close
to the seventh is not a favourable position for marriage. How-
ever, if this lady should meet a gentleman born about the 21st
of April, he would be sympathetically attracted towards her and
would probably be inclined to offer her marriage, though the
testimonies are by no means favourable for marriage even then.
For the ruling planet is separating from aspects, and the Sun
applies to none save a parallel of Saturn.

^tabints' fltorner

According to a writer in Fate and Fortune the Kabalah divides the

twelve Celestial Houses into four chief trinities, corresponding to the
four elements of fire, earth, air and water. The first of these is called
the Individual, the second the Temporal, the third Relative, and the fourth
Terminal. The Trinity is based upon the accepted constitution of man
asa composite being, in that he has a threefold nature—viz., body, soul,
and spirit; or a physical, psychic, and spiritual life. Moreover,
the Kabalah mentions three aspects of the soul—nephesh, the
animal soul; ruach, the human soul; and nechemah, the divine soul—
all of which are comprehended in the word " Man," as a " living
soul" or individual. This threefold division is represented by the
first, fifth, and ninth houses.
The first house, under the figure of a lamb (ail) or ram, refers to
the physical body of man and his external form. The fifth house,
under the figure of a lion, denotes the centre or seat of emotions,
passions, and appetites of man, and therefore his psychic nature.
The ninth, under the symbol of a man upon a white horse, crowned
and armed with the bow of prophecy and the arrows of truth (Rev. vi. a),
represents the spiritual man. These three are the Individual trigon.
The second house, under the symbol of a bull, denotes temporal
possession, and has affinity with the physical nature of man. The
sixth house, under the figure of a woman bearing three ears of corn,
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
indicates the temporal comfort of man, and is related to his psychic
nature. The tenth house, under the symbol of a goat ascending a
hill, refers to the temporal dignity of man, and is related to his spiritual
nature. These three are the Temporal trigon.
The third house, under the symbol of a twin of children, denotes
the tie of Consanguinity, and refers to the physical nature. The
seventh house, under the symbol of a pair of scales (equally dividing
the virgo-scorpio, or hermaphrodite, nature into the two sexes),
indicates the tie of Conjugality, and refers to the psychic nature of man.
The eleventh house, under the symbol of a man pouring water upon
the earth, refers to the tie of Conauiinity, and is related to man's
spiritual nature. These three are called the Relative trigon.
The fourth house, under the symbol of a crab [Cancer), indicates
the death of the physical body by the translation of physical into
psychic forces, or the transfer of consciousness from physical to
psychic centres of action. The eighth house, symbolised by the figure
of a serpent or scorpion, denotes the death of the psychic nature by its
surrender to the spiritual life or plane of being. The twelfth, denoted
by the union of two creatures, bound together by the cord of neces-
sity (the law of being), refers to the death of the spiritual life or
consciousness, by descent into matter, or physical existence. These
three are called the Terminal trigon.

+ 3 o Nature Element

I. V. IX. Individual A
II. VI. X. Temporal □
III. VII. XI. Relative —
IV. VIII. XII. Terminal V

This table represents the whole scheme. The cross denotes the
body, } denotes the soul, and O the spirit. The elements fire, earth,
air, and water, are respectively shown by a triangle, a square,
horizontal lines, and the triangle reversed. There are many other
considerations arising out of this plan of the twelve houses, which
the intuition of the reader will discover.
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The Horoscope. Vol. II., No. 7, April, 1904. This excellent

quarterly fully maintains its high standard of excellence, and, as here-
tofore, gives evidence of careful editing as well as judicious selection
in the articles presented. In " Notes of the Quarter," the editor
discusses astrological indications of hereditary tendencies as well as
the influence of the Fixed Stars. Indeed—with the exception of Hein-
rich Daath's interesting monograph on "Animal Horoscopy (Pigs)"—
the latter subject occupies, with the question of House Division, the
greater portion of the magazine; and this, we think, is by no means to
be deprecated. For by taking up one or two questions in this way,
concentrating attention upon them, and thrashing the subject well out,
real progress will be made. Fixed Stars are dealt with by J. G.
Dalton and Albert Kniepf in somewhat discursive articles, which are
neverthelesssufficient to awaken a very practical interest in the subject,
the Servian massacre being given in illustration "of violence following
a New Moon which took place within three minutes of the longitude
of y Tauri. The present writer is certainly disposed, merely from his
own experience, to consider those degrees of the zodiac tenanted by
the more important fixed stars (notably, for instance, Regulus, Betel-
gueze and Antares) as being of especial power when occupying an
angular point—(shade of Euclid, what an expression!)—in any
horoscope; and in connection with this subject it is curious that the
recent Maidstone tragedy, in which a wife and two daughters were
murdered by a man previously held in the highest esteem by the whole
community, in an unaccountably ferocious way, occurred on the very
night of the Moon's occulcation of Aldebaran.
Mr. E. H. Bailey's article on "The Houses of the Heavens "
gives a lucid presentation of the methods chiefly in use, and their
various points of dissimilarity. The article is compiled from the able
essay on " The Principles of Directing," which appeared in Volume
IX. of Modern Astrology, but it is rendered additionally clear and
instructive by the insertion of a well-drawn diagram to illustrate the
cusps of the houses as determined by the methods of Regiomantanus
and Campanus, both of which the writer is disposed to consider better
worthy of regard than the semi-arc process. The latter would appear to
be finally disposed of in a letter by " Advance," in which by a diagram
he points out that the " cusp " of any house according to that system
is, in any latitude, partly that radius of the circle of declination of
any circumpolar star (having the same declination as the latitude of the
place) which trisects its semi-arc (of 180°), andpartly the irregular curve
passing through that point, the trisection of the equatorial arc inter-
cepted between the horizon and meridian, and the nadir. And yet
ig4 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Commander Morrison, who was a capable mathematician, too, ex-
haustively examined the question, in the namesake of the periodical
underreview, and decided in favour ofthe semi-arc method. Which is
right ?
We think Mr. Erskine, in his able letter on equating arcs of
direction, brings forward a really helpful suggestion. He says: " I
am inclined to believe in the influence oJ'f three methods of house
division, giving us what may be called a mundane, a zodiacal, and an
equatorial horoscope ;+ and further, I would suggest that associated
with each of these methods of house division is a series of directions,
the velative importance of which varies in different horoscopes, although I
think that directions originating in what may be called the mundane
horoscope will generally be found most efficacious in producing outward events."
Psychology, By Frank Randall (Z.. N. Fowler &• Co.), is a
useful book, and we can cordially endorse the opinion of " Scrutator " in
the above magazine. The straightforwardness and sincerity of the
writer, with his evident desire to be helpful to the reader, would- more
than atone for worse faults of construction or style than appear, and
the book will be found to effect more by what it suggests, we think,
than what it says. The title is apt to prove somewhat disconcerting
to those who associate the pedantic usage of the word therewith,
Everybody's Astrology. By Alan Leo, Second edition, is. This
is the second edition of No. I of the series of elementary astrological
manuals. It is no wonder that the first edition was soon sold ; for it
presented the subject in a simple and popular form, and was exactly
suited for those to whom it appealed, giving a broad view of solar in-
fluence and its effects, freed from mathematical formula!. The present
edition is considerably enlarged and in great part rewritten. The
book now comprises the influence of the Sun in the signs, the com-
bination of solar and lunar influence in any position, fortunate periods,
the planets, and a table of the Moon's position from 1850 onwards.
There is much new matter, and the manual is certainly well worth
the small price charged. It will probably be still more popular than
the first edition, which, I understand, is now out of print. H. S. G.
We have also received a number of other books, including The History
and Power oj Mind, by Richard Ingalcsc, of which we must defer considera-
tion till next month. The same remark applies to the further numbers to
band of La delerminisme Astrale and La Science Astrale, which fully sustain
the expectation previous numbers have formed.—Eo.
* Italics are ours all through.
f Corresponding, we venture to hint, to 0 (Earth). O (Sun) and p (Moon),
or body, spirit and soul, respectively.
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letters of general interest only are inserted. Correspondents desiring reply
must please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily for
publication, nut as a token of good faith.
N.IJ.—Writers of signed articles are alone responsible for the opinions con-
tained therein.
Rectification of Birth-times by Planetary Periods*
Dear Sir,
Your correspondent, Mr. Duff, has happened upon a seeming
law of planetary rulership in regard to which I believe I was the first
to make special observation. In my review of Mr. Ahmad's work
(Modern Astrology, Vol. XIII., p. 116) I pointed out that the
planetary ruler of the 4-minute period was the same as the ruler of
the ascendant in two separate cases, those of my wife and self, to
which I had made reference. Since then I have gone through a
number of cases, and in every case of my own family, together with
several others, it is satisfactory. Wherever I have had to apply the
epoch as a means of verifying the time of birth as given, I have
recently also applied this rule of the planetary hours, and the
percentage of results is really surprisingly confirmatory of the
hypothesis.
Mr. Chamberlain, whose birth is corrected by the epoch from the
horoscope published in the pages of Modern Astrology, was born
in London at 2.34 a.m., on the 8th July, 1836, under Gemini 280i6',
and is therefore under the rule of Mercury. This planet is also the
ruler of the 4-minute period at 1411. 34m. after noon of Thursday, the
7th July.
His Majesty King Edward VII. (it is, I trust, a pardonable
accident by which the case comes second on any list) was born in
London at 10.48 a.m., on the 9th November, 1841. This Bulletin
time has been corrected by Commander Morrison (Zadkiel I.) to 10.37
a.m., and this time also accords with the epoch as already shown in
my " Challenge " study of this horoscope. The ruler of the horoscope
is Jupiter, and this planet is also the ruler of the 4-minute period.
The scores of cases which have already come under observation
in which this law appears to operate with precision, hardly permit of
any other conclusion than that there is a law of some sort at work
here as in the case of the epoch ; and, similarly, it will doubtless be
found that one or more variants of the law will be required to include
all cases, some of which I am still puzzling over.
. * In connection with this fascinating subject of study we have received from Mr.
Duff a very carefully-written essay, embodying the conclusions which his researches
have led him to. This we hope to print next month. The two horoscopes here
referred to will be found in Vol. VII.. p. 212, and Vol. XIV., p. 203(seealso Vol.
IX., pf] gg.) Mr. Chamberlain's is reproduced in this month's instalment of " How
to Judge a Nativity."
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I am fully prepared to find that there is more than mere
coincidence in the proportion of results obtained, and it seems to me
highly probable that the sign which is currently on the horizon of any
place determines the activity of the planetary periods. Indeed, it may
be found that births occur only when the planetary ruler is the same
as that, which rules the ascendant or the place of the Moon at birth—
or their opposites; and beyond confirming the law of the pre-natal
epoch, which shows that births can only occur at irregular but deter-
minable intervals of time in any'locality in the course of a day, this rule
of the planetary period will afford—if proved—a solvent for the much
vexed question of the rulers of the signs of the zodiac, and may even
lead to a knowledge of the sign subdivisions.
Yours, etc., Sepharial.
P.S.—While writing, I would heartily thank those of my friends
who, having seen a notice of my troubled condition in your " Obser-
vatory," have generously gone out of their way to put work into
my hands. All commissions have now been executed, and I shall be
glad if others will add fuel to the fire and help to keep the pot boiling
till this calamity be overpassed.

Solar Biology
Dear Sir,
As the unintentional cause of some misunderstanding, I
should like to add my assurance to that which has already been given
that the book I intended to refer to as being out of print was the first
edition of Astrology for All, and no other. I understand that a revised
and extended edition is in course of preparation.
I have no wish to enter into any controversy as to the book
entitled Solar Biology, but as Mr. H. E. Butler has opened the ques-
tion I must say that I regard the theory of a solar zodiac as unproven,
at least in the form in which it is put forward in that book. The
alleged influence of the earth in the solar zodiac I believe to be
really due to that of the Sun in those subdivisions of the ecliptic known
as the earth's zodiac ; and Mr. Leo did good service when he wrote
his book on these lines. The only way of testing the two views is
to compare planetary positions, because these differ widely in the two
systems: and it is just here that Mr. Butler'smethod is lacking. How
many astrologers are really prepared to believe that Mars is at its best
when in Cancer, Venus when in Virgo, or Jupiter when in Gemini ?
It is not sufficient to reply that these are positions in the Sun's zodiac
and not in that of the earth, for two reasons ; firstly because the exist-
ence of that zodiac, in the form in which the author of Solar Biology
puts it forward, is not yet proved; and secondly, because a perusal
of the book shows that the writer, while nominally distinguishing
between the two sets of signs, really regards them as having practically
identical characteristics and ruling the same parts of the body.
But I do not for a moment wish to detract from the credit due to
the author of Solar Biology for his originality and enterprise.
H. S. Green.
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Vol. 1. New Series. JULY, 1904. No. 7.

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To continue my remarks of last month. I have often laid stress

upon the necessity in astrological study of regarding the two phases,
the ' life' side and the ' form ' side of " manifesta-
t on
Man iTest at ion ' -" When considering the form side alone,
" scientific methods " are thoroughly reliable and
trustworthy. But when looking at the evolution of the life as well
as the form, a little more latitude is required, to allow for the laws
which govern the life apart from the form; the former requiring a
more subtle and intuitive mode of treatment. There are, undoubtedly,
certain laws governing physical matter, laws which are fixed and un-
changeable. When these laws are fully known we may predict with
accuracy certain definite results. We know that water will freeze at
one temperature, and boil at another.* Also we can determine when
certain gases will ignite or explode, etc., etc.; science has established
certain facts in these directions. Nevertheless, man will not allow his
body to freeze or his blood to boil, since he consciously comes under a
higher law, which enables him to use what is called his freewill, acting
through his mind ; his destiny being to rise above " fate," or matter,
and not to be for ever fettered by its rigid laws.
^ A
Physical science has supplied us with all or nearly all the informa-
tion we require in regard to what are known as the physical elements,
but Astrology demands a knowledge of the laws
Various operating 6 in the more subtle worlds affecting 6 the
Vibrations . .
mmd and the emotions; to a certain extent the
• Even these, however, are modified by increase or decrease of pressure, or by
the presence of salts dissolved in the water.
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study of psychology will assist in this direction, but a wider know-

ledge than that supplied by modern psychology is necessary to under-
stand the laws unseen affecting human beings.
We are all agreed as to the effects of Mars and Saturn, in certain
nativities, but we are not all competent to judge their effects in the
cases of highly evolved men and women. The material and grossly
sensual man will only answer to the lowest vibrations of either of
these planets, and will remain quite unconscious of the higher expres-
sions. Thus, a labouring man was recently awarded £^o as com-
pensation, which he immediately proceeded to squander in drink,
finally ending by committing manslaughter. It would require very
little intuition in a case like this to have foretold the material
disasters which happened to this man ; but in a more highly evolved
individual the opportunity afforded by the receipt of the £10
would have formed the commencement of a more or less successful
business career. Hence we see that the interpretation must be modified
according to the development of the life within the form ; and this is just the
point I wish to make clear with regard to predictions, whether state
or individual, for in this direction lies the whole difference between
Exoteric and Esoteric Astrology.
* ♦ *
If we carefully examine the past histories of nations we shall
find both good and evil actions, the result of which will inevitably
react for good and ill upon the nation as a whole.
National Fate Let us suppose for the sake of illustration that the
British race are the Romans of the past, and the
French the Greeks of the past. The past deeds of the Greeks and
Romans will find expression in the French and British, as soon as
suitable opportunity affords. If this be a true or feasible supposition
then all that is necessary will be to know the histories of all nations,
in order to more or less accurately approximate their immediate and
future destiny.
Surely in this respect ' intuition' will play a part equally as
important as, if not more so than, ' science.' The latter would indi-
cate only the concrete expression, the fixed groove into which the
nation as a whole might tend, while the intuition would penetrate
further and comprehend the progressive attitude of the forerunners, or
leaders, of that particular race. A careful examination of the present
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Eastern crisis will help to a better and clearer understanding of the

ideas I wish to convey.
* " *
It is within the bounds of possibility that a European war may
result from the present conflict in the East—notwithstanding the fact
that we all hope and trust that this will not be the
More latitude case—owing to the operation of the " law" of
desire for national supremacy; but it is also
within the bounds of possibility that the great commercial interests of
the European nations will operate as a ' higher ' law to prevent this
terrible calamity. This is the reason why an astrologer must be a
unique being, blending reason with objective and subjective percep-
tion. And it is especially the reason why I personally am iwi a fatalist.
My researches into the mysteries of Astrology have taught me to
take a wide and broad-minded view of the whole subject. Indeed, I
wish it were possible to suspend every form of prophecy for at least
seven years, until this idea of the different laws that are operating
could be fully grasped by all students of Astrology.
* **
I will take as a striking illustration of the truth I have hinted
at, and by way of making clear what I intend to imply by these
•apparently strange remarks, the following instance.
U^ioaHJcienoe During the summer of 1902, the whole of the
British Nation was moved by one great patriotic
feeling with regard to the safety of King Edward VII. His life hung
in the balance on the very eve of attaining the greatest earthly
honour that can be bestowed upon any human being. It had been
definitely predicted that he would never be crowned, and those who
made this prediction were to a considerable extent justified therein,
according to the ordinary rules or "science" of Astrology. But
another law, also relating to the form, intervened, and thus the King
was saved from death, partly through this enormous outpouring of
sympathy on the part of the people and partly through the skill of
an able surgeon and by means of the latest scientific treatment—treat-
ment that a few years before was unknown. As the whole of
humanity advances, fresh laws will be (re)discovered, and the sphere
of human knowledge considerably widened; for all the physical
sciences are slowly moving toward that final perfection which must
200 MODERN ASTROLOGY
come when man has learned to dominate and successfully use the
manifold Forces of Nature.
# *
It was within the scope of the King's destiny that he should sur-
vive this crucial period of his life, as he has survived other exceedingly
critical ones; and allowance for this is denoted by
Progressive the position of Jupiter, the preserver, at birth. It
is quite probable that a life of less value from a
political standpoint would have succumbed to the peculiar ailment
from which the King suffered. But here we have the strenuous
exertion of the most learned and skilful medical men, successfully
wrestling with an apparently fatal disease ; and in the success of their
efforts to save the life of our King the lives of thousands are assured
in the future. One more triumph has been added to medical science,
and one more hard fact for astrologers to reckon with has presented
itself, showing that man has some remedy against the limitations of
fate which ordinarily bind those who are dependent upon the physical
form for their liberty of action on this physical plane. We learn by
our mistakes and failures, and these will continue to be many until we
make sufficient allowance for the progress that is slowly going on
around us. I have said enough, I think, to prove the fallacy of
blindly using old rules and following ancient methods in a modern
and progressive civilisation; and if we could look into the past histories
of nations, we should find that Astrology failed when the astrologers
ceased to advance with the times, being content then—as unfortu-
nately they mostly are to-day—to remain pondering over exoteric
" rules " without paying due attention to the esoteric or " life " side
of Astrology.
* ■fi *
It is this necessity for the exercise of a wise latitude in regard to
his deductions, and the power of carefully balancing all the possibilities
shown, which requires that the astrologer should
Ocoultism and be an occultist. It is vain to endeavour to predict
Astrology
from the ' form side'alone.
Let me attempt another illustration : In the past, deeds of physi-
cal violence were much more frequent than at present, the laws of
nations being now more rigid than in the past and therefore the out-
let for the personal violence of any particular nature more limited;
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but deaths by violence are (in proportion) as frequent, nevertheless, as

in the past, though now it is on railways, by motor accidents, electric
currents, etc. Yet in time even these outlets for violence or oppor-
tunities for sudden deaths will be limited, so that with the progress of
civilisation the astrologer will have to take into consideration the times
in which he is living.
Is it not clear, then, that the astrologer must be a man of reason
and judgment, and does it not help to demonstrate the fact that ii is
the astrologer who fails and not the science of Astrology.
Astrology denotes the working of the Law; but an astrologer
must be first an occultist before he can become in any real sense of the
word an astrologer.

NOTABILIA
Note The birth-time of celebrities is rarely ascertainable, and even when
secured is often untrustworthy ; but these objections do not apply to the planetary
positions, since the clay of birth is generally known beyond dispute.
(r5) Comtesse de Cbampmoynat, the remarkable girl dramatist, de-
scribed as " having the mind of a woman in the body of a child " 5/ il'g2
fro Signer Marconi, the inventor 25/ 4/'75
(■7 David Christie Murray. " Merlin " olThe Referee 13/ 4/'47
(18 The late Duke of Cambridge (died i7/3/'04) 26/ 3/'19
('9 Francis Power Cobbe (born about sunrise, near Dublin ; died 5/4/'o4) 4/i2/'22
(20 Robert Browning, the poet (died g/ia/'Sg) 7/ 5)'12
(2I. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (died ag/O/'Or) 6/3/'og

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(15) eiOs.r';; (ro) yyv; T) oil. (17) 0 *4l. V if S : (18)
QS't: t) □ 1/. (ig) © * If. if * IJI.O rnd, O i B S i ,a u ■ {10) Prog, aspects at death, o ai 4
i ; b 4 J(. (21) Prog, aspects at death. 0 f Sjl ; D # Ji.rf <f -
Note that iu {17) G is S Arcturus, and in (t8) 4 is 8 Formalhaut.
 202

jk Jlemarkabk (Bsrapc
The following account from the Daily Mail of the Grand Duke
Cyril's escape from the " Petropavlovsk " disaster will be interesting
in connection with a study of the " directions " operating at the time
in his nativity.
" At the moment of the explosion on board the ' Petropavlovsk' he was
on the bridge, at the other end of which was Admiral Makaroff. It
seemed as though the world, with the skies and the waters,' was
suddenly rent asunder, and from the gulf arosea devouring cloud of
blinding flame, which burst with a deafening roar into acrid,
sufibcating fumes.
" Scorched, blinded, choked and stunned, he recovered consciousness
sufficiently to recognise that in the interval the ' Petropavlovsk' had
settled down by the head. Dead bodies were floating off from the
forecastle deck, which was awash. Around lay the wreckage of the
fallen top hamper, and scalding steam cut off escape by the com-
panion-way. He faintly remembered realising the necessity to get
aft, as he was more likely, with some way still on the ship, to get
clear of the suction when she sank.
" He remembers swarming hand over hand down from the bridge and
making his way through the smoke, the flame, and the steam, and
the still suffocating fumes among the heap of human d6brisl along
the deck, and ascending the incline, with the rising water, as it
seemed, pursuing him into the barbette, into which the water was
already pouring with such force that he required all the strength
that be could muster to battle bis way through.
"He reached the port, however, and dived, and now recalls how that,
while diving, the thought flashed across his mind that he must dive
deep and swim as far as possible before rising, as that was his only
chance of clearing the imminently sinking ship. So he dived down,
down and outwards with all the force of an athletic practised swim-
mer, until his temples were bursting with the effort of retaining his
breath. Then he struck upwards.
" He had, however, dived so deep that it seemed as though he would
never reach the surface, but at last light came and he reached the
air and supported himself while he filled his lungs.
" He seized a piece of floating wreckage, to which he assisted another
struggling swimmer, and he theu looked round for the ' Petro-
pavlovsk.'
" She was not to be seen. The sea was quite calm and, except for a
gentle rise and fall, the woodwork to which he was clinging with
his companion was quite motionless. But with each upward swing
he swept his eyes around the smooth bosom of the placid sea for
the great ship. There was no sign, no trace, except floating bodies,
very few buoyant articles, and still fewer battling swimmers."
He was born on the 30th of September, 1876, and presumably at
St. Petersburg (the exact time we do not know). He is a cousin of
 A REMARKABLE ESCAPE 203
the Czar, Nicholas II., and is at present in near succession to the
throne.
The positions at noon on the day of his birth were:—
OD 5 * i n h W V
7.39 x 2.45 ^29. 7 it21.42 in!2i.25 1n.29.17 x 2.23 ^.23.31 h 4.37^
Dec. S. 3. 2 S.11.57 S.14.33 N.13.16 N. 4.24 S.ig.25 S.12.22 N.14.27 N.11.21
an
The most prominent aspect is pd and Par. d Par- in a
watery sign.
Twenty-seven days after birth, the planets' places were, at noon:—
oj s « <r v y ij)
in 426 3:28.16 ai6. i ttjj2i. 11 & 8.42 f 4,30 x 1.26 ^124.15 «
Dec. S.13. 1 S.13,48 S. 4.26 N. 4.28 S. 2.32 S 20.31 S.12.41 N.I4. 7 N.n. 5
At this period of his life, therefore, the Grand Duke has been
more or less under the following secondary directions :—
Q S0 , Radix and Prog, ? <s and Par. i , Radix D tf fy , Radix and Prog,
i 1 past 8 O. Radix D <* % , Radix and Prog. 5 Par. <f , Radix
Seeing the native was born under a conjunction of p and b it is
reasonable to suppose that, this spring, he has had J) d b > R- and P.,
in force. In that case his birth would be, roughly speaking, about
7 to g a.m., at St. Petersburg, and his ascendant would either be
Libra or early degrees of Scorpio. The latter seems probable enough,
for he is described as dark, very strong, and an excellent athlete.
However, I would require the dates of other chief events in his
life before I could maintain that view; for he has been under one
particular influence which appears to have been the main cause of his
disaster and narrow escape.
It will be observed that Sun, twenty-seven days after native's
birth, has arrived at of the watery sign Scorpio, where he meets
the full opposition of Neptune, who, in the radix, was in 40lj37'-
Now, this direction was, at the date given, strongly " excited " into
action by a transit of . Admiral Togo, in his official report to
Japan, says that the " Petropavlovsk " sank at 10.32 a.m.,* on April
13th. Chinese time is about eight hours, and Japanese time about
nine hours, ahead of Greenwich time. So it was somewhere about
2 a.m. in this country. Now, place of at 2 a.m. on April 13th last
= 4° 842'. So g was on the place of ^ in the nativity, and in g to
the place of the progressed Sun ! I have not for some time seen such
a very close coincidence between an evil secondary direction and an
" exciting " evil transit. " Mercury."
• See Letter to Editor, p. 227.
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The New Moon on July 13th shows no less than six of the
heavenly bodies in Cancer in the twelfth house, while J upiter is in the
mid-heaven and Saturn on the cusp of the eighth. No very exciting
events are suggested by these positions; for matters arising out of
the twelfth house often have a knack of remaining concealea, and do
not gain the publicity that follows upon angular influences. The
Government is likely to be more fortunate for the time being, and to
find the course of events smoother than earlier in the year; and
legislation will probably make headway. The place of the lunation
falls near Mr. Balfour's Mercury and Mr. Chamberlain's Jupiter, and
 MUNDANE ASTROLOGY
the result is propitious for both. Mars, however, is near the opposition
of Mercury in the horoscope of the latter statesman and may entail
some passing annoyance, probably coupled with mental activity.
Venus and Mercury, rulers of the eleventh, are harmoniously placed
here ; and Jupiter, which is here in the tenth, was lord of the quarterly
eleventh; all of which seems to confirm the indications of the
smoothness of events in Parliament. The square to Jupiter is not
likely to do much harm, but it may arouse sectarian animosity in
religious matters and in affairs of the churches or education. Apart
from this, religious and philanthropic movements are likely to
prosper, charitable institutions, hospitals and causes associated with
them will receive a beneficial impetus. The influences seem, on the
whole, favourable for the crops and fruit, for farming and landed
interests; and the angular Jupiter seems to point to seasonable
summer weather, with some showers (0 d $) and thunder. When
referred to the figure for the summer quarter, the planets in Cancer
fall in the seventh house, Mars being very near the cusp. With this
exception, the satellitium exerts a benefic influence, and although
affairs in Africa may cause some little trouble, our foreign relations
are likely to be harmonious. The par. dec. of Mars to Uranus is not
pleasant, and some sensational murders or crimes of violence are
likely to be heard of; but the position of Venus increases the mar-
riage rate and is good for social matters and holiday making
generally. Notable deaths of elderly people will occur, possibly one of
our legislators also, but chiefly those in the lower ranks of life.
Business and trade are for the time being under slightly more
fortunate influences than of late.
It is still a little uncertain how long •* directions " from the map
for the Sun's entry into Aries, given on page 71, continue in force
after the expiration of the first quarter of the zodiacal year ; but the
following may be noted, and may perhaps serve to determine the
point. M.C. oj), d •? > measure to the last ten days of July, and are
unfavourable for business, money matters, the Stock Exchange, etc.
M.C. d $ about the first week in August gives an improved influence
in the same direction, benefits the Government, and is good for the
publishing trade, for holiday making, and also for the goodwill of
neighbouring nations. Asc. 8 $ id ¥, about the beginning of August,
brings up some foreign difficulty signified in the annual map, concerned
perhaps with Africa in gg) or India in last degree of f).
At Calcutta, the planets in Cancer are culminating at the New
Moon and Libia rises. Mars as ruler of second and seventh may
cause trouble connected with revenue or some border difficulty, but
the influence as a whole is beneficial for the country and its rulers.
About the longitude of China, Cancer is in the ninth and Scorpio
rises. This benefits the country and its trade and its relations with
foreign nations by sea, especially with Japan. Saturn in Aquarius,
Russia's sign, is near the lower meridian from here to Japan, which
seems to indicate the weakness of the European country.
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26/7/,o3; 5.29.27 p.m., Haddington 25/7/'04 ; 10.16.5 P-m., Haddington
In Modern Astrology for September, 1902, •' Sepharial" gave
the horoscope of the present Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. A. J.
Balfour. Some doubt has since been cast upon the accuracy of the
time of birth there given, but unquestionably the map in question
very aptly portrays the unusual abilities and good fortune of the
native; and the predictions of coming trouble based upon it have been
fulfilled, although this trouble has been of a nature that could not
have been foreseen by any ordinary means at the time of writing. I
have therefore thought it would be of interest to calculate the two
birthday figures here printed, as they will serve a double purpose,
firstly, to test the accuracy of the horoscope, and, secondly, if it stands
this test, to afford some possible indication of the future.
The first of the two maps is for July 26th, 1903. In calculating it
have assumed the time of birth to be 9.34 a.m., at Haddington, and
the place of the Sun at birth to be SL2902'32". It seems to me that
the positions there shown agree very well indeed with the events that
have since happened. Uranus is rising and Mars is culminating as
lord of the eleventh, indications far from favourable, while the Sun is on
the cusp of the eighth house in opposition to Saturn in the second.
Both houses connected with financial matters, the second and the
 SOLAR REVOLUTIONS
tenth, are therefore seriously afflicted, and have been followed by the
national upset over the fiscal question and by increase in taxation as
the result of a deficit in the exchequer. The signs indicated by the
afflicting planets, Libra and Aquarius, are those governing Japan and
Russia; and war broke out between those two nations early in
February, 1904, when the Sun was passing through Aquarius. The
actual rupture of negotiations is stated to have taken place on
February 6th; on which day the Moon was in Libra, transitting the
place of Mars in this map. For the more personal aspect of the posi-
tions it may be mentioned that the Sun in the eighth house has been
followed by the death of Lord Salisbury, Mr. Balfour's uncle, on
August 22nd, 1903 ; and that when Parliament met on February 2nd,
1904, the Premier was suffering from influenza (^) and was too
unwell to attend.
As this map stands so well the test of examination in the light of
events that have since happened, the claims made on behalf of the
horoscope of birth are strengthened; and one is encouraged to hope
that the second birthday figure, for July 25th, 1904, here printed, may
prove equally trustworthy as a means of prognostication. This shows
Jupiter rising in the end of Aries in square to the Sun in the fifth
house. Neptune is exactly on the cusp of the fourth house. Mars
is in the fourth in close opposition to the Moon in the mid-heaven.
Mercury on the cusp of the sixth is in opposition to Saturn on the
cusp of the twelfth. Venus is close to the Sun, as at birth.
The only two good influences here are those of Jupiter rising and
of Venus in proximity to the Sun. The evil ones are numerous and
strong. Loss of popularity in the country seems indicated, lack of
enthusiasm among his followers, caves and intrigues in his own party,
opposite opinions and discordant elements which it will be impossible
to reconcile, and a very real danger of sudden and unexpected reversal
or collapse. Will he be able to carry on the Government for another
year ? His personal preferences will probably be in favour of doing
so if possible, and his efforts will be directed to that end. But in view
of the adverse influences here disclosed, it seems almost impossible to
avert disaster. Therefore, if any reliance may be placed upon the
map, a General Election during the year would appear highly probable,
resulting in a reversal at the polls. Failing a General Election, the
bye-elections will certainly go against the Government, the party will
208 MODERN ASTROLOGY
prove more difficult to handle, and the elements of disorder will increase.
Abroad, India and Africa seem likely to give trouble ; but the passage
of Jupiter through Taurus next year will probably benefit Ireland,
although its presence in Aries this year does not seem to have con-
ferred any great boon upon England as yet. The second house is not
evilly occupied in this map, but its ruler, Mercury, is badly placed, and
with the Moon afflicted in the mid-heaven no very great retrenchment
in national expenditure seems likely, nor any remission of taxation.
With Venus, ruler of the seventh, near the Sun, cordial relations with
France are likely to continue.
Judged by directions, there seems little but storm and stress in
store for Mr. Balfour between now and his sixtieth birthday, although
fortune will improve somewhat after then. H. S. G.

Notes by Sepharial;—It is a matter of interest that the Treaty

with France should have been completed under the Premiership
of Mr. Balfour, for he has the Sun, Jupiter and Venus in the ruling sign
of France, these planets being on the cusp of the eleventh house
(National Allies, Treaties of Amity, etc.J. I pointed out the proba-
bility of our relations with France being established on a friendly
basis when this horoscope was first published by me.*
In regard to the present year and the probabilities of a General
Election, it will not escape the notice of the diligent student that the
malefic planet Uranus continues in opposition to the radical mid-
heaven by transit during the whole of the Autumn. Also that there
was an eclipse of the Sun in March last, in opposition to the place of
the Sun in the progress after birth, and close to the place of Saturn at
birth in the seventh house of the horoscope. These indications, taken
in connection with the transit of Saturn over the opposition of the
progressed mid-heaven, are sinister both to the health and position of
the Premier, who will have his hands unusually filled with vexatious
problems, which will become especially prominent during the evil
directions of the Moon in May, June, October and December; the
7th or 8th July, and the 5th or 6th January following, being fraught
with sudden and unexpected dangers of reversal. The setting of
Saturn in the diurnal horoscope at the beginning of J une anticipates
these influences, and will bring determined opposition, some defections
among his supporters, troubles with Russia, and probably loss of some
bye-elections. As an economist Mr. Balfour will be preferred to Mr.
Chamberlain, whose foreign policy is liable to outreach the financial
powers of this country, but so long as there is no vote put to the
country it is probable that Mr. Balfour will be reluctant to yield his
office, and if he is forced into an appeal to the country I judge that it
will come to pass in September next.
* Vol. xii., p. 106.
 2og

Statistical department
[We regret that pressure on our space has compelled us to hold over
many interesting items in this department until now. We trust to be able
to include a larger instalment each month than we have hitherto been able
to manage. We have now got our present supply in order, and shall be glad
to receive more. Subscribers should keep us informed of any matters of
interest that come before their notice : it is surely but a little trouble. The
other day, for instance, the chimney of an electric light works near Alderley
suddenlycollapsed. Not only did no one send us a line to draw our atten-
tion to the matter, but when the Secretary (who had happened to see a par.
in the paper) wrote to a subscriber living in the neighbourhood to ask if he
could ascertain the time of the accident, he received no reply of any kind!
A Statistical Department can hardly be expected to manufacture its own
output, and we therefore look to our readers to furnish by their hearty
co-operation all the assistance in their power.—Ed.]
Mirach writes : " I am sending you some interesting cases, all from
my own note-book.*
(1) Female: 10/1/1900, 0.5 a.m.] Soon after birth began
to suffer from growth in one eye (left), and it was taken out (in
August, 1900) to save sight of right eye, which, nevertheless, became
attacked and was taken out in her third year. Died 6/4/'o3 : a bright
and happy child.
The mother has is rising, Bci^inTnijt, ffion cusp of fifth.
This was the first child, though eight years after marriage. Time
exact, from the mother. Father born 8/g/'6^ (supposed time 7.45 a.m.,
place ?). Mother born i8/2/'66, 7 a.m.)
(2) Male : 3i/i/'44, between o and 1 a.m., Scarborough. Case of
glaucoma, sight began to suffer first in 1887 : lost sight in 1892 ; wife
died suddenly from shock on learning this latter fact. He is now at
the Blind School. He was a watchmaker. I gained the facts from
himself.
(3) Male: i7/i2/'76, noon, York. Deformed from birth: legs
bent and twisted, but can get over the'ground fairly well. Dwarfed, also
Time correct, from his mother.
(4) Female: ty/fi/'So, 6 p.m., near Leeds. Born deaf and dumb.
Time correct, from her mother.
(5) Female: io/^/'8^, — near Sunderland. Attempted suicide
by drowning at Shields, lo/s/'oy A friend in N. Shields gave me
these particulars. The girl was taken out of the water unconscious,
and died the following day. Time of birth not known.
(6) Male: 28/12/^88, 6.55 a.m., York. Has had several accidents,
chiefly to his toes ; and has had an arm broken, through agricultural
machinery.
' TUey form model specimens of data, and I trust other contributors will
emulate " Mirach's" methods,—Sec. Stat. Dept.
f 53-58 N.; r.4 VV.
210 MODERN ASTROLOGY
(7) Male twins, brothers to (6): i4/9/'oi* A. 1.0 a.m., B. 1.27 a.m.
A. has only poor vitality; B. died is/ia/'oi (pneumonia, bronchitis).
Time correct, from mother.
(8) Male: i/i/'68, 9.45 a.m., Bradford. Has growth in nose
leading to throat. Operation early this year, and has been a success.
Time correct, from Family Bible.
(9) Female: g/b/'Sg, 3.47 a.m., near Bradford. Has enlarged
heart, which can sometimes be heard beating. Time exact, from parents.
(10) Female ; 25/8/'55 (time unknown). Suffered from polypus
tumour in utero. Successful operation third week in September, 1898.
Born in Ireland, I do not know where.
(n) Female, daughter of (10): is/s/'ys, 10.30 a.m., York. Born
with a caul.
(12) Female, daughter of (11): i/4/'o3, n p.m., York. Born
with a caul.f
(13) Male, son of (10): 3i/io/,83, 8.30 p.m., York. Suffers from
chronic catarrh in head, and his sight is nearly gone. Times of last
three correct from Family Bible.
(14) Female: 2/6/'96, 9.50 p.m., York. Born with a caul.
(15) Female: Worcester; time unknown, but I feel sure
she is born under nj. Has a birth-mark, a bunch of dark grapes, on
left temple above the eye. About twenty years of age began to suffer
from jaundice, vomiting, etc. Underwent operation for gall-stones,
(over 100 removed), 22/4/'o3. Has been a maternity nurse. Has
been married, but is now a widow.
(16) Female, sister to (15): 26/ii/'35, Worcester; time unknown.
Never married. Cancer in left breast: first operation, June, '92;
second operation, March, '01. Died 22/io/'oi. Very fond of liquids.
(17) Female ; i4/9/'47, Halifax ; time nnhiown. Ovarian tumour.
Successful operation early in 1880. Is just recovering from a second
operation, which took place in February this year in New York
State, where she and her husband (born 24/i/'49, 0.15 a.m., at ?) now
reside. He has ? d b 'n at
birth.
(18) Female: 26/3/'42, just before midnight (f asc.), Bradford.
Cancer in utero : operation February, 1902. Died 4/6/'o2. Time from
Family Bible.
(19) Female, daughter of (18) : t^/d/'yo, between 10 and n p.m.,
Bradford. I think time must have been 10.45 or I0-50 P-m., and
that first face of rises. Mother could not remember exact time.
Born deaf and dumb; very clever and intelligent, short and fair.
Time from mother.
(20) Female: ri/3/'26, 2.10 p.m., Findon, near Northampton.
Never married. Suffered from tumour, died Time authentic,
from Family Bible.
(21) Female: i4/4/'o7, Selby, Yorks.; time uukmwn. Died of
cancer in breast, 3o/3/,75, 11.30 p.m.
(22) Male : 2i/5/'64, 5 p.m., Hartlepool. Has had one eye taken
out to preserve sight of the other. Time authentic.
' 53-58 N. : 1.4 W. f Surely a case of astral heredity?—S.S.D.
 STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT 211
(23) Male, son to (22): 2/ii/'9i, 3 a.m., Hartlepool. Died
March, 1892, almost suddenly.
(24) Male: n/i2/'o2, 4.35—4.40 p.m.,* time stated by fattier.
Born slightly misshapen and without use of lower limbs from hips
downwards; legs folded up close to thighs. Also had a large lump on
chest, which moved down later and left a large hollow. Had scarcely
any vitality, and took little nourishment; was thought to have passed
away on several occasions, even by the doctor, but revived again.
Died 27/2/'o3, 7.50 p.m.
Remarks on (24) :—The day after birth, December 12th, the
father sent a friend of his to ask me if I could tell them if the child
would live, giving me the data. I knew nothing about the people (or
the child either) and naturally thought they were anxious for the child
to live, it being their first born. Later in the day I made the figure
and was pondering over it, and did not like my task ; when suddenly
I became hot and nervous and afraid of having to tell my impressions.
For intuitively I could see three months would be the limit of life here,
and I felt something was wrong with its lungs, stomach, and lower
limbs. I did not like t? rising IV, and ji's application thereto, even
though a sextile. Eventually I gained courage to write to the father,
saying that they would find the child gradually grow weaker, as it had
poor vitality, and its chest and lower limbs were very weak or defective
in some way ; that it was almost impossible to live past its fourth year;
and that if it lived till then it would be a source of great trouble to
them, but that seriously I did not think it would live beyond three
months. (Note.—This was intuition, not judgment or calculation.!
P.S.—I think this (No. 24), is a good subject for Sepharial, re
Epoch.
" Mirach " writes later as follows :—
Here are a few more particulars I have since learnt. The child
was considered to be quite a fortnight over the usual time of gestation.
The lump I mentioned as being on the breast or chest, was in reality
on the spine, between the shoulders, so the child would undoubtedly
have been hunchbacked had it lived. Also it was a terrible-looking ob-
ject, the arms and legs unusually drawn out, the toes being as long
as an ordinary child's fingers and the fingers as long as an ordinary
child's hand. The thumbs were laid across the hand and the fingers
folded tightly over them, the flesh being much bruised in the hands
where the fingers had pressed. The knee-bones were very large;
and the feet seven inches long and twisted. The mother had not seen
anything unsightly, had had no shock or accident, and was in fairly
good health all the time. The father and mother are healthy and
ordinary in appearance, and of course cannot account for it.j The
doctor said he had never seen such an extraordinary object, and he
has had a large experience, in London and elsewhere.
• 53-58 N.; 1.4 W
f Mother|born 4/1/ (?). Father born 3i/r2/'70, 3.15—3.20 same place.
See afflictions to fifth cusp from cardinal signs, also to mother solar signs
 212

®lT£ Construction of tlje Celestial Cfjeme

Translated from the French of Mons. H. Selva by Heinrich Daath

{Continued from p. 181)

The ascendant being thus obtained, it is well to verify the

preceding calculations.
And in doing so it is usual to set out with the consideration that
a point of the heavens or a star is found exactly in the plane of the
horizon when its distance from the meridian is equal to its corre-
sponding semi-arc. Upon reference to figure i. (which is here
repeated for convenience) it is seen that if we draw a circle of declina-
tion PHIP' through H, the arc El represents the semi-diurnal arc of H,
and its distance from the upper meridian; similarly that IR represents
its semi-nocturnal arc and its distance from the nadir.
"VVe must commence, then, by calculating the R.A. correspond-
ing to the longitude of H—without latitude, since it occupies a posi-
tion on the ecliptic. Knowing and u, and likewise that HI is
perpendicular to Tl^t, we can compute Ira. (which is the complement
of the R.A. already found), in the_same triangle we decide the value
of HI, which represents the declination of H. From HI and the
angle HTI—the complement of NTP—which is measured by the
height of the pole above the horizon, as explained previously, and is
equivalent to the geographic latitude, we can calculate TI, represent-
ing the ascensional difference of H. The declination of H and the
geographic latitude being of the same name (north) in the example,
the ascensional difference should be added to go0, in order to obtain
the semi-diurnal arc of H.
Now if the difference between the R.A. of H and that of the
upper meridian is exactly equal to the semi-diurnal arc already found
we shall have the proof that H is correctly calculated.
The ascendant known, it follows that the point of the ecliptic
occupying the plane of the horizon at the Occident, and which con-
stitutes the cusp of the seventh house, is easily deduced: it is merely
 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CELESTIAL THEME 213
necessary to add 180° to the longitude of the first house cusp, or to
subtract this amount therefrom, as the case may be.
If, further, 30°, that is, a twelfth part of the ecliptic, be added to
the longitude of the " horoscope " [i.e., ascendant], the point F of our
figure will be yielded, which is in fact the cusp of second house; and
having drawn two circles of latitude through H and F respectively,
we observe that the space of the first house is limited by UHLFV (a
portion being invisible in the figure). And so in turn for the other
houses, which are thus all of one size. (The numbers denoting the
houses visible in our cut are inscribed in Roman figures.)

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It is seen that in taking the ecliptic for base, and causing the circles
of positionof its houses to pass through the poles of its circle, the division
of the heavens according to the equal method is in no wise relative to
the apparent diurnal motion. Also it must be objected that, contrary
to the distinction established by Ptolemy between houses situated
 214 MODERN ASTROLOGY
above or below the horizon, each house here comprehends a space
extending partly above and partly below the horizon; furthermore,
the cusp of the tenth house coincides but rarely* with the meridian,
and yet bears the same signification in the theme that observation' has
shown to apply to the meridian.

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Fig. 2.

2. Method proposed by Porphyry, and followed notably by Luc

Gauric.f
As in the case of the foregoing, this method takes the ecliptic as
its basis of division, and utilises circles of latitude for circles of position
of the bouses ; and so each house still extends partly above and partly
below the horizon (Fig. 2).
But it differs from the Equal Method in dividing into three equal
portions each arc of the ecliptic comprised between the meridian and
" Only when the semi-diurnal arc of the ascendant is 90', that is say.
t 1476-'558-
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horizon (thus CF = FG = GH, and HI = IK = KO).* In this
manner it respects the two most salient natural bases of orientation,
eliminating, too, the second reproach attached to the equal method ;
for here the cusp of the tenth house and the meridian are coincident
points.
From the division just indicated it follows that if the houses X.,
XI., XII., and their opposite ones IV., V., and VI., are equal among
themselves, and similarly, the mansions I., II., III. are equal to VII.,
VIII. and IX., there is always a difference of size between the groups
save in the case when the equinoxes are in the plane of the horizon.
In this latter position the Equal Method and that of Porphyry
lead to an identical result.

3. A Method attributed to Alcabitius and adopted among

others by Alphonse X.f and Jean de Saxe.J
As a fact Jean de Royas traced its origin to Ptolemy. We have
seen that the paternity of the equal method had already been attributed
to this latter; but then his name has been coupled with other methods
likewise, the only means in these times of securing attention by the
astrological world apparently being to shelter under the name and
authority of the illustrious Pelusian astronomer.
The method of Alcabitius founds the division of the heavens on
the diurnal movement of the " horoscope."§
A commencement is necessarily then made by determining this
point and subsequently computing the semi-diurnal and semi-nocturnal
arcs. Afterwards, each arc is divided into three equal parts, and
through the points of intersection are drawn circles of declination in
the manner of circles of position.

[To be continued)

' [K should beat the junction of the heavy and dotted lines in the block.]
t King of Castille. surnamed the Astronomer, thirteenth century.
J Commentator of Alcabitius.
§ Ascendant.
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iSj) t\]z 150-3 y

[We regret being unable to include Mr. Duff's paper on Rectification by

Means of Planetary Periods this month. In order to do so we should have
been compelled to divide it, which would have been greatly to its detriment;
since to divorce the method given from the illustrations supplied would be to
materially lessen the ease with which the principles communicated can be
grasped .J
S! * « *
It has been said that the most precious of the gifts of Heaven to
man is the sense of humour. Certainly it is one of the rarest. The
following request forms the entire contents of a letter-card addressed
to this office :—
" S. Africa,
" 27/3/'04-
" Dear Sir,
" Do you think you can tell me from my horoscope or from
Astrology what happened to me at xa.io a.m.* on the 4th of March,
1904, as I feel a little interested to know whether it is possible for
you to say what may have occurred on this side of the Equator.
As soon as I hear from you I will let you know what really occurred
to me.
" Yours, etc.,
"X Y "
The writer is entirely unknown to ns.

When one has finished laughing at what some might pardonably

term the sublime audacity of such a request from an utter stranger,
one may well stop and ponder whether the above enquiry, although
prompted by only a " little " interest, was not quite ingenuously sent
in all seriousness and good faith by someone who is so exquisitely
ignorant of astrological methods, or so amazingly superstitious regard-
ing the powers of its professors, as to suppose that the answer to such
a question could be " thrown off " as an artist throws off a thumb-nail
sketch—-while the waiter is fetching his coffee. After all, it is only
tolerably advanced students who can have any idea of the labour such
an investigation involves. Those readers only who have diligently
studied the series of articles on " The Peasenhall Case" recently
* We fancy the writer means 0.10 p.m.
 BY THE WAY 217
contributed 'to these pages, the writer of which attempted some
similar feat of deduction—albeit a far easier one, since the event in
question was definitely known, and the point in dispute was merely the
time at which it occurred—only they, we repeat, will have any adequate
idea of the amount of labour involved in such a task, whey* the deduction
is based on strict 'scientific methods. And in that case, moreover, the
Horoscope of Birth was known. In the present instance, our corre-
spondent has not supplied this necessary item, though he alludes to it,
—quite dissociating it in his mind from Astrology, nevertheless
^ *
This Mr. X Y has already received, perhaps, more
attention than the merits of his case warrant (from which we deduce
that he is under " good aspects," probably from Neptune). Yet he is
to be so fortunate as to have his question answered, after all, in spite
of the scanty data submitted ; and we hope for his own sake as well
as for the prestige of Astrology, as represented by his favourable
opinion, that our vaticinations mayjprove correct. The letter referred
to above was submitted to a member of the staff at 9, Lyncroft
Gardens, at 0.38 p.m., io/s/'o^, and for that time he duly erected a
figure, upon which he submitted the following judgment, delivered
with a telegraphic brevity : " An earthy sign ascends ; lord of ascedt.
( 5 ) in earthy sign, cadent in Taurus, the wealth sign : 5 d <? denot-
ing a user of tools; J) sep. * O (gold) and dispositor of 0. The
querent was on a mine, and discovered a nugget."*
We should be interested to hear the opinions of other students on
the figure that was the basis of this bold asseveration. As we shall
content ourselves with simply forwarding a copy of the present issue
of Modern Astrology to " Mr. X Y ," they will have
ample opportunity of sending in their judgments before we hear from
the " queerent," as he has been quaintly termed.

There are some who will regard this, and perhaps rightly, as in
any case an unworthy use to make of Astrology. Certainly it was
only the journalistic instinct of the present writer—who has an eye for
' copy'—which saved that letter-card from the waste-paper basket to
which it had otherwise been destined. Yet, apart from the fact that
* Another suggestion was that the 6nd was a jewel ( v being held to signify
rather the softer jewel-bearing earth than hard quartz reefs), to wit. a ruby (<f diap.
y, lord of 4tb).
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

nothing is insignificant or contemptible from the true scientific stand-

point, since we may learn from any trifle, the motive—to compel the
attention of those whose eyes will be caught by the word " nugget,"
but to whom all other appeals, philosophical, scientific or religious,
would be vain—may perhaps justify the means. This, however,
is only a personal opinion.
* *
A coincidence! The whole of the above had been written some
days (and would have been posted to the printers a few hours later),
when, at 5.20 p.m., May 17th, 1904, a previous letter of Mr. X
Y was come upon in a drawerful of testimonials.
As it is over a year since this was received, and as the writer did
not quote his horoscope-number in the letter-card that is the subject
of these notes, we were quite unaware that we had had previous
dealings with him; and hence it is a decidedly remarkable coincidence
that the present letter should turn up just at this juncture. It ends
with the following sentence; " I wish you would be prepared to
answer some questions in the near future." We have done our
best, and we trust our correspondent will let us know if he is satisfied

It will, of course, be seen that the comments in the foregoing

remarks based on our non-recognition of the questioner as a former
correspondent (the name is quite a common one) no longer apply.
We have however allowed them to stand, since they well represent
the amazed surprise which such a communication from an apparent
stranger occasioned.
* * *
A corollary to the coincidence is this : a reference to Mr. X
Y 's map [shows that Venus /ms progressed to the place of Jupiter at
birth !

Re the study of names a lady writes:—

" Seeing it noted in the May number of Modern Astrology as a matter
of interest that a whole family were each possessed of the same name I write
to tell you that wc, the nine children—seven girls, two boys—of my father's
second wife bear her maiden name Marcdydd, with some spelt Meredith, the
younger boy being always called by it.
" The second girl took the name at her confirmation, it having been
accidentally omitted at her christening."
We wish our correspondent would kindly furnish us with a list
of the planetary positions at birth.
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Reincarnation

VII.

Those of our readers who have carefully ^followed the line of

thought developed in these pages will readily understand that the
object of reincarnation is to train the animal man until it becomes the
perfect instrument of the Divine ; and that the agent in this training
is the reincarnating Ego.
The Wisdom Religion teaches that we have come down from the
heaven world through the intermediate states to the physical; that
our true home, our birthplace, is not here; this earth being merely
ouy school-house, as it were ; that there are three planes of matter and
three worlds answering to that matter—physical, emotional,(orastral),
and mental,—and that man during his existence on the earth plane
wears three bodies, each one corresponding to one of these planes.
At physical death (so-called) one of these bodies—the physical or outer
one—is struck away, and the man is then functioning in another state
of consciousness, answering exactly to another state of matter; just as
a globule of water which is vaporised passes suddenly from the liquid
to the vaporous condition—from the liquid world to the gaseous
world, so to say—yet is still the same identical water. This new state
of consciousness is called by the Catholics purgatory ; another body of
thinkers name it ' the desire region' or " astral plane." The point to
remember, however, is that we originally came from the heaven-world
to the physical; or rather, that our consciousness was originally mani-
festing solely in the heaven-world (or) " devachanic plane ") before it
was at birth drawn down to, and largely limited by, the physical
world. Thus the vibrations coming from higher planes have now
to pass through physical matter; and as we are naturally unable
to respond to many vibrations they virtually do not exist for us.
However, we have nevertheless behind us ages of slow but steady
growth, and a long though gradual evolution ; indeed, our own (Aryan)
race is now on the" ascending arc," as it is called, of evolution, and we
are now, after the slow but deep descent into matter, commencing to
220 REINCARNATION
turn upwards once again towards the spiritual realms, and are begin-
ning to reach out towards our highest possibilities. On all sides are
appearing signs of those psychic activities which, when developed
beyond the intellect and not behind it, are the marks of the commencing
triumph of the "Spiritual Man."
To recapitulate. We have firstly in evolution Animal Man, with
his unreasoning passions and appetites ; then Human Man, with his
mind and reason and logical faculty ; and lastly, Spiritual Man, with
the later-evolved inner faculties, such as clairvoyance, clairaudience,
intuition and spiritual insight added on to reason and intellect.
There are some elder brothers of the race in existence to-day, in
whom the spiritual nature is already fully evolved, showing forth
lofty moral attributes, together with world-wide sympathy and com-
passion, and in whom are found profound wisdom and powers of the
will which include but yet transcend all intellect. Such developed
men are called Mahatmas (great souls) or Masters.
With them the body is but the vehicle of the spiritual man, who
is then no longer cabined and confined by the body he inhabits, but
for whom the body is the convenient instrument for work on the
physical plane, obediently answering every impulse of its owner and
placing at his disposal powers and faculties for use in the world of
gross matter otherwise unattainable by a spiritual being,—for spirit
must use some physical vehicle on the earth plane, or contact with
physical matter would be impossible. A spirit may be active on the
spiritual plane yet be senseless on all others, being unable to act by
its subtle essence on planes of grosser matter. Only as by repeated
incarnation it slowly conquers matter through matter can it become
active on all planes, the whole series of seven planes constituting the
solar system. To become perfect; that, and nothing short of it, is
the heritage and destiny of every individual; but this becoming is a
becoming in time,—from the lowest savage to the divine adept is a
work of gradual unfoldment, taking place in time and space.
That is the meaning of the Christ's injunction : " Be ye therefore
perfect, even as your Father in Heaven is perfect." But He knew
that this perfection could not be gained in one short life. When the
spiritual intelligence has conquered and subdued and trained matter
until the body is but the materialised expression of himself, then man
becomes the Christ triumphant. In such a perfected body are
gathered up and focussed all the forces of the universe, spiritual,
psychic and material.
The training of the vehicles of consciousness to become the
perfect instrument for the Immortal Player,—this is the object
achieved by reincarnation.
B. Lbo.
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iiotes snb Queries

Regulations
The Editor of Modern Astrology is always willing to answer in this
page, without any fee, ail reasonable questions, as soon as possible after
receipt. The following rules must be carefully observed.
1. Every communicalion must be accompanied by the name and address of
the writer.
2. The question must always bear upon Astrology, directly or indirectly,
3. Personal questions will not be answered unless they are of general interest
and instructive to the ordinary reader.

If an answer is required by letter, a fee of five shillings must be enclosed

with the particulars of enquiry. One question only should be asked, and it
should be stated clearly on a separate sheet of paper containing name and
address of sender.

Questions.
(7) If each nativity shows the hereditary diseases incident thereto,
why do we occasionally find suffering due to some disease not signified in the
nativity ?—Puzzled.
It would have been better if the inquirer had sent the horoscope which
has presumably prompted the query, and in which the particular disease
from which the native is suffering might have been seen and judged.
Diseases arise from various causes, and affect either the bead, the trunk,
or the limbs—governed respectively by the cardinal,fixed and mutable signs.
Now if a malefic planet occupies one of the fixed signs all the others suffer
in sympathy more or less. For instance, a malefic planet in Aries might
not directly affect the head, but might act upon the stomach. Again a
malefic planet in Cancer might not affect the stomach, but affect the bead
and kidneys, while a malefic planet in Leo might not affect the heart, but
cause disease and troubles in connection with the blood. Many cases have
been examined in which this peculiar transference of characteristics from
one sign to another, so to speak, has been strongly marked. Thus, in the
case of common signs, for instance, it may be not the lungs that are
affected (although >p or J are afflicted from the sign Gemini), but the
bowels, owing to Virgo, sympathetic to Gemini, being a centre more easily
affected than the latter.
All these cases require very careful study ; for it is believed that diseases
belonging to thoughts engendered in previous lives have their ultimate in the
present or in a future life, whenever they have bad sufficient time to mature
or crystallise. This, however, is a very deep subject, belonging to what is
termed the " esoteric " side of Astrology.
 222

Htbuios

The History and Power of Mind. By Richard Ingalese. (The

Occult Book Concern, g to 15, Murray Street, New York City.) This
book consists of a series of lectures on various subjects connected
with occultism, delivered to classes of students. Among the subjects
treated of are; the history of occultism, human and cosmic mind, re-
incarnation, the occultism of colour and its practical uses, higher and
lower occult forces, meditation, etc. The school of thought may be
described as akin to that of the Theosophical Society, but with slight
differences in detail. The universality of the divine mind, the evo-
lution of man as an individualised ray of the divine, progression
through reincarnation, and the final re-union with the divine source,
are all taught clearly, simply and comprehensibly. The cultivation
of occult powers is described in terms that can be grasped by the man
in the street who makes no claim to understand things occult. The
chapter on self-control is specially to be commended, as is also that
on meditation. The dangers of Spiritualism are strongly emphasised,
and the author here seems to follow Mme. Blavatsky rather than
Mr. Leadbeater. In places the, mode of expression seems to be rather
loose. For instance, in the second chapter the same word " ether "
seems to be used for the vehicle of the divine mind, which apparently
identifies it with the Hindu flkasha, and for the luminiferous ether of
the physical plane, a widely different order of matter. The important
terms " individuality " and " personality " are both used very loosely;
as on page 6g, where consciousness is said to be temporarily in-
dividualised in the grasses and afterwards to reach " perfect individu-
alisation in the tree," and page 57, where it is stated that, in the
theosophical view, man consists of seven or fourteen " personalities or
principles." Every author dealing with a comparatively little known
subject has a perfect right to choose his own terminology; but there
are many readers outside the Theosophical Society who will be
rather surprised to meet with this use of these two words. On page
172 there seems no distinction drawn between nature-spirits, such as
fairies, and artificial elementals or thought-forms. On page 104, the
author seems to agree with Sepharial'"- in regarding precession as due
to the real motion of the sun and not to that of the earth's axis. On
page 112, the average period between two incarnations is given as
about 500 years for undeveloped souls and 100 years for the more
progressed. This estimate differs widely from that given by theo-
sophical writers.
These criticisms spontaneously suggest themselves to one fami-
liar with the school of thought above referred to, but Mr. Ingalese
0
See Modern Astrology, Vol. XII.
 REVIEWS 223
may be congratulated on having produced a very interesting and
readable book, free from abstruse language and technical terms, and
especially to be recommended to the beginner.
H. S. G.
Rays of Truth, a Series of Essays and Articles chiefly devoted to the
Religious Aspect of Aslrologv. By Mrs. Leo. {The Office of Modern
Astrology. 3/6 post free.) The mutual relations of religion and
astrology have been too much neglected in modern times. If the
starry science were once recognised and reverenced as an essential
part of any complete cosmogony and theogony, it is inevitable that,
with a revival of interest in its scientific side, the philosophical and
religious aspects should also attract attention. Mrs. Leo has there-
fore done well in publishing this volume, and every thoughtful man
and woman should read it. Full of lofty ideas and noble teaching, it
will come as a boon to all who thirst for knowledge of life's mysteries ;
for the scope of its information is far-reaching and the problems it
embraces are mighty. To the busy worker in the world, to whom
time is limited, the book will especially prove a source of helpfulness ;
and pointing out as it does the rationale of existence, it is worthy of
the highest commendation for its uobility of aim and loftiness of tone.
The great truthsit enunciates are most concisely, clearly and pleasantly
expressed.
C. E. P.
The Chromoscopist (15, Tothill Street, S.W.; monthly, ^d. post
free). It would ill become any student of Astrology to sneer at what
he has not studied, since that is precisely the attitude of mind on the
part of the average educated man that he is constantly engaged in
combating; and this magazine, which, as its title indicates is for the
propaganda of that science of colour which the editor (Mr. William
Heald) has named Chromoscopy, is therefore entitled at our hands to
the serious consideration—and criticism—that it challenges. Frankly,
we find ourselves at least as unable to follow the author's processes of
reasoningasthe average reader is the judging of a horoscope; but it does
not necessarily follow that " Chromoscopy " any more than horoscopy
is not a science on that account. We shall study the " Easy ABC
Lessons in Chromoscopy," with interest and shall endeavour to apply
the teachings practically. We observe that thirteen colours are taken
as fundamental in the Spectrum employed, black and white being
included among them ; and we may add that the meanings-respectively
attributed thereto accord well with those associated with the planet or
sign said to govern the same colours: thus, orange (the Sun, Si) " as-
pirations, ambitions, social improvements, attainment of position." It
is to be noted, moreover, that data of birth as well as Christian name
and surname are required before chromoscopical delineations can be
furnished. What part, if any, Astrology furnishes in these we are not
told, but a casual glance through the "general daily guide for May,"
given on the cover, shows at least that the readings given are in
harmony with such as would be inferred from an inspection of the
Ephemeris: thus, May 20th is given as " a day of GENERAL
224 MODERN ASTROLOGY
DISASTER : Something startling likely to occur" ; reference to the
ephemeris shows 0 7^, ? P . Ere these words reach our readers
events will have shown how far the prediction was justified: at the
time of writing (May 12th), we are unable either to corroborate or
dispute any of the prognostications given so far. For the rest, the
style and contents of the magazine reflect on the whole greater credit
on the printers than on the contributors, while there is in our opinion
decidedly too much of the "journal for the home " flavour (or want of
flavour) about this first number.
The Crank (C. W. Daniel, 5, Water Lane, London ; ^d. monthly).
This is decidedly a live little journal. Its get-up is attractive—almost
provoking, indeed,—its matter is clear-cut and, while spiced with wit is
at the same time warmed with humour, not such a common combina-
tion as one might suppose. Its title is derived from Henry George's
smart epigram " A crank is a little thing that makes revolutions," and
its motto is " Take nothing for granted."
The Scroll of the Disembodied Man. By Mabel Collins.
(John M. Watkins, 21, Cecil Court, St. Martin's Lane, W.C.; art canvas,
rough edges, is.). The story of how this little work came to be written
down is told in the April number of Bread Views. The subject of which it
treats is too solemn for criticism by anyone not competent to speak
with actual knowledge thereof, but it may at any rate be said that no
one of serious mind could read the book and not profit thereby in some
way. We give the first two paragraphs, and venture to suggest that
the phrase "skeleton of the soul" refers to the spiritual influence of
Saturn—the definite objectification of the aspirations.
" When the skeleton of the soul begins to form in the disembodied man
he begins to he able to stand upright and to look upwards, uo longer
looking upon the ground under his feet as when he crawls upon the
earth, invertebrate.
"The upraising of himself is man's first task; when that is done the
more difficult task follows of acquiring the power to remain upright;
this cannot be accomplished until the skeleton has become formed.
From the earthly desires and passions of men there comes a de-
formity of the skeleton and an unevenness of growth; and that
which should stand up straightly, leans to one side or another, and
that which should be shapely and symmetrical is unsightly and
crooked. The skeleton having once grown crooked there shall be
no straightening of it until such time as the disembodied man shall
cease to take to himself further incarnations.''
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1Ccii£rs ia iljt ©ititar

Letters of ganeral interest only are inserted. Correspondents desiring reply

must please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily for
publication, but as a token of good faith.
N.B.—Writers of signed articles are alone responsible for the opinions con-
tained therein.

Pisces or Aquarius ?

Dear Sir,
In reply to the questions raised in the article by Mr. A.
Marques entitled : " Pisces or Aquarius ?"* Mr. Marques says that the
importance of the study of Precession lies in the fact that a thorough
knowledge of it would " not only make plain many tendencies and
phenomena of the present time, but also give a basis for the calcula-
tion of the various cycles, and so help us to know what to expect in
the future, since every Zodiacal month in the Great Year brings back
events similar to those which happened in their previous recurrences."
No doubt it is true that like causes produce like effects under similar
conditions, but how are we to know what took place in human polity
25,920 years ago, when the Equinox was in the same constellation as
now ? Whatever is to be argued from this coincidence of the
Equinoxes with the positions they held so many thousands of years
ago, it is not to be arrived at by any other process than astrological
empiricism. We know certain things concerning the nature of the
sign Pisces, and of its Jovian ruler, and from these we are forced, in
default of all historical records, to draw our conclusions empirically,
analogically and rationally.
From the purely astronomical point of view, no doubt, there is
considerable difficulty in deciding the point at issue, namely, as to'
whether the vernal Equinox is now in Pisces or Aquarius, since these
constellations, whether we consider them by their limits of R.A. or
by their limits of longitude, overlap one another, as do most other of
the constellations also. It is true that the Equinox has advanced a
considerable distance into the constellation of Pisces, and is just about
to impinge on the constellation of Aquarius, i.e., if we may take the
constellations as being defined by their visible and telescopic stars :
but in such case, the limits of a constellation would depend altogether
on the powers of the telescope. For this reason I have followed the
most ancient enumeration of the constellations, which made them
" P. no, current volume.
226 MODERN ASTROLOGY

astrologically of equal length and synonymous with the signs of the

same names.
There is a passage in Varaha Mihira which records an observation
made in the year a.d. 498, in which it is said that the Equinox then
coincided with the first point of Aries and the Summer Solstice with
the first of Katakam, and makes reference to " former shastras"
which were written when the Summer Solstice coincided with the
" middle of Aslesha." 1 have frequently referred to this passage as
of the greatest astronomical interest, and it has a particular bearing
on the subject under discussion, namely the Precession of the
Equinoxes.
The Nautical Almanac gives the constant of mean Precession as
50-2453" per year, with an equation of o-ooo2225"f, where t equals the
number of years from 1850. Applying this amount of precession to
the observation of Varaha Mihira, we have for the year 1898 as follows:
1898 —498 ( = 1400 years) x 50-2453"= i9032'23-42". The Equinoxes
being retrograde on the ecliptic, this amount is taken from the first
.point of the constellation Aries. If we allow a mean value of 30° for
each constellation, then the Equinox will fall in the constellation
Pisces io028'. Or perhaps it would be better to save confusion of
constellations and signs by expressing these terms in degrees of the
Ecliptic. Thus, the longitude of <u Piscium is almost exactly coinci-
dent with the Equinox, and the observation returned under head [b)
to Mr. Marques, namely that the Equinox was " near the fifth
magnitude * <u of Pisces " is as accurate as can be. The Equinox,
in fact, lies just S.E. of the Star, or S.E. x E., and is practically on
the celestial meridian o0. The longitude of 27 Piscium is to the
West of the Equinox as also are several other stars in Pisces.
It cannot therefore be said that the Equinox has entered the sign
Aquarius, for it has not yet covered the apparent limits of the sign
Pisces, whatever may be the astrological and theoretical limits.
To take only those stars which are contained in the Nautical
Almanac list of" Mean Places of Stars," the longitude of C2 Aquariiis
33804i', that of Delta Aquarii 337033', whereas the longitude of
y Piscium is about 35oc6', which is 9054' West of the present
Equinox. And we have already seen that, taking a theoretical extent
of each constellation as 30°, the Equinox is still"io028* to the East of
the Pisces limit, and travelling westward against the order of the con-
stellations and signs, it will take about 720 years to complete the
precession of the observed limits of Pisces westward.
The Hindus, who count their months by the constellations, set
the beginning of the year as about April nth, which marks the Sun's
entry into the constellation Aries, thus showing that their records set
the Equinox at the present time some 20° to the West of the first
point of Aries. So that whether we take the observed limit of
Pisces0 as 9054' West of the Equinox, or the theoretical limit
as xo 28' West of it, there are still some 10° to accomplish, and this,
at the rate of 50" per year, will take 720 years.
The Chinese give thirty degrees to the sign Pisces, and the con-
stellations which are included in this sign, which they call Hai, are:
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 227
Wei, one degree of Pisces; Shih, eighteen degrees of Pisces; Peih,
ten degrees of Pisces; and Kwei, one degree of Pisces. Wei, the first
of these, has several degrees in Aquarius ; and Kwei, the last of these,
has several in Aries. But the constellations of the House and Wall
(which are equivalent to our constellations Pegasus and Andromeda)
are almost equal in extent to the sign Hai (Pisces), and lie to the
North of it. They set the Equinox or Chunfun on March 22nd, or
did so in the year a.d. 1250, and the Sun was then in the constellation
Shih, and it has now entered Peih (the Wall), which extends from 190
to 30° West of the first point of Aries. Hence there is a general
agreement as to the Equinox being about 20° to the West of the first
point of Aries, and quite sufficient evidence that the Equinox has still
some ten degrees to travel before it passes the limits of the sign Pisces
and enters Aquarius.
I am thoroughly in agreement with Mr. Marques in the belief
that the annual amount of precession is a variable quantity ; and
there is every reason to believe, as can indeed be proved,that the day
and year were once longer than they now are, and the precession of
the Equinoxes slower.
Yours sincerely,
Sbpharial.
[Another letter on this interesting subject, from Mr. D. S. Duff,
we are obliged to hold over.—Ed.]

The loss of the " Petropavlovsk "

Sir,
There can be no question that Admiral Togo is splendidly
served by his scouts, his officers and men,—and his astrologers! The
fact that we owe to him the only precise statement that has yet
appeared as to the exact time of the sinking of the " Petropavlovsk,"
points to the supposition that he recorded this time for astrological
purposes. And whatever system of Astrology may be in use in Japan,
it is interesting to see what light is thrown on the matter from a
Western point of view.
If we take 10.32, the recorded time, as referring to the meridian
of 120° East of Greenwich, or one hour earlier than Japanese official
time, we get the following results; Greenwich time, 2.32 a.m.; St.
Petersburg, 4.32; Tokio (local), 11.52; Port Arthur, 10.37 a.m.
The approximate Ascendants and M.Cs. are :
St. Petersburg Asc. K 27025l M.C. f 2g°2o'
Tokio Asc. Sb 204o' M.C. vai0
Port Arthur Asc. ffi 190 M.C. 8 603o'
Venus, ruler of Libra (Japan), is just on the ascendant at St.
Petersburg, and culminating at Port Arthur, while Uranus, in square
to Venus, is culminating at St. Petersburg, and has set at the other
points. Venus is in the ninth house at Tokio, along with the Moon
228 MODERN ASTROLOGY
and Jupiter, thus most favourable for foreign affairs, and plans
requiring forethought. The Sun, Mars, and Mercury all " mean
business" in the tenth at Tokio, the Sun just culminating. Neptune
is in the twelfth at Tokio, and on the spot, denoting success of secret
plans. He is in the fourth at St. Petersburg, a most ominous position,
especially in opposition to Uranus culminating. He has certainly
made an end of the Russian naval power.
At Port Arthur, Saturn is in the eighth house, and in Aquarius, its
house, with the sesquiquadrate of Neptune, significant of death by
drowning. These are Russia's significators, and are in the twelfth
at St. Petersburg, ominous again. But at Tokio the dignified Saturn
is in the seventh house, that of Libra, in which Saturn is exalted,
and the sign of Japan itself, thus in very powerful influence and
favourable to Japan.
Mars is in Taurus, the other sign of Venus, ruler of Libra, and is
in sextile with Neptune. His position in the tenth at Tokio and on
the spot has been already noted. The Sun is ruler of the ascendant
at Tokio, and the Moon at Port Arthur. Mars, it should be added, is
also ruler of the sign in which the Sun is, and which rules the Tokio
and local tenth; he also rules the St. Petersburg eighth, and the
fifth, or enterprise house, of Tokio, through Scorpio.
A more exact celestial picture of actual events could scarcely
have been drawn. Russia's fortunes(ascendant), crossed by Uranus and
Neptune, and dominated by the ruler of Japan, culminate disastrously
at Port Arthur, with death and destruction ; Japan's ingenious plans
find swift and effective realisation, as her ruler culminates, and on the
spot these prognostics are verified by the drowning of hundreds of
luckless victims.
If it be asked, why is it not the square of Uranus and Venus bad
for Japan, rather than for Russia, the answer is to be found in the
mundane aspect. At St. Petersburg, the planets are in mundane as
well as zodiacal square : in the East, this aspect is exceeded by about
half the extent of a house. At Tokio, moreover, the planets Uranus,
Saturn, Sun, and Neptune, are almost in continued sextile to each
other, being near the cusps of the sixth, eighth, tenth and twelfth
houses respectively.
Sarastro.
April lath, 1904.

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Vol. I. New Series. AUGUST, 1904. No. 8.

®Ij£ ©bserbatory

I have just glanced over my remarks in the previous two num-

bers, and find little to add to or alter in what I have there said on the
subject of the application of Astrology to national
Tru« Prophecy fate (modified by national free-will), as dis-
tinguished from the more limited branch of natal
Astrology, in which the fate and destiny of the individual only are
considered.
In dealing with the relations of science, judgment, and intuition,
and their bearings on astrological prediction of any kind, I have set
forth my firm conviction that the true astrologer must be an occultist;
by which I mean one who has a knowledge of the evolution of life (or
spirit) as distinguished from that of form (or matter) only, and which
latter is all that is commonly regarded by the exoteric astrologer, as
well as the scientific world at large.
Of course I am quite prepared to admit that the occult or ' eso-
teric * astrologer will be much in advance of his time, but all prophets
are ahead of their day, their intuition penetrating into the future
through their ability to estimate the rate of the world's progress; thus
all are prophets who believe in the " good time coming " for the race,
yet they also are prophets who foresee the evil that is ahead.
True prophecy consists in accurately foreseeing the ultimate
effect of any given thought, as well as any given action.
If we know how a nation is 'thinking we may safely predict its
future action, when the occasion may arise to give expression to that
body of thought; for, as the wisest men have ever said, that which wc
think we gradually become.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
The Romans had the same ideals as the British, the desire
to become pioneers, to colonise and expand ; other nations have had
the desire to contract and centralise, and the outcome in the case of
either ideal is action in that particular direction. In every nation
prophets have arisen, and, by their insight into the nation's thought,
they have discerned the future as the inevitable result of the dominating
thought. This is not a difficult statement to follow : for instance, let
any nation be moved to think revolutionary thoughts, and the outcome,
sooner or later, whenever the right opportunity arrives, will be a
revolution in that country.
i *
Now it should not be considered a wild statement that Russia is
on the eve of a Revolution, when we take into account the Nihilist
thought which we know secretly dominates the
progressive Russian ; " progressive " only because,
while yet in bondage, he is thinking thoughts of
freedom.
It is always a few dominating, strong minds who sow the seeds of
thought ; these are bound to take root in less powerful minds, and
gradually the thought grows and strengthens until it becomes a very
potent factor at the moment when the time for action arrives.
True prophecy does not consist in making one or two definite
predictions only, the result of concentrated special attention to one or
two details, but in foreseeing the ultimate outcome of thought, which
in some natures ripens quicker than in others.

The great expectation of all who look upon Astrology as a pre-

dictive art only, is to ascertain the exact time an event will take place,
but when this lime element is estimated at its true
Time-Limit value it is found to only cover the ground where
rigid physical laws alone operate, and it will be
extremely useful to fully ventilate the subject of time-limit, if we are
to give any special attention to Mundane Astrology ; for, if individuals
have free-will, within the sphere of their own limitations, surely nations
must have a greater amount of freewill within the sphere of their own
peculiar limitations.
We may throw a cricket ball at a wicket with a certain amount
of force, and it is possible to foretell exactly the rate at which the ball
 THE OBSERVATORY 231
shall travel, according to the force liberated in the throwing ; this is
merely a mechanical action, the will of the bowler regulating the speed
of the ball. It is also possible to estimate with a certain degree of
accuracy a batsman's skill in breaking the force of the bowling, and
sending the ball in any desired direction. And by proficiency in this
game it is almost possible to eliminate every degree of chance. All
physical matters can thus be reduced to known laws, and the results
precisely predicted; but where the wills of human actors are called
into play, speculation, " impression," and finally intuition, must be
brought into play.
jjc ;|t
If all things are to be reduced to absolute fate, as some would
have us suppose, then there is no room for individual effort, for pro-
gress, or for freedom of choice between good and
Fataliecic and evii action. I hope I have said enough to prepare
Progressive . , , _
Astrology the minds of my readers for the extreme views I
hold with regard to Predictive Astrology. At no
period of my studies has the fatalistic predictive side of Astrology
proved sufficiently attractive to awaken more than a passing interest,
simply because I firmly believe that none save an adept, or he wke has learned
to entirely control fate, can accurately foretell the fate of others.
The general appreciation of the second part of How to Judge a
Nativity (for which, by the way, I am considerably indebted to Mr. H.
S. Green for his valued help in revising and adding to my copy), has
inspired the writing of a series of articles dealing directly with the
esoteric side of Astrology, which I hope to publish in these pages
during the present volume.

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At the New Moon on August nth, Mercury and Venus will be

culminating at London; the luminaries will be in Leo in the ninth
house in opposition to Saturn ; Uranus will be in the second in trine
to Venus in the ninth and Jupiter in the sixth. With the ninth and
third houses somewhat heavily afflicted and tenanted by important
planets, events signified by them are certain to become prominent dur-
ing the month. There will be accidents and deaths round our shores and
trouble to shipping, and perhaps also some strike or discontent among
sailors. Accidents by rail and motor car are likely to be heard of,
 MUNDANE ASTROLOGY 233
while death will be busy among literary men and the educated classes ;
some servant of the state will die and probably also someone prominent
in the religious world. Matters of Church government are likely to
cause dissension and hostility. With Venus well placed and aspected
as ruler of the eleventh, Parliament should progress satisfactorily, and
some beneficial measure pass on to the statute book. The Govern-
ment will be very bitterly opposed, but it is nevertheless strong enough
to hold its own and even to gain credit and success both in Parliament
and also in connection with foreign affairs, as Venus rules the seventh
house and is elevated in trine to Jupiter.
Mars enters Leo in square to Jupiter on August 15th, causing
religious strife in Italy and France, and remains in the sign until the
end of September, meeting the opposition of Saturn near the date of
the next New Moon. Jupiter enters Taurus on August 8th, but
quickly retrogrades into Aries again, and does not re-enter the former
sign until next year.
If the angular positions and solar aspects in this map are any
guide to the weather, it should be for the time rather cool, with a good
deal of wind, and yet not too unseasonable.
The opposition first of the Sun and afterwards of Mars to Saturn
in Aquarius, the ruling sign of Russia, is very unfortunate for that
country. Saturn and the luminaries are also too near the horizon at
Calcutta to be satisfactory ; and frontier troubles, possibly in con-
tinuation of the present Tibetan affair, are more than probable; but
the strong position of the Sun by sign will increase the power of the
Indian Government.
The position of Jupiter is good for the health of the nation, but
the aspects of Mars and the Sun may affect adversely those who suffer
from any form of heart disease, and cause a fatal issue in some cases.
The army and navy will benefit, but the latter probably more than
the former, as the square of Mars introduces trouble and contention,
while the sextile of Neptune in Cancer is benefic.

" True love is ever in its essence compassion; philosophically considered

it is the intuition which perceives, and the patience which awaits the
unloldmcnt of, the real inner nature of the beloved object."
 234

IfotljcrD of Jlcrtiftjing tljc Slime of 56irtlj hn JRrans

of tljc ^lanttarji ^ours anD Bitrisions

[By way of introduction to this paper, which we promised by a note in

the June issue, it may be interesting to give the following example of the
applicability of the system. A mouth or two ago Mr. Dufl", the author of
this paper, wrote to the Editor from Calcutta asking for one or two cases of
well-ascertained times of birth wherewith to test bis system, asking for//i«
following data only : (i) day of week, (2) time within half-an-hour limit, (3)
Sun's dec. on day of birth and day following, (4) birth place, (5) appro.x.
degree ascending, (6) approx. degree occupied by J), (7) Christian name.
We have just received the following reply :—
I have endeavoured to work out the correct time of birth of " Alfred " from the
data you gave in your P.C. dated i3/3/'04. which were :—
(1) Wednesday. (2) ti.45 to 12.15 noon. (3) i5025'— i506'; S. (4) London. (5)
Somewhere about the 20th. (5) Somewhere about 2()°VJ. (7) Alfred.
From these data I judge that "Alfred" was born 7th February, 1872, at five
minutes past noon. As the margin (11.45 to 12.15) is rather larger than I had
intended to mention. I state two other times at which the birth may have taken
place, viz., sixteen minutes past noon or twelve minutes to noon, should my first
calculation prove incorrect; but I believe the first mentioned time, five minutes
past noon, is cornel.
P.S. — I do not guarantee the year to be correct, but it often falls out that the
year of birth can be detected by the sign on one of the angles.
D. S. D.
It is only necessary to add that the time of birth of "Alfred," as given
by the native's mother, is February 7th, 1872, as near noon as possible. He
is a student of Astrology and is naturally much interested in rectifying the
time by independent methods. He usually regards noon as his time of
birth, and most of bis observations tend strongly to support 0.0 to 0,5 p.m.
as being the true time thereof. The ' regular' epoch makes it noon exactly,
but gives a female degree ascending at epoch, and it was for this latter
reason that the case was selected as a " poser."
After this striking example of its feasibility we arc sure that students
will read the article with the attention that it merits.—Ed.]

The Kabalistic and Cyclic Order of the Planetary Hours and Divisions
is apparently derived from the rate of motion of the seven chief bodies of
the Solar System ; lj, the slowest in motion, taking the firs^, place in the
order, J), the swiftest, taking the last, and the other bodies in their natural
places according to their rate of motion. The order being cyclic is
endless: thus, >? 74. J © ? ? E, 1? tT • and so on.
 RECTIFYING THE TIME OF BIRTH 235
If these seven bodies be arranged equidistantly around a circle, and
connected by a seven-pointed star, the order of the days of the week will be
evolved, by following the direction indicated by the arrow and by proceeding
along the lines of the star, as shewn in the diagram (Fig. 2). Moreover, the
seven chief colours V-I-B-G-Y-O-R of the solar spectrum, if arranged around
this star, will fall to the Planetary Hours which naturally rule them.
If now the Moon be placed at the centre of a circle, and the remaining
six planets bo placed equidistantly around the circumference of the circle
in the natural Kabalistic order, it will bo found that certain planets fall

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opposite each •ther; these planets arc termed " complcmeiilaries," because
they rule the complementary colours (Fig. 1).

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Like all things in nature, the Planetary Hours are alternately positive
and negative, beginning always positive at sunrise, that is to say, the first
hour is the second —, and so on. Further, it is to be remembered that,
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
dividing the day into alternate yhr. and shr. groups, the hours from the first
to the seventh hour (both inclusive), and from the thirteenth to the nineteenth
(both inclusive), though variously + and — in themselves, have a slight
under-current of positive influence running through them, which renders
them more likely to rule through direct rulers.
Similarly, the hours from the eighth to the twelfth (both inclusive) and
from the twentieth to the twenty-fourth (both inclusive), though variously
— and + in themselves, have a slight under-current of negative influence
running through them, which renders them more likely to rule through the
complementary rulers.
Now each Planetary Hour (which consists of the time taken by the
earth revolving on its axis through 150 of space, being, in fact, one hour of
ordinary mean time*), of sixty minutes, is divided into fifteen equal divisions
of four minutes each.
These divisions, like the planetary hours themselves, are alternately
+ and — ; beginning and ending positive in positive hours, and beginning
and ending negative in negative hours.
Again, (each hour being divided into two 28ni. groups of seven divisions
each, separated by one 4m. division), the divisions from the first to the
seventh (both inclusive), though + and — in themselves, have a slight
under-current of + influence running through them. The eighth or middle
division remains either + or — according to its position in the hour; while
the divisions from the ninth to the fifteenth (both inclusive), though + and
— in themselves, have a slight under-current of — influence running through
them.
Here it may be noticed that the hours from the first to the seventh
(both inclusive) and from the thirteenth to (he nineteenth* (both inclusive)
tend to rule the ascendant directly through those divisions having the same
ruler as the ascendant; while the hours from the eighth to the twclfthf (both
inclusive) and from the twentieth to the twenty-fourth (both inclusive) tend
to rule through those divisions having as their ruler the compiementury planet
of the ruler of the ascendant. These tendencies in their turn are subject to
the influence of the Moon.
There is also a tendency for the ruling division to be + or — according
as the Moon holds a + or — critical degree " of the zodiac}. But there
* It is worthy of note that this definition of the planetary hour—as consisting
of mean time, independent of the Sun's diurnal arc. that is—brings the system,
analogically, into sympathy with the "equal division" method of computing the
mundane houses given in M. Selva's paper on The Constriction of the Celestial Theme;
see p. 180 et seq., also in present issue.—En.
t This may in certain cases mean measured to and from sunset, instead of
sunrise.
{ We presume the writer refers to the ' critical' degrees spoken of by Sepharial
n connection with the pre-natal epoch ;these are given as—Female : To, 26 : sg;
n 17 ; 310,13.26; "54.17; 35=13; "t 21; 74; —9,21—Male: the opposite points.
 RECTIFYING THE TIME OF BIRTH 2
37
are, it seems, other factors which at times over-rule this; when these are
determined, it will enable one to select the correct division, direct or
complementary, in which the birth falls, anywhere within the limits of one
hour.
Before proceeding to give examples of this method of rectification, I
may mention that very often the ruler of the hour and the ascendant or
descendant (sometimes M.C. or I.C.) will be the same planet.
Further, the Kabalistic value of the surname will often be found repre-
sented on one of the angles of the figure, according as its value falls under
certain planets and signs. It is for this reason, I believe, that in the horo-
scopes of a family the angles are often found in ci, □ or g to one another.
With au increasing Moon the Ascendant is more likely to be ruled by
the Hour Ruler, and with a decreasing Moon the Descendant is more likely
to be ruled by the Hour Ruler. The Moon's position, i.e., whether above or
below the horizon, also has its influence. When the Sun is above the
horizon, the descendant is more likely to be ruled; when below, the ascen-
dant : and conversely wilh the Moon.However, I do not wish it to be
understood that the foregoing observations will necessarily hold good in all
nativities.
Of course, I quite understand that many will at once put forward the
question of twins, whose times of birth differ (but where the same sign is on
the ascendant). These are no doubt the exceptions, and it is just here that
the trouble comes in ; but in these cases also the births will generally fall in
divisions, direct and complementary, of the ascendant.
In cases where different signs ascend the matter is somewhat easier to
determine.
[N.B.—It is not by any means uncommon to find the Kabalistic value
of the Christian name falling under the direct or complementary ruler of the
ascendant, and, in fact, this often affords a means of detecting the correct
division and also the ascending sign.]
But to proceed. I first give tables of Planetary Hours and 1 Divisions,'
from which any hour and division may lie determined when the time of
geocentric sunrise is known.
• The latter part of this sentence, i.e., the words in italics, we have ourselves
inserted, as it seemed to be implied in the foregoing and as we were unable to com-
municate with the author before going to press. (Presumably when both luminaries
are either above or below, the one nearer the meridian takes precedence in this
respect. When one is above and one below, the old rule of " the Sun by day and
the Moon by night " no doubt holds good.)—Ed.
 238 MODERN ASTROLOGY

Table of Planetarv Hooks

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« O e- « -J- \zj El EJ O 'L fcj El E) O d. L; . j « EC to Q a. Tuesday
ETta Et -<» © cc, ^ 'a-fc? EC EJ O 0. ^ «rfe> EI ei © a -rw -a IVcdne-rfdy
0 a, (EjETfci EC to 0 0, ta « 0 Ot ^ ETt? EI to O a, t; Thursday
1=) El « 0 0, EI «> O 0. tiArt# EI «j O 0. .J-'tc « to Friday
a, -c; -r« EC -0 0 a- f EI-W EI -0 O a. ET L? EI AO Q a, .J- Satu rd ay

1ABLE OF DIVISIONS

- SOB-IHtLUENCE (NEUTRAL) + SlIS-INFI.UE«CE

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o» fe; -vT W m » O a. « -J'tP Ec E> © "» Mars' Hour
O a, « 'O o o. t; -rt? ei «> o SiiiiVs Hour
■a O ^ ^^ o a,*;.j w *3 •« Venus' Hour
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wa « O ^ -ti -T « « 0 a, etW Moon's Hour
 RECTIFYING THE TIME OF BIRTH 239
To find the Planetary Hour :—
Rule (:). When the given time, for which the ruler of the hour is
required, falls between sunrise and noon, subtract the time of sunrise
from the given time; this shows number of hours elapsed since
sunrise. Enter table opposite this number in the left-hand column,
and under the day of the week will be found the ruler of the hour.
Rule (2). When the given time, for which the ruler of the hour is
required, falls anywhere between noon and midnight or midnight
and sunrise, subtract the time of sunrise from twelve hours and add
to this the number of hours elapsed since noon up to thegiven time;
this shows the number of hours elapsed since sunrise. Enter table
at this number and proceed as directed in rule (1).
N.fi.— Whtn the result, obtained from either of the two foregoing rules, shows
hours and minutes, enter at the hour to which the minutes belong; for
instance, in nineteen hours fifty-five minutes, enter at the twentieth hour.
Always reckon from the sunrise [of the day of the week) previous to birth.
To find the Planetary Division :—
Rule. After fmdiug the Planetary Hour, note the number of minutes
which have elapsed of that hour, then enter Table of Divisions in
left-hand column marked " minutes included in division " and under
the hour of the Planet ruling at the time, and opposite the division
within which the minutes fall, will be found the Planet ruling the
division at that time.
N.D.—The first division begins at the beginning of the hour and ends at the
expiration of the fourth minute. The second division begins at the
beginning of the fifth minute and ends at the expiration of the eighth
minute, and so on.
hi the + (or odd) hours, the odd divisions are -f- an'l the even divisions —.
In the — (or even) hours, the odd divisions are — and the even divisions -(-.
The first division of any Planetary Hour is always ruled uy the
ruler of the hour; the following fourteen divisions in the
USUAL KAIIALISTIC ORDER.
Rules for Rectifying Time of Birth by Planetary Hours and Divisions
General Rule. The lime of birth will fall in the division which has the
same ruler as the ascendant or its complementary, subject to the
following conditions:—
1 (a) When the J) is increasing the direct ruler of the ascendant tends
to rule.
(b) When the J) is rfrcreasing the complementary ruler of the ascendant
tends to rule.
2 (a) When the j) is below the horizon the direct ruler of the ascendant
tends to rule.
[b) When the J) is above the horizon the complementary ruler of the
ascendant tends to rule.
3 («) When the lime of birth falls within any of the hours from the
first lo the seventh or thirteenth to the nineteenth, the direct
ruler of the ascendant tends to rule.
Ip) When the time of birth falls within any of the hours from the
eighth lo the twelfth or twentieth to the twenty-fourth, the
complementary ruler of the ascendant tends to rule.
4 The greater number of these three testimonies, viz., two
conditions, will generally decide in which division the time
of birth will fall.
240 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Examples •
(A) His Majesty King Edward VII., born on Tuesday, gth November,
1841, time stated as 10.48 a.m. (?).
(1) Tuesday.
(2) J) above horizon and decreasing.
(3) J) in last degree of nj>.
(4) Ascendant f, ruler 2^.
(5) Division to be complementary of !(., viz. 2, by condition 1 {b).
(6) Division to be complementary of !(., viz. 1, by condition 2 (6).
(7) Solar mean-time of geocentric sunrise 7.11 a.m.
Then by table of Planetary Hours, rule 1;—
Stated time 10.48 a.m.
Subtract sunrise 7.11a.m.
3-37
: = fourth hour on Tuesday
ruled by Mercury ($); and 3710. of g's hour falls in the division of I? (virfr
Table of Divisions). But, by the greater number of testimonies, we need the
division of 2, the complementary of If. Now the nearest division of 2 in
the hour of 5 is from the twenty-fifth to the twenty-eighth minute, and the
middle of this division is the twenty-sixth minute, therefore we arc (3701.
minus 26m. =) 11m. more advanced than we need; hence the stated time,
10.48 a.m., minus 11m., gives us the true time of birth, viz., 10.37 a.m.*
His Majesty's Christian name, Albert, falls under 2f, ruler of f.
(B) VV. G. O., " Sepharial," born on 20lh March, 1864, at 2.2 a.m.,
Handsworth, Staffordshire. P
(1) Saturday, because we have to reckon from the sunrise previous
to birth.
(2) I) above horizon and increasing.
(3) J) in the twenty-second degree of St.
(4) Ascendant f, ruler If.
(5) Division to be complementary of If, viz. 2 by condition 2 (6).
(6) Division to be complementary of 2f, viz. 2 by condition 3 (b).
(7) Solar mean-time of geocentric sunrise 6.7 a.m.
Then by the table of Planetary Hours, rule 2 :—
12.0 noon
Subtract sunrise 6.7 a.m.
5.53 time since sunrise to noon
Add 14.2 time since noon to birth
19-55
=twentieth hour on Saturday
a negative hour of $ [vide Table of Planetary Hours); and 5501. of $'s hour
is ruled by 2 . therefore the time of birth is correct.
' See Modern Astrology, Vol. XIV., p. 203.
 RECTIFYING THE TIME OF BIRTH
Christian name, Walter, falls under ?, complementary of If, ruler of
the Ascendant J .*
(C) Male, born Middlesborough, Yorks., 6th June, 1892, at 7.35 a.m.
(Sepharial's New Manual oj Astrology).
(1) Monday.
(2) J) below horizon and increasing.
(3) )) in twenty-ninth degree of
(4) Ascendant SI, ruler 0.
(5) Division ruler, vix. 0, to rule ascendant direct by condition 1 (<i).
(6) Division ruler, viz. 0, to rule ascendant direct by condition 2 (a).
(7) Solar mean-time of geocentric sunrise 3.33 a.m.
Then by table of Planetary Hours, rule 1 :—
Time of birth 7.35 a.m.
Subtract sunrise 3.33 a.m.
4. 2
=fifth hour on Monday
ruled by the0 ; the first two minutes also ruled by the 0, therefore the time
of birth is correct.
(D) Twins, A and B, born on Tuesday, 16th August, 1892, A at 6.37
p.m., and B at 6.50 p.m. (Sepharial's New Manual 0} Astrology).
(1) Tuesday.
(2) J) below horizon and decreasing.
(3) J) in fourteenth degree of n.
(4) Ascendant ir, ruler I7.
(5) Division ruler to be direct, viz. I? by condition 2 (a).
(6) Division ruler to be direct, viz. I? by condition 3 (a).
(7) Solar mean-time of geocentric sunrise 4.43 a.m.
A's time of birth works out according to the rule and falls in the
division of Ip.
B's time of birth, just thirteen minutes later, is an exception and falls
in the foUov/ing complementary division of Ip, viz., the division of the 0.
In conclusion I may add that several other observations on the
effect of the Planetary Hour on the time of birth have been omitted,
as they would take up too much space. I have here stated a few of
the chief ones, in order to point out in which direction one may pro-
bably look for a solution of the question as to finding the hour of birth,
when the quadrant in which the 0 falls is known. Other inves-
tigators will no doubt find much that will be useful when searching
along these lines.
I do not wish it to be understood that I am as yet convinced that
this system is entirely correct; but should it be established, it will go
a long way towards proving that the much-derided subject of
Planetary Hours has more in it than at first sight appears.
D. S. Duff.
« Sepharial himself in one of his books calls it a 21 name, however.—Ed,
 ®Ij£ ^tar of 3Eobc

Some years ago.before I had becomeinterestedin Astrology, I was

deeply interested in a friend, a poetical genius, who gave promise of a
brilliant career. In both correspondenceand conversation we frequently
compared notes of our impressions of the effects of the stars upon us,
but invariably his impressions were of awe, terror, depression, and
shrinking, while mine were of glory, rapture, joy, and peace. At this
time I dreamed that I found myself looking up into a sky which was
studded with stars of all sizes and colours, and of all degrees of light.
" These are lives," said a Voice near me, and I looked at the sky
yet more eagerly, seeking the star which might be the life of my
friend,
One star, of extraordinary size and soft brilliancy, attracted me,
and 1 asked:
" To whom does that star belong ? and why is it so bright ? "
" It is yours," replied the Voice. " Love is its substance, and it
cannot burn out, but will wax brighter and brighter for ever and
ever."
A feeling of deep disappointment as well as of awe passed over
me, for I had expected another reply. It had seemed to me that that
lovely, brilliant orb ought to belong to the friend in whom I was
more interested than I was in myself.
" What star, then," I asked, " belongs to my friend ? "
"The cloudy star beside it," replied the Voice, and my heart
sank as I noted the uncertain light of that ' cloudy ' star.
Here and there, on its surface, glowed spots of brilliancy, hut for
the most part it seemed faint and nebulous, and even as I looked it
faded further into the sky.
Then I awoke, but the dream had so disturbed and depressed
me for the sake of my friend that I never related it to him.
Gradually the painful impression faded from my mind, but when,
less than two years after my dream, my friend's life on earth ended,
the whole was recalled, and I could not but recognise the prophetic
 NOTABILIA 243
symbolism of that strange dream in which the star, which the Voice
had told me was my friend's, had waned and faded before my eyes.
Since then I have gained and given much affection, all that I
value in life has come to me through love, so that many a time
have I recalled the star which was said to be mine.
Not, however, until a year ago, when I became interested in
Astrology, did I see any astrological significance in my singular
dream. Then, out of pure intellectual curiosity and by way of an
experiment, I got my horoscope cast, and learned that Venus was
my ruler, and that love had brightened my life, and would do so
increasingly.
The fact that at the time of my birth Neptune was rising in
Pisces (in the twelfth house) will no doubt do much to explain the
dream.
? in is.

NOTABILIA
Note ; The birth-time of celebrities is rarely ascertainable, and even when
secured is often untrustworthy; but these objections do not apply to the planetary
positions, since the day of birth is generally known beyond dispute. The dates here
given have been obtained from various sources, the daily papers, encyclopa'dias,
etc., but where possible they have been verified or checked by comparison with
other anthorities. Further than this they are not guaranteed.
(22) Anton Dvorak, the composer (died i/s/'oy) 8/9/41
{2jj Haroness Ourdett Coutts 2i/4/'i4
(24) Albert Henry Nicholas, the Cornish " boy preacher * 22/4/,86
rajT James McNally. a centenarian (see Daily Telegraph io/6/'04 15/2/1797
(261 Lord Avebury (Sir John Lubbock) 30/4/'34
(27) The Duke of Devonshire 23/7/'33
(28) Earl Roberts (" Bobs ") 30/9/'32
Planets' Places at Noon on Day of Birth, G.M.T.
0 D 4' IS 1? 2j<rss
"V'S-S? 111426 =114.511^K22.J9H 726.32 711.36 7 1.9 a 4,49 rv 14.40
V O.43 5116.38 717.36H 7 L39H » 0 30 "S 0.12^ n 13.47 K 19.32 T 6,25
« J.16 720.27 82424 i 4.3411!. 20 3 40 11)127.27R "7 6. 5 K 16.20 T 12.37
= 27,23 45.20.52 111 6.14 I1« 11.29!^ 1120.54 X 19.13 1120.58 = 1.39 =211215.
B 9.37 = 7.29 SB 1.358 = 26.3 -a 5. 515 816.18 K23.12 823,15 Ti3.1t
T 6.36 at8.l6 V329.23 ss 21,7 14123.4715. T10.27 023.53 821. o T25.20
it 7.1S 722.49 W24.24 ss 14.49E 1420.48 M2I.5I15. D 6. 8 ^24.52 iij2i. 5
Prooresseu Aspects for 1904
(22) 0 irfi. o V : \ E Aif-a 7.^0. itvJ d s .* ji h. (23) 0 '7 : B B a/. (24) s s 1
SQli.Cd; j h. 7 , 7 V ■ (25) ( ^ 8 n md.) " ; Gl'iid * V.V : 31 * 7 ; p <f |i, o Jl. f . arf □ 7 .
(26) (G * II rad.): p □ 7 ,8 S . # )ji, (27) f stat. ; t ad * s •, paV.A!.f7iiiiA0. (28) O
ad a if J) S ip.iw o 7.
 Urinrarnotion

VIII.

In the foregoing pages of these articles we have tried to show

the object of re-embodiment, and also the necessity for it.
The question might now be put: This object attained : that is to
say, man trained and educated first through the animal self, then
through the human, and lastly through the divine, until the God
within him has finally conquered matter, and every vehicle or garment
of the soul has become translucent as it were for the spiritual force
to pass through, man then appearing as the God triumphant mani-
fest in the flesh like unto the Christ, " perfect even as the Father is
perfect " : what is the final outcome of this perfection ? what end is
thereby served ?
Perfection attained, several paths stretch before the triumphant
spiritual man. He has reached the very highest summit of attain-
ment possible here in this world. If he now seeks higher progress he
must pass on to other spheres or worlds of being. All that can be
reaped on this earth plane has been already gathered. He is now a
Master, a Master of compassion, wisdom and power, who understands
all the difficulties, all the sorrows, all the helplessness of his younger
brothers and sisters; for has he not himself climbed up the same
ladder of life step by step ? Does he not know their feelings ? Does
he not understand the darkness as well as the light, the joy as well
as the sorrow, the ignorance as well as the-knowledge ? And there-
fore, understanding all, he has compassion for all, and standing at the
portals of freedom from all necessity for re-birth or reincarnation,
so far as he is concerned, where stretch before him worlds of glory
and light as far superior to this as is the dazzling light of the Sun
compared to that of the Moon, he reasons thus with himself:
Shall he pass on when all humanity cries for succour, for
help ? Shall he pass on when all humanity travails ? Not so. The
perfected man sees and knows, realises and understands, and he will
not pass on ; for he is a Master of compassion, as well as of wisdom
 REINCARNATION 245

and power, and so he remains as the world's saviour until the time
when all humanity shall have reached his own high standard of
growth, have arrived at his own level of development, so that all other
human souls are ready to pass on with him.
That is the object of reincarnation. To perfect and to purify the
vehicles of consciousness, to bacome gods; and then, not to leave the
physical body, but to remain in it as the physical manifestation of
God in the flesh, in order to help those others who are yet struggling
up the same path towards the same perfection. The Divine Man has
chosen the path of renunciation, the voluntary acceptance of life on
earth for the sake of service to the race.
This renunciation has been thus voiced :—" Never will I seek nor
receive private individual salvation, never enter into final peace
alone; but for ever and everywhere will I strive for the universal
redemption of every creature throughout the world."
The nature and purpose of this choice has been told in beautiful
and truthful imagery in a book called The Book of the Golden Precepts,
translated by H. P. Blavstsky (and issued under the title of The Voice
of the Silence) in which the following magnificent passage occurs. The
conqueror stands triumphant;
"... his mind, like a becalmed and boundless ocean, spreadeth out
in shoreless space. He holdeth life and death in his strong hand."
Then the question comes :—
"Now, he shall surely reach his great reward! Shall he not use the
gifts which it confers for his own rest and bliss, his well-earned weal and
glory—he, the subduer of the great Delusion ? "
But the answer rings clearly out:—
" Nay, O thou candidate for Nature's hidden lore ! If one would follow
in the steps of holiness,* those gifts and powers are not for self. . . Know
that the stream of superhuman knowledge and the divine wisdom* thou hast
won, must, from thyself, the channel of spirit,* be poured forth into another
bed. Know, O thou of the Secret Path, its pure fresh waters must be used
to make sweeter the Ocean's bitter waves—that mighty sea of sorrow, formed
of the tears of men. Self-doomed to live through future centuries,* un-
tbanked and unperceived by man; wedged as a stone with countless other
stones which form the ' Guardian Wall,* such is thy future when thou hast
become perfect.* . . . Compassion speaks and saith : ' Can there be
bliss when all that lives must sulfer ? Shalt thou be saved and hear the
whole world cry ? ' . . . Thou art enlightened, choose thy way! "
Needless to say, that choice is to remain as a world saviour.
* Ordinary English equivalents have been supplied in place of technical Hindn
expressions in these places.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Not for himself is the reward he has achieved ; not for himself the
powers he has gained, but to help to form a great reservoir to con-
serve the spiritual life whence it may be poured forth for the world's
helping. 'Tis his to live not for himself but for the world, to share in
the joy of developing, upholding and strengthening the spiritual forces
for the enlightenment of all mankind.
The choice which thus accepts physical incarnation till the whole
human race has reached its consummation is the crowning sacrifice and
the highest glory of a perfected soul; and the word " Mahatma "—
so little understood generally—means a Great Soul, great through
perfect love and perfect renunciation. His wisdom is power. His
light is love. But all His powers are laid at the feet of humanity, to
serve it, help it, guide it and draw it forward on the path He Himself
has trodden.
This, then, is the end of the journey, this is the achievement
(called the Great Sacrifice) that lies behind reincarnation, for those
whose strong souls can make the great renunciation. By this supreme
sacrifice they draw all the world a little higher, a little nearer, a
little closer to God, becoming saviours of humanity, the first fruits
and the glory of their race. Thus reincarnation builds up through the
ages a perfected divine humanity, the individual triumph and
emancipation of each subserving the redemption of humanity as a
whole.
In our next chapter we shall touch upon the causes of reincarna-
tion and endeavour to put before our readers the necessity for
re-embodiment if divine perfection is to be achieved.
B. Leo.

Out of the night that covers me

Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods there he
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced, nor cried aloud ;
Beneath the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody but unbowed.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishment the scroll;
1 am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
W. E. Henley.
 (Biiuus or Imprissionabimg ?

Thk newspaper world, at any rate, if not the public generally,

has waxed greatly enthusiastic over the brilliant prospects of the young
artist, Austin Osmond Spare, who at the age of seventeen is already
exhibiting at the Royal Academy. The following (annotated) extract
from the Daily Chronicle account will suffice for our present purpose.
We may add that the artist's own portrait of himself, according to the
electrotype reproduction given in the papers, is certainly in itself
striking enough to arouse considerable interest.
" The youngest artist in the present exhibition of the Royal Academy is
Austin Spare, a boy of seventeen, the son of a policemau who has
just retired from the force after twenty-five years' service. It was
chiefly owing to pressure on the part of his father that he unearthed
two drawings that had been packed away, almost forgotten, and
sent them in, with the result that one, an allegorical plate, was
accepted. The first glimmerings of his vocation, says the mother,
came when he was but four (0OI^, po S)- 'Ail day long he
would have a pencil in his hand, drawing anything that was placed
before him—his parents, his sisters, or brothers. Nothing seemed
to come amiss, and we made up our minds that if it was at all
possible he should be allowed to follow what was evidently his
vocation. Of course it has been expensive to buy his board and
paints, and all else that he requires, for, curiously enough, he can
never be persuaded to sell any of his work. He is even averse to
showing it to anyone.'
"Very interesting was the boy's story of bis life as he told it whilst
displaying scores of drawings. 'The first school I went to,' he said,
' was St. Sepulchre's, Snow Hill. That was merely elementary.
Next I went to St. Agnes's, at Kennington Park, where I first
began to draw from the cards with which, of course, you are
familiar. But they really taught me very little there except scrip-
ture, aud it was not until I went to the Lamboth Evening Art
School, under Mr. Macady, that I made any progress. There, at
the age of fourteen, I won a County Council Scholarship for £\o,
and one of my drawings was selected for inclusiou in the British
Art Section at the Paris International Exhibition. That took me
to South Kensington. But, in the meantime, I must tell you that
when I was fifteen I left school, and went to work (S □ 2^ ; I) A0)-
For nine months I designed posters for Causton's at 5s. a week,
and then went to Powell's (OA*? ; PA?, d ^l- There some
glass that I had been designing in my dinner hour came under the
notice of Sir William Richmond and Mr. Jackson, R.A.. and they
recommended me for a free scholarship at the South Kensington
Art School. Ever since I have been hard at work, not only at the
school in the daytime, but here in my room at night, with the result
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
that at sixteen I had won the silver medal in the National Competi-
tion, and also the £40 Scholarship. Some of my drawings are at
present in the British Art Section at the St. Louis Exhibition, and I
have had some in Paris, where they awarded me a diploma.'
" Such are the chronological facts. The rest had to be gleaned from an
inspection of the boy's work. This, for example, full of weird
allegory. Where did he get the idea from ?
"' That is a study for some illustrations of Omar,' he tells you. ' I am
passionately fond of that beautiful poem of his, for with the excep-
tion of a copy of Homer I got hold of some time ago, it forms almost
the whole of my literary education. I have read it sixteen times,
and I am going through it again at night in bed, marking the
passages which are suitable for illustration.' However, he has a
career marked out for himself. He is to be President of the Royal
Academy. For the present he has set apart for himself the travel-
ling scholarship—' I want to paint portraits, you know ' (rultr iu
Aquarius).
" There is nothing romantic about his work. His conceptions of men
and things are weird in the extreme. His figures have faces that
suggest nightmares and all the terrors of the Inferno. He might
have been born to illustrate the ' Divine Comedy.' The explanation
is not far to seek. Hear this boy of seventeen on religion. ' I
have practically none. I go anywhere. This life is but a reasonable
development. All faiths are to me the same. I go to the Church
in which I was born—the Established—but without the slightest
faith. In fact, I am devising a religion of my own (J 0 2^), which
embodies my conception of what we were, are, and shall be in the
future.'
" And this curious religion is an important factor in the youth's person-
ality. He is writing it out and illustrating it with glaring, terrible
plates, the whole to be contained between two covers of wood
emblazoned with symbols, the one called ' Power'—an elephant's
head with human arms outstretched on cither side, and the other
some frowning deity, apparently after the manner of the Egyptian
I sis.
" ' Where did I get the idea from ? How should I know ? It comes to
me by inspiration, and I write it down as I receive it' (0 in 2nd,
jjclL lord of 2nd ; hitter A I), tady 0/ ninth, she being moreover disposed,
of by And he tinned over page after page of tliedoctrine which
was written around and about strange creature? with the beaks of birds
and the feet of men. One would hardly, therefore, expect to find
anything of the Scriptures, and there is nothing. Most of his pic-
tures represent men struggling along over desert wastes, such as the
' Pilgrim,'or the ' Waggoner ' lying prone beside a broken wheel.
Others of his studies are ' Pride,' a youth looking into a mirror, and
there is much taken from the pages of Omar about men who are
'given to drink.' "
The subject of the above short sketch has courteously replied to
a request that he would furnish us with his birtli data, stating that he
was born in the neighbourhood of Smithfield Market at 4.4 a.m. oh
the 30th of December, 1886, and the accompanying map has therefore
been drawn for that time and place. Those who have Charubel's
Degrees of Ike Zodiac Symbolised, will he struck with the signification
 GENIUS OR IMrKESSlONABlUTY ? 249
given of iti ig", the ascending degree, especially in view of the curious
element of the gloomy and terrible tiiat is said to enter so largely into
the artist's work ; nor are thesymbolsof those degreesoccupied respec-
tively by the Sun and Moon less remarkable in their appropriateness.

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To one familiar with horoscopes the nativity of this boy-artist

explains the whole situation. The Sun is conjoined with Venus, and
the Moon (by benefic aspect from psychical signs) with Jupiter; thus
the luminaries are supported by the benefics, while the ruling planet,
Mars, is in the third house, in Aquarius, the only sign giving genius.
It is hence what would be generally termed (in spite of the square
of Uranus to Saturn) a " lucky horoscope." The ruler of the mid-
heaven is Mercury, placed in Sagittarius and on the cusp of the
second house, denoting gain through the professional abilities, while
the Sun and Venus are in the second house in Capricorn ; all tending
to bring recognition and considerable (though possibly ephemeral)
fame.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
The only indication of real inherent genius, that is genius of the
soul, is Mercury in sextile to Uranus, which denotes a clever mind,
inventive and original in many ways. Jupiter in square to Mars gives
him extravagant ideas, but renders him an enthusiast to such a degree
as will make him put " life " into his work.
There is, however, little, if any, token of lasting fame. For in
our opinion this horoscope gives indication rather of a very receptive
brain responding to the powerful psychological influences of Jupiter in
Scorpio, the sign of mystery, rather than that true genius which
results from the inborn knowledge of the soul, acquired through the
struggles and experience of past lives. In spite of the present sudden
blaze of notoriety, therefore, to achieve any permanent result from his
undoubted talent and fecundity of ideas, the young artist must exert
himself through that inner individuality which is only hinted at, but
not expressed, in the Horoscope of Birth.

The Korean Emperor and His Astrological Advisers.

In the Daily Dispatch of March 17th last, at the foot of special
correspondent's report alluding to the mischievous advice of the court
astrologer to the Korean Emperor, and a possible upheaval in the
Palace, there was the following note ;—
" The reference to the Royal Astrologer is interesting in view of the fact
that an eclipse of the sun, which is invisible at Greenwich, will he
seen in the Far East to day. In Japan and Korea the phenomenon
will be seen from about three till five o'clock in the afternoon, and
it may live in history, like some others of its class, by reason of its
association with a great battle."
A month later (i8/4/'o4l, the same paper was recounting the
self-possessed demeanour of the Emperor of Korea in thanking the
Japanese Minister for sending the Fire Brigade and troops to extin-
guish the disastrous fire at the Palace, by which £500,000 of damage
was done. " His Majesty declared that he personally observed the
origin of the fire, which he said was caused by defective flues under
the floor igniting the woodwork. The Palace officials are indignant at
the insinuation of incendiarism."

On p. 157 of the present volume (May issue), line 14, it was said
that the ensuing month would he a very unfortunate period for
Russia. This prediction has been well borne out ; for there can be
no denying that the series of misfortunes which descended upon
that unhappy nation during that period have decidedly exceeded the
most pessimistic anticipations of the general press.
 dLonstruction of tbe Oteleatial ODbeme

Translated from the Frnich o/Mons. H. Selva by Heinrich Daatm

[Continued from p. 215)

In Fig. 3, which exhibits this division, the diurnal semi-arc of

the horoscope [Ascendant] H is expressed by the equatorial arc AE
the nocturnal by AR. It will be observed that the circle of position
of houses X and IV is likewise the meridian (MPNP').
By hypothesis, EG = GF=FA, and AK=KL = LR.

x
A?

xs
s /
ir/r \
/
M /
T
**/ /
T
/ /jt /
a 'A
/

Az.
A
C-
3 3
The houses are still fusiform. As in the two preceding methods,
they extend partly below and partly above the horizon ; and, as in the
method of Porphyry, the magnitude of the houses X, XI, XII, IV, V,
and VI is equal, differing from bouses I, II, III, VII, VIII, and IX,
 MODERN ASTROLOGV

which, however, are also equal among themselves. They are only
of a size when the equinoxes are in the plane of the horizon.
The cusps of the houses (that is to say the points of the ecliptic
CSUVL),are obtained by computing the longitudes which correspond
respectively to the right ascensions tE, tG, tF, tK, tL; the
points of the oppositional houses being distant from those shown in
our figure 180 degrees.

4. Method of Campanus*

This is plainly separated from the foregoing systems, inasmuch

as for the first time we have each house situated either entirely above
or entirely below the horizon.
Campanus takes for his basis of division the vertical circle pass-
ing through the point where the equator cuts the horizon ; and
divides each quadrant comprised between the meridian and the
horizon into three equal portions. Through the points of division, he
draws great circles of position, which pass besides through the points
of intersection of the meridian with the horizon, these two latter
becoming the circle of position of houses X and IV, and I and VII
respectively. In the way the houses are all equal among themselves,
and, as in the equal method, their magnitude is independent of the
geographic latitude.
The result to which it leads, brings the method of Campanus
nearer to the rational system, which will be explained next, and which
has been the one to receive more general sanction : for this reason the
procedure to be followed in computing, applicable here, will be limited
to general indications.
Let MZNZ' (Fig. 4) be the meridian, MTHN the horizon, ETR
the equator, P and P' the poles of the earth, CGHO the ecliptic,
and ZTZ' the vertical circle in question.
Then are successively determined; the right ascension of the
meridian, the oblique ascension of the ascendant H, and its longitude
according to the manner previously outlined. Let it be required to
calculate the point of the ecliptic G for example, through which
passes the circle of position MGN of the twelfth house, and which
constitutes the cusp of this house.
* A celebrated geometrician of the thirteenth century.
 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CELESTIAL THEME 253

We will first consider the triangle DST. We observe it to be

rectangular at S, and that the angle STD is equivalent to the given
geographic latitude. We know, moreover, by hypothesis that
ST = 300. We are thus able to compute, first, the arc DT; second,
the angle SDT. From DT we can, of course, obtain D=i5=, since T
= 1800—oblique ascension of ascendant.

c
B
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X
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y V

■4

Continuing, let us draw from the nearest equinox (=«=) an arc

=i5=V, perpendicular to the circle of position MGN. From this arc,
D.S:, and the angles VD=i5=, D=i5=V, and G^V, may then be calculated
the arc G=i5= exactly, as was shown for computing H=i5=, in Fig. 1.
The objections made against the method of Campanus bear in
the first place on the choice of the vertical circle as the foundation
for division ; secondly, upon the direction given to the circles of
position.
(To be continued.)
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53 u tijc "SEajj,

Owing to the great amount of matter we receive each month, we

are compelled to withhold much that is of interest, as our space is
necessarily limited; we endeavour, in the process of selection, to
retain that which is of interest to the widest circle of our readers.
We trust, therefore, that those who have kindly contributed various
notes of interest during the past six months but which have yet not
appeared in these pages, will not take it amiss that we have been
unable to insert them, nor think it was because we deemed them of no
value. [This very note itself has been held over for two issues, while
much of what follows has been in type for three months or more.]
^ it ^
We cordially thank a fair American correspondent who forwards
a " horoscope and delineation, written in a spirit of fun," for her
kind remarks about this magazine, and about our work in general;
but we trust that the Editorial Department will be forgiven for not
including her contribution in these pages. For the difference of tem-
perament east and west of the Atlantic causes that which is fun on
one side to appear flippancy on the other,—and to rewrite her article
in accordance with English prejudices (shall we say ?) would be a
quite unjustifiable " bowdlerisation."
*
A case of quadruplets—all living, too—is certainly a matter of
interest to astrological readers. A correspondent writes:—
" In regard to the children of Mrs. , the collier's wife,
who was delivered of quadruplets on Tuesday, the igth of
April, 1904, at Tyldesley, Manchester, the first one was born
at 8.15 a.m., the second one at 10 o'clock a.m., the third one
at 10.15 a.m., and the fourth one came away with the after-
birth, which was about fifteen minutes later. (This, of
course, is according to the time at Tyldesley, which I
suppose is local time.) Up till now (Saturday, April 30th),
both mother and children are doing well. The locality
where this case happened, I may say, is in a rather rough,
low-lived district, and the mother and family appear to be a
rather undeveloped class of people. The mother seems to
 BY THE WAY 255
me to be a rather patient and hard-working woman; some time
previous to the birth of the children the husband left and
deserted her. He is living with her at the present time,
however."
The recent death of Sir Henry Stanley has revived the old dispute
—or conjecture, rather—as to who he really was. " Mercury," in a
letter to the Editor, encloses an article from the Weekly Dispatch, too
long for quotation, which seems to show quite clearly that the balance
of probability points in the direction of his having been, not, as is
commonly reported, John Rowlands, brought up in the poor-house of
St. Asaph, but a certain Howell Jones, son of one Joshua Jones, a
bookbinder of Carmarthenshire. Be this as it may, the significant
item from an astrological standpoint is that, according to the news-
paper accounts, the date on the coffin was June 10th, 1840, which is
a great way off the previously accepted date of January 28th, 1841.
Apart from any astrological considerations, it is scarcely reasonable to
suppose that a date different to that generally accepted* would be
placed on the deceased hero's coffin for any other reason than that
it was the truth; and the astrological considerations, on a cursory
examination, decidedly appear to favour the June date.
* * «
The Sun in Gemini somewhat supports the suggestion that he
was the son of a bookbinder, and being in conjunction with the
eminent fixed star Capella, at any rate points to a more or less
exalted position, which the square of Uranus and g of I? would
throw into prominence (cf. the late Lord Salisbury, who had O g b 1
d fit). However, we will examine the ' progressed aspects' on the
occasions of (1) being sent to "find Livingstone " (October, 1869);
(2) finding him, November 10th, 1871 ; (3) starting on Victoria
Nyanza Expedition, August 15th, 1874; (4) death, May 10th, 1904,
reckoning them from the two reputed times of birth.
io/O/^o. (1) 3) a ©. iji. (2) © a iji ; d a ? . <s h (/)- (3) (Oaiji). ? a is ;
3) s 0. ? , « IJI. (4) OA'S : 3) rf'S, s ©, 9, ? .
28/i/,4I. (l) V <S i . (2) ? V9 ; 3) * iji, 9 . (3) 3) * 9 , D 9 . .? >?. A <r. (4)
O P. 1J1 (? d r. p) ; P AO.y.
The following are the planetary positions at noon on the two
dates in question.
• IV'Ao'j lir/io gives no birthday, but states the year as 1841.
25& MODERN ASTROLOGV

©pv h 2*<rt?a
nt9-36 siig o Kio.ig ,7 18,22H "i 9.53!^ 1110.25 D 7.22 H19. 5 K t. 5
ss 8.29 5214.20 miS. 7 729, t /13.30 ^27.18 X2t.3S = 2.53 =18.47
Not being in possession of the birth time, and hence not knowing
the angles of the nativity, it is less easy to decide from the directions
alone than one might suppose.
* » *
The Two IVorlds quotes from the Daily Chronicle the report of a
story of a " beautiful and accomplished " St. Petersburg divinatrix
who projected on a screen by means of a ' new metal with radio-active
qualities,' images of events to come. She is said to have shown, and
convinced, the Czar that Russia would sustain disaster after disaster
before the Japanese were finally defeated ; finally, the Japanese were
seen withdrawing from Korea with a victorious Russian army crown-
ing the heights behind. In addition, the Czar is said to be informed
by her of everything that goes on between his ministers. Poor Czar !
■4 * *
In the prognostications from the May lunation (p. 157) attention
was drawn to the position of " S near its own place at Mr. Chamber-
lain's birth." On May 12th Mr. Chamberlain made his great speech
at Birmingham, renewing the Protection campaign, whileon May 18th
there was an important Fiscal Debate in the House of Commons,
resulting in a fall on division of the Government majority to 55.
The " movements of troops," signified by J c! $ in the sixth
house, at the April lunation (p. 103), was borne out by the reinforce-
ments so unexpectedly required in Tibet, while the large Government
majority for the second reading of the Licensing BilP' appropriately
endorses the succeeding remark that "some much discussed measure
may pass."
* * JjC *
In reply to the queries published in the " Students' Corner," in
the April issue, a correspondent writes: " Chambers' Encyclopedia g\\<cs
the birthplace of Earl Roberts as Cawnpore, and Lord Kitchener as
zz/g/^o, Gainsborough Villa, near Ballylongford, Kerry."
" See also p. 72 ; " Restrictions on the licensed victualling business."
 257

$£tt£rs tu tlie (BiJitor

Letters of general interest only are inserted. Correspondents desiring reply

must please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily for
publication, but as a token of good faith.
N.B.—Writers of signed articles are alone responsible for the opinions con-
tained therein.

Reincarnation or Regeneration
June qlh, 1904..
Dear Sir,
I notice in your Magazine articles on and references to
Reincarnation, and, as all your readers do not believe in this, I trust
yon will allow me to say a few words on the subject of Regeneration,
which I think gives us all that is claimed for Reincarnation and more
also. I do not at all wish to adopt a martial attitude and if I am
abrupt it is because there is no space for long arguments, nor do I
desire them, because they are seldom convincing. I simply state my
own views and have no time for a long controversy, even if such were
desirable.
Between Reincarnation and Regeneration there are several points
of similarity and difference. In both there is a new birth. In the
former it is after the death of the present body. In the latter, it is
during the life of the present body, lifting it to a higher plane now,
but completing the work after the death of this body, in a new
resurrection body which shall be eternal.
Reincarnation is a theory which has not been proved and cannot
be proved. Regeneration can be proved by the actual change in this
life.
It is absurd to discredit the truth of Regeneration, as it can be
proved by its effect as much as any of the truths of Astrology are
proved.
The highest thing that Reincarnation, if true, can do is to lift the soul
into a higher plane at some future time. Christianity does this here and
now by Regeneration or the New Birth ; that is, by the entrance of
the Spirit of God into our present bodies. I can prove this by
hundreds of cases of those who formerly were drunkards, liars, and of
bad character, yet who, on receiving the Spirit of Christ, immediately
became totally the opposite ; even their friends who had not experi-
enced the change themselves testifying to such being manifest in them.
The Spirit of Christ enables us now to live a higher life. The
revelation of Jesus is that those who experience Regeneration will
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
receive after death a new spiritual body instead of the old soul body,
and will be fitted to dwell with Him; and this we can believe because
His other testimonies have come true in our own experience. This
experience is gained by all who believe truly in Him.
If we do not accept the evidence of our senses and of thousands
of people who have seen this great change wrought, how can Astrologers
consistently expect people to believe in.them ?
There is nothing final or satisfactory in Reincarnation. Every
condition is transitory. At no period can the soul rest assured. If
it would surelj- carry us onward and upward there would be some satis-
faction, but it is not so. At one period the soul is bestial, at another
godlike, then again it takes a downward plunge, and the weary pilgrim
sees no end to his wandering.
It is also said for Reincarnation that it explains the differences
of condition in this life, and reconciles us to the apparent injustice of
them, but for this latter to be the case it is essential that we have a
remembrance of our former state, and we do not have this. If I have
to suffer for sins which I have no knowledge of, I am not in my own
knowledge identical with the criminal, and I cannot therefore acquiesce
in the justice of the punishment, and thesame thing applies to rewards
for a former good life.
Those who experience Regeneration have a higher life now, and
believe that they will have a higher still after death, combined with
knowledge of the present life.
Reincarnation also is a theory of relentless justice but Regenera-
tion is received with forgiveness of sins.
Another objection to Reincarnation is that it makes every sorrow
the branding of a criminal for sins that are past.
On the other hand, Regeneration simply takes the view that
sorrows and trials are necessary to give us opportunities to triumph
over hindrances, and develop our life now and for a future state.
I might write much more but am afraid of intruding upon your
space. I trust I have said sufficient to show that Regeneration is
superior to Reincarnation, even if the latter could be proved.
Yours sincerely,
Walter Krose.
[We quite agree with the writer that it is absurd to discredit the
truth of regeneration,—George Miiller and Leo Tolstoi were and
are living evidences to its actuality. Yet we think that the doctrine
of reincarnation, as editorially referred to, or as expounded in the series
of articles now appearing in these pages, is in no way antagonistic to
the conception of regeneration as an actual spiritual, psychical and
even physical fact, but rather includes it as a necessary phenomenon
inevitable at a certain stage of spiritual growth, or "soul evolution."
However, we do not wish to lie under the suspicion of partisanship in
this matter; and we have no doubt that some one of our readers will
be found ready and able to reply in a fitting manner to this suggestion
that the acceptance of the principle of reincarnation implies either
ignorance or neglect of or contempt for, the fact of regeneration as an
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR z
59
actual phenomenon on the one hand, or on the other, any essential
doctrine in the sublime code of ethics enunciated by Him upon whose
name the churches have founded the edifice of Christianity.—Ed.]

The Mystic Planets

Sir,
Being present one day recently at a reception given to a medium
and psychometrist, I heard this gentleman make the remark that be
was acquainted with several sensitives who were born about the year
1869; in fact he spoke of knowing nearly a dozen who were born
within about a year of that date, which was also the year of his own
birth.
I immediately suggested that this was caused by the influence of
the slower-moving planets, Neptune and Uranus, and promised to
look up the subject by reference to an ephemeris.
I have devoted some little consideration to a principle which has
before struck me as governing the action of these planets in certain
horoscopes that had already come under my notice, and was not
greatly surprised to find that about that date these two planets were
for some time very nearly in zodiacal aspect to each other, owing to
first one and then the other being retrograde, so that they pass and
repassthe position of mutual aspect. I was perhaps a little surprised
to find that this aspect was that of quadrature. In fact they were in
square to each other on January 21st to 22nd, and August gth, i86g,
Neptune being in Aries, and Uranus in Cancer.
At cei tain hours of the day this aspect would, on account of the
angle formed by the M.C. with the Ascendant, be converted into
mundane trine, and this was the case at the birth of the medium in
question. Jupiter was not far from Neptune, the Sun and Mercury
were in opposition to Uranus, and the Moon was in the ninth house.
The Sun was therefore in mundane sextile with Neptune, a position
which I have always found very favourable for impression by the
higher influences, which seem to be mediated to the outward mind by
Mercury in conjunction with the Sun.
I regard these outer planets as symbolising the two extremes of
creation and destiny—the primal formlessness and first formation of
matter on the one hand, and the final emancipation from time and
space (bounded by Saturn) on the other. They signify at once the
Deep (Tehom, Bythos) of the second verse of Genesis, and the infinite
heights of spiritual attainment, the Alpha and the Omega of the
created universe. By this I mean, not that one signifies the begin-
ing and the other the ending, but thai Neptune signifies ike beginning
and the ending., and Uranus the next stage of materiality after the one
and before the other.
The fact that they are often accounted malefics on the mundane
plane of affairs is quite in agreement with this view, because our
troubles often have a spiritual meaning of which we are unaware, and
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
sometimes turn out to be blessings in disguise, and more especially
when they serve to bring us into touch with these very influences,
previously unperceived and therefore regarded as unaccountable.
Yours truly,
Sarastro.
[We have also received other interesting letters on this topic, for
which we cannot at present find space.—Ed.]
Signs Ruling Countries
Dear Sir,
I read with interest your remarks re " Signs ruling Countries "
in the January number of your highly instructive journal Modern
Astrology. Agreeing with you generally I cannot do so with
regard to Australia, which you suggest may be under the rulership
of Scorpio. It seems to me that Australia is too large a country to be
dominated by any one sign, and a traveller through the various states
must remark on the varying nature of the country, the style and
habits of the people. My friend and yours, Mr. Agar Zariel, suggests
that " a portion of the Eastern seaboard of Australia is dominated by
Leo—especially the Eastern parts of New South Wales and perhaps
Queensland." From observation I am led to believe that Victoria
and a part of New South Wales are under Sagittarius, South Australia
(exclusiveof the Northern Territory) Libra, a. large; portion of Western
Australia Capricorn, Tasmania Aries, New Zealand (a large portion)
Cancer; of the cities, Melbourne is under Gemini, Sydney Virgo,
Adelaide Libra. I hope later to supply you with some interesting
tabulations which pressure on my time at present disallows.
Yours fraternally,
Isidore Kozminsky.
Pisces or Aquarius
With reference to Mr. A. Marques' letter re Position of the
Equinoctial Sun, there seems little doubt that " Sepharial's"
figures are correct and that the two Zodiacs did coincide in 498 a.d.
There is also little doubt that we are now partially under the
Aquarian influence ; but this is due, not to the actual position of the
Equinoctial Sun in the Constellation Aquarius, but due to the rr
influence brought0 to bear already, owing to the O's large Orb; for
the O's Orb + 5 Orb of end of constellation ar — 2 shows that the
sz influence has been in force for nearly sixty-two years.* Similarly
the H influence was ushered in about 290 years before the Birth of
Christ. Reckoning the Annual Pres. at 50.25" the O enters asr in
the year 2647 a.d., but somewhat earlier if the rate is faster than
50-25"-
Yours faithfully,
D. S. Duke.
0 0 0
• Equinox, 1904 in io -22'-29" K ; then O's Orb i7 -3o' + 5 -i-2= II0-I5' and
(Si0-I5 - ro0-22'-2g")50'25" per year = 62 years.
Modern Id

Vol. I. New Series. SEPTEMBER, 1904. No. 9.

®bfi <0bafirbatorg

More than fourteen years have now passed* since this maga-
zine commenced its work, with the avowed object of attempting
" thoroughly to purify and re-establish the ancient
« Hodera Astro- science of Astrology."
lo(fy " and its
Mission To the success of that attempt the age of the
magazine will testify. Friends and helpers have
been numerous, enemies few, and both havemadethework pleasurable
and thorough.
Between criticism on the one hand, and support on the other, a
stimulus has been given to persevere with a difficult and unpopular
problem, while the enthusiasm which springs from a deep conviction of
truth, and the light that has been shed upon the world through the
revival in the west of the Wisdom Religion, has made the task preg-
nant of good results, and has established Modern Astrology as the
pioneer of the New Astrology in which the laws governing humanity
are more clearly perceived and understood.
* *
Our "fate" has been recognised as the outcome of our own
individual thoughts, feelings and actions of the past; while the true
" freewill " has been discerned as the goal which
Fate we shall approach as we realise the possibilities
and FreeviU , . , . ,
of our own divine and immortal nature. The
materialistic tendencies of Western astrologic thought have been
combated by the reasonable and intelligent doctrine of the soul's
0
The first copy of this Magazine was issued in August, 1890, the title then
being, however. The Astrologer's Magazine.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
re-embodiment, a doctrine which has been maintained and supported
by sound arguments, and which is, moreover, upheld as the oily feasible
hypothesis for a continued belief in Astrology and the laws which this science
broves to be operating alike upon all men and all things.
** *
But above and beyond these efforts, a new school of Astrology has
been steadily germinating, ready to take its stand when the time is ripe
as the New Astrology, which in its essence is the
'of Astrology01 ^tar Lore t le
' ancient Hindus and the early
Chaldeans. No longer a mere fortune-telling art
of doubtful predictive value, it is teaching the world that Character is
Destiny, that we really do reap what we have sown, and that we are
in very truth the creators and masters of our own future, for good or ill
as we ourselves choose.
* " £
Astrology has been expounded in the pages of this magazinelargely
as a philosophy applied to laws derived by scientific induction from
observed facts, and also to a certain extent as an
What the ('occult') ari. But the religious aspect has been
Planets are ,. , / . , , , , . . ,
hitherto kept somewhatin the background and given
less than its due prominence, owing to the circumstance that few so-
called astrologers truly realise that the glorious Orb of noon is but the
outer shining vestment of God—through which as a centre He pours
forth unceasingly His beneficent life and love throughout this His
solar system,—and that each planet as it shines forth reveals to our
sight something of the splendour of a Planetary Spirit. For all the
planets are great and mighty angels, whose vibratory scheme but
echoes forth some aspect of the Will, Glory and Majesty centred in
the solar orb.
The truly occult side of Astrology is the spiritual side. All
occultism really worthy of the name shows the workingof the spiritual
laws in matter. But in this 'practical' matter-of-fact civilisation of
ours—in which matter is regarded as the only fact—Star Angels,
together with music and the fine arts, are regarded merely as " by-
products " it would appear, for all the serious attention that is given
to them in this materialistic age. While this view is fostered, and
the chief idea of a nation is a self-centred * utilitarian ' and material
one, wherein all things are assessed from a purely commercial an^
 NOTABILIA
monetary standpoint, the religious aspect of Astrology cannot be
appreciated. And this is especially the case with a nation which has
reduced religion to empty forms and superstitious observances, and
so all but stifled its spiritual growth.
* *
There are amongst us as students of Astrology many who are
capable philosophers or metaphysicians, and more who are excellent
practical workers, but there are very few whose
" Seek ye First"— souls are evolved spiritually to that point which
the religious aspect of Astrology requires,—to
understand and reverence the principle which makes it necessary
that " the Kingdom of Heaven " must Jirst be sought; when all other
things shall be added.

NOTABILIA
29 President Kruger (died iq/yl'oq) io/io/'25
30 Lord Kitchener 25/6/'50
31 Rudyard Kipling 3o/i2/'65
32 Herbert Spencer* (died April, 1904) 28/4/'2o
33 Rider Haggard 22/6/'56
34 Nathaniel Hawthorne (died ig/s/'IH) 4/7/ 04
35 Georges Sand (died 7/6/'76) 5/7/'04
Note : The birth-time of celebrities is rarely ascertainable, and even when
secured is often untrustworthy ; but these objections do not apply to the planetary
positions, since the day of birth is generally known beyond dispute. The dates here
given have been obtained from various sources, the daily papers, encyclopaidias,
etc., but where possible they have been verified or checked by comparison with
other authorities. Further than this they are not guaranteed.
Planets' Places at (Greenwich) Noon on Day of Birth
G 5 u J 7 S
J«9 ^16 S3 1725.44 M 9.10 m 16. 4 1121.55IV 5.4«J ns 4.31 TO 11.23 — 2.7 / 14-55
[30 a 3.30 V313.30 K 6.37 T 29.41 T 19.47 1516. S 3123.40 <1 2.4a D15.12 JI16.54
31 « 8-53 U 35- 8 T 7.47^ 11 1.39R Hlto. 9 1310. 6 / 24.28 US- 2 t 24. 6 ss 16.50
(37 « 8. 4 HI 9.6 >3 0.40 /28.33H r 7'5D Jt 15,15 A 3-56 E2I.54 T1648 T 0.10
(33 ae 1.10 re 22.34 K20.27® « 23-34 IB 3,18 T 7 4 A 11,27 023.24 n 29.42R r20.59
(34 ra 12.12 D 4- 7 11123.25 R A 12.41 1527.49 A26.IO « 24 47 Jli8.il n2i. 0 = 6. 6
(35 2013. 9 n 18.52 11I23.24R es 12.42 is 27.53 A26.II tt 25.40 Jt 18.30 0 22. 8 = 6. 3
Progressed Aspects for 1904
(29) G ad dty : | stjr. 0$ ; s stji. 3 t? : y ad & ll : no lunar aspects. (30) ; j) A [jj.
07. (31) (32) s a hi ; 4 ad o tji, If. (33) G <j 7 ; p o O. f .
C ijt. (34) Prog, aspects at death, ? o if. if}, d "j, nd. * 7 ; p « !y. (35) Prog, aspects at death.
q o risd. f ; 7 sef. i lil; p a 7 , o ■
Note that in (34) (35) 0 is d Sirius, and If d Capella and Bull's North Horn respectively.
• W'te't Who gives 2;|4/'2o.
 Horoscope of a lournalist

By The Editor

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This is the nativity of a man who has had a remarkable career,

having risen from the position of reporter to that of Editor, but who
lost this position through a law suit which he instituted against his
employers.
1 publish it because it is a good illustration of the influence of a
rising Moon, and the very eventful career which it produces. For
the purpose of fulfilling his professional duties, imposed upon him by
his employers whilst he was a reporter ( 2 ruler of the second on the
cusp of the tenth in f), he had to undertake some very curious and
 THE HOROSCOPE OF A JOURNALIST 265
uncommon occupations, in order to supply his journal with " copy,"
some of which his own fertile brain initiated. He would, for instance,
start from his employer's office without a penny in his pocket, with
orders to proceed to a certain town in the provinces, and earn his
way there and back. In this way he passed through many unique
experiences for the purpose of supplying sensations to the readers of
the journal for which he worked. Later on he was responsible for
the publication of a celebrated and romantic story of adventure which
in certain quarters met with much incredulity, but which "boomed "
the sale of the journal of which he was the editor. But he aimed too
high; he sought to become a partner, and this led to his downfall
and the end of his successful career (? in ? in tenth, q J in -ng in
seventh).
In search of " copy " he came to me soon after I had established
The Astrologer's Magazine, and I consented to be interviewed on the
condition that he should publish the truth concerning Astrology.
After convincing him of its truth by a reading of his own horoscope
(which considerably took him aback) he frankly admitted that no
editor in London dare attempt to publish the interview. He
honestly told me that he expected to find in me a charlatan
who traded upon the ignorance of others, and expressed his great
astonishment when I proved by my subscription book that many
persons well known in the intellectual world were supporters of an
astrological magazine. He promised to study the subject for himself,
and upon his asking me to predict some events for the future I told
him that he would rise to a good position and have first class oppor-
tunities to establish himself for the future, but that he could not
escape a lawsuit, which would prove to be the turning point in his
life, and I advised him to endeavour to understand the meaning of
the j) Q S in his nativity ; which, as events turned out, he had
evidently failed to do.
He was very ambitious and venturesome (0 * d1 and Ip), but
was often making mistakes in judgment (§ q 2^), and very easily
influenced by the opposite sex (? Q d). The position of t? in the
first house, in trine to in the sixth, brought him a great deal of
money from his peculiar labours, but the litigation into which he
entered practically ruined him, and since then he has reverted to his
old position of working journalist, contributing articles, sketches,
stories, etc., to different papers under various signatures. Indeed, I
have a letter in my possession which points to his being the author
of the series of " exposures" of palmists and clairvoyants which
recently appeared in a daily paper, and which attracted no little
attention at the time.
 266

Stranus, tlje ^.taakcner

Few people like to discover bad aspects in their nativities, and

generally speaking they like to lay the greatest stress upon the
good points, "letting themselves down lightly" as regards the so-
called ' evil' of the nativity. But if students of Astrology would
only endeavour to understand what lies at the back, so to speak,
of these ' bad aspects' or ' directions' as they are termed—if
they studied a little more the religious aspect or the spiriiual
side of Astrology, rather than confining their attention exclusively
to its physical and practical applications—I think a startling
realisation would be made, a realisation which would cause them to
revise many of their opinions regarding both ' bad aspects' and
' malefic planets."
The planets Saturn and CJranus are called " malelics " because
when their influence is potent they cause trouble, sorrow and pain.
Uranus especially, when prominent in a nativity and badly aspected,
brings crash after crash, blow after blow, till the life seems to be
laid in ruins and the despairing soul is fain to cry " You have taken
away all my gods, and now what is there left me ? "
The story of the central character in the book of Job, and the
cruel misfortunes he is assailed with, furnishes us with a typical
instance of the influence of Uranus; for although no figure of his
horoscope can be obtained, still, judging from the nature of the
afflictions that fell upon him, one arrives at the conclusion that Uranus
and Uranus only could have produced such a series of sudden and
unlooked-for calamities.
Now what does it mean, when a big crash like this falls into a
person's life? It means this,—soul growth and spiritual development.
In pleasure, in joy, when the barque of life with sails smoothly
set is gliding down the stream of time rapidly and joyfully, there is
little need for thought, little need for putting forth the soul's latent
energy; but anon the storm arises, dark clouds gather and the
frail boat is in danger of being swamped. It is then that the forces
of the inner man become awakened, he puts forth energy and effort
in order to avert a catastrophe, and by the exercise of thought and
 URANUS, THE AWAKENER
painstaking care, and by the concentration of his will towards a set
purpose, these latent faculties are developed and his spirit grows.
And so Saturn and Uranus, the malefics, serve to awaken the
soul, and may be termed the dumb-bells, as it were, by which spiritual
life is developed and maintained.
When a great sorrow falls upon one, when the face that lightened
all the world lies cold in death, and life seems now to have no
longer any attraction, then, driven in upon itself, unable to find
any comfort in the outside world, the soul is led to seek—perhaps for
the first time—the hidden God within. Standing amidst the ruins of
a life and surveying the scene of hopeless desolation, it is led to ask,
" What does it all mean ? What is the purpose of life ? What
am I here for ? Can there really be a God at all ? " That man
or woman has begun a search for the Self, has touched the reality of
his or her own nature; and that is the moment of the soul's awakening.
I have called Uranus the " Awakener," because he causes
failure and defeat; and failure teaches more than victory, for in
defeat the loins of the soul are girded up for a greater combat and a
more enduring conquest.
Many people, it would seem, study Astrology in order to avoid
pain and elude destiny, not realising that the only way to conquer fate
and to escape pain is to attain to wisdom ; for wisdom alone can put
an end to pain.
The great Lords of Karma, in fashioning the matter of each
human form, take as much of the soul's past liabilities and debts as
can be readily paid off in the ensuing life, and in its relation to others
its environment, etc., they place the soul where it can best learn the
lessons of life that lie immediately before it, while at the same time
paying off its past debts and developing future powers.
To the soul, sorrow is as necessary as joy, pain as pleasure. All
the Ego seeks is experience, by which it can expand its consciousness
and its powers; it sees the whole and not the part, the permanent and
not the transitory, and so the more developed the soul becomes the
more experiences and keener trials will that life contain. For the
young soul, on the other hand, there will be an easy life, a smooth
environment ;for just as a young plant is not left to stand against the
hurricanes lest it be torn up by the roots, neither can a young soul
be expected to stand the crashes and blows of an adverse fate.
268 MODERN ASTROLOGY

It has been said by many of our astrologers, and with truth, that
Uranus causes inevitable catastrophes, trouble which falls so suddenly
that it cannot be averted. And truly, so far as the form is concerned,
the ' phenomenal' side of existence, that is to say, Uranus may well
be regarded as a malefic ; but if as occultists we look at the subject
from the spiritual side, from the standpoint of growth and evolution,
then we shall see that it is in the highest sense of the word a henefic ;
for it brings about the soul's awakening.
Lethargy, sloth and indifference are fatal to spiritual growth, so
Uranus may therefore be called the deliverer, because he frees the
soul from the bondage of matter ; and so he gives that love of freedom,
liberty and independence which makes those born under his influence
pioneers, either in the world of invention or in the world of
metaphysics and of philosophy.
" Eccentric " is the term usually applied to those who display
much of the Uranian influence, but this eccentricity is usually closely
akin to, if not actually accompanied by, genius ; and since this potent
influence, coming as it does from the higher spheres, and consisting
of vibrations (if I may use the word) so much keener and more
intense than those which any of the other planets bring to bear on us—
since this tremendous force is playing upon and has to be interpreted
through vehicles only accustomed to the slower Saturnian vibrations,
what wonder that extreme excitability or sometimes entire nervous
breakdown is occasionally the result of his " afflictions" ?
And yet, even from this standpoint, I doubt whether the majority
of astrologers realise the blessings we owe to the destructive forces,
whether of Uranus, Saturn or Mars. For if this physical body had
not in it the elements of its own destruction, if it were not by its own
very constitution doomed sooner or later to disintegration, then we
should be bound to this one body for ever. Think of it 1 Although
the life within the form might grow, and grow, and grow, yet it would
find no outlet; so that we should be compelled to remain the
perpetual prisoners of our present bodies,—a living death in very
truth.
The mission of Uranus, then, or at least so it seems to me, is to
quicken the life in every form, to destroy every idol, to dethrone
superstition and to drive out the money-changers from the temple, and
to make us, whether we will or not, realise that there is a God within as
well as a God without ; that Deity dwells in the soul of man as truly
as in any temple made by hands.
Bessie Leo.
 ®ljt ^orit anb fsrstj (Kito
[This article, from the pen of an astrologer well known in the States,
derives not a little additional interest from the circumstance that when it
was received here on June 13th, the terrible fire on board the "General
Slocnm," by which the lives of so many women and children were lost, had
not then occurred, this event taking place on the 15th. The warning alluded
to in the latter part of the article as having been circulated—and a copy of
which we have seen—is therefore shown to have been abundantly justified.
We regret that owing to press of other matter previously in hand we were
unable to print it at the time.—Ed.]
Most of our subscribers will remember the dreadful calamity
which destroyed by fire property valued at over five million dollars
belonging to the North German Lloyd's Company, and that caused
much loss of life at Hoboken, on the opposite side of the Hudson
River from New York City, on the afternoon of June 30th, igoo,
beginning at about 3.35 p.m., and mentioned on page 70 in our
August issue for that year. (Vol. VIII.)
Now another great destruction starting in a somewhat similar
way and within a mile of the same spot has wiped out nearly three
million dollars worth more of similiar property, docks, piers, barges,
freight, etc.; but happily with only one reported loss of life, though
many have been injured by falling beams, burns, etc., and are now in
hospitals. This fire started 314.50 p.m., New York Time, on May
29th, 1904, and the greater part of the loss comes upon the D.L. 3t
W.R.R. Co., though many others have suffered. Six blocks of river-
front property are in ruins, and had it not been for the fire-boats and
water-throwing tug-boats from the New York side of the river the
flames would have again reached the great steamship piers which
furnished fuel for the conflagration of 1900. In our remarks about
that fire we called the attention of readers to the relation of the charts
of a previous solstice and the lunation preceding the event, erected for
the local time, but we need nothing more than the horoscope of this
event and that of the lunation which preceded it to show the astro-
logical student quite clearly an inevitable ruling of the planetary
farces over events of this character as well as over human life.
The following positions will enable any one familiar with the
rules to erect the figures and verify the aspects.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
M.C. 17, Asc. n], 9, Nep. 4®37, Uran. 28^47, Sat. 21^0, Jup.
20^43, Mars 70 59, Sun 70 50, Venus 27^19, Mer. 17^46, Moon
14 ^ 47, for the time of the event. And the following will give a chart
for the lunation that preceded it; M.C..CCJ2I, Asc. n 16, Nep. 4®9,
Uran. 29^17, Sat. 20^47, Jup. 17T47, Mars 28138, Sun 24159,
Ven. g g 38, Mer. 21 b 14, Moon 24 g g.
These show a malefic twelfth house influence over-hanging that
portion of the country during this month, the ruler of the lunar chart
being in square aspect to Saturn, and the lights of both the day and
the night having just passed from a conjunction with the ruler, and
carrying a saturnine influence with them to unite with that of the
fiery Mars and promote such destructions as these. The lights are
greatly afflicted by their own square to Saturn also, which no favour-
able intervention by any other planet can enable them to disperse till
it has met with the fire and has accomplished its work. Saturn, a
destructive, cohesive and congestive influence, is in one of its most
powerful locations and directly on the upper meridian. W/ieu he
reaches the end of things (the fourth house) there must come a climax. A
new order of affairs, as modifier of the quarterly influences, does not
come till the lunation which follows twenty-nine and a half days
later ; therefore, this chart may be considered to make its revolution
in that time so that each day after the time for which it is erected may
be assumed to advance the meridional point nearly thirteen degrees.
The date of this event, then, will bring that point to about the
opposition of the place it held at this beginning.
In the chart of the event we see an apparent verification of this,
for it denotes the climax of the month at that place with Saturn in
exact (mundane) opposition to the place it held in the lunation, and
with Mercury, the ruler of this, in opposition to the ascendant of the
event. In the horoscope of the event itself, though there are many
other points the student will note, he will see that the Moon is in
opposition to the conjunction of the Sun and Mars, which is occurring
on the cusp of the eighth house; that Mars is the ruler of the figure, and
that Mercury, ruler of the lunation, is in a semi-square to Neptune and
a sesquiquadrate to Uranus. The only points apparent at first glance
to account for the freedom from loss of life seem to be the lunation
occurring in a fixed, earthy sign, representing property rather than
life; that it came in a cadent house; and that at the time of the event
the Moon, representing the public, held a sextile to Saturn and was
within the benefic influence of Jupiter, the ruler of the sign through
which the Moon was in transit.
At the time of the former disaster we note Sun semi-square
M.C.; Saturn semi-square Asc.; Moon square Asc.; and Neptune
sesquiquadrate Asc.
At this one, M.C. opposition Saturn, square Mercury and semi-
quare Neptune, with Asc. semi-square Uranus.
Since the beginning of this year the writer has sent out the
 THE NEW YORK AND JERSEY CITY FIRES 271
following warning with each of his own publications and with every
horoscope;
" Your attention is called to the commingling of planetary forces
while the Sun is this year passing through Cancer and Leo. This is
likely to be accompanied by changes affecting humanity through
strikes, fires, accidents and fevers. Railroad and mining troubles will
be prominent, especially in the East and North, while storms and
serious shipwrecks may cause loss of life when the Moon passes
through Cancer during this period. . These will be prominent
also while the Moon is in the sign directly opposite, for she will then
come into line with the same influences and reflect them to the earth
with a detrimental effect."
Such warnings may be of great personal service ; but when the
dangers threaten a section of the country it is almost certain that
some person will make a mistake that will precipitate its effects. A
single person may- be able to bring his actions into harmony with
counteracting planetary forces and De enabled to escape some of the
trouble, but the community generally feels it in some way. Railroad
and shipping strikes are now in progress in this section of the world,
with little prospect of a speedy termination.
New York will be within very disturbing influences for two months
yet, and all its citizens should be more than usually cautious during
this time to avoid some still greater conflagration.* The chief malefic
influences appear to culminate around June 23rd and July 12th.
A concentric relation of circular maps for both fires, and for their
corresponding lunations will give one of the most valuable plans for
the student to examine. It appears most probable that one of the
earlier degrees of Gemini, perhaps the ninth,f rules this spot; but
whether this is so or not, it is by study of this kind that such ruler-
ships must be determined in order to assist the scientific prediction of
events from the already perceived causes.
The positions required for the construction of the said map are as
follows. For convenience Scorpio should be taken as the ascendant
of the map, the other signs following on evenly.

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f The fact that when we read this n 9° was on the cusp of the ninth house
appears somewhat confirmatory of this,—Ed,
 272

litunbane ^.strologo

The Autumn Equinox exhibits a figure with Sun near the

zenith and the beginning of Sagittarius rising. Royalty and the
aristocracy are to the fore and events connected with them, but
considerable difficulty and even danger will be created from the

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 MUNDANE ASTROLOGY
triple affliction through Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The national
credit is likely to Lie affected. Much extravagance prevails this quarter.
Travelling is dangerous both by land and sea and accidents and
wrecks will be frequently beard of. The opposed Moon in the third
in a watery sign suggests danger of inundations, the breaking of
canal banks, dam walls, etc. Scares through dangerous lunatics,
convicts, and escapes from infectious hospitals will be heard of. Cattle
and animals in general suffer the effects of the opposition of Moon and
Mercury in their signs. The problem of the Weary Willie may

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274 MODERN ASTROLOGY

exercise attention. Everything connected with traffic, the P.O.,

etc., suffers more or less. Destruction of fish in ponds and rivers.
Maritime affairs to the fore.
Religious dissensions are indicated by Mars in the ninth. Non-
conformist energy. Clergy as a whole much criticised. In the law
courts some big cases in connection with martial people and affairs,
or a love tragedy.
The birth rate is high, but strange deaths, cases of coma and trance
are common, due to the presence of Neptune in the eighth. For
these events October and is a specific date, and again the agth.
On the 15th of November Mars will be transitting the zenith of
scheme (and a few days later will contact with Sun), Mercury will
be on the ascendant and Venus conjoined with Uranus. These
positions should bring to a head certain of the radical indications in
the theme.
The New Moon of September 9th is a total eclipse of the Sun,
which will be central at noon in the latitude and longitude of the
Marquesas. It is invisible at Greenwich. In our latitude the end
of Taurus is rising and Mars opposes Saturn from the cusp of the
fifth house. Places of amusement are likely to suffer from fires or
panics. Heavy mortality among children and M.Ps. The malefic
explosive action of the martio-saturnian aspect will make itself felt
universally. Crime, violence, passion and tragedies of love and the
senses will prevail.
H. D.

[With respect to two " horary figures," calculated for the nomi-
nations of Theodore Rooseveldt and Alton B. Parker, sent by an
American reader of Modern Astrology (data respectively 11.6 a.m.,
i3/6/'04, Chicago, 111., and 5.40a.m. (tic.), Qlj/'o^, St. Louis, Missouri),
Mr. Daath observes that his experience does not lead him to place
much faith in such figures, though he agrees with our correspondent
that Mr. Rooseveldt appears to have the most promising chance. He
remarks that the Moon occupies opposing signs, while in each case
the Sun is with Venus.]
 275

Reincarnation
IX.
The fundamental cause of reincarnation, as of all manifestation,
is the desire for active sentient existence, the thirst for concrete,
definitely-pointed, clear-cut experience in form ; that which in essence
is unity desires to know separateness.
The profoundest teachers of philosophy have over and over again
asserted that we are all here clothed with matter because we desired it.
Desire is the great moving force of the world ; desire produces
everything. Now " Desire first arose in IT." A passage in 77«
Doctrine states that the great Self desired to become manifest and to
multiply. And for this it needed vehicles through which the life might
flow according to the plane of matter which it was going to contact.
The Upanishads say " The Spirit desired to see in matter, and the
eyes came, etc," and so each physical sense developed. The seeing
and the hearing and the touching are in the Self as a mode of vibration,
but it has to use vehicles in order to manifest thought, feeling and
desire.
The cause of reincarnation, broadly speaking, is that the Whole
desired to partake of formative life in the forms, to manifest in the
parts or Divine fragments, and when these divine fragments again
reunite in the whole you have a new Logos, as it were, as the result
of the evolution, a new celestial orb of harmony and wisdom sounding
forth in the heavenly spheres, a new Sun of whom the present Logos
is the father ; and it should not be difficult for astrologers to think of
the grand Man of the heavens or Adam Cadmon, producing out of
the fragments a more complex whole.
Desire brought us all into being, desire for life in the concrete
world ; and it is by the ceasing of desire that we pass back out of
manifestation, back to the bosom of the Father from whom we all
came. First we have the purification of desire, and finally the extinc-
tion of desire when the soul has not anything in the three worlds left
to desire ; when all knowledge is gained, all experience indrawn, then
there is the triumphant apostrophe of the Buddha who, attaining a
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
consciousness of God, says; " Looking for the maker of this
tabernacle I shall have to run through a course of many births, so
long as I do not find (him); and painful is birth again and again.
But now, maker of the tabernacle, thou hast been seen ; thou shalt
not make up this tabernacle again. All thy rafters are broken, thy
ridgepole is sundered; the mind, approaching the Eternal, has attained
to the extinction of all desires."
When the nature of desire and its binding force on the soul is
realised, then we shall understand why its destruction is necessary to
the perfected spiritual man.
Desire must go on until the harvest of experience has been
gathered, for only by feeding on that harvested experience can growth
be nourished and sustained. So while experience still is lacking, the
thirst for life in form still remains and the Ego must return earthwards
again and again.
But one by one the fetters of desire fall off as the Ego reaches
the perfecting of its tabernacle, for desire is personal and therefore
selfish, and when desire prompts action the purity of the action is
tainted.
The great Masters of wisdom work with unceasing activity but
without any desire for personal return ; like the radiant Sun they give
their life to all but take from none. The Master holds his power for
the good of all, and not for the elevation of any particular family or
nation ; for He is the servant of humanity. And the way to His help
is need, not kinship. The Master acts, because the great solar Logos
is manifesting, but with no personal colour to limit or soil the pure
white light of his stainless soul. The Master is a beneficent force in
the world for All.
Such is the doctrine of reincarnation which I have tried to put
before the readers of Modern Astrology, falteringly and hesitatingly
I know, for what can a pen so feeble as mine do when it treats of
such a mighty theme ? All I ask of my readers is to try and lay aside
personal prejudice, and judge the idea of reincarnation on its own
merits; for a reader of Modern Astrology should have an open
mind, into which any new thought may enter, to be then accepted
or rejected as may seem good.
The doctrine of Reincarnation should have a special claim upon
Astrologers, as Astrology comes especially under Saturn, and Saturn
 REINCARNATION
is the planet of justice. Let them ask themselves is it just for one
man to be born with a good horoscope and another with a bad one,
if there were not some pre-existing cause ? At any rate it is a
rational hypothesis as a basis for thought. The problems and sorrows
of life are many, and it seems to me that any belief which helps us
to understand the world we live in better, and which gives us a clue
to so many vexed points of controversy, is and must be to all seriously-
minded people an idea worthy of attention ; and if our tired brains and
strained emotions cry out " We do not want to return to earth
again," what after all is our personal " wanting " by the side of the
great cosmic Will which is the will also of the Monad ? After the
rest in the heaven-world has been accomplished we must take up the
burden of earth again and play our part therein, be it large or small
in the drama of life, growing, evolving, developing, until we in our
turn overcome the illusions of matter and so are free of the wheel of
birth and death. Then if we return it is not by the law of compulsion
but by the compassion of the Saviour, in order to bring light to those
who are in darkness to become helpers and saviours of men.
In my next I shall deal with the law of causation or destiny,
called by the Eastern nations " Karma," or " What a man sows
that shall he also reap." The first chapter will be called the
Invariability of Law.
Bessie Leo.

The stone, the plant, the animal, and now finally Man, are found to be groping,
each in its several sphere, for the next higher form of consciousness, for the next
higher order of vibration. To each this new consciousness comes as a ■ revelation '
of new powers and faculties, and each only recognises these new powers as be feels
the prompting of bis nature, which is a token of latent capacity to receive, and
finally to consciously use, these successively higher forms of consciousness.
They appear as revelations because, although the tendency to progress is
inherent, the actual stimulusalwayscomes from without; that is, the organism first
feels dimly the action of a new vibration, then, as it becomes more convinced of its
reality, it directs its attention towards it, and finally feels and also produces it in
full consciousness. For, necessarily, the conscious response to impression must
precede the power to produce such impressions in order to evoke response in others.
And ever as we ascend the scale of creation, we find the entity or Ego constantly
tending to divert its consciousness and volition from the lower functions to con-
centrate them on the higher ones. This is the Spiritual Evolution. This is the
pressing towards the mark for the prize of our high calling—Universal Consciousness.
John B. Shipley, in Light.
 (barren! %mo5ical ICunations anb Xunar Returns

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In my last article on this subject* I stated that my object in taking

it up was to illustrate the use of Current Synodical Lunations, and to
compare them with Lunar Returns; and I gave two maps illustrating
the subject, based upon the late Queen Victoria's horoscope, and
applying to the period of her decease. The two here given are cal-
culated in a similar manner, are based upon the same horoscope, and
apply to the period at the close of the year 1899. The South African
War broke out in October, 1899. Between December loth and 15th
of the same year our forces suffered three serious reverses in the field ;
the position was extremely grave, and a feeling of apprehension passed
through the whole empire. I have chosen this period to illustrate
the two methods under consideration, as it must certainly afford a fair
test of their utility.
Map No. 3 is the lunar return immediately preceding the reverses
in question. It is calculated for November 18th, 1899, at 1.49 a.m.,
London, when the Moon had returned to the exact zodiacal position it
held at birth in the fourth degree of Gemini. It will be seen that the
essential feature of the map is the culmination of Neptune and the Moon

• Page 55 present volume.

 CURRENT SYNODICAL LUNATIONS
in opposition to the group in Sagittarius. Neptune is just on the cusp of
the tenth house in opposition to Saturn on the cusp of the fourth. This
gives an accurate picture of difficulties to the ruling power, with
reversalsandfluctuationsof fortunes bordering on disgrace; and theop-
position comes from Sagittarius, the sign signifying voyages, news com-
ing from over seas. The map bears a close resemblance to that for the
momentous solar eclipse for December 3rd, 1899 (which was given in
Modern Astrology, Vol. VII., page 155). The conjunction of Mars
and Uranus in the third house in opposition to the Moon also shows
sudden and unexpected news of the most disastrous nature. The
conjunction of Jupiter with the Sun in the third house is the only
bright spot in the map, and may fairly be compared with the strength-
ening of bonds between Great Britain and the Colonies, which was a
direct result of the national troubles. The map is also strongly
reminiscent of that for Queen Victoria's solar revolution for 1899 (see
Modern Astrology, XIII., 141).
Map No. 4 is that of the current synodical lunation for the same
period. It is calculated for December 3rd, 1899, at 3.32 a.m., London,
when the Moon was the same distance from the Sun as at birth,
namely i028', increasing. This time six planets are in Sagittarius,
and they fall in the second and third ^houses, with Neptune in oppo-
sition from the cusp of the ninth. I do not think the map is so signifi-
cant as No. 3, or as that of the solar eclipse, which occurred on the
same day. The affliction of the second house is appropriate as far as
it goes, for the events thereoccurringgreatly increased " the butcher's
bill" ; and the combination of malefics in third and ninth points in
the same direction as the lunar opposition in map No. 3; but there
are no planets in angles, and neither tenth nor seventh is afflicted by
the actual presence of planets, although both are by rulership.
If the planets in these two maps are referred to the horoscope of
birth, the first and seventh angles are very seriously afflicted in each
case.
It would be interesting to give the series of maps following the
two here printed for this important period; but to save space I will
merely refer to the two next in order. Lord Roberts was appointed
Commander-in-Chief on December 16th, an event which turned out
very fortunately. On the day before, December 15th, at 10 a.m. the
lunar return occurred. It showed Jupiter in the mid-heaven, but
Mercury and Uranus were close by and all three in opposition to the
Moon. The Sun was in conjunction with Saturn and Mars in the
eleventh house in opposition to Neptune. The positions are significant
and important.
The corresponding synodical lunation fell on January 1st, 1900,
at 4.25 p.m., London. This too was significant of events then
happening, for it showed Mars on the cusp of the seventh house in
conjunction with the two luminaries.
On the whole these six maps give a balance of testimony slightly
in favour of the lunar return. I hope to publish further figures on the
subject.
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38egms of ttje Zottiac ^gmlroliseii

Translated from "La Volasfera, " by Sepharial.

[We regret that, first ikrongk Sepharial's illness, and later on account oj
pressure on space, the continuation of these has not been proceeded with before.
We hope to print a longer instalment next month.—Ed.]

SCORPIO
{Continued from page 151)

til, 30TH Degree.—A woman in trailing robes waving a wand

around which is coiled a serpent.
It is the index of a nature that is both clever and cunning ; capable of
asserting its power over others by persuasion or fascination. To such will
be given some lofty command or position of trust, and success will
be achieved by personal charm and magnetic power. It is a degree of
Attraction.

SAGITTARIUS

t First Degree.—A man lying upon a heap of stones by the

roadside.
It is the index of a mind given to projects that are unprofitable and to
dreams that lead to no practical result. The native's associations will be
controlled rather by caprice than prudence, and in the end his bed will be a
hard one to lie upon. Nevertheless, his freedom of spirit and love of natural
simplicity will reconcile him to much of hardship and privation. At heart
he is content. It is a degree of Privation.
f 2ND Degree.—A man standing with drawn sword.
This indicates a character that is given to strife and aggression, whether
in assaults-at-arms or in polemics. He will lead a life of continual warfare,
and litigation, and will be in danger of wounding and of being wounded.
Wherever he goes he will make enemies and will be in peril of his life
thereby. Armed, he is yet unshielded, and this is a challenge which even
gods will not ignore. It is a degree of Wounding.
 DEGREES OF THE ZODIAC SYMBOLISED

f 3rd Degree.—The Goddess of Mercy enthroned.

It is the index of a nature that is humane, fruitful and full of good works.
Beloved for works, as for inherent virtue, he will make many friends, and
what of hardship he may endure, will be voluntarily undertaken for the sake
of others. He will be attached to his home and family, but his sympathy
will not be limited to its circle, but will extend beneficially in many
directions. It is a degree of Sympnthy.
f 4TH Degree.—A soldier, holding a crossbow, stands behind
an embrasure.
It is a symbol of prudence and carefulness, allied to a certain degree of
daring and love of combat. It is a nature that takes no risks, but while
armed for the battle of life, makes full provision against its hazards, and is
continually on the defensive. Reserved and cautious, the nature must be
drawn out by circumstances, before it is fully appreciated ; it is then found
to be well-equipped. It is a degree of Prudence.
f 5TH Degree.—A man of middle age watching over a cradle.
It is the index of a nature that is given to repining and solitude, yet
bound by ties of kinship or love to those who are either enfeebled or bereft
of health and fortune. In this character there is a melancholy resignation to
the decrees of destiny, and an uncomplaining submission to the wrongs of
this world. Himself a sufferer in silence, be will be little able to help in
removing the load of care from the brows of others, yet his fidelity and
natural sympathy will prevent him from deserting them altogether. Such a
person will suffer severe bereavements and sorrows. It is a degree of
Repining.
t 6th Degree.—A mill-wheel driven by the wind.
This denotes one of an ingenious, inventive mind, and given to the study
and practice of useful arts; but of such a yielding nature that he is always
liable to imposition and injustice from others. His life will be spent m
bringing new inventions to the service of the world, without great advantage
to himself; he will be utilised without gaining much credit or respect. It is
a degree of Servitude.
f 7th Degree.—A group of cattle browsing in the sunshine.
It denotes a nature that is patient, contented, happy and self-possessed
capable of following sedentary and homely occupations uncomplainingly, and
much attracted to the calm joys of domestic and rustic life. He will lead an
uneventful and peaceful existence, happily suited in his domestic ties, and
patiently devoted to the work of an unambitious calling. It is a degree of
P lucidity.
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The horoscope here presented is that of a lady who is indeed

married, and married very successfully from an external point of view,
but who nevertheless finds that 'unfortunately there is no true com-
munion between herself and her husband, that they have no tastes in
common, and that in short their thoughts are as far apart as the
poles. The consideration of these facts in the light of the above
horoscope will prove very instructive, since this is clearly one of those
cases where, so far as happiness is concerned, though not perhaps
duty or spiritual benefit, the native would have done better to remain
unmarried.
Here we find that the nativity does not show any great sympathy
in married life, probably owing to the eleventh house being occupied
by planets which stir up discord and difficulty in connection with
 MATRIMONIAL DEPARTMENT
matrimonial affairs, and denote a lack of cohesion or true friendship
in matters connected with union.
In this case Uranus appears to govern the seventh house, and
the Sun (ruler) is in semi-square to this planet, denoting affliction or
some heavy karmic troubles, the fate being the result of lack of sym-
pathy in the past with those who were closely associated with the
native as friends. Even if Saturn is taken as ruler of the seventh, the
Moon is in semi-square to it, so that both the luminaries are afflicted
by the planets having rule (or part rule) over the sign Aquarius and
the seventh house.
Again, Venus, the love planet, is in square to Uranus from Libra,
destroying all hope of harmony or peace in connection with marriage ;
and, therefore, in this case it would seem better for the subject of our
horoscope to accept conditions as they are and to be content with
them, so far as may be, trying to realise that she is working off the
effects of past conditions which were by no means favourable, and
may, indeed, have been more disagreeable than the present ones—
probably very much more so.
Hence we would counsel her to make the best of present condi-
tions ; for her horoscope does not point to any likelihood of being
harmoniously related to any one in a matrimonial sense during the
present life. In short, she has accepted her fate; and, we have no
doubt, she is bearing it bravely.

Child strinigUd at table :—The scventeeu-months-old daughter of Mr. VV.

Faithful), of New Farm, Studley, near Redditch, has met with a remarkable
death.
The servant left her for a few moments seated at the dinner table
playing with a " soother," which was hanging from a thin string round her
neck.
When the girl returned, the child was dead. She had fallen from her
chair, the bone shield and stem of the soother had caught on the knob of
the table drawer, aud the cord round her neck had strangled her.^—Daily
Express, April izlh.
We learn from the parents that the unfortunate infant, whose
name was Elsie Kathleen, was born at Studley at two in the morning
of the 14th of November, 1902. The horoscope shows (1) close
to the cusp in the fourth house.
The extraordinary circumstances of the child's death render this
a singularly interesting case for astrological study, and we hope to
deal with it at greater length in a subsequent issue.
 (ftonstntrtion of t\je (Kclcstial ftbemc

Translated from ike Fyench of Mons. H. Selva by Heinrich Daath

[Continued from p. 253)

The vertical circle is in reality a geometric element of the sphere,

and does not enter into any of the systems of co-ordinates, which are
related either to the revolutionary movement of the planets, or the
diurnal motion of the sphere, as is the case with the equator or
ecliptic. With regard to the objection made against the circle of
position, we shall meet with it again presently, a propos of the rational
method, to which we will next address ourselves.

5. Rational Method [Modus rationalis)

Attributed both to Ptolemy and Abenezra* it appears to have
been originated by Jean Muller, of Konigsberg, otherwise known as
Monteregio, Regiomontanus or Montroyal.f Be that as it may, it is to
this latter that thanks should be rendered for its implantation in our
art.
The basis of division of the heavens is the equator, each quadrant
of which, comprised between the meridian and the horizon, is divided
into three equal arcs; and through the points of division are drawn, as
circles of position, great circles passing—as in the method of Campanus
—through the point of intersection of the meridian witli the horizon.
In this manner the circle of position determining the summits of
houses X and IV coincides with the meridian; the one making the
cusps of I and VII, with the horizon: and, as in the system of Cam-
* Celebrated Rabbinical astronomer, 1117-1174.
f Celebrated astronomer. 1436-1476. Pupil of Furbach. Author of the first
European Treatise of Trigonometry and of the first ephemerides. whose publication
probably extended from 1474 to 1531. Cf. Abel Souchon, Traiti d'Astronomu
Pratique, pp. ix-x.
 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CELESTIAL THEME 285
panus, the location of each house is either above or below the horizon.
There are thus six houses above and six below the horizon.
But although by this method each group of three houses situated
between the meridian and horizon is equal to the opposite group, and
each house invariably comprehends an arc of 30° of the equator, the
houses are generally unequal among themselves, their relative
magnitude depending upon the given geographic latitude.
Yet each pair of oppositional domiciles, or in other words those
that are 180° apart, are always equal between themselves. On the
other hand, when the height of the pole is similar, the twelfth and first
houses are equal in common, as likewise the eleventh and second, and
tenth and third.
To sum up, then, under a particular given geographic latitude,
the houses XII, I, VI and VII are of equal size, as also is the case
with the houses XI, II, V, VIII, and X, III, IV and IX, respectively.
In a single instance the whole of the houses are equal to one
another : when the place of observation is situated on the terrestrial
equator. As the geographic latitude increases, the inequality becomes
more pronounced, the size of the houses bordering upon the horizon
progressively diminishing and always remaining the smaller, that of
those conhnsd to the meridian, on the contrary, augmenting gradually
and remaining the larger.
A remark in conclusion. The obliquity of the ecliptic in com-
parison with the equator adds to the inequality of the houses, the arc
of ecliptic comprised in the various duodenary sections being neces-
sarily unequal. Two opposed mansions, however, have arcs of the
same magnitude.

{To he continued)
 286

prediction by Borarg Jlstrologg

It is sometimes urged that prediction by means of Horary Astro-
logy is vague and unreliable, or that at best it is merely a means of
exercising the psychic faculties ; the reasons given for the judgment,
when the latter turns out to be justihed, seeming very inconclusive.
In the case of the examples given in Lilly's Astrology, at any rate,
it is certainly the fact that they are hard to follow. It is rarely that
one meets with such an instance as the following, in which on the one
hand the indications are so clear, and on the other the prophecy is so
precisely fulfilled.
A member of the staff at Lyncroft Gardens was appealed to by
one of the typists to see if he could give her any advice or help
relating to her sister, who was just then out of a berth and was sorely
concerned about it. Not having the horoscope of the young lady
concerned, a horary figure was set for the time of the question, viz.,
11.35 a.m., June 22nd, 1904. The figure shows the twenty-seventh degree
of Virgo rising, ni on cusp of third house, ]) in second in =&, immedi-
ately separating from the trine of $ —which \sexactly culminating—and
applying to the opposition of H, proceeding afterwards to the A of 2 .
The following judgment was given:—"At this very time she has
already secured an appointment (])A 31, ruler of third); as the])applies
to the g of 24, however, she will be asked to receive less salary than
she is used to. Moreover, she will hear of another appointment, or
receive another offer, shortly."
On returning home that evening the querent found her aster in a
highly delighted state, she having secured an appointment at about
11 o'clock that morning ; for, although the remuneration offered was
less than she had previously been accustomed to, she was glad to
close with the offer. Furthermore, on arriving home, she had found
a letter (from a lady—a 2) awaiting her, asking her to call next day,
with a view to an engagement in her office!
It would be difficult to find an example where the indications
were clearer, or the prediction more exactly borne out. Surely, after
such an instance as this, Horary Astrology can scarcely be called a
pretended or " empirical,'' or even altogether an unworthy science,
however deprecable may be too great a dependence on its aid, on the
one hand, or its prostitution to merely selfish and mercenary ends on
the other.
 Jldiicfas
The Horoscope. July, 1904. Edited by Rollo Iretou, 4, Pilgrim
Street, E.G. is. i%d. post free. This is the concluding number of the
second volume, and also, as all students of Astrology will learn with
sincere regret, the last number to be published of the current series ;
for the Editor finds the time at his disposal will not at present permit
of the carrying out of his original intention, which was to continue the
publication as a monthly magazine covering a wider field of research
than was possible in any periodical appearing only once a quarter.
This is the more to be deplored as, apart from presenting a critical
review of current astrological thought, the publication in question has
also accomplished much excellent work itself—moreespecially in the dis-
cussionofvariousdebatable points and in efforts to establish on a firmer
and more rational basis the mathematical department of the science—
during its two years of honourable service ; and we think that the
Editor (as he himself expresses it) will not look in vain for the sup-
port of his present subscribers when a more favourable opportunity
arrives, and he is enabled to carry out his intended project. In any
case, Mr. Ireton may justly congratulate himself on having achieved
conspicuous success in the conduct of a magazine that has put Astro-
logy forward in the light of a science based on a mathematical founda-
tion and developed from astronomical data which cannot be disputed,
and represented by thoughtful and critical writers whom it is impos-
sible for the most contemptuous scientist to dismiss as either " super-
stitious " " ignorant," or " credulous" ; a magazine, moreover, that has
offended neither against the canons of literature nor good taste (if one
may except the somewhat truculent tone of a certain " open letter "
in an early number): and for this the true spirit of science as well as of
culture owes him a certain debt of gratitude.
Those who have the first volume will learn with satisfaction that
volume two will be bound in the same attractive green and gold cover,
and will be obtainable for 5s. qd. post free; or the two volumes for
ios. post free. All who are interested in the scientific aspect of
Astrology will do well to procure them.
In this present number the maxim of Sam Weller as applied to
love-letters appears to have been followed—to make the reader
" wish there was more of it,"—and the items are of a particularly
interesting character, the contributors being writers already familiar
to the readers of The Horoscope. There is an interesting article, with
a horoscope of the prophet Abbas Effendi, the acknowledged head of
the Babi sect in Persia, by Mr. A. G. Trent; the basis of the horos-
cope being a declaration of the sister that birth occurred at Teheran
on the midnight of the day upon which the Bab, Ali Mohammed,
made the declaration of his divine mission in 1844, a coincidence In
itself of some significance. Mr. J. G. Dalton's " mathematical method
288 MODERN ASTROLOGY
in nativities" reaches its third, paper, while Mr. R. D. Stocker and
" Sepharial" contribute articles on Telepathy and Mundane Astrology
respectively; the latter containing, besides useful general hints, an
extremely helpful item in the shape of a parallel tabulation of the
significations of the twelve houses as severally applied to Natal and
Mundane Astrology. M. de Champville, in his article on " Occultism
in France," introduces M. Flambert's theory of Astral Heredity, a-
subject which is also treated of in a letter by " Sepharial," in which
illustrations are given of the extent to which the theory—that birth
does not transpire at any haphazard moment, but always under a
celestial conformation agreeable to the horoscopes of the parents—
may be said to apply. " Thoughts about Tennyson's Horoscope," by
Robert Calignoc, while being of interest to the student has the advan-
tage of being also comprehensible to the lay reader, who will also cer-
tainly read " A Priestess of Death," quoted from the Daily Express. In
the pages devoted to correspondence ' Diurnal Horoscopes' and the
ever green subject of methods of calculating the houses and their poles
receive treatment by Mr. J. H. Erskine and " Advance" respectively.
The Occult Teaching and Practice of Christ. By O
Hashnu Hara (The Apocalyptic Publishing Co., 15, Tothill Street, S.W.
Flexible covers, is. netTj. This little book is written very much on the
lines of The Road to Success by the same author, reviewed some months
since in these pages. Its scope is well expressed in the following lines
quoted from the body of the work : " It is not because men are seek-
ing a new religion, that all the so-called New Thought schools have
arisen, but because they want a proper interpretation of the old."
The style is breezy and the outlook sane, while the author's special
gift of expressing truth in a downright and forcible fashion has here
abundant opportunity for its exercise. The book should prove an
inspiration to many.
The July number of The Arena (Trenton, N.J., 25c.) commences a
new series, indicated by a change in the style of the cover, which is
tasteful and attractive in a very high degree. A generous literary
banquet is provided which it would be out of place to particularise
here, but " The Confessions of a Dipsomaniac," edited by W. Lee
Howard, M.D., and written with a sympathetic yet critical insight
worthy almost of E. A. Poe, will be of great value to all who are interested
in those abnormal states of human consciousness, the true significance
of which it is too much the custom to shelve with the convenient
petitio principii of" hereditary vice" or "diseased brain."
A. H. B.
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must please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
A.11 correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily for
publication, but as a token of good faith.
N.B.—Writers of signed articles are alone responsible for the opinions con-
tained therein.
Reincarnation or Regeneration
{A reply to Mr. Walter Kruse)
In reply to your letter in Modern Astrology, in the first para-
graph you simply state your own views, and every person has a right to
state his own opinion respecting any subject. But if you will allow
me to say so, you must have a law of reincarnation working for re-
generation to be possible. When regeneration has taken place in a
man's soul he may or may not need another physical body if he has
transcended all the old conditions, but what about the millions who
die unregenerate without this new birth taking place ? These must
necessarily come back for it, otherwise how manifestly unfair for
only some of God's children to be regenerated and not all, since not
everybody gets this new birth, some dying apparently anything but
regenerate, it would be to all intents and purposes the doctrine of the
Elect over again.
The next point you take up is, that reincarnation is a theory
which has not and cannot be proved. In that case again you are
speaking for yourself, for on the other band, I know several persons
to-day, who, according to their own testimony, actually do remember
their past lives—people whose honesty, reason and veracity are
unimpeachable.
You might say, this knowledge is only satisfactory to themselves,
or you might ask why do these people remember their pre-existence
when the majority do not, and I should answer, because they have
developed their finer senses relating to subtler states of matter, and
that it is open to all to unfold their spiritual consciousness, if they
choose to make this supreme effort. In that case they will have to
" live the life," as the Christ put it, it they would " know of the doc-
trine " ; to put it practically, they will have to overcome the mind,
subjugate the senses, and make time in the early morning hours to
listen for the voice of the inner God. The soul's memory belongs to
the realms of super-consciousness, and those who desire first-hand
knowledge of truth, and of nature's laws and mysteries, must develop
clairvoyance, clair-audience, and spiritual intuition, by which alone the
finer planes of matter can be sensed.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
" Yoga" is a word which means unification of the soul's con-
sciousness with the present brain, and this yoga requires as much
time, trouble and effort as to become a master in music, or in art, or
any other thing in which concentrated persevering effort is necessary,
together with a resolute will. For the science of the soul is the most
difficult of all sciences; it means the subjugation of the self, and a
definite training applied to man's emotions, mind and senses. So it is
not wonderful that there are only a few to-day who know of the
mysteries of Jesus; the path of discipleship is the narrow way still,
and few there be that find it.
Regeneration is a fact, I am well aware, and will be so long as
time and space last, if the God seated in the heart of man is to mani-
fest his Divine power; but you are making a mistake when you say
" all reincarnation can do is to lift the soul into a higher plane at
some future birth." Reincarnation does not specify time, nor say
that any soul may not be regenerated in its present birth ; and you are
right when yon say that when the new birth has taken place the
character alters for the better, which means, that the man now throws
the whole of his force and energy into a different channel. But allow
me to remind you that the force is exactly the same, however the man
misuses it : what has happened to the man is, conversion—which
experience has placed him in touch with the harmony of the Divine
law, and therefore as he is now a conscious son of God he tries to obey
the " will of the Father."
Now, if reincarnation be not true, what becomes of the souls of
he peo pie who were born pr evious to the Christian dispensation ? For
according to your statement, they would all die unregenerate. Other-
wise, since Christianity has only been known to the Western world for
igoo years, how did those souls become regenerate ? If they were not
so, would it not be necessary for them to reincarnate for the Christian
revelation ?
Reincarnation, so far as the physical body is concerned, may
be regarded as transitory, but it teaches evolution of man or
consciousness, as well as matter, growth proceeding until at last the
" great event" arrives, and even the physical body becomes flooded
with the spirit of light and of life. Illumination has taken place.
I see you have not studied the Doctrine of Reincarnation, or you
would not say " at one period the soul is bestial, at another god-like,
then again it takes a downward plunge." That is certainly not the
teaching of reincarnation. " Once a human being, always a human
being," and there is not any going backward, but a steady pressing
forward until at last the Christ is born in the human, and eventually
the man becomes " perfect, even as his Father in Heaven is perfect."
Reincarnation certainly shows the workings of the laws of justice,
but your own apostle Paul says the same thing, " As a man sows so
must he also reap," but in one short life man seldom if ever reaps his
sowing, and though at this period of the world's evolution there are
few wno remember past lives, still every one brings his character
with him ; and " Character is Destiny,"—a good character spells
happiness and a bad character misery all the world over. Now if
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Reincarnation be not true, who is responsible for all these different
characters which are daily born into human life ? Will you say that
God creates one soul good and another bad according to His own
pleasure, one of His children a murderer and another a saint, one a
genius and another an idiot, one perfectly healthy and another
diseased and deformed ? This conception outrages every idea of
human justice. In fact, I do not see how you can explain the in-
equalities of the human race, otherwise than by the Doctrine of
Reincarnation.
You also say, that those who experience regeneration have a
higher life now, and believe they will have a higher one after death.
Now a regenerate Theosophist does not need to believe, for he knows
the after death life now, he sees the so-called dead around him, and
never loses consciousness when he lays his body down to sleep,
passing from one body to another in full consciousness, and thus
being able to bring back the knowledge gained on other planes into
the physical consciousness.
The aim of all Theosophists, as well as all Christians, is to
aspire towards the new birth ; it is for this, and for this alone, that
reincarnation is needed. Reincarnation and regeneration are not
aliens but twins, and you must have many physical embodiments
before the final glory of becoming, as the Christ said, " perfect."
The Wisdom Religion, which is the Wisdom of Christ, teaches that
every pain the human heart suffers is but the bud of future power,
which unfolds through the experience gained, making that particular
failing impossible for evermore. If pain is a teacher it is also a great
healer, and a great purifier ; troubles and trials are, so to speak,
dumb-bells for the development of character, which can be thrown on
one side when the soul has become spiritual; for then knowledge has
put an end to all personal pain, leaving perfect sympathy for all
earth's still suffering children.
In conclusion, I agree with you that Regeneration is mightier
than Reincarnation ; for Reincarnation is working in and through
matter, while Regeneration is an out-pouring of the Love and Light
of the Supreme. I am quite in sympathy with your idea of regenera-
tion, and 1 certainly believe that the greater the number of souls who
receive new birth, the better for the world's progress and for evolution
in general. Yours sincerely,
Bessie Leo.
[P.S.—If Mr. Kruse cares to write to me privately, I can go more
fully into the subject.]

Unanimitv in Prediction.
Dear Sir,
A journalist of the Daily Mail who has been investigating
Occultism, makes a great point of the fact that the soothsayers he
visited contradicted each other ill important details, with regard tq
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his past, present or future. My experience in this connection may
be interesting ; it is exactly the opposite.
1. "You will have to wait until the Sun comes to the sextile of
Jupiter before you attain the best point in your horoscope, this occur-
ring about four years from now, a time that will mark an epoch in
your life, bringing you all the success you could wish for."—Mr. Alan
Leo, October 10th, 1902. Astrology.
2. " Your great success comes to you in about three years
time."—A Bond Street Palmist in 1903.
3. " In three years from now you attain the great success of
your life. Your whole position alters. It is as though a door were
thrown open and you stepped from the confinement of a small room into
the wide world."—A Clairvoyant in 1903.
4. "There are many new responsibilities undertaken in 1905,
and they will be well met by you, and then 1906 will prove to be one
of the best years of your life. The year will be marked by something
launched, original and individual in character, with the power behind
it to be one of the most satisfactory ventures of your whole life."—
Mr. William Heald in Chromotype of May 28th, 1904.
The agreement between these four prophecies, all independent of
each other and given by different methods, is remarkable and deserves
to be known. It is only fair to add—(for I ought to give pros and
cons)—that the first three prophets foretold a success for April, 1904,
which success did not come off; and as the writer has always been
given to understand that the greater success of 1906 depended upon the
minor success of 1904, probably the failure of the one means the
failure of the other. The prophecies are only given as remarkable in
their coincidence.
Yours truly,
Jtdy i$th, 1904- Scrutator.
(Our correspondent's no>n de plume is, we take it, chosen at
random. We do not gather that the writer is the "Scrutator" of
The Horoscope.—Ed.]

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(BhssxbaiotTJ
In looking through the first volume of The Horoscope, I am
interested in the articles which appeared under the heading of
" Debatable Ground," by Sepharial, and I am
^Oroimd8 surprised to find that many of his problems have
hitherto remained practically unanswered—save
by some vague hints in various articles that have appeared from time
to time.
^ *
The first problem is apparently a challenge to the statement, for
which I think I am more or less responsible, that the nativity is the
root " of all predispositions or tendencies which the
Problem native will subsequently manifest," which the
writer thinks an unwarrantable assertion.
With all due respect to Sejiharial's astrological opinion, and with-
out the least desire to argue the point, I maintain my conviction
that the original statement holds good, and I will endeavour to explain
my reason for doing so.
*• Ik
Holding firmly to the theory of the Soul's Ke-embodiment, as a
sound and reasonable hypothesis upon which to found a belief in
planetary influences and their action upon the
^a^^red*" native born under any particular influence, I look
upon the horoscope, of birth as a geometrical
figure representing the crystallised thought-forms of a previous life, in
which are contained all the possibilities of the future. From this
point of view we commence the present life with so much previously
acquired character, latent or active, according to the nature of the
environment into which we have been born. Over hereditary con-
294 MODERN ASTROLOGY
ditions and general environment we have no control whatever during
the first four years of life. The heredity taint, indeed, may take
the best part of a lifetime to cast out, while the environment will be
overcome, or will overcome us,"according to our strength of character.

Generally speaking, environment is represented by the Twelve

Houses of each nativity, the fate represented by which is usually
improved or modified by the aspects between the
ohang^hU Spots 7 P'anRts 'n those houses, while the main stream of
hereditary tendencies is denoted by the Ascendant,
its sign, " decanate " and " dwadashamsha." But Character is denoted
by the zodiacal positions, etc., of the Planets.
None of these influences are actually changed by "directions,"
no matter how potent, though they may he modified or more fully
expressed by them. For instance, a native horn with a natal aspect
of if □ I? cannot change the nature of this aspect into that of 2f A I? ,
do what he will. But should the Sun progress to a trine aspect of
Jupiter and the Moon to a trine of Saturn, the aspect of 2f o I? would
not appear so malignant. Nevertheless all " directions," good or evil,
would be subject to the events foreshadowed by this aspect.
* *
This consideration it was which lead me to finally decide that
Character is destiny. Fate may be shown by environment and
hereditary tendencies, but the character will
modify both according to its strength.
The idea held by many appears to be that
outside of the nativity there is something belter than that originally
found there.
There is only one circle of twelve signs. Emancipation from
that " circle of necessity " means freedom indeed, but within that
circle lies our individual fate. Freed from it there is but one
destiny for all—escape from the bondage of physical matter. To
accept Sepharial's contention brings us to this—that there is a never-
ending series of circles, into which we pass according as the
"directions" successively operate.
The truth so far as I can see lies in the fact that^—" each life the
outcome of a former living is," etc. We are constantly spinning
webs, so to speak, and from life to life we live in these webs that we
 NOTABILIA 295
have spun, until at last we cease from spinning, and the " formative
will " is finally renounced.
*
* *
To give an instance of what I mean. A certain writer was born
under the influence of ^ —hence the well-known misfortunes he
meets with in all his literary undertakings, misfor-
Changing the tunes which no amount of good " directions " to
Nature of
Aepeots either ^ or ^ will overcome. For that is the " root,"
and all branches springing from it must suffer from
this radical distortion, until Character begins to eradicate the cause by
changing the original trend of thought and permanent mode of vibra-
tion, which was the primal cause of that soul being born under that
particular aspect. To change the nature of adverse aspects is the
great secret which should be in the possession of everyone who claims
to be an astrologer. Of this I will speak later.

NOTABILIA
i36) Sir Hiram Maxim, the inventor 5/2/'40
37) A. Conan Doyle, author of " Sherlock Holmes " zz/s/'sg
(38) A. C. Harmswnrth, of the Daify Mail l7/5/'65
(39} Mr. Henry J. Wood, conductor of the Queen's Hall Orchestra 3/3/'7o
(40) ., Bernard Partridge, the Artist actor ii/io/'6i
14rj ,, Charles Morton, of the " Alhambra," the Entrepreneur ts/S/'ig
(4a) Lord Beacons&eld (Benjamin Disraeli) (died 2i/i2/'o4

[Mons. H. Sclva in a letter to the Editor kindly points out that Georges Sand
was born on July isl, 1804, at 10.30 p.m. (died at Mohant, June 8th, 1876, very nearly
10 a.m.), and not J uly jtb, as given in last month's " Notabilia," on p. 263, though
the latter is the date given in the Encyclopcsdia Britlanica, wbicb, however, gives June
8th as day of death.]
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No. 5. Lunar Return,

In Theoretical Astrology, page 26, a map was given of the Synodical
Lunation in the King's Horoscope immediately preceding the opera-
tion for perityphlitis on June 24th, 1902. This lunation occurred on
June 2nd, and showed Uranus rising in opposition to the Sun. The
corresponding Lunar Return was not given in that book ; and as the
subject is now before the readers of this magazine, it may be as well
to insert the map here.
Case No. 5 is, accordingly, the map for the moment of the Moon's
 CURRENT SYNODICAL LUNATIONS
return to its radical longitude in the King's horoscope ; and, as will be
seen, it occurred only eleven days before the date of the operation,
which was eleven days nearer than the Synodical Lunation. Scorpio
rises, which sign contained the Sun, hyleg, at the King's birth. Mars,
lord of the ascendant, is in the eighth, and also rules the sixth,
the houses of death and sickness. The Sun, lord of the mid-heaven,
is in the same house, in opposition to Uranus, in conjunction with
Neptune and trine to Jupiter, while the Moon is separating from a
square. It will be noticed that the opposition, which is the serious
affliction in both maps, is much closer in the figure here given (two
degrees) than it was at the lunation (eight degrees), more so in pro-
portion than is the trine to Jupiter. This affliction of the Sun in the
eighth house, and the other positions mentioned, will, I think, be con-
sidered highly significant of the event, a serious illness which, with
less skilled surgical attention, might easily have proved fatal. The
strong position of Venus in the seventh house is interesting, because
peace had been declared in South Africa only a fortnight before, and the
rejoicings were fresh in people's minds ; and the sentiments of devotion
and attachment to the King which were universally expressed were very
marked. At the lunation the Moon was in conjunction with Venus in
the fourth house ; and it is worth noticing that in the corresponding
maps for the King's illness from typhoid fever in 1871, the prominence
of Venus was equally marked. These maps will be given in a future
number.
The coronation ceremony, originally appointed for June 26th,
actually took place on August gth. Map No. 6 indicates the posi-
tions at the Synodical Lunation immediately preceding this date.
The attention is at once attracted, on inspection, by the planets in the
mid-heaven. Neptune is on the cusp, Venus and Mars are close by,
and Mercury is in the house. As relating to an event of an impor-
tant public nature connected with the monarch, this is of course the
precise house concerned. As for the planets therein, the culmination
of Neptune would very likely have been regarded rather dubiously by
an astrologer writing beforehand, although I think the proximity of
Venus might have turned the scale of judgment in the right direction.
Viewing the positions in the light of subsequent events, we are ap-
parently justified in concluding that Neptune, when supported by a
benefic and free from evil aspects, operates for good.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
The general experience of this planet seems to have been that i t
is much easier to find illustrations of its malefic than of its benefic
action ; but in most, if not in all, the cases that have been published,
this malefic action has been accompanied by very cross aspects, and
in such circumstances evil results are not surprising. It is strange
that, after several years of study, so few cases should be available
in which it can be demonstrated to have acted beneficially in
ordinary mundane affairs ; because when well aspected and free from
affliction such benefic influence must certainly exist. It is much to be
desired that instances of this action for good should be published
when they are detected; and I use the expression "in ordinary
mundane affairs," because cases of its psychic tendency have been
fairly well illustrated already.

No. 0. Lunation. No. 7. Lunar Return.

It may be added that, when referred to the horoscope of birth,
the place of Neptune here trines the radical mid-heaven exactly.
There are cross aspects to the two luminaries, but the Sun is
strong by sign and the Moon has the trine of Jupiter.
Map No. 7 is that for the Lunar Return at the same period, only
two days before the coronation. The same planets in Cancer are
elevated, and the rising Moon has a trine from Saturn; but I do not
think the positions are so suitable or characteristic as in Map 6.
Uranus exactly on the fourth cusp is an awkward position that would
probably have misled an astrologer in spite of its trine to the Sun;
while the Moon has afflictions from Neptune, the Sun, and Jupiter.
Why the Lunar Return should be less significant in this case
than in those previously published I am unable to say.
H. S. Green.
 299

ifourtlj Simcnsiurr

[Thb following succinct exposition of the conception of the

" fourth dimension " is taken from a letter contributed to the pages of
Light. The subject is one of a nearer interest to astrologers than
might be thought, for Uranus is certainly in some way associated with
" fourth dimensional space," and a careful attempt to grasp the con-
ception thereof will wonderfully expand the mind in the direction of
comprehending the strange nature of this cataclysmical planet. We
have italicised those points that in our opinion suggest useful ideas in
connection with the higher aspects of Astrology.—Ed.]
In passing from Line to Area, or from one to two dimensions, we
do not advance by addition in the same straight line, but ' side-fore-
most,' by adding something of the second dimension. And in
passing from Area to Solid we advance not lengthways but' flatside-
foremost,' i.e., by adding something in the third dimension. In the
same way if we would carry on the analogy and advance to a fourth
dimension, we must advance neither upward nor downward, nor to
the North, South, East or West (for all these are in three dimensions),
but by adding something of the fourth dimension. In four dimen-
sions of space we have to assume not only length, breadth, and
thickness, but something else, of which, as three-dimensional beings,
we can have no actual experience, but which, for want of a better
word, we may denominate " throughth." To complete our analogy,
then, we must advance our solid in the direction of " throughth," and
then our fourth-dimension figure will eventuate. That we cannot
readily conceive of "throughth " need not trouble us. A creature that
should live and move and have its being in a straight line could not
readily conceive of breadth, nor could a creature living in a plane
surface easily grasp the notion of height. To the student of solid
geometry the notion of four dimensions does not present an insuper-
able difficulty. He has but to add a fourth ' co-ordinate.' And
as in two dimensions we have the circle, and in three dimensions
the sphere, so in four dimensions should there be a corresponding
figure whose equation is 0a=>'>. And just as two spheres in
three dimensions intersect in a circle, so would two oj these four-dimension
figures intersect in a sphere.
Should the theory be true (and on this I would not presume to offer
an opinion), it is conceivable that a four-dimension being might
tegard our three-dimension world much as we regard a drawing on a
sheet of paper, and that he could pass as readily to any part of it as
we can place a pencil on any part of the drawing.
 300

lirttma

i.
/ Thk Law of Causu and Effect

We live in a realm of law, are snrrouncled by law, and this law is

invariable..! When this fact is cognised and accepted as applying to the
mental and moral world as much as to the physical, we feel somehow
both small and helpless—we seem to be in the grip of a Mighty Power
that, seizing us, whirls us away, helpless and unable to resist. But this
is not so in reality, for this same Mighty Power only needs knowledge
to understand its workings, and when understood will obediently carry
us whither we will. " Nature is conquered by obedience," say the
wise, and all her mighty powers can be used at our bidding directly
we have the knowledge to work with the law and not against it.
On the invariability of law all scientific experiments must depend
for security. How else could one plan a result and predict the future ?
A chemist working in his laboratory knows that Nature will ever
respond in the same way under the same conditions to the same
treatment, and never in the same way to any other. Therefore
if his results vary he does not blame Nature, realising that the
variation in his results means a flaw in his procedure, not a change in
Nature.
Human action works on just the same lines. The more action is
based on knowledge, the more secure is it in the forecasting; for all
"accident" is the result of ignorance, and is due to the workings of
laws whose presence was unknown or overlooked.
What people do not yet seem to realise is, that in the mental and
moral worlds, as much as in the physical, results can be foreseen, cal-
culated on, and planned for. Nature is Truth, and she never betrays
one of her children ; we are betrayed by our own blindness only.
And why should we not expect this invariability of law in the
mental and moral worlds, just the same as in the physical ?
All this Universe is but the emanation of Truth, and what we
call " law " is but the expression of the Divine in Nature.
 KARMA 301
There is but One Divine Life permeating all and one Law
sustaining all, and this bed-rock of the Divine Nature is a secure,
permanent and immortal foundation.
Now, in studying the law of destiny, or as the Easterns term it
Karma, epitomised in the text "asa man sows so must he also reap,"
let us try and imagine to ourselves Life and Form—the One Divine
Life dwelling in myriads of forms, these forms being ' sheaths' of the
various kinds of matter suited to the various " planes " of matter that
the fragment of the Divine Life is contacting. First let us get a clear
mental picture of the three lower planes or regions of the universe,
and of the principles or forces related to them.
The lowest vehicle, the Physical Body, is the servant of the con-
sciousness for its work on the physical plane, and in this body the
consciousness can only work within the capacities of the brain.
The next, the subtle or Astral Body, is suited to manifestation on
the psychic plane, the plane immediately above the physical—though
above and below are misleading terms, for each plane of matter and
each vehicle adapted to that plane of matter interpenetrate each
other. The astral body is the body which we use at night when our
physical body sleeps, the body in which we contact the Astral or
Desire world ; we might call it the desire body or psychic body.
Thirdly, there is the Mind Body, which is the vehicle we use for
functioning in the mind world. But as we are chiefly conscious in
our present stage of evolution in the physical body, we translate all
vibrations coming from the astral or mental worlds into physical
terms ; and hence we are too apt to imagine that it is the brain that
thinks, whereas the brain is in fact only the instrument which the thinker
uses.
In Practical Occultism the student learns to visit these different
planes, and by his own investigations transforms theories relating
thereto into knowledge, bringing down the consciousness of the other
worlds—the worlds usually known only after death—into the physical
or normal waking consciousness.
B. Leo.

(To be continued)
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At the New Moon on October gth, the Sun, Moon, and Mercury
are rising in Libra, applying to the opposition of Jupiter near the
cusp of the eighth house, receiving a square from Neptune in the
mid-heaven, and a trine from Saturn in the fifth.
The culminating planet suggests uncertainty, doubt, and in-
stability overshadowing the Government and the counsels of the
nation. The rising. luminaries seem to indicate that they will hold
their own, but that they are unpopular and struggling against ad-
versity and are losing ground. The rate of national expenditure
continues heavy and there will not be much improvement in trade or
the revenue, unless, perhaps, from such sources as death duties.
Stocks and shares are likely to fluctuate seriously, and heavy losses
 MUNDANE ASTROLOGY
occur through speculative movements in finance; possibly the sus.
pension of a bank or of some large firm. Wealthy people will die-
Theatres and amusements are unfavourably influenced, money will be
lost through them, and new ventures will not prosper well. Accidents
by railways and motor cars with loss of life will be heard of.
Mars will transit the place of the solar eclipse of September gth,
at the end of October, and will bring out some of the trouble shown
in that map. There is some danger of fires at schools or places of
amusement. At the same time it is in opposition to the place of the
Moon in the map for the autumnal equinox, which brings accidents
in travelling, and drowning cases, as well as disputes over questions
of education and religion. The presence of Mars in Virgo during
October and part of November will cause diseases of the stomach,
liver, and bowels. There will be disturbances and outrages in
Turkey, and fires in Paris. The weather is likely to be mild but
damp.
The directions to the mid-heaven and ascendant of the 0 in T
map indicate trouble through the second (finance) and fifth (birth-
rate, children, entertainments) houses, which are supported by the
positions at this lunation. At the end of October and beginning of
November, the influences are more favourable for foreign affairs and
amicable relations abroad.

The Seven Planes of Nature.

" Vast hierarchies of beings inhabit these planes, ranging from the lofty
Intelligences of the spiritual region to the lowest sub-conscious Elementals
of the physical world. On every plane Spirit and Matter are conjoined in
every particle—every particle having Matter as its body, Spirit as its life—
and all independent aggregations of particles, all separated forms of every
kind, of every type, are ensouled by these living beings, varying in their
grade according to the grade of the form. No form exists which is not thus
ensouled, but the informing entity may be the loftiest Intelligence, the lowest
Elemental, or any of the countless hosts that range between. The entities
with which we shall presently be concerned are chiefly those of the psychic
plane, for these give to man his body of desire (Kdnui Rtipa)—his body of
sensation, as it is often called,—are indeed built into its astral matrix and
vivify his astral senses. They are, to use the technical name, the Form
Elementals {R&pa Devaids) of the animal world, and are the agents of the
changes which transmute vibrations into sensations."—Karma.
 ®fj£ Construction of ttje Celestial ®ljeiue

Translated from the French of Mons. II. Sei.va by Heinrich Daath

(Conlimted from p. 285)

Before proceeding to explain the method of calculation appli-

cable to the rational system, it is necessary to say a few words upon
the poles of the houses.
Referring to Fig. 5 it is seen that the horizon is represented by
MTHN, the meridian by MEPNOP', the poles of the earth by P and
P' respectively.

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the pole above the horizon, otherwise denominated the " given
 THK CONSTRUCTION OF THE CELESTIAL THEME 305
geographic latitude," and as the horizon MTHN is at the same time
the circle of position of the first house, PN represents the height of
the pole above the circle of position of the house, or as we say for
brevity in astrological parlance, the pole of first.
Further, let us drop from P an arc PZ perpendicular to the circle
of position of the twelfth house MFZN. This arc will give the
measure of the house in question, and it will thus be said that PZ is
the pole of twelfth.
Some very simple considerations will then demonstrate that if
from P'an arc be elevated perpendicular to the circle of position of
the second house MASN, such arc will be equal to PZ. Thus the
houses XII and II have the same pole, even as their opposed ones VI
and VIII. Similarly we can easily convince ourselves that the
houses XI and III and their opposites V and IX have an identical
pole.
It may be remarked in this place that in proceeding from the
horizon towards the meridian the height of the poles decreases.
The tenth and fourth houses have no pole, since their common
circle of position is the meridian itself, as we have explained previously.
There are then in reality three different poles to take into consideration
when constructing the houses : one equivalent to the given geographic
latitude, the other two being a function of this latitude.
Having thus explained what the poles are, it will be well to
tackle another point which is frequently in question in astrological
calculations and is connected with ascensional difference.
In our Fig. 5, CILHSO represents the ecliptic and consequently
the points C, I, L, H, etc., where the ecliptic is cut by the various
circles of position, constitute the cusps respectively of houses X, XI,
XII, I, etc.
Draw a circle of declination PHP' through the ascendant H,
cutting the equator at T'; we know that T' will mark the R.A. of the
ascendant (=tT'), T its oblique ascension (=tT), and that TT'
represents the ascensional difference of H under the given geographic
latitude.
Still further let us pass through the point L of the ecliptic, which
in our figure by hypothesis is situated upon the circle of position of
the twelfth house, MFLN, a circle of declination PLP', cutting the
equator at F'. We obtain thus on the equator an arc FF' which in
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
comparison with L is the analogue of the arc TT' with regard to H.
FF' is said to be the ascensional difference of L under the pole of
the twelfth house.
This particularisation is indispensable. Practically it may be
said that if L were not situated in the position named, but upon the
horizon, its ascensional difference would be greater ; for if this element
varies with the declination of the point of the heavens considered, it is
the function also of the height of the pole, and we know already that the
pole of the twelfth is less than that of the first—which latter is
equivalent to the given geographic latitude.
If L were no longer situated on the circle of position of the
twelfth, but on that of the eleventh, its ascensional difference would be
still smaller ; and finally if L were on the meridian it would possess
no ascensional difference whatever, since it would no more be
a question of oblique but solely of right ascension. 5This is the
reason why the relation of any point of the heavens to the
zenith is determined by a difference of right ascensions and not
oblique.
To finish with these explanations, let us suppose we are concerned
with a point of the heavens L, which may be situated in any other
place but upon the circle of position of a house. It is still possible
to draw through L a circle of position MLN which passes through
the points of intersection of the meridian with the horizon ; and upon
this circle of position one can likewise lower from the pole a perpen-
dicular arc PZ which will be then denominated the pole of L, which
pole will be common to all the points of the heavens situated upon
the same circle of position. Finally, in causing a circle of declination
to pass through L, an ascensional difference FF' is obtained, which in
this case will be called the ascensional difference of L under its own
pole.
Moreover F will signify what is known as the oblique ascension
of L under its own pole (=<y,F). The arc T F' on the contrary is
the measure of the right ascension of L.
It is therefore only when we consider the ascensional difference
of a star or a point of the heavens under the height of pole above the
horizon, otherwise called^the given geographic latitude, that we speak
of ascensional difference or oblique ascension.
The respective poles of the houses having a fixed value for any
 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CELESTIAL THEME 307

given geographic latitude, it has thus been rendered possible to construct

tables which give such values by mere inspection. The following is
the method of computing these poles.
To obtain the pole of the twelfth house, ir^PZ. Draw through
T a great circle perpendicular to the horizon, which will cut the circle
of position of the house in question at B.* We shall then have a
triangle FBT, rectangular at B. In this triangle we know the arc of
equator FT which by hypothesis is invariably equal to 30° ; moreover
the angle FTB is equal to the given geographic latitude (it is in
efi'ect equal to the angle NTP, which is measured by the arc PN,
representing the height of the pole above the horizon). We can
subsequently compute th e angle BFT, which is the complement of
the height of the pole PZ already found (because the angle BFT =
90°—PFB, and this latter is measured by the arc PZ).
We thus have the appended formula: (*' = pole of house) :
1. For the pole of XII, II, VI and VIII : tang. ■»*= cos. 30oxtang. ir.
2. For the pole of XI, HI, V and IX : taiig.T"=cos. 6o0x tang. Jr.
We know that for the houses I and VII the pole is represented
by the given geographic latitude, jt.
Knowing the poles of the houses we are enabled to calculate the
cusps therefrom by the method which has been explained previously
for the calculation of the ascendant, being careful to substitute he
value of the pole corresponding to the house whose cusp it is required
to decide.
It is necessary only to compute the cusps of XI, XII, I, II,
III, those of the opposite houses being obtained by adding 180
degrees.
Here is the method to pursue and the formulae to employ :
1. Having computed the K.A. of the upper meridian add to it
30° for the space of each house comprised between the meridian and
the cusp required. The oblique ascension of this cusp is thus yielded
under the pole of the house concerned. (For instance, Oblique
Ascension of XI = R.A.M.C. + 300; O.A. XII = R.A.M.C.+60; O.A.
Ascendt. = R.A.M.C.+90o; O.A. II = R.A.M.C.+120°; O.A. 111 =
R.A.M.C. + X500.)

* In order not to crowd our figure inconveniently, the vertical circle referred
to has been omitted. But the reader can easily supplement the deficiency by
constructing an appropriate figure.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
2. Ao. being the oblique ascension of the house required, ir the
pole corresponding to this house, L the ecliptic longitude of the cusp
found, (0 the obliquity of the ecliptic, we have
Cotg. <£* = cos. Ao. cotg. tt
• <f> represented in the figure by the angle Ta-Z.
and
T -tang. Ao. cos. <f>
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COS.
There remains for us here the explanation of a point connected
with domification which sometimes presents itself in practice.
All the cusps of the houses being computed on the ecliptic,
because the stars have most frequently latitude there is in certain
cases a doubt as regards whether a star having the identical longitude
as the cusp of a given house, or a near approach to that longitude,
but having at the same time latitude, is situated within or without
such house.*
This may be understood in Fig. 5 by taking upon a circle of
latitude drawn through L, several arbitrarily chosen points and
considering their situation in connection with the circle of position
MLN.
As the matter is of some importance from an interpretative point
of view we ought to indicate how the question may be resolved.

(To be continued]

The Prime Minister's Conception of Nature.—In addressing the

British Association at Cambridge, the Prime Minister gave the following as
his idea of Nature :—" The common notion," he said, "that he who would
search out the secrets of Nature must humbly wait on experience, obedient
to its slightest hint, is but partly true. This may be his ordinary attitude;
but now and again it happens that observation and experiment are not
treated as guides to be meekly followed, but as witnesses to be broken down
in cross-examination. Their plain message is disbelieved, and the investi-
gating judge does not pause until a confession in harmony with his precon-
ceived ideas has, if possible, been wrung from their reluctant evidence."

• Thus it is found for example in the theme of Kenan, that Mercury

according to its longitude appears to be below the horizon and yet is in reality
already risen.
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Harrv Houdini, "the prison-breaker," has sent us his time of
birth, and the above is a copy of his nativity.
This gentleman has been handcuffed by a number of the latest
inventions in handcuffs, manacles, etc., and imprisoned in a box which
has been locked before an audience, and has managed to break away
from all his fetters and appear before the audience again perfectly free
within a few minutes of being tied up in a sack and locked in a strong
box. He is a puzzle to conjurors, and the despair of all keepers and
wardens of prisons, and is in many other respects a very remarkable
man. His nativity, which is now published for the first time, should
afford students scope for their ingenuity in discovering the positions
which denote his extraordinary cleverness in freeing himself from the
handcuffs with which he is fettered, and we should be glad if any
student will comment upon this nativity for the benefit of others who
may feel interested.
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Degrees of tlje Zabtac j^ptboUseb

Translated from "La Volasfera, " by Sepharial.

SAGITTARIUS.

{Continued from page 281)

f 8th Degree.—Two men playing cards together.

This denotes one given to the hazards of speculation ; hopeful, jovial,
and venturesome.. He will follow a life of change and chance, counting on
nothing beyond the day, and content with his lot, so long as he comes0by it
without effort. In the midst of want and privation he will keep a hopeful
countenance and a good heart. It cannot be said that he will do much good
to others ; yet he will do no intentional harm, and his good spirits will cheer
others, who else might despond too easily. It is a degree of Hazard.
J 9th Degree.—A house on fire.
This symbol is indicative of an enthusiastic and inspirational nature,
highly impulsive and headstrong, but having a definite purpose in life to
which all else is subservient. He may be a visionary, or a man consumed
by the fire of a subtle genius; but his unpractical nature will subject him to
severe penalties, and after a short, fevered existence, the cruse of his vital
powers will be exhausted. It is a degree of Zeal.
f ioth Degree.—A full moon shining in a clear sky.
It is the sign of a sympathetic and adaptable nature, of superior abilities
and considerable powers of imitation and assimilation. He will shine by
reflected light, but will display his faculties with such ease and grace in
places where they are appreciated, that he will pass for one of inherent
genius; will acquire fame and wealth ; and finally will outshine all others in
his particular sphere of life. It is a symbol of Capacity.
f 1 ith Degree.—A tiger crouching as in the act of assault.
It denotes a character that is treacherous and aggressive; disposed to
seek his ends with subtlety and to secure'them by force. There is here a
combination that is both diplomatic and assertive, and therefore to be treated
with reserve and firmness. The native will attain many of his ambitions
and will make many enemies in the course of his career. His projects will
 DEGREES OF THE ZODIAC SYMBOLISED 311
lead him into many dangers and may even bring about his premature end.
It is a degree of Stniiegy.
t 12th Degree.—A fair woman sporting herself on a couch.
It is the index of a mind that is given to the delights of the senses,
voluptuous and sybaritic, self-indulgent and indolent; yet ambitious of
honours and wealth. The pleasures of the senses will prove to the native a
delusion and a snare, leading him on from one indulgence to another until
at length he will fall into a premature senility and ineptitude which be will
not have strength enough to rouse himself from. Women under this degree
should be carefully cherished and forefended. It is a degree ofSensuousuess.
J 13TH Decree.—A large portcullis guarding the entrance to a
prison.
It is the symbol of a nature doomed to seclusion and separatencss of
life, either on account of some incurable hurt to the flesh or by reason of a
mind that is misanthropic and perverse. Such an one will move in narrow
limits, and his walk in life will be circumscribed by a stern necessity. He
will be in danger of restraint, captivity or imprisonment, and his life will be
full of dangers. It is a degree of RairawU.
f 14.TH Decree.— A quantity of books and papers in disorder.
It is the index of a mind given to the study of literature, history and
other intellectual pursuits. The literary and scientific taste will be cultivated
and trained to useful but somewhat unpopular or novel ends. The memory
will be highly retentive, and the imagination lively but well under control.
Such an one may become a prolific writer, combining science and invention
with a facile power of romantic fancy. A strenuous worker and temperate
liver, he will not fail to meet with due distinction. It is a degree of Intellect.
f 15TH Decree.—An arrow in mid-air.
This is the iudex of a mind that is penetrating, intent and ambitious
Such au one may gain distinction by fortuitous flights of fancy. He will
meet with distinction, will attain a position of some elevation, but being sus-
tained solely by his own inertia, he will suffer a rapid decline, and in the end
will meet with reversal. Enterprising and progressive in spirit, he will
succeed during the first part of life and later will have cause to regret his
projects. It is a degree of Direction.
f i6th Decree.—A black hole or cavern in a rock.
This is an indication of a mind given to futile or vacuous projects,
inconstant and fruitless work, so that his fortunes will be meagre and his
position of no account. Always open to receive benefits from others, but
yielding nothing of his own, he will fail of friends and fortune and in the end
will afford but a black and barren prospect. If is a degree of Vacuity.
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To those who take an interest in names and their relation to

characteristics—whether hereditary or acquired,—and more especially
to those who wish to trace the connection between names and the
various planetary and zodiacal influences that play upon man, the
following data, contributed by a correspondent* relative to two
families, each member of which possesses the name Meredith, and one
of whom is customarily called by it, will be of interest. We have not
space to give all the planetary positions, but have appended those of
the Sun and Moon, and where possible the ascendant also.
0 I) Asc.
(A) mother of (i) to (9) inclusive; 3/10/32 - V3-at t? "l)
h) 8/i/'56; Filey, Yorks. ; 7.55 a.m.
12) 9/2/'57; Barmouth, Wales sr SI "1— =
(3) 6/2/'59 ; Filey, Yorks. sr X m —=r
(4 g/s/'St; Scaloy, Yorks. « « V3 — as
(5 30/4/'63 ; .. ss—as
16 31/5/'65; .. 11 SI V3—0
7 5l5l'&/: .. « « / —as
(8 izh/'Cg; „ 75 SI « —np
19, i'/8/'72: .. Jl ni n — "V
All the above, from (2) to (9). were bornbetween o.oandS.oa.m. , dui extut times are unktiou
(B) mother of (10) to (17) inclusive; half-sister to
(1) beingdaughler to same father: 9/2/'46 —
(10) i2/2/'68: Normanton, Yorks . died slzl'68 =r cfv
ht) ij/i/'yo; Hi 0 -ao —
!I2) 28/i2/'7i ; 0.10 a.m. k3 75
13) i6/io/'74 ; (died '85) /-VJ
(14) i/io/'ye; •c=. H
(15) iS/S/'yS; g p.m. Si « r-v
(16) 25/1/'St; 10 a.m. =r V
(17) 17/6/'86; 3 a.m. n W ni
In all the above Maredydd forms the second Christian name,
being given its English form Meredith however in all cases except
(r), (2) and (7). From the fact of (A) and (1) being called " Gemini
(very uncommon as a Christian name), special interest attaches to the
number of instances in which this sign is accentuated by the presence
of a planet, and therefore in the following list the planets concerned
are indicated in brackets. Mental signs such as Irp "V n and iijj
are prominent in nearly all cases.
• He/., p. 218. current volume. t See footnote next page.
 BY THE WAY
(A) Gemini* Catherine: <? in n (? Catherine a nx name), (i)
Gemini:* ruler (i;) in n. (2) Jessie (• Maredydd' added at con-
firmation ; died, iifal'ys). (3) GwenElin (if in n). (4) Mary
(<? in n). (5) Charles William (fij and 5 in d ). (6) Ethel
in n). (7) Herbert (? a rig name). (2) Winifred (Pan name),
(g) Norah (? a i>i. name). (B) Elizabeth Nelson (? a ^ name). (10)
Meredith, (ir) Hilda (j) in d). (12) Elizabeth (Ella) (JJ in n).
(13) Irene (2 in f). (14) Hubert. (15) Monica. (16) Edgar
(S3 in f). (17) Sigmaf (Una) © in d (the Kafcalistic value of the
Greek sigtua is 3 = n).
" Regarding the name Gemimi" our correspondent adds : " my
mother was an only child and several relatives wished to act as
godparents. The initials, therefore, of those nearest were taken, and
formed into the name " Gemimi," which is in reality two Welsh words
gem imi, meaning " a gem to me." My mother and I are the only
two who so far have owned the name. GwenElin ("white elbow")
has always been written as one word with a capital centre E. and
the owner of the name is most particular about the matter."

ttjc Wag-
A correspondent, Mr. G. T. Dawson, referring to his previous
notes (p. 182, June no.), on the ruling sign of Australia, in which
he assigned Leo thereto, points out that Sagittarius has also strong
claims. He says :—
" The notorious love of horse-racing—here universal, not isolated, as in
the home, country—the fondness for sports generally, together with
(he fact that, climatically, we have only two seasons—droughts and
floods (the mutable quality)—appears to favour this as Australia's
ruling sign. The ninth house religious influence is certainly not in
evidence, but possibly might devclope later on as thcpeopleprogress.
Gold, the Leo metal, has been found in abundance, and there is
probably much more to be discovered, but tin also exists in fair
quantities (Sagittarius).
"Therefore I am disposed to give the prominence to Sagittarius, with a
sub-influence of Leo. With such an immense country as this, one
must generalise a little."
[° This should be "Gemimi." it appears; the resemblance in sound and
appearance to the name of the symbol n is nevertheless remarkable.]
[t This should be/' Siguna: " similar remarks apply as in the case of Gemimi
above.]
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

The same writer adds later on :—

" I wish you could see your way to issue a cheap pamphlet or booklet,
giving the planetary positions and cnspal degrees of eminent and
well-known personages."
—So do we !
The difficulty of obtaining reliable birth-data of distinguished and
well-known people is surprising. Those who endeavour to secure
such, meet with a reticence, or assumed ignorance, which seems to
suggest that—just as a certain eminent professor " did not believe in
ghosts, of course, but was afraid of them all the same "—the person
interrogated feels some shrinking from the publication of his
horoscope ; which, after all, anyone has a perfect right to object to,
though he is hardly likely to so long as he regards the whole subject
as nonsense. However, the essential point is that in many cases the
actual published horoscopesof notabilitiesare extremely unsatisfactory,
whatever may be the brrndfides under which they are issued.
To give an instance of the difficulty alluded to. Some time ago
in these pages (Vol. IX., p. 136), there was published a horoscope of
Mr. George R. Sims, based on a reputed time of 4 a.m. (a/g/^y),
which gave SI 270 on the ascendant. Shortly afterwards, in one
of his breezy paragraphs in T/k !?(!/<»•«, the author in question airily
remarked that, as a matter of fact, he was born at 6 p.m. The
natural result of this was the immediate publication of a horoscope
erected for that time, giving Aquarius on the ascendant. But can any-
one familiar with the picture in the " Tatcho " advertisement persuade
himself that the author of Memoirs of a Landlady was born under
Aquarius !
* * sH *
That is the difficulty. On the one hand (this is only a typical case,
there are many more) there is a horoscope giving an ascendant
quite in conformity with the appearance and character of the man;
on the other, a " fact," from the fountain-head—the native himself.
It is considerations such as these that make the investigator very
cautious in accepting reputed birth-times of celebrities.
 Ilotes nnb (Quems

Rkgulations
The Editor of Modern Astkoi-ocv is always willing to answer in this
page, without any fee, all reasonable questions, as soon as possible after
receipt. The following rules must be carefully observed.
1. Every communication must be accompanied by the name and address of
the writer.
2. The question must always bear upon Astrology, directly or indirectly.
3. Personal questions will not be answered unless they are of general interest
and instructive to the ordinary reader.
If an answer is required by letter, a fee of five shillings must be enclosed
with the particulars of enquiry. One question only should be asked, and it
should be stated clearly on a separate sheet of paper containing name and
address of sender.
Questions
8. Is it possible to judge by the horoscope the age of the soul in
evolution ?—Enquirer.
It is not possible to discover the age of the soul in evolution by the
horoscope of birth alone, though a fair and approximate estimate may
be made of the stage to which the soul has reached. Souls may be much
more advanced than others who have nativities far more promising in
appearance : we have all a great proportion of Karma to contend with and
none save an adept can tell the exact amount of fate behind each soul in
evolution. But it is quite possible to judge of the qualities of the vehicles
through which the soul is manifesting by noting the nature of the signs
containing the Sun and Moon, the Rising Sign, and the positions and aspects
of the various planets in each nativity. It is thought by many that the
figure for the Pre-natal Epoch indicates the astral body ; and there are not
wanting those who consider that an indication of the mental vehicle might
be obtained from the time of' quickening,' or some equivalent epoch.
A considerable amount of occult knowledge would be necessary,
both on the part of the questioner as well as the astrologer, to deal
thoroughly with a question of this character, and there are very few to-day
who have sufficiently studied Astrology from its inner and esoteric side to be
able to answer such a query. However, it showsthattheinquirerisstudying
Astrology in the right spirit and he will be able to gain a considerable
amount of information along these lines by the intuition which he (or she)
evidently possesses.
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SEIje illiBsiPit of

When we consider the planet Venus from the esoteric or inner

standpoint of Astrology we see that its power lies in the world of
beauty. Everything that is perfect, lovely and beautiful on the
physical plane has as its inspiring source the radiance of this planet
shining through it. The sculptor as he fashions his clay into a living
image of reality, the musician as he catches the strains of loveliness
that pour down to him from planes higher than the physical, the
painter as he struggles to depict in colour and form the beauty that
his soul has seen in secret,—all are under the guidance of Venus.
The whole of the social world also comes under the rule of this
planet. It has the power to draw together and bind, by the attractive
force ofllove, the social world ; and even if we come down to the
practical for a moment we shall notice that if we would have a social
function that shall be a success we must inaugurate it under a good
aspect of Venus.
The world of beauty, the world of loveliness, the world of purity,
the world of perfection—these are under Venus.
Venus makes for harmony. It causes no distortion either in the
form or in the life, 'and that is why it has been called a " benefic,"
because it ever blesses those under its sway.
It peculiarly opens up the intelligence through art in its many and
varied forms. The scientist and the inventor, the philosopher and the
politician come under other planetary vibrations, but the artist and
musician always under Venus. It ever gives a most attractive
magnetism when ruler of the body. Some of the most beautiful
women and men are born under this influence.
It lends its charm also to the voice, and causes the singer to have
that attractive quality which draws the hearts of those who listen.
It ever makes for loveliness, leading the soul upwards and
onwards to the Lord of all Life, who is in Himself beauty.
Harmony, peace and joy are the attributes of Venus.
B. Leo.
 Ktbwtos

From Incarnation to Reincarnation. By Richard Ingalese and

Isabella Ingalese. The Occult Book Concern, 9 to 15, Murray Street, New
York City.
This book resembles the companion work recently reviewed in
being a report of a course of lectures delivered to a class of students
interested in things occult. Like that work, it contains much that can
be heartily commended, but also some matter that is more open to
criticism. The chapters on Mental Attraction and Repulsion may be
particularly recommended to the reader, and scattered through the
book there is much that will repay careful perusal and consideration.
Attention will no doubt be attracted by an account of the experiences
of a student in a school of occultism who, after leaving his body,
passes through a great city and sees the inner side of man's crimes
and vice. He asserts that he descends into Avitchi, the hell of lost
personalities who are dying the second death; and a gruesome and
blood-curdling picture he gives of it, reminding the reader of Dore's
illustrations to Dante's "Inferno." He also has some pleasanter
astral experiences, though nowhere do we find such careful, precise
and luminous descriptions as are contained in Mr. Leadbeater's
manuals; and his claim to have visited distant worlds in process of
formation and dissolution provokes scepticism.
It is greatly to be regretted that the authors should have adopted
the theory of half souls. Each original soul, they say, was divided in
halves ; and if these two halves chance to meet during incarnation,
they intuitively recognise and love one another. Such an unphilo-
sophical absurdity as this spoils the book. The theory, however, as
here presented, has its original points ; for these halves alternate
regularly in sex during successive incarnations; they are not always
husband and wife, but may be parent and child ; and one may descend
into Avitchi and be lost and not the other ! In all probability this is
a distorted account of the state of mystical union which has existed in
the past before complete intellectual separation was evolved and which
will exist again in the future when what is called Buddhic conscious-
ness is gained. This union applies not to couples or imaginary half
souls only, but to the whole human race ; and Mrs. Besant's definition
of the soul as a spiritual monad existing eternally on a high cosmic
plane and in touch with the lower planes through a series of
permanent atoms, one for each plane, shows that this halving is an
impossibility in any literal sense.
H. S. G.
318 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Astrology for All. By Alan Leo, Part /., Second Edition, price 7/6.
This is the second edition of a work that was received with con-
siderable favour when it first appeared. It has been revised and
greatly extended in scope, so that the present volume is about three
times the size of the first edition, covering nearly 300 pages. There
have been revision and extension in every chapter. Amongst other
new matter contained in the book will be noted considerable amplifica-
tions of the soli-lunar polarities, always an interesting and fascinating
subject, and a full account of the inllnence in each sign of the zodiac
of the various planets from Mercury to Neptune; this occupies nearly
a third of the whole work, and is now available in book form for the
first time. The nature of the rising sign, and how to find it, which
was omitted in the first edition, is now given; also a reprint of
Sepharial's " Prognostications based upon the Ruling Sign," a very
valuable work, which has been allowed to remain out of print too long.
It is an oversight that Sepharial's name has not been appended to
this chapter. ■ The positions of the Sun, Moon, and major planets by
sign from 1850 onwards are given, while Part II. of the work—to be
published very shortly—will contain a complete planetary Epheraeris
from 1850.
The book contains a great amount of information of an extremely
practical nature, freed from the complexity of mathematics. With
this volume in his hand, and knowing only the day and year of birth,
the reader can easily learn to base prognostications upon the positions
of the Sun, Moon, and planets; while, if the hour of birth is also
known, the influence of the rising sign may be easily ascertained.
Not many books before the public are likely to repay frequent con-
sultation so well as this ; and its value and scope of usefulness are
more likely to increase than to diminish. It may be heartily recom-
mended to all readers as being thoroughly worth purchasing, and
likely to prove a mentally profitable investment; while for those who
are actually engaged in delineating character or fortune it will be
invaluable and indispensable.
I cannot quite agree with the correspondence of Mutable Signs
with Body on page 158, in the threefold classification of the zodiac
and man. These signs seem to me to be a mean between two ex-
tremes, and they cannot therefore correspond to any extreme, whether
body or spirit. Nor can I assent to the orbs of influence of degrees
as given on page 240, which seem contrary to analogy. But these
are small points in a very useful and interesting book.
H. S. G.
The Zodiagraph, for automatically calculating planetary aspects
in nativities. (Nichols &• Co, 23, Oxford Street, JV., 5s. or 5s. 6dpost
paid.) This little contrivance, designed by Sophia Todd, is one of
those simple but really useful inventions of which one is inclined to
say "Of course! why didn't I think of that before?" It consists of
several piece of cardboard, one of which is a representation of the
Zodiacal Circles,about nine inches across, on which every degree is
 REVIEWS

clearly marked: on this one of the other three pieces, marked "evil
aspects," " good aspects " and " slightly good aspects " respectively, is
laid, and one corner being placed on any given degree the aspects of
the degree can be seen at a glance and without possibility or error.
The usefulness of this little invention is obvious, and to the beginnej
it will be a great boon. The specimen before us is exceUent in its
clearness of design and generally taking appearance and would form
a most acceptable present for anyone just commencing the subject of
Astrology—since to beginners the calculation of the aspects is often
the greatest drawback to its study. A little book of instruction, con-
taining a concise introduction to the study of Astrology is sent out
with each one. We would venture to suggest to the publishers that a
popular edition of the Zodiagvciph, at a lower price, say is., would
command a wide sale.
Planchktte and Automatic Writing. By Ida Ei.lis. (Ellis
Family, Blackpool; stiff paper covers, 6rf.) A very timely little book
on a subject of great interest to a great many people : its tone is
sincere, and the question of the morality or otherwise of thus receiving
communications from the unseen is very sensibly treated.
Telepathy. By R. Dimsdale Stocker. (L. N. Fowler, 7,
Imperial Arcade, E.G.; cloth, if- net.) This is a popular rather than a
scientific treatise and deals in the author's well-known attractive style
with man and his soul-life, the rationale of telepathy, the nature of mind
and how it acts, and the applications of telepathy, including instances
thereof. Three diagrams add to its value, and the book seems likely
to meet with a ready sale.
The British Weather Chart for 1905. By B. G. Jenkins,
F.R.A.S. (R. Morgan, 65, Westow Street, Norwood, S.E.; price bfyi.
post free). This admirable predictive chart is worthy of the attention
of all interested in meteorology, by reason of the scientific basis of the
deductions on which its predictions are based; aud from its low price
it might well form an adjunct to the hat-stand in every house, since
" weather " is a consideration to all. Mr. Jenkins quotes the Spectator's
opinion; "A scientific meteorologist, who merits our serious attention."
Reference to the daily barometric and thermometric readings published
in the papers shows that the forecasts for this year have been
well borne out so far, especially in regard to special periods of low
temperature, etc. For instance, May is described as " wet and unsettled
in first half, with snow about the eighth" [the thermometer registered
42 at 2 a.m. on May gth].
Books Received, Exchanges, etc. :
Bible Review Rosa A khemua
Broad Views TUeosophkal Review
La Science Astrale The Arena
La Determinisme Astrale The Harbinger of Light
Les No uveaux Horiion de la Science et de la Pensee The Rapid Review
Logos Magazine The Theosaphist
Neue Mclaphvsische Rundshav
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Ifcttera to tfje (Ebitor

Letters of general interest only are inserted. Correspondents desiring reply

must please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should give full name aud address, not necessarily for
publication, but as a token of good faith.
N.B.—Writers of signed articles are alone responsible for the opinions con-
tained therein.

Reincarnation Philosophically Considered

Sir,
So long as we are content to accept the theory of the creation
and maintenance of the universe by a personal, autocratic and irre-
sponsible Deity, it is evidently quite useless to consider either the
probabilities or possibilities of man's future destiny. Happily, how-
ever, there are hundreds of thousands of our earth's inhabitants who
have already reached a point in their soul's evolution when they
know, at least to their own satisfaction, that the creative power is a
law and not a person : that it is universal as well as omnipotent, and
that, by a philosophical consequence, every physical atom throughout
the realms of eternal space is fully and absolutely representative of
such omnipotence, and contains within its own nature all power neces-
sary for its present life and growth, as, also, for its future evolution.
Arrived at this conclusion we quite understand the meaning of Jesus
when He said " the Kingdom of Heaven is within you." We know
that every power of every kind whatsoever, manifested in the person
of Jesus, is also ours potentially; and that, consequently, we should
be dishonouring our own nature and such potentialities, were we to
imagine that our future prospects and evolution are or could be de-
pending upon the " grace " or intervention of any other being in the
universe. If Jesus was divine, so also are we; but, at the same time,
we can fully realise it as a pleasure and duty to love and reverence
our Elder Brothers, the Teachers of our race, of whom Jesus was
one.
It is quite clear that until, at least in a general sense, we realise
the truth of what is above stated, we shall fail to perceive any raison
d'etre for the theory of reincarnation: we shall still remain in the
belief that we are in the hands of the personal Deity, who can do with
us even as He wills, and that consequently no philosophical theory as
to man's futurity could, under such circumstances, be formulated.
On the other hand, the instant we recognise that we are all part
and parcel of the universal law (which by force of custom we may
still style " God "), then, seeing the vast divergences in the stage of
the soul's growth among mankind, we can easily perceive the philo-
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 321
sophical reasonableness of the idea that until we have reached a
certain stage of evolution, this planet will remain our resting-place—
either on its ' physical' or its ' astral' plane. Physical manifestation
is the means of the soul's growth ; therefore the philosophical neces-
sity for the theory of reincarnation—which includes regeneration, if
such a word is permissible—follows as a logical inference.
Further, whatever phraseology may be used by writers, it is
quite evident there is no such thing as punishment pey se. Punish-
ment infers both a judge and an executioner. Evolution is nothing
more nor less than the working out of our higher nature ; and although
it may and does involve every grade of suffering, such suffering is
nothing more than the natural and inevitable effect of causes set up
by ignorance, which in its turn is remedied, or instructed, by the
undesirable effects.
It may be taken for granted that your readers are, to a greater or
less extent, students of Astrology ; and to the present writer it is
almost inconceivably impossible, even in the most superficial manner,
to study the horoscopes of, say, three or four children of the same
parents, without realising that the said horoscopes represent individuals
of sometimes vastly varied stages of growth.
I am, Sir,
July 27M, 1904. Yours obediently,
New Haw, J. F. Darley.
Addlestone, Surrey.

Planetary Hours and Periods

Dear Sir,
With reference to the subject of Rectification of Birth
Times by Planetary Hours and Planetary Divisions, I gather from
"Sepharial's" letter that he thinks the ruler of the descendant may
also have to be taken into account—this is more than probable, for
I have before me one or two cases where nothing but this satisfies
the conditions, and it may be found that both the rulers of the ascendant
and descendant with their complimentary rulers may have to be taken
into account before anything definite can be arrived at; it struck me
that probably the pre-natal epoch, regular, irregular, and doubly
irregular, will solve this question, and since " Sepharial " is taking an
interest in the matter it is pretty certain we shall soon have something
reliable to go upon.
I may mention that, curiously enough, in two horary figures
which I had occasion to cast, the conditions were fulfilled both as
regards the division ruling the ascendant and the querent's name
value falling under the ruler of the ascendant. There is one more
point which struck me very forcibly—I have somewhere seen it stated
[Astrolcgicul Magazine?) that the Ruler of the Hour often rules the sign
on the house to which the horary question correctly belongs ; it may
be only coincidence but in both these cases the Ruler of the Hour
ruled the sign on the cusp of the house to which the question
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referred. In one case the nativity was known and the same sign
ascended as at birth, though not the same degree.
I thought I would let you know of this, as those of your readers
who have more acquaintance with the horary branch may be able
to test it for themselves.
Yours faithfully,
D. S. Dufi-.
July i yth, 1904.
c/o Weldon's Library,
18, Chowringee Road, Calcutta, India.
The True Planetary Hours.
Sir,
I was pleased with the research and keen reasoning shown
by Mr. Duff in your August and previous issues, and I believe that
the prutciple for which he contends will be found of value in the recti-
fication of unknown birth moments; but, before accepting his rules,
it seems to me that we should have a concurrence of opinion and a
certainty as to what constitutes the true planetary hour. In Vol. VIII.
of Modern Astrology is a very complete treatise on these, which
adheres to the well-known divisions of day hours and night hours. In
Ptolemy's Tetrahiblos (Ashmand's translation), I find these notes to
pages 82-83 : " Temporal or solar hours are duodecimal parts of the
sun's diurnal or nocturnal arc, and are numbered by day from sunrise
to sunset ; by night, from sunset to sunrise." " Equatorial hours are
the twenty-four hours of the earth's revolution on its axis. Each of
them is equal in duration to the passage of fifteen degrees of the
equator, and they are numbered from noon to noon." On page 150
he speaks of " semi-diurnal arcs, each equal to six temporal hours."
Canon IV. of a translation I have from ' Placidus' would similarly
indicate a preference for unequalj divisions as most in accord with the
workings of nature.
Until the appearance of Ahmad's Mysteries of Sound and Ntimber,
and the review of same in Modern Astrology, vol. XIII. p. 116,1 knew
of no published applications of the planetary minutes and of but few
attempts to apply divisions of planetary hours.
At the equator of the earth, and during the periods of equal night
and day, such divisions are undoubtedly compatible wiih the effects
of rotation and the normal divisions {of time; but in northern and
southern latitudes inequality of day and night exist, therefore a pro-
bability of corresponding inequality in subdivisions of time. It is
difficult to see why a calculation of hours should not begin from any
point of the circle (sunrise, noon, sunset or midnight), except for the
reason that sunrise is the logical beginning of day and may well
correspond to that point of beginning used in all computations—the
first point of Aries.
At the Arctic or Antarctic circle (and we sometimes have work to
do for those born near the former) it would be a difficult matter to
determine the hour if we depended upon the visible rising or setting
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
of the sun : an ' hour ' might extend over a week or so of daily rota-
tion. But, if we divide a circle into its 360 degrees and place
planetary symbols on each degree in their order of succession and
repetition we shall at once note a harmony that will help us out of
the difficulty. When the circle is complete and we would continue,
we should have to use the symbol of the ruler of the next succeeding
day to that with which we began. This shows us that the rulership
of days is in harmony with the repetition of degrees and that each
degree has its ruling planet for the day.
Mars, the ruler of Aries, belongs to the first point of that sign
and corresponds to Tuesday: the circle will then end with Venus and
the ruler of Wednesday (Mercury) must begin the next circle or day.
Each planet rules, equatorially, four minutes of time; but, on
account of the earth's inclination and its positions in the ecliptic, there
are times when at sunrise or the beginning of a new circle fully two-
thirds of that circle's extent will be embraced between the points of
the rising and setting : two-thirds of a zodiac will be traversed by a
semi-meridian while its complementary arc is traversing the remaining
one-third.
This inequality of arcs brings the thought that to some parts
of the world an equal division would not apply.
For many years I have used tables of planetary hours which I
have calculated, for my own latitude, in accordance with the theory
that each day is divided into unequal diurnal and nocturnal periods,
and each of these into its twelve-hour periods completing the circle of
twenty-four hours and corresponding to the equatorial hours of fifteen
degrees each, and I have found such tables to work admirably.
When accuracy as to the minutes was desired, I have estimated
each unequal hour as a circle within itself having fifteen divisions;
the first governed by the ruler of the hour and the rest in accordance
with the sequence of hour-rulership, thus ending with the same planet,
so that the first division of minutes in a succeeding hour comes under
the natural ruler of that hour.
A wide difference will be found in some of the evening minutes
in the two systems, but they invariably harmonise exactly at the
moment of sunrise. If those who are interested will take the trouble
to calculate tables for their own latitude, taking the mean period of
sunrise and of sunset in each week of the year as their basis for the
hour divisions, they will have tables that can be referred to instantly
and that will be of much service.
My plan is to arrange the hours, beginning with sunrise, as
follows;
January 1 to 8 January 8 to 15
7 .. 25 7 .> 23
8 „ 11 ,, 8 ,, ro
8 „ 55 ,, 8 ,, 58 etc.,
and to have the planet's symbols in a like column and at equal
distances.
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By placing the day-ruler opposite the sunrise hour, the ruler of
each period will coincide with its own divisions of that day.
With such a table it is only necessary to know the day of the
week in any month or year to determine instantly the ruler of any of
the hours in that day. The intervening moments of any ' hour,'
divided by fifteen, will correspond to the equatorial four-minute periods
of space and their planetary rulers. Counting planetary succession
in four-minute periods gives an approximation to the rulers of minutes,
but the proportion "[included minutes of any ' hour-period '] is to 15
as [the number of minutes in excess of the beginning of that hour-
period] is to X," will give a number that by its numerical succession
points to the actual ruler of the exact minute. Planetary rulers of
time found in this way appear to harmonise as well, if not better than,
others with actual and sometimes sensible influence.
In my opinion equal divisions are applicable in tropical regions,
not elsewhere, and I have always considered that most of the ancient
philosophers lived in, and made their calculations for, tropical latitudes,
and that we must at times modify their deductions in astrological
applications to our own persons and countries.
Yours, in the search for truth,
Zamael.
August i6tA, 1904.
303, W. 150TH ST., New York City, U.S.A.
[This letter raises a very interesting point. The question at issue may
be summarised as follows: "Is planetary influence, as manifested through
the planetary ' hours ' and ' periods' herein treated of, a iunction of the
meridian or the Horizon ? And if the latter, can it be logically considered to
start from sunrise and proceed in a uniform circle without reference to the
relation of sunrise to noon at any place ? " Whatever answer may be given
to the first question, the second will certainly be at once answered in the
negative by most thinkers. And yet, in the analogous case of delineations of
character and fortune based solely on the ascending sign (successive signs
being held to rule successive bouses, without reference to oblique ascension),
the extraordinary number of cases in which these are found to hold good
suggests, on further reflection, that this possibility is not so remote as it
appears at first sight.
The whole question is one which will repay thought and which well
merits further discussion, and we are grateful to "Zamael" for having
drawn attention to it.—Ed.]

The Horoscope of a Journalist (see p. 264). It appears that we were

in error in attributing to the subject of this sketch the authorship of the
articles on the Bond Street fortune-tellers, the writer of which (so we are
informed by one of his friends) was born on June 24th, 1873.
iftotrern ^tetrologg

Vol. I. New Series. NOVEMBER, 1904. No. 11.

®lj£ CDbserbatory

To proceed witli my remarks of last month. Tlie question is also

asked in " Debatable Ground" : Whether the planets are active
Causes in the production of events, or whether they
Do the Planets are merely siens, symbols or indications ?—and the
Cause Events? . ... r
conclusion is drawn from a sound argument that
all effects have a "symbolic correspondence." So far as effects axe
concerned, all astrologers at the present day are in agreement as to
their relation to certain planetary positions, aspects, etc.; but where
causes are in question there are very few who think alike, and the
above question is 'bne that requires much more knowledge of occult
laws than we possess at present before it can be satisfactorily
answered. Until such knowledge is ours, however, individual opinions
are of interest.
* i- *
Until I had accepted the theory of reincarnation, after exhaus-
tive enquiry in all directions, the fact that the laws of Astrology
proved true was one of the greatest problems of
One Itife in i:f
Many Forms ^
From the ordinary orthodox religious stand-
point Astrology seemed most unreasonable. For according to this
view each child was born with a nativity which at once decided his
life, for good or ill, and born apparently without his choice or consent,
and without meriting either the success or the failure to which he was
doomed. Such a view did not harmonise with the teaching that God
was just and merciful, and this discrepancy set the reason to work in
the most profound manner. Light came when the mental clouds
were darkest. There is only one God, who is everywhere and in
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everything ; " in Him we move and have our being," and all human
beings are but " divine fragments" of Himself.
That which we are, the I am, is essentially God, but as we find
ourselves incased in matter, in dense material bodies, we forget that
we are a part of Nature and not separate from it and God. Every
living thing is a manifestation of Him—devils, angels and gods, all
are parts of the one great whole we term by name God. The more
we meditate upon this statement the more surely does its truth become
apparent.
* t♦
Carrying this idea to the planets, we find that they are parts of
God also, and although their sphere of influence appears to be
infinitely greater than ours, nevertheless their
One of Sevan essence is identical with our own. In the first
separation of the parts from the Whole for the
purpose of manifestation, the great and mighty Archangels came forth
with their appointed tasks to fulfil, and we belong severally to one or
another of these Seven Great Spirits before the Throne. And if we
would truly find out causes, we must know to which planetary spirit
we belong.
* *♦
In the last quarter of the last century a great teacher worked
hard to place before the Western world a vast store of occult know-
ledge, and so far succeeded as to fill with enthu-
Oooult siasm a select few whose spiritual eyes were not
Teaching
wholly closed by the materialism of the age.
Since 1875 there has been slowly filtering through the West some
portion of those teachings which alone can satisfactorily solve the
problems of life that earnest men and women are trying hard to
puzzle out for themselves. These fundamental teachings may be
epitomised as follows: Each soul is repeatedly embodied in new and
ever more developed vehicles, for the purpose of gaining the experi-
ence necessary for future growth in higher realms; further, that which
a man sows he also reaps.
These twin doctrines are known as the ' theories' of Reincarnation
and Karma. If they are false theories and merely figments of an
unsound mind, then Astrology, as 1 understand and know it, is also
false, unreasonable, unjust and ridiculous. But I have argued this
 THE OBSERVATORY

point many times before, and the question I wish to pass my opinion
upon is concerned with whether the planets are symbols or causes.
^ *
Astrology teaches that man is an epitome of the universe. We
know from a close study of the Zodiac that each part of our bodies is
directly under the influence of one of the zodiacal
Man aa Epitome signs, the Head being governed by T, the Throat
of the Univeese ,r . .
by , and so on. If a man is born at a time when
the macrocosmic Aries is sending forth an inharmonious vibration,
then his microcosmic head will suffer—and so on with all the signs and
parts of the body. It seems to me that the question may be reduced
to a consideration of the laws respecting harmony and inharmony.
* »
I will take a case that has been giving me much thought
recently. A gentleman in whose affairs I am greatly concerned has
been passing through a series of misfortunes.
^ £fVn 'S enerSet'c' ^as rea' ability, and is generally
much liked and repected. Yet he is often in
poverty, forced to beg from his friends and generally causes them
anxiety. His nativity reveals carelessness, extravagance, and lack of
proportion where finance is concerned. To test if this could be dis-
covered in his actual life I made enquiry into his mode of living. He
had written me a pleading letter, saying that his house was about to
be sold up under a bill of sale. Quite unexpectedly I called upon
him. To my surprise I found him living far in excess of his income,
and up to a style which I knew it was impossible for him to main-
tain. I said nothing but thought a great deal. Recently I invited
him to dine with me, and was then afforded another proof of his
extravagance. He asked for a second portion of food and left half on
his plate, filled a tumbler full of lemonade from a syphon and left half
in his glass, and soon ; yet at this time he was penniless ! Now, I can
only conclude that extravagant habits in the past had caused him to
be born at a time when extravagant influences were at work in the
heavens. Nature is overabundant at some times and very economical
at others ; for evolution has not yet reached the balance. Nor has
mankind.
* *• *
To sum up the whole. In our past we have thought, and we
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have thus drawn around us matter corresponding to the quality of the
thought; and having sent forth our desires in cer-
WE are the tain directions they have become clothed in the
Planets and the . , , , , ,
Cause matter appropriate to them, and thus thoughts
have become things or acts. In the thought-world
we have much freedom, but according to the density of the matter in
which our thoughts areclothed sodo we become limited, fated and bound.
We ally ourselves to nature and she responds, for we are the cause
of our own bondage, and also the workers of our own freedom and
liberation—" None else compels."

NOTABILIA

(43V Baron Brampton (Sir Henry Hawkins) 14/9/ ' 17

(44) Sir Arthur Sullivan (died 1901) '3/5/ 4V
[49'- Dr. Flinders Petrie. the Egyptologist 3:Cj '5,3
UdV M. Coquelin, the famous actor 23/1/ '41
(47) First Baron Rothschild (Nathan Meyer) 8/rI7 '4°"
4S) Phil May, the artist (died 1904) 22/4/ '64
(49) Fenimore Cooper, the novelist (died i4/9/'5i) 15/9/1789
Note ; The birth-time of celebrities is rarely ascertainable, and even when
secured is often untrustworthy ; but these objections do not apply to the planetary
positions, since the dity of birth is generally known beyond dispute. The dates here
given have been obtained from various sources, the daily papers, encyclopedias,
etc.. but where possible they have been verified or checked by comparison with
other authorities. Further than this they are not guaranteed.
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At the time of New Moon on November 7th, Jupiter is rising in

trine to Uranus; the luminaries are setting in square to Saturn
in the eleventh house; and Neptune is on the cusp of the fourth
house. Some misunderstanding with some other nation is likely
to arise and cause a good deal of trouble. Foreign affairs will
not go smoothly, and this country is in danger of losing ground and
making enemies. Politically the Government will be unfortunate and
weak ; the events of the month will not gain them credit. There will
be a good deal of political speech-making and intriguing, and any bye-
election is not likely to favour our rulers. The sextile of Venus to
Saturn is rather favourable for commercial benefit through a foreign
country, but the other aspects are too cross to justify any hope of a
general revival of trade. The trine of Jupiter to Uranus is somewhat
fortunate for the churches and religious movements, especially of the
more mystical kinds. The square of Mars to Uranus, however, is
likely to bring some disturbance to the front in religious affairs.
H. S. Green.
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?tarma

ii.

The Generation of Thought-Forms

The generation of thought-forms is the most potent factor ^in

controlling destiny, and St. Paul's words, " Be not deceived, God is
not mocked; as a man soweth so also he reap," are only to be
literally understood when the idea of thoughts being veal things, though
invisible to ordinary vision, is recognised, and this idea taken as a
working hypothesis and as a law of life,—for as a man thinketh he
becometh.
Thoughts make Character. Character is Destiny. An idea is a
mental picture, and when we use a word, say " globe," the word
calls up in the hearer's mind a picture needing a very long descrip-
tion to fully convey in separate words what is meant. This word
" globe " then is merely the symbol of the idea we wish to impart ; and
so we all do our thinking in symbols, whether we realise it or not.
In regions beyond the physical, mind speaks to mind and there
is perfect expression—beyond any power of words to convey. In
thought transference for instance, ideas are sent, not words.
A speaker, on the other hand, tries to put his mental picture
into words, and the words call up for the hearers pictures, corre-
sponding more or less to what is in the speaker's mind ; yet, when
differences occur, half the trouble and misunderstanding and mental
fighting arises down here simply because people will attach different
images to the same words or will use different words to represent the
same picture.
" A thought-form is a mental image created by the mind out of
subtle matter." This form sets up vibrations all around it, and
produces—on planes invisible to us—both sound and colour.
There is a " colour language " known to magicians and initiates
by which they can so control Nature's forces (the so-called elementals)
as to bring about any result chosen.
 KARMA 331
In ancient Egypt all sacred manuscripts were written in colours,
and so important was the correct use of colour considered that mis-
takes made in copying were punished by death. But the point I
want to bring before your notice is this. We speak of the forces con-
trolling nature by colour, and colour-words are the same to these forces
or ' elementals' as spoken words to men.
The hue of the thought-colour depends on the motive and the
kind of thought.
For example, an angry thought will cause a flash of red. This
flash is a summons to the forces at work for evil, and they rush
towards the one who thus calls them and swoop down on the thought-
form. One of them enters it, and so you have an agent for destruction.
It is for the time a small evil demon, an independent entity of a
destructive type ready to go out in the world to injure. This is the
scientific explanation of the Christ's words " He that hateth his
brother is a murderer " ; for it is possible to so hate as to cause
disease and suffering or even death to an enemy by thought.
Thus by thought we people our current in space with angels or
demons of our own creation, makers of joy or pain to others, and
bringers of weal or woe to ourselves. For if we create evil, this evil
must react on its creator—as we sow we must reap—for that is the
law of the Creator of this Universe; and so thought becomes the
agent of destiny. This being realised, it becomes for us a vital question :
How are we thinking to-day ? If purely, kindly, wisely, then we are
creating a future destiny of peace, love and wisdom. If impurely,
unkindly, foolishly, then we shall assuredly in a future life as well as
in this reap, as we have sown, tares rather than wheat.
How long does a thought-form live ? is a query often put. As
long as you give it life and feed it, so long will^ it endure. This is
how we bring about what is called a habit of mind or a groove of
thought, etc.
Let us pause for a moment to examine this formation of ' habit,'
as it shows us in miniature the working of the law of destiny. Let
us suppose we could take a " ready-made mind " with no past activity
behind it—(quite impossible, of course, but the idea will bring out my
point). Such a mind might be imagined to work with perfect free-
dom and spontaneousness, and we will suppose it produces a thought-
form. It proceeds to repeat this many times until a habit of thought
332 MODERN ASTROLOGY
is made, a definite habit, so that the mind slips into the thought un-
consciously, as it were, without any selection by the will. Let us now
suppose that the mind comes to disapprove of this kind of thought,
finds it now a clog and encumbrance, once useful but now a hindrance
and a limitation : now how is the mind to rid itself of the mental
image it has itself created ? The mind must think the opposite kind of
thought, and by ceasing to sustain and nourish the former it will
slowly but surely die and the mind is thus set free—maybe only to
form another fetter for itself, which it must wear, until once again it
can file it through. Fighting evil thoughts only puts more life into
them, and the easiest way to overcome them is to try and fix the mind
on some thought of an opposite nature and thus draw the current of
life from one to the other.
It is not a mere poetic fancy or idle dream that good wishes,
prayers, and loving thoughts are of value to those to whom they are
sent. It is a living reality, for thought-forms can be directed by their
creator to any particular person, who will be helped or injured accord-
ing to the nature of the thought and his tendency to respond thereto.
Thought-forms -of love and good-will are like a protective army
encircling the beloved one and warding off many an evil influence
and danger.
In a word, thoughts are things; if our thoughts are pure and
noble we are a force in the world for good, if foul and base, a power
for evil. A good, pure and charitable thinker has around him an
atmosphere that will repel all that is foul and cruel. His thoughts
are a wall and keep evil away, they are also a protection to weaker
minds. Mind rules and dominates matter. To think is to create.
How then are we, my readers—you and I—creating at the present
moment ? Hour by hour we spin that web of thought which in the
past produced our present destiny and is making hour by hour our
future life. For the soul working as mind creates a mental image ;
this mental image remains attached to its oifrner, a part of the contents
of his consciousness. It is a living form, thought though not yet
spoken, conceived though not yet born.
Let us try and get a mental picture of the foregoing truths apart
from all else. Let us think—not of what this form will do, for the
moment, but of what it is. If it is part of a man's consciousness, to
be carried with him in life and death, it is worth considering.
 KARMA 333
A mental image is composed of many thought-forms in one direc-
tion. Steady thought will form a clearly defined mental image, and
if there are several of these tending in one direction there will be
shown a distinct purpose in the life, a clearly recognised ideal to
which the mind constantly recurs. This then becomes a dominat-
ing influence in the mental life and the energy is chiefly directed by
it, and thus we make "Karma" or destiny for our personal selves.
At death we cannot choose our thought, the strongest mental image
carries us out from physical life and bears us to the plane and matter
of that thought.
It matters everything to men and women how they are thinking.
Their present happiness or misery, and their future heaven or hell,
are both alike the result of thought. If we would only picture some of
our mental images encircling us, when we cast off our coarse garment
of flesh at death and can see them !
Animal thoughts are seen as animal form ;, pictures of horror ; if
superstitious beliefs have been pictured, these thought-forms will in
like manner torture the soul, being real as images. Similarly the
heaven-world for each of us depends upon our thoughts ; we must
think heaven on earth, if we would find heaven at death. For in the
heaven-world our development depends even more on the way we have
thought than how we have lived down here.
The soul in the heavenly world, instead of wearily playing on
harps, etc., is very busy reviewing its past and gathering together its
different mental images; by meditating it creates a mental organ and
pours into it as 'faculty' the essence it has extracted out of the
experiences of life. Suppose a man down here longs and craves for
knowledge : he casts off his body, his present brain-power being only
very average, let us say. In the heaven-world he works by vibration
on his mental images and transforms them into capacity, so that on
his return to earth he brings a higher mental apparatus, able now to
achieve tasks impossible to him before.
All mental images eventually become powers of the soul. But
let us never forget that as on the physical plane we must have the
material or we cannot make a garment, so in the invisible worlds we
must have the mental images or we cannot transmute them into
faculty. The thief of to-day made himself so by repeated covetous
thoughts and desires. If a man or woman thinks and goes on thinking
334 MODERN ASTROLOGY
and coveting his neighbour's possessions he is some day born a thief.
If a man goes on in one life hating another and wishing him evil, he
will commit murder when he has the opportunity. Action is the out-
come of all evil thought; a good character is formed from good
thoughts, and vice versa.
There is, a little manual called Karma (or destiny). Simply a
small shilling book, but if studied and its teachings applied, it could
make us become in time rulers of ourselves and masters of our
destinies—for the law of the unseen worlds works something like
this: " Aspirations and desire-thoughts become capacities. Repeated
thoughts on any one line become tendencies; wishes to perform,
actions; experiences, wisdom; and painful experiences, conscience."
After the soul has rested from the strain of earth life it returns to
earth, self-built as it were. What the man thought on, that he has
become; his constitution, his temperament, his " natural gifts," all
these are his. He comes to reap his past sowings, and is in very
truth responsible for all that he is. But his physical and etheric body,
denoting his caste and class in life, his position and environment, that
has to be given him, as most students of Astrology know. He has to
tread a path marked out by the causes he has set going other than
those which appear as effects in his faculties; he has to meet events,
joyful and sorrowful, resulting from the forces he has generated. If
he sowed harmony, he will reap it; if discord, the latter—and so on,
down to the most minute fragment of detail.
" The seven great spirits before the throne, and the second
seven who keep the astral records, or the world's mental images,
they are connected with the destiny of every man, and the birth of
every child." Under their direction is fashioned the etheric mould or
pre-natal nucleus, which is then clothed with a certain type of
physical body. This body of ether, on which the physical is built,
expresses the faculties the soul has evolved and also the limitations
imposed upon it by its past failures and wasted opportunities.
In the Secret Doctrine (Vol. I., pp. 153 and 131) you can read
more fully of the Mighty Agents of destiny, and of the Masters of air,
of fire, of water, and of earth ; of the great maharajahs or rulers of
destiny; of the protectors of mankind and the agents of Karma on
earth ; and also of the great Devas who preside over each of the four
cardinal points. If only each student of the stars would realise that
 KARMA 335
" thoughts build character and actions make environment," and that
if a good environment be desired he must act well, and if he desires a
good character, to be happy in that environment, he must think well
—then his progress would go on by leaps and bounds.
Let us, therefore, as students of the stars, cheerfully accept our
bad Karma, realising that we arefast working out the past, and rapidly
building for the future. Let us take the law and work with it, not
against it; spend no time railing at what we are, but struggle and
struggle against our lower nature. Let us remember that the great
rulers of destiny wksi!give us just that body for working out Karma that
we deserve; for perfect justice rules in the heavenly spheres. And let us
try to govern and control our evil thoughts, and so escape in the
future the pain and suffering that so many of us now have to endure.
All suffering, no matter on what plane, comes from disharmony and
selfishness; but we cannot control character without we control
tltcught.
So let us, in the words of the great Teacher, " cease to do evil—
learn to do well."
Let us be brave and take our nativities in hand, enlarge our
capacities, remove excrescences; and then, understanding ourselves,
we shall be able to mould our lives anew—remembering that we become
what we think, we shall control our thoughts and become what we
choose to be, Masters of Destiny.
B. Leo.

(Concluded)

All that the soul imagines of things more beautiful than any known
realities is the presentiment of a reality which we shall know later on.
Progress begins by poetry, and is completed by science.
*• ^ #
The man who, sitting apart from his fellows, congratulates himself that
he is not a sharer in their follies, may prove in the end to be more foolish
than the people be despises.
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The map given is for the moment of the Sun's return toits radical
place, tTi,i5054'2o", in latitude 5rc3o'N) and longitude 4o"W.
If reference is made to the corresponding map in this Magazine
for November, 1903, it will be seen that the events of the twelve
 THE KING'S BIRTHDAY 337
months have corresponded very closely to the planetary positions
there shown and to the predictions appended. As the strong position
of the Sun foreshadowed, the year has gone by without a General
Election—contrary to almost universal expectation. The affliction of
the horizon by Mars in Capricorn (India) and Neptune in Cancer
(Africa) has been followed by military operations in the countries
signified. The financial situation has not proved so favourable as
was expected, probably owing to the prominence of Mars; and this is
the only point in which the prognostications have fallen short. It
may be as well to add now—what was not then apparent to the
reader—that the prediction of party splits and differences was written
before the publication of the news of the resignations from the Cabinet
of Mr. Chamberlain, the Duke of Devonshire, and the others.
In the present map Saturn culminates, in sextile to Venus and
the Moon setting, and in square to the Sun in the sixth house. The
mid-heaven, Sun, Moon, Jupiter and Saturn are in parallel
declination.
Considered politically, this elevation of Saturn indicates a weaken-
ing of the power of the Government. The disintegration of the party
now in office is likely to continue ; the bye-elections will continue un-
favourable ; and it seems almost impossible that an appeal to the
country and a reversal at the polls should be avoided.
The aspects from the seventh house indicate friendly relations
with foreign countries. The past year has seen two arbitration
treaties concluded with France and Germany; and it is likely that
the coming year may continue this. The position of Venus and the
Moon are also good for commercial arrangements and undertakings
abroad. The influence of Saturn, however, is not good for trade, and
the present depression does not seem likely to be removed. Trouble-
some questions will arise connected with the two services, and the
Army especially will be a source of trouble. Death will remove some
prominent and aged persons from the state; it is to be hoped it will
not touch the royal family ; but someone in the King's environment
will die. There is some danger that His Majesty's own health may
be less favourable than for the last year or so; for the square of
Saturn to the Sun is very close. Diseases resulting from cold and
chills have to be guarded against, and accidents from falls.
The King's directions, both primary and secondary, were given
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
in this Magazine, Vol. XIV., page 18, by Mr. E. H. Bailey. The
directions 5 par. and 6 $ measured to July and August, 1904, the
time when some of our liners and merchant vessels were interfered
with and stopped or sunk by Russian cruisers on pretence of
searching for contraband of war. In his comments, Mr. Bailey
pointed to this as a critical period.
The following are the directions during 1905 :—

Primary. Secondary.
0 P. * f? P. D par. t? R. Jan.
Asc. □ Ij R. D * W R- Jan.
M.C. d b R- D d 0 P. Feb.
Asc. A g R. D * W P- Feb.
D par. $ R. April.
DAJ) Oct.
D * 5 R- Dec.

The prominence of Saturn here supports the indications of the

birthday map, and points in the same direction ; the weakness of the
Government, continued ill-success for them, and unpopularity. Mr.
Bailey's predictions for the year will be found on page 20, Vol. XIV.
H. S. Grben.

In bis late address to the British Association, in discussing the value

of modern scientific discoveries, Mr. Balfour remarked in conclusion that a
certain inevitable incoherence is suggested in any general scheme of thought
which is built out of materials provided by natural science alone.
" Extend," he said, in an eloquent passage, ■'the boundaries of know-
ledge as you may; draw how you will the picture of the universe; reduce its
infinite variety to the modes of a single space-(illing ether; retrace its
history to the birth of existing atoms; show how under the pressure of
gravitation they became concentrated into ncbulsc, into suns, and all the
host of heaven ; how, at least in one small planet, they combined to form
organic compounds; how organic compounds became living things; how
living things, developing along many different lines, gave birth at last to one
superior race; bow from this race arose, after many ages, a learned handful,
who looked round on the world which thus blindly brought them into being,
and Judged it, and knew it for what it was—perform, I say, all this, and,
though you may indeed have attained to science, in nowise will you have
attained to a self-sufficing system of beliefs.
"One thing at least will remain, of which this long-drawn sequence of
causes and effects gives no satisfying explanation ; and that is—Knowledge."
From the Daily Express.
 339

Astra-^boaiologg ^atbologg: Sbcowtical,

^perulatibe anb ^practical

By Heinrich Daath

XXXI. HEART AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.

The boiler of the human mill to which we have to refer so much

is, as every astrologer is well aware, an organ dominated by the Sun
and the solar sign Leo. The correspondence between the solar
system and the human cannot be too well regarded and insisted upon.
Analogy and observation both prove how close the relationship is,
although unfortunately we have not probed far below the surface.
The Sun is the centre of energy production in the system to
which it is related, exactly as the heart is in its own smaller waj'.
Pliny cites the Sun as being the heart of the entire world, the direct-
ing spirit of Nature. In the Vedas there is one deity, the Great Soul
or Mahan &tmi. He is called the Sun, for he is the soul of all beings,
and it is declared by the sages that " the Sun is the soul of (/agat)
what moves and of [tasthivat) that which is fixed." Other deities
(planets) are merely portions of him. Again, in Hebrew we have the
word Ltbi, lion ; this is derived from the root laba, to roar, and this
latter itself from Uh, heart. The sign Leo or the lion is the heart sign
of the Zodiac, and the Sun is its ruler. This is no mere coincidence,
but a significant sidelight on the antiquity of the knowledge, veiled
though it may often be, that an intimate rapport subsists between Leo,
the heart, and the Sun.
The solar orb as a centre is continually radiating force and in-
drawing to its sphere the worn-out residue of such. Similarly in the
heart a continual process of outgoing and incoming is carried on ;*
the turgid impure stream of liquor sanguinis finding its way back to the
heart by medium of the many-valved afferent veins, to be carried

* Dolocus used the fictitious term Cardimiluh to express a particular active

prineiple residing in the heart and appointed to what we call the vital functions.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
forth again a revivified, scarlet, oxygenated tide along the efferent
arteries. Thus the following are the relationships :
Solar System Interchange and renewal of force.
Human Frame ,, „ ,, vitality.
/(u) Physical. Interchange and renewal of at-
tributes of life. (Circulation of money.
World of Humanity --i Commerce.)
(6) Physiological. Love (chiefly in its higher and
\ more universal aspects).

The fifth house (Leo in the Zodiac) governs not only love in a
sexual sense, but also in a general one, exhibited as desire. For
instance, if Mars is located there we have a love of martial, medical,
and active pursuits ; Saturn, grave and serious pleasures ; Moon, love
of travelling, change, variety, etc.
The blood is equivalent to the vital supporting fluid streaming
between the Sun and planets. It is fluent tissue,—flesh in potentiality.
Moreover it contains the sum-total of planetary influences.
In practice the arteries will be found governed by Aquarius, the
veins by Libra, and the capillaries by Gemini, the respective sign
rulers being Uranus, Venus, and Mercury. Remark the jerky motion
of blood along arteries and the spasmodic nature of Uranus; the
venous troubles which an afflicted Venus gives rise to; also the fine
meshwork of capillaries or hair-tubes with their thin walls through
which gases and liquids can pass, allied to the attributes of Mercury.
It will be noticed that the airy trigon is involved in this matter.
The arteries (arteria) at least obtained their designation from the fact
of their being anciently supposed to be air passages. But in any case
affliction in Aquarius coincides with arterial disorders, those of a
spasmodic character, and asphyxia, etc. Persons who have Sun
afflicted in this sign are liable to the latter, the phenomena of asphyxia
consisting in the diminution of the arterial blood (cr) and excess of
carbonic acid (^r). Affliction in Libra means venous diseases ; in
Gemini those related to the capillary circulation and nerves, usually
combined together.
The rapport between brain and heart is shown by the fact of Sun
having the sign Aries for its exaltation, and we know that the energy
of the brain is greatly in proportion to the blood received.
There are some combinations which are interchangeable in con-
nection with the cardiac organ and its diseases. For instance, Q - ~
 ASTRO-PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY 341
B-iig and ©-hk will both cause impoverished blood and anaemia,
and imperfect action of duodenum, consequently of nutrition. The
whole of the fixed signs (ySLtH. ~) relate to the heart, but in
dissimilar ways. That is, in general ;—
Taurus is responsible for hypersemia. Congestion from venous
obstruction, etc.
Leo—Diseases of an epileptiform nature, with loss of speech,
memory or mind. Palpitation.
Scorpio—Syncopes, tumours and aneurisms.
Aquarius—Asphyxia, angina, diseases of a spasmodic character.
Dropsy proceeding from the heart.
Then in addition we find the several planets creating results
according to their specific characters : Mercury afflicted in a fixed
sign affecting the cerebro-spinal nervous system ; or again, the nervous
ganglia in the heart's substance. Venus similarly posited and much
oppressed, producing cyanosis and allied disorders.
The action of the heart is quickened by Mars and retarded by
Saturn. Besides we have, according to the predominance, excess or
normal average of the elements of the blood, a proportional corre-
spondence of planetary dominating influence. To indicate tabularly the
planetary composition'we have :—
B Serum.
5 Volatile salts.
? Albumen.
S Cruor, iron, hsemoglobin.
21 Fatty and extractive matters.
b Earths.
Thus a predominance of lunar influence would dispose to a watery
and dropsical condition of the blood. An insufficiency of Mercury to
diabetes. A deficiency of Venus,'albuminaria or disease of the kidneys
with coagulable urine. An excess of Mars, courage, energy, general
excitement of the vital properties of the body, animal heat and
muscular irritability in an elevated state, hsemorrhages and fevers,
increase of red particles. Andral, Gavarret, and Delafond remarked
that in domestic animals the vigour and beauty of the animal were
proportioned more to the amount of red particles in the blood of
the animal than to any other constituent, and' that the improvement
of breed by crossing was marked by an increased proportion of this
element. The same theory holds good in the case of the human being,
physical vigour and animal perfection depending on the condition of
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Mars in the horoscope of birth. Again, Lecanu found that the red
particles exist in larger numbers in persons of sanguine temperament
than in others, and more in males than females. Andral andGavarret
detected an excess in the early stages of inflammation and fevers,
especially eruptive fevers as measles and scarlatina, as well as in
sanguineous plethora and haemorrhagic diseases. And all such com-
plaints the astrologer has long found to be of martial origin. An
insufficiency of Mars leads to feebleness, timidity, scurvy, anaemia,
chlorosis, a weak state of the functions generally—circulation, calori-
fication, nutrition, A predominance of Jupiter would bring the
sluggishness and inactivity created by the deposition of adipose tissue,
while its absence, on the other hand, would predispose to general
atrophy, serous defiuxions, aposthumes, and ulcers, especially in the
lungs.
We observe how important the Mars element is to humanity, and
how it must of necessity conduce to the strenuous workaday life. It
produces physical action, and is even necessary as a fillip to mental
energy, while the actual force of the heart is very much dependent
upon its influence, although we cannot measure this influence in exact
figures. It is evident, too, that in persons of sanguine temperament
where the martial influence prevails, the heart acts more frequently
than in those of lymphatic, who are influenced by lunar rule.
Probably all diseases in which the blood is changed and red
particles altered may be referable to Jupiter. Not solely, of course,
but the disorders in question will be found, I think, to have a greater
or less pre-eminent association with the jovian planet, either at the
time of direction or on the radical scheme. In the worst forms of
scurvy the blood is changed to a dark brown or green colour. In the
Walcheren and other malignant fevers, pitchy black. In congestive
typhoid fevers the blood-vessels themselves are stained deep claret.

There has been some correspondence lately in T.P.'s Weekly relative to

a supposed "green flash," seen by certain contributors at the moment of
sunset, which is supposed by some to be a mere optical illusion. Seeing,
however, that (as students of Astrology know) the magnetic conditions
undergo a reversal from positive to negative at that instant, there may be
something more objective about the phenomenon. Have any of our readers
seen it ?
 343

16 g tljf MEty

Under this heading during the past year there have been given
sundry items which it was thought would prove entertaining, and
perhaps instructive, to those of our readers who 'are of a speculative
turn of mind. The interest thereby awakened has not quite realised
our expectations, however, and if we have delayed commenting upon
the matter hitherto, it has been because we hoped that our foreign
readers would display greater energy than was shown by those at
home; yet even in this matter we have been somewhat disappointed.
In regard to the ascendant of the late Mr. Whitaker Wright, and
the plebiscite invited (p. 87; vef. errata p. ioi), the number of
replies received was insufficient to enable us to come to any satisfac-
tory conclusion. The electrotype block referred to on p. 184 was
found upon the top landing of g, Lyncroft Gardens, having been used
as a wedge under the leg of a packing table. Mr. H. S. Green cor-
rectly surmised that the article was in the house, but fixed upon the
editor's sanctum as'(the most probable spot; no other reader attempted
the problem. As to the letter of " X—Y—/'reproduced on p. 216, we
have not yet heard from that gentleman, although we forwarded him
a copy of the magazine for July, and there has been ample time for
a reply to have reached us. We are, therefore, unable to say if the
suggestion made was correct; but should we hear later we will
return to the subject.
* * * *
We have not yet received all the photos required for the pro-
jected series of Types of the Signs spoken of in the February" Obser-
vatory." It is significant that by far the greater number of those who
have responded represent the Common and Fixed signs, and not, as
one might have thought, the Cardinal. But a further selection is
needed of each one of the signs.
Will those of our readers, then, who have not yet sent theirs
kindly do so without delay ? We may remind them that data of birth,
etc., are required only for tabulation and not for publication.
* * * *
344 MODERN ASTROLOGY

A subscriber writes :—
" Will the Editor of Modern Astrology kindly arrange to give, in an
early number of his Magazine, instructions how to calculate the
zodiacal longitude and latitude, at any time, of (i) a superior planet,
(2) an inferior planet, (3) an asteroid, from the elements usually
supplied (i.e., epoch, longitude of Q, inclination of orbit, etc., etc.).
Sucn instructions being as lucid and simply put as those of J.
Wilson (in his Dictionary of Astrology) for finding the zodiacal
longitude from R.A. and declination.
" I sought to learn the above methods from Mr. Cromelin's article in the
organ of the British Astronomical Society ' How to make an
Ephemeris of a Comet.' But though I believe myself able to grasp,
and put to practical use, the methods, provided I could have them
clearly put before me, I found so much technical shorthand, so
many arithmetical and mathematical signs, etc., in above article,
that it was practically useless to me for my purpose, especially as
there may be modifications also, of the method Mr. Cromelin gives
for a comet, when used for planets."
We shall have much pleasure in acceding to this request, should
our readers intimate that such a highly technical matter is of
interest to them.
* ^ ^
The following (from the Sydney Morning Herald) is of interest:—
"A Remarkable and Sad Coincidence.—When the A.U.S.N. Company's
steamer ' Wyandra' was off Newcastle yesterday morning (6/3/'04),
on her way from Queensland ports to Sydney, a little girl named
Flora M'Kimmin, daughter of a well-known business man of
Townsville, died from the effects of lead poisoning. She had been
in ill-health for some time past, and accompanied by her parents
was proceeding on a holiday tour to Europe. It is a remarkable
coincidence that the child was born on board the A.U.S.N. Com-
pany's steamer ' Wodonga' on the same day of the year four years
ago. Her parents were then returning to their home after having
been to England, and she was born when the steamer was off
Bowen."
For those who take interest in names we add the announcement
that appeared in the " deaths " column.
" M'Kimmin.—March 6th, r904, her birthday, on board SS. ' Wyandra,"
Flora Margaret Betty Wodonga, the dearly beloved daughter of Robert and
Emma M'Kimmin, of Townsville, Queensland, aged 4 years. Born on board
SS. ' Wodonga,' March 6th, 1900.''
The time of birth is not given, unfortunately, but it will be seen
by reference to an Ephemeris that 5 on day of birth was in D to f?
(ruling lead), and four days after birth the j) was separating from the
D of 5 , 2 (P- <?) having meanwhile passed from Q ^ to Q (g ; the
two latter planets being in conjunction in t, while O was Q b.
What a lot to go through in four short years of infancy ! The j) was
in b at birth and in the opposite sign ni on the day of death, while
^ was close to the g of the rad. (p .
 345

Begms of ttjc Zohiac S^mboltsri

Translated from " La Volasfcra," by Sepharial

SAGITTARIUS

{Continued from page 311)

f 17TH Degree.—A man afloat upon a raft.

This symbol denotes one of isolated and lonely mind, given to projects
of alien kind, daring enterprises and unique adventures. Such an one wil'
be estranged from his relations and kindred, and will lead a life of great
vicissitudes and hardships, failing in the latter part of life in some bold
adventure whereby he will become involved in many troubles. His position
in life will be unstable and as it were founded upon the waters. He may be
a sailor and become shipwrecked, or in other capacity will meet with wreck
of fortunes and be deserted by his own. It is a degree of Abandonment.
t i8th Degree.—A man's face painted with grotesque scrolls
and surrounded by a mass of tangled hair.
It is the index of a mind that is without proper balance, given over ta
vain and wild projects, neither useful nor fortunate. Such an one is in
danger of losing his reason by disappointment of foolish and inconsequent
efforts. His mode of life will be eccentric, and the expression of his thought
touched with a singular grotesqueness and peculiarity. There may be genius ;
but, if so, of an unpractical and fruitless type : more probably there will be
lack of reason. It is a degree of Disorder.
t 19TH Degree.—A serpent surrounded by a circle of fire.
This symbol denotes one whose mind is subtle and tortuous, resentful
and passionate. He will be continually involved in difficulties, and surrounded
by dangers. At some time in life he may find himself in a beleaguered city,
or in a cruel distraint, from which he will escape only with some hurt to his
person or fortunes. In one form or another he will be called upon to pass
through a fiery ordeal, and throughout life his mind will be chafed and
tortured by stress and limitations. It is a degree of Captivity.
f 2oth Degree.—A garden of many-hued flowers.
It is the index of a mind that is genial, kindly and sociable. Such an
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
one will find many friends and admirers. His life will be filled with happy
and fortunate associations, and bis mind will be devoted to the artistic,
ornamental and aesthetic. The beautiful in nature will attract bim, and bis
life will be surrounded with elements of concord and amity. It is a degree of
Concord.
f 21ST Degree.—Two triangles interlaced, with a third super-
posed.
It is the index of a mind of more than average ability, to which the con-
quest of things mental and spiritual will be the chief object in life. Such an
one will combine in himself the balance of physical and mental forces in
an equal degree, and will hold the power to utilise them to considerable
extent. It gives an aptitude for the study of the social sciences, and confers
ability for self-government and rulcrship. It is a degree of Mastery.
f 22N d Degree.—Two arrows crossed.
This is the symbol of an aggressive spirit, a mind given over to conten-
tion and strife, and a soul that is set against the current of public feeling
and opinion. Such an one will run counter to the established laws of social
life, and be continually engaged in the pursuit of bis own eccentricities.
There is danger of litigation and a menace of a violent end. It is a degree
of Strife.
f 23RD Degree.—A human heart encircled with a band of iron
and pierced by a dagger with jewelled hilt.
Insecure affections, misplaced confidence, bitter resentment and
jealousy are the unhappy results of love divorced from discretion and good
judgment. Such an one to whom this symbol applies will go through life
attended by a host of forlorn hopes, loving without power to evoke response,
acting by impulse unailied to reason, and in the end will become cramped
and misanthropic, the iron of selfish disappointment eating into the soul
Danger of heart disease may be indicated, or what is worse, the canker of
jealousy may prove fatal. It is a degree of Restriction.
f 24.TH Degree.—A broken tree struck by a lightning flash.
This is the index of a mind occupied with abortive projects, vain ambi-
tions, and unfortunate relationships. His life is likely to be short and his
end sudden. All bis ambitions will fall short of accomplishment, and dire
catastrophe will cut off bis hopes ere be can reap the harvest of bis
endeavours. It is a degree of A bscission.
f 25TH Degree.—Three cups of wine standing upon a table in
the form of a triangle.
It is the index of a mind that is given to excessive indulgence and undue
 DEGREES OF THE ZODIAC SYMBOLISED 347

eDtbusiasm in matters of a spiritual and mental nature ; one who will follow
out his projects regardless of consequence, impelled as it were by a species of
mental intoxication. The substance and form of this symbol is allied to the
higher nature, but should the carnal appetites gain an ascendency over him, be
will in all probability degenerate into a debauchee. Moderation should be
his watchword even in spiritual things. It is a degree of Excess.
f 25th Degree.—A mask representing the face of a hound.
This is the sign of one to whom appearances are apt to count for much,
but who will nevertheless be possessed of a really deep and sympathetic
nature. Fidelity and friendship will be prominent characteristics of his
nature. He will be dexterous in the use of arms, apt in the imitation of
mannerisms, and would make a capable actor, being gifted with powers of
dramatic representation. Of a kind and sympathetic nature he will readily
attract friends, and yet few will know him for what he really is. It is a
degree of ImiUition.
t 27TH Degree.—A man beneath the paw of a lion rampant.
This is the index of a nature lacking direction of force and initiative
Such an one will find many enemies, both powerful and aggressive, to bar the
way to success in life. He may rise to a good position, but will be in danger
of falling under the reproach of his king or ruler. His path will be beset
with difficulties and dangers, and such will chiefly be due to his lack of
stability and want of purpose. It is a degree of Impotence.
t 28th Degree.—A tortoise.
This is the symbol of a patient and steady nature, one to whom all tasks
are trivial, to whom hardships come as a matter of course, and who is not
dismayed by the prospect of unending toil. Steadfastness, patience and
endurance will characterise bis life and work in the world, and in spite of
all obstacles he will attain to the position he has set out to gain for himself.
It is a degree of Patience.
f 29TH Degree.—A hare.
This is the symbol of a mind that is both cultured and timid, yet
possessed of considerable moral force and remarkable physical energy and
agility. Such an one may easily lose bis way and come to an unfortunate
end, because of his strong sense of the direct and honest course in life and
his extreme diffidence in asserting that sense or conviction. He will be
in daugcr of some brain affection, whichmay lay him low and render him
incapable of action for many years together. There is a twist of some sort
in the nature. He may be driven toextremitiesby theforceof circumstances.
It is a degree of Inefficacy.
 ®Ij£ donatrucixon of tljc (lelcattai ®Ij£m£

Translated from the French of Mons. H. Selva by Heinrich Daath

{Continued from p. 308)

For this purpose let us refer to Fig. 6. Here MPN is the

meridian, P one of the poles of the earth, ER the equator, MRN the
horizon, MAN the circle of position of the twelfth house, and PF",
PC, and PD', circles of declination.
Let us designate by A (AT—O) the distance to the meridian from
the point where the circle of position cuts the equator (=AE) which
for the twelfth is always 6o0) and by A AT* the distance from the
meridian to the star considered.

Three cases may present themselves here :

1. A MX = A {M-Cp), (or what amounts to the same thing,
 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CELESTIAL THEME 349
R.A,* =Asc.obl. XII.), as our figure exhibits for C and C. Itis seen,
then, that if the declination of the star be of the same name as the
geographic latitude, it cannot be in the twelfth house; while if the
declination be of contrary sign, it is impossible for it to be in the
eleventh.
2. A Af *> A (M—Cp). Let us consider B and B', which prove
this hypothesis. We shall remark in the case where the declination
is of the same name as the geographic latitude, that if it exceeds the
value of the arc TL, as at B, this point cannot be in the twelfth house,
while if it is less, as at B', the latter point cannot be situated in the
eleventh.
When the declination is of a contrary name, the star concerned,
e.g., at D, cannot be in the eleventh ; nevertheless it is not necessarily
understood therefore to be in the twelfth; it may still belong to the
first as at D', if the declination exceed the value of the arc TH.
The solution of the problem reduces itself to the valueing of
the arc TL or TH, and comparing it with the declination of the star
involved.
The triangle ATL being given rectangular at T, we have the
angle LAT = 90o-7r XII., and AT=A (Af —B) —A (M-Cp), there
is no difficulty in calculating TL. In the triangle RTH, on the con-
trary, rectangular at T, we have the angle TRH = 9o0—II, and the
arc RT = 9o0-A (Af-D).
3. A Af * < A (Af—C/i). If the declination of a star, asjF, is of
the same name as the geographic latitude, it cannot be situated in the
twelfth ; with a declination of contrary name it may be in the eleventh
or twelfth, or even lower down. The matter then is simply one of
computing the arc UK by the aid of those given : UAK^go0—ttXII,
UA=A (Af —C/) —A Af*, and KUA^go"; and to set off from it the
value in regard to the declination of the star.
Another method of procedure, which by reason ^of its general
application offers a certain advantage over the preceding, consists in
valueing the pole of the star considered and comparing it with that of
the house in question.
Let L (fig. 5)—seep. 304—be a star situated in any place whatever
outside the circle of position of a house, and let MLN be its circle of
position. Suppose then the arc of the great circle PZ drawn perpen-
dicularly to MLN.
35o MODERN ASTROLOGY
In giving previously the formula for calculating the poles of the
houses we deduced it from the elevation of the pole above the horizon,
and the arc of equator FT, whose value is constant for similar houses
whatever may be the geographic latitude. Inversely, the arc FT
cannot be valued without the aid of PZ.
Knowing the longitude and latitude of L, we can compute its
R.A. and then its distance from the meridian (AM) represented in
figure by the arc of equator EF'. This arc subtending the angle
EPL we have the angle LPN = i8o0—AM. In the triangle LPN
we know besides, LP, which is the distance of L from the Pole
(AP=go0JiS), and PN=II, or the geographic latitude. We can
accordingly compute the angle PNL. This done, we know in the
triangle PZN, rectangular at Z, the hypotenuse and an angle. It
is then possible for us to value PZ, otherwise called the pole of L.
If we call to mind that the magnitude of the poles decreases from
the horizon towards the meridian, we shall be able to decide
immediately the situation of the star concerned, in comparison with
the circle of position proposed : with tt (star) < ir (house) the star is
situated between the circle of position and the meridian ; with ir (star)
> jr (house) the star will be comprised between this circle of position
and the horizon.
This calculation is not sufficiently detailed, as one sees. True, it
is not applied except in the case where the question is to fix the
location of a star in comparison with a circle of position, intermediary
between the horizon and meridian. In what concerns the most im-
portant positions in a celestial theme—those near the meridian and
horizon—the determination of the exact situation of a star is much
more simple.
As regards the meridian, it suffices to verify by the aid of right
ascension if the passage of the star has taken place or is yet to come;
in the first case the star is west of the meridian, in the second case,
east. Practically it amounts to saying that if in the computing of
its distance from the zenith we make use of the formula R.A.M.C.—
R.A.*, the star is west, and cannot consequently be in the tenth
house ; if, on thecontrary, the formula R.A.* — R.A.M.C. is employed,
the star is east and cannot therefore occupy the ninth.
If we wish to know whether a star is situated above or below the
horizon it is only requisite to take the difference between the oblique
 THB CONSTRUCTION OF THE CELESTIAL THEME 351

ascension of the ascendant and that of the star under the given
geographic latitude ; or to compare one of the semi-arcs of the star
with its distance from the corresponding zenith ; if its distance from
the upper angle is smaller than the semi-diurnal arc, or, what is but
another aspect of the matter, if its distance from the lower meridian is
greater than its semi-nocturnal arc, the star is above the horizon ; in
the contrary case it is below.

{To be continued)

The enquiry as to whether Greenwich or "Local" time is meant

greatly puzzles the average layman (and still more the average laywoman),
when submitting birth-data for a horoscope. One applicant writes that she
does not know whether the time is Greenwich or local—the place given is in
the suburbs of London,—but " she should say local, as she remembers that
her mother spoke of the church bells ringing at the time " , . . II!

In the horoscope of a child named " Sirius," the ruler of the ascendant,
Mercury, is found in 92 lo^y', the longitude of Sirius being i2045', and the
two bodies being hence in conjunction. This degree, by the way, was the
ascendant in Mme. Blavatsky's horoscope, as usually given, though some
give 92 26°.

" To expect the conversion of the world to any new truth, or its
appreciation of any new aspect of truth, is to expect one of those few miracles
which do not occur."—Dr. Alfred Russell Wallace.

Economy in Birthday Parties.—Mme. Arbinot, of Hyfires, has each

year since igoo presented her husband with a child on January 25th. As
previously, the newcomer of 1904 is a boy.
 352

HUhhins

Raphael's Ephemeris for 1905.—This most useful publication is

now enlarged to forty-eight pages. It contains all the usual informa-
tion, and the compiler, true to his constant aim to extend its scope
and increase its usefulness, has added the daily motions of the Sun,
Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars. Advantage has also been taken
of the extra space to reinstate the Table of Houses for Liverpool,
omitted in recent years, and to give an example of how tables calcu-
lated for North latitudes can be used for places South of the equator.
The table of proportional logarithms has been restored to its previous
more convenient place on the last page. There are added some re-
marks on the bearing of celestial latitudeon aspect. And there is the
customary dig at the Pre-natal Epoch.
Students of Astrology the world over owe a debt of gratitude to
the compiler of Raphael's Ephemeris, not alone for the wonderful
amount of information that the work contains, but also for the amount
of thought that has been given to convenience of arrangement, and for
the constant endeavours made to consult the convenience of the student
in every way. The present number is printed on the same quality of
paper as the previous issue, and the Aspectarian is as complete as
heretofore.

The Mystery of Breath. By Asturel. {The Talisman Pub-

lishing Co., Harrogate; is. boards, is. 6d. paper.)—Quite apart from any
merit of style or method, this book will strike all students of Astrology
who may be interested in the " new thought " in any of its forms
as being ' practical ' in a sense which cannot be said of most works
on allied subjects ; namely, in that it takes account of the factor of
periodicity in the manifested universe, and fits its teachings to times
and seasons—in a word, it is based upon the twelve primary modifi-
cations of the solar " prana " or vital energy indicated by the zodiacal
sign which the Sun enters on the 21st of each month. In this respect,
namely in the recognition of the fact that the universe is in a constant
state of flux, so that given methods will not alike succeed at all times,
the present manual differs fundamentally from the majority of works
whose intention in the main is similar; that is, to assist mankind to
regain health and to increase strength and progress by right methods of
thought—and, as an aid and corollary thereto, breathing. The connec-
tion between thought and breathing will be more apparent when we
reflect that the same sign, Gemini, relates to both; in fact, thought
may be regarded as the breath of the mind. The twelve vital breaths
appropriate to each month of the year, and applicable for building up
or strengthening each part of the body, are succinctly but lucidly
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 353
treated of, and the whole book is written in a pleasant and straight-
forward manner. The following excerpt from the concluding pages
will give an idea of the real ' motif of the work :—
"The first thing is for man, the real ' I,' not the personality or physical
body, to identify himself with the All, or the Logos of this Universe. Recog-
nising himself as a ray or spark of tbe Logos, he thus becomes one with all
that is. Every manifestation is part of himself, and in reality is himself,
and must come to him at his desire. The attractive force in nature is Love,
and man must saturate himself, so to speak, with Love, before he can draw
to himself what be desires. Probably gravitation is earth love, which attracts
and holds humanity and all else to the earth in its speedy revolutions through
space. In the same way Sun love keeps the planets in their orbits as they
revolve round it as a centre. Human love untinged with sensuality or
selfishness will attract all things. The greater and purer tbe Love, the
stronger the power for attraction .... picture the ideal of what you
desire your business or profession to be . . . . But remember also to
see yourself paying out freely, giving to those in want, and acting the part of
a channel, letting money go freely with a blessing from yourself whether it
is paid as rent, rates, for necessities or charity. If you would attract through
Love, then it is absolutely necessary that you cut fear, and decline to recog-
nise it in any form Grow and trust as the plant, the tree, and
the birds, knowing inwardly that what is yours cannot be kept from you,
that by living the true life you will be provided for. Not by sitting down
and waiting, but by working and sowing, so that you shall reap."
A. H. B.
Books Received, Exchanges, etc. ;
Bible Review Rosa Akhemica
Broad Views Theosophical Review
La Science Astrale The Arena
La Determinisme Astrale The Harbinger of Light
Les Nouveaux Horizon de la Science et de la Pensee The Rapid Review
Logos Magazine The Theosophist
Neue Metuphvsische Rundschau The Historic Growth of dfan
(Sivartha.)

betters to tire <B5ttor

Letters of general interest only are inserted. Correspondents desiring reply
must please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily for
publication, but as a token of good faith.
N.B.—Writers of signed articles are alone responsible for the opinions con-
tained therein.
The Dispersion of the Russian Fleet ; and the Birth of an
Heir to the Throne
Sir,
As you were good enough to publish my remarks on the loss
of the " Petropavlovsk," possibly the following considerations on the
recent naval disaster may interest your readers. Owing to the vague-
354 MODERN ASTROLOGY
ness of the times given, and the length of the action, they can only be
very roughly approximate, and elaborate calculations are unnecessary.
The Fleet seems to have left Port Arthur about g a.m. on
August 10th, and to have been fighting more or less from to to 5.
The Russian report seems to indicate the first sharp engagement
about noon, and the final disastrous ending about 5 p.m. Taking
these times as the most significant, we find that at noon on the 120th
meridian Leo 160 would be on the M.C., and Scorpio 0
g0 rising. At
St. Petersburg Taurus 21° on M.C., and Virgo 4 rising. At 5 p.m.,
Scorpio
0
6° on local M.C., Sagittarius 120 rising; at St. Petersburg,
Leo 1 on M.C., and Libra 20° rising.
Referring to the planetary positions, we find at the beginning of
the action Venus (Japan) culminating, and Saturn (Russia) at the I.C.
At St. Petersburg, Saturn, which had already set, approaches the
I.C. as the fight proceeds, while Venus becomes more and more
dominant. Neptune meanwhile is fast approaching the eighth house,
and Uranus the second, in which positions we find them at the birth
of the heir two days later.
What, perhaps, is most significant of all, is the progress of the
Moon during the day. At the commencement of the action she is in
conjunction with Mars, semi-sextile to Venus, and in quincunx with
Saturn, thus describing the situation exactly. During the battle she
passes the semi-quadrature of Mercury and arrives at the square of
Jupiter. Other dominant aspects are the opposition of Saturn and
the Sun, and the trine of Uranus and Venus, both occurring during
the day. (The trine of Jupiter and Venus marked the crippling of the
Vladivostock fleet, on August 14th, Venus between Moon and Mars,
semi-sextile to both.)
Under such aspects it is not to be wondered at if the joy at the
birth of an heir to the Russian throne proves to be short-lived. The
time of birth rectified by the planetary ruler gives Leo 26° as the
approximate M.C., and probably a few seconds after Scorpio 6° as the
ascendant, but I speak under correction, not having worked out the
calculations of ascendant and epoch. Alexis has Venus and the Moon
culminating, Saturn dangerously near the I.C. (will he lose a parent
soon ?). Neptune in the eighth bouse, Uranus in the second, Mars
making equal angles with Sun and Neptune, and parallel to the latter.
The best sign in the figure is Jupiter parallel to Moon, and in trine to
Moon and Venus, with Uranus at the other trine to all three, which
should indicate psychic endowments. Let us hope that this augury
for private life may offset the deplorable indications of Saturn oppos-
ing Sun, and Mars square to Jupiter. Neptune also afflicts the Sun
at semi-quadrature, and Jupiter is in mundane square to that luminary
and to Saturn. As lover a.ndmyUic (Neptune trine Ascendant, Uranus
trine M.C.) he might succeed, but as ruler, by the same tokens, he is
more impossible than his father.
Sarastro.
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 355

Remarkable Coincidences

Dear Sir,
In your magazine you often cite cases of remarkable coin-
cidences. Did you see the following instance of coincidence when it
was published ? 1 saw it in Lloyd's News, on September 17th, 1898.
I suppose it would be found in some number of the Lancet of about
the same date. It reads as follows :
" Probably the most wonderful story of a man's unlucky day that has
ever been told appears in the Lancet, which introduces it as a curious
instance of coincidence. A patient, at the age of ten years, fractured his
right index finger. It happened on August 26th. When thirteen years old, he
fractured his left leg below the knee, (hrough falling from horseback, also on
August 26th. When fourteen years of age he fractured both bones of the
left forearm by stumbling, his arm striking the edge of a brick (August 26th).
In another year, on August 26th, when fifteen years of age, he had a com-
pound fracture of the left leg above the ankle by his foot being caught under
an iron rod and his body falling forward. Next year, again on the same
date, August 26th, he had compound fracture of both legs, the right being so
severely crushed that it had to be amputated at the lower third of the thigh.
This was caused by a horse hitched to a tram of coal, which, running wild
underground, caught him io a narrow passage, crushing both legs severely.
After this he did not work on August 26th for twenty-eight years, and little
wonder; but in the year 1890 he forgot his fateful day and went to work,
with the result that he sustained a compound fracture of the left leg. After
this he has studiously avoided working on August 26th, though never missing
work at other times."
The following appeared in the South Eastern Gazette of Tuesday,
September 6th, 1904:
"A Chapter 0/ Accidents.—Hubert Gason, while working in Maidstone on
August 26th, fell from a 47ft. ladder. He landed on his feet, injuring his
foot and ankle. William Spree, of Chatham, was thrown from his cart on
Sunday 1? August 28th or September 4th] and was run over, sustaining two
or three broken ribs. On August 28th, John Bray, a bop picker, put the
reins round his leg in order to light his pipe; his horse either started or
kicked, with the result that he was thrown out and internally injured. He
now lies in a critical condition at the West Kent Hospital. William Wright,
a carter at Harrietsham, was run over while attempting to catch his horse
which had run away. He sustained a broken elbow and injuries to his
foot."
It is noticeable that one of the accidents mentioned in the last
extract occurred on August 26th, the same day as that which is
mentioned in the first extract, and that the other accidents in the same
neighbourhood are all about the same date.
The first extract would seem to imply that every year the position
of the Sun on that particular day corresponded with the position of
Sun in some adverse aspect (probably to Mars) in the radical horo-
scope, or else that the position of the Sun in a particular sign gives a
liability to accident. The latter view is strengthened by the second
extract, although we know that owing to leap year the position of the
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Sun on a particular day is not exactly the same, though perhaps near
enough for the purpose. Have you noticed other instances of
accidents on or about August 26th, sufficiently numerous to be
remarkable ?
P.S.—Since writing the above I happened to look in Ball's Story
of the Heavens, and noticed that the writer gives (p. 180) a diagram
showing that on August 26th the two orbits of Mars and the Earth
are at their nearest point. It is a remarkable coincidence that I
happened to look in the book. I have not done so for years, not since
I commenced to study Astrology, and to-day looked at the book for
quite a different purpose, viz., to refer to Bode's Law.
The diagram is given for the purpose of showing that the best
time to observe Mars is when opposition occurs as near as possible to
August 26th, as Mars is only about half the distance from the earth
then compared with when it is in opposition on February 22nd.
These favourable oppositions took place in 1877 and 1892, and
will re-occur again in 1909, but as the accidents occurred to the
individual first mentioned in other years when Mars was not in
opposition to the Sun on August 26th, but simply when the Earth
was nearest to the orbit of Mars, it looks as though the mere passage of
the earth past the nearest point in the path of Mars has a powerful
effect. The first case given seems to me a very striking one and
furnishes some important data.
Yours sincerely,
Walter Kruse.
Park, Truro, ij/g/'o^.

[This letter raises a very interesting point, for influences due to

the relative propinquity of various points of the orbits of planets have
not, we believe, received consideration before. There is, however,
another possible solution of the apparently unfortunate nature of this
date, for the Sun is then in opposition to the fixed star, Formalhaut,
a star credited by the ancients with violent characteristics. The
mean longitude of the Sun on August 26th is about i>5205o': the
longitude of Formalhaut is given as K2324'. Thus it will be seen
that the events enumerated might be considered due to the annual
opposition of the Sun to this star. In reference to the extract from
the South Eastern Gazette a further curious coincidence is afforded
by the fact that in Charubel's invaluable " Degrees of the Zodiac
Symbolised " K20 is represented by 'a very long ladder, such as is
used by fire brigades ' !—Ed.]
iHoftern Estrolog^

Vol.I . New Series. DECEMBER, 1904. No. 12.

dDbscrbator^
In bringing this First Volume of the New Series to a close, I wish
to place before my friends and readers a few suggestions for careful
consideration, and more especially to those who
Yoai^Attention, have any latent desire to help in spreading the
light which Astrology has to give to the world.
Thismagazine has now entered upon its fifteenth year of activity,
and has accomplished a work not hitherto given to any magazine
having a similar object to achieve. It has been successful in carrying
out the ideals its organisers had in view, having entirely altered the
spirit of criticism which abounded at the period of its inception, but
its success has only been half what it might have been had astrologers
been less isolated and self-centred. The majority who are in posses-
sion of the best astrological knowledge are apparently not unselfish
or spiritual-minded enough to share their knowledge with others, and
have, therefore, not given the help expected from them.
They have thus separated themselves from the new life and
thought which it has been my privilege as the editor of this magazine
to bring to a much-abused and ridiculed science. It is little wonder
that Astrology had fallen into disrepute, seeing that the custodians
of the knowledge had hidden their light under a bushel,
***
I have no wish to enter into personal recriminations, but those
who feel and think with me in this matter have only to glance through
the pages of this magazine during the last four-
_ ^^2 ..
Roll Call teen. years and note
. ,the names of the contributors
to its pages, when they will find those prominent
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
in other respects have had no voice in its ideal. There is only one
logical conclusion to be drawn from this entire lack of sympathy and
support—either a complete lack of ability and power to communicate,
or a determination not to impart knowledge to those who are ready
and anxious to receive it.
It is with feelings of the greatest admiration and gratitude that I
draw attention to the painstaking efforts and lucid expositions of Mr.
H. S. Green and Mr. Heinrich Daath, without whose valued help
my task would have been immensely more difficult. Those who have
so generously given their help in the past will in that wonderful future
that awaits us shine out as brilliant stars to light the pathway of the
coming student. The fact can no longer be concealed, there is
growing in our midst a Modern Astrology which, while still retaining
the ideals of and a reverence for Ancient Astrology, nevertheless ignores
the methods and tactics of professors of the Middle Ages.
Who are the men to whom future students of Astrology will look
for their inspiration and guidance when this Modern Astrology has
freed the practice of the science from the materialistic attitude of
those who cling to the dead letter of mere formula: and totally ignore
the metaphysical and esoteric aspect of this sublime study ? Not the
almanack makers, or the spasmodic carping critics, but the men whose
love for the truth contained in the science has swallowed up the
personal element and who have sought to give out to the world the
light and learning which they have procured for the benefit of others.
For those alone are the true astrologers, who receive only in order
that they may give.
♦ ♦
Now I am going to suggest that every student who is a reader of
this magazine shouldendeavourto contribute his mite toward enriching
the whole. All who are in sympathy with our
To YOU ideal to purify and re-establish the ancient science
Personally ,
philosophy and religion of Astrology may now do
so. I am prompted to make this appeal through having been brought
into contact with one of our readers who has just contributed an
astrological fact which recently came under his notice. He thought it
insignificant, and was surprised when I expressed my pleasure at the
interest he had shown. He afterwards admitted that it was sent "in
Answer to an inner feeling that it might be useful."
 THE OBSERVATORY 359
I do hope that inner feeling will trouble everyone who reads
this until it makes him or her rake up some forgotten fact of the past
which at the time may have appeared insignificant,
Have YOU but which has since proved of interest and which
« An
Inner Feeling" ? might be valuable to others. We want to share our
knowledge one with the other. We are all useful to
each other and at our present stage we cannot afford to feel separate,
one from another, where Astrology is concerned. If you are an inter-
ested reader of this magazine, known as Mocievn Astrology, you
are in a sense my brother and my sister. Do not think of the
Editor of this magazine as you might of a parent or head authority,
someone much above you, but as a brother and a co-worker with
yourselves, gathering knowledge from others with a view to handing
it on. Think of him, if you like, as an older student inspired with a
profound love for his study, but do not separate yourself from him in
thought as one of much loftier knowledge than yourself.
- %
Think of this magazine as though it were your own journal, for
which you are quietly working, being convinced that it has truth for
its motto. You cannot do without your brother if
I am your you take joy in reading what he has collected for
Brother
you in the shape of astrological learning, and he
cannot do without you—not only as a reader but also as a co-worker!
* *
Now I am not simply writing this for the sake of " filling up." I
have long ago observed the spirit of hesitancy and withholding, the
lack of that feeling of unanimity I have described, met with in our
work, even before the period when I entrusted part of it to one who
was unable to rise to the spirit of its mission.
You would not be a reader or subscriber if you were not interested,
and " interest in a cause is a sure sign of a common brotherhood."
Break down your separateness, keep your mind
WHAT TO DO open and do not forget that while reading this you
are sharing in the thoughts and feelings of those
who have a common interest throughout the world. li is necessary and
essential that we all work together, for we are all working for that wonderful
and glorious future that is even now slowly opening up before us. I f you
cannot gather facts for publication make notes on your own
 MODKRN- ASTROLOGV
observations—these are really much more valuable as a matter
of fact.
If you are lacking in literary qualifications or have little inclina-
tion for astrological observations, you can, at any rate, help to make
this magazine more generally known. For " there are always many
ways in which a willing soul can help." Our next issue will start a
new attempt to bring an understanding of Astrology within the reach
of everyone who has the slightest interest in the subject.
^* * *
May all my friends and readers enter upon A Bright and Happy
New Year !

NOTABILIA
feo) Lord Curzon ii/i/'5g
fill
2
The Bishop of London idjij'sS
(S ) John Holhngshead. founder of the " Gaiety " theatre (died
io/io/,04) 9/9/'27
(53I Max Miiller, the famous philologist G/iz/'zj
(54I Guy Boothby, author of " Dr. Nikola " ij/to/'Gy
(SSI Sir Henry Irving G/z/'jS
(56) Sarah Bernhardt 22/io/'45
Note; The birth-time of celebrities is rarely ascertainable, and even when
secured is often untrustworthy ; but these objections do not apply to the planetary
positions, since the day of birth is generally known beyond dispute! The dates here
given have been obtained from various sources, the daily papers, encyclopxdias,
etc., but where possible they have been verified or checked by comparison with
other authorities. Farther than this they arc not guaranteed.
Planets' Places at (Greenwich) Noon on Day of Birth
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Progressed Aspects for 1904
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Epoch 4.10 a.m., ig/6/'85, $502i' rising, makes birth asc. njj23°o'.
We have received from an old contributor, well-known to all our
readers under his pseudonym of " Charubel," the horoscope of one
whom he describes as " possibly the greatest and most wonderful
medium on the known earth to-day." In a private letter the writer
adds one or two interesting particulars, insisting on the fact that the
medium's body accompanies her on her flights into what he describes
 MODERN ASTROLOGV

as " the spacesbeing dematerialised in some way. He adds, " The

girl has no fear of going away. She seems to enjoy it." We append
his account substantially in his own words :—
I will simply state but a few particulars. She is accompanied
by all that may be designated as ordinary phenomena, such as the
levitation of heavy weights, for instance, articles floating after her in
her passage from one room to another. She herself and a heavy
chair have similarly been lifted to the ceiling as many as ten times
before stopping. This latter phenomenon took place in the dark,
beings coming in touch with me and talking with me at the same time
—not in the voice of the medium, however. I have had my own
supposed [the writing is obscured here and we are hot quite sure of
this word.—Ed.] daughter leaning on my breast, and talking with me
about the past and about her mother and sisters, all of whom were
unknown to the medium.
One night I and the medium were alone in the dark room. The
medium went into trance, as usual, and I soon had no fewer than four
[spirits] talking with me one after the other. Finally the guidecalled
on me to light the gas and awake the medium. I, being rather con-
fused, could not find the matches, but the chief called out, " I will
find them," and when I stretched out my hand he put the box into it.
This medium goes away bodily—that is to say, not merely in the
astral vehicle, but taking the physical garment also. Thus, often
when we call her, knowing her to be (physically) in a certain room,
we find that she has passed into another, the one below. She is
taken away sometimes into space—vanishes from sight, that is to say*
—and has thus visited every part of the habitable globe. Moreover,
she can tell all when she comes back. She passes away not through
any door or window but is dematerialised, and being in the fourth
dimensional space there is no need of a door. We know when she
departs out of her room as, generally, a signal is given ; and when she
returns she " falls" on the floor with a thud, and we are called to her
assistance by loud raps. One day she was away for the space of two
hours.
Lately she goes into the stance room when all is quiet and sits
[* If I might venture to suggest a possibleexplanation of thisstrange disappear-
ance, it would be that the etheric waves surrounoing the medium are bent in such
a manner as to make her invisible, and that in reality she does not leave the room.
A. L.]
 MUNDANE ASTROLOGY
by a small table, and the piano is played by different spirits, who give
their names. We have had [name undecipkeyable] on three occasions
and a German whose name is Wisse (the medium could not spell it
clearly), Clara Novello and lately Rubinstein, with about four or five
of our well-known friends. It must not be supposed that even great
players can perform in this way on material keys wit bout miterial fingers
as well as they were able to do when in earth life—no, no; but the
wonder is that they can do so at all. We are not as yet allowed
to look at the keyboard as the medium does this, for in some mysterious
way they get a power tkrongk her—not from her, for she cannot her-
self play any tune if she were to try. Something seems to pass through
her, in some way.
I have given your readers facts. But only a very few facts. Were
I to write all it would make a volume. I claim the honour of having
developed this medium. I have been on these lines as a student of
the forces of nature for fifty years.
[It may be well to place on record a remarkable statement made
in the letter referred to in the first paragraph. The writer says: " I
was told by a certain class of high elementals who have been com-
missioned to help me that the girl will never die, but in the course of
two years they will take her and use her in that work with which they
are engaged ; that she belongs to them and they will use her." The
date of the letter is and the 'direction' from the above map
for 1905-6 is b □ W ; from the epoch S3 d ^, D d W • The last remark
quoted reminds one of the concluding words in The Great God Pan—
" and now Helen is with her companions."—Ed.]

iRtmbonc JUtnrlagg
The figure for the Sun's entry into Capricorn and comments
thereon will be given next month.
The New Moon of 7th inst. is very evil in many respects. Great
danger at collieries, docks, on the sea, and through falling edifices.
Some sad fatalities ensue. Mars on the twelfth house cusp will
induce convict escapes, fires, mutinies, etc., in connection with places
of detention, training ships, etc. Cattle are likely to be visited with
a contagious complaint.

[Owing to press of matter this month's instalment of "The Construc-

tion of the Celestial Theme " is held over. The " Degrees of the Zodiac
Symbolised " will be'completed in the next volume.—Ed.]
 Stories tolb bjj Astrologers

The Wheel of the Good Law

The guests at Sir William's country house had enjoyed a fine

day's sport, and when the ladies at a somewhat early hour had retired
for the night there was a general migration to the smoking-room for
a brief chat before going to bed ; for the exertions of the day had
left little inclination for either billiards or cards, and the general
desire was to ' turn in ' as soon as might be.
Brief chats, however, have a knack of developing into prolonged
discussions, especially when many of the company are travelled men
and several brilliant talkers, and soon a somewhat animated contro-
versy was in progress as to the claims to the gift of prophecy made
by certain palmists and others who profess to foretell the future, some
persisting that the evidence of a considerable amount of predictive
power in certain cases was incontestable, while others roundly asserted
that, however much truth there might be in character-reading from
the hand, any so-called prophecy was merely audacious guess-work or
else palpable fraud. Incidentally, one man mentioned astrology in
tones of contempt.
The discussion had reached that point at which, both sides having
boldly stated their convictions in such a manner as to indicate no
withdrawal from the positions taken up, there follows the inevitable
lull which is either a prelude to a change of subject, or else is broken
in upon by some pithy remark from one of the non-participants.
This time it was the latter event that took place, and the speaker
was our host. His manner was that of one who contributes an experi-
ence that silences argument, and yet his first words appeared to have
no bearing on the subject.
" You may have remarked in the drawing-room," he said slowly,
" an exceptionally fine tiger-skin rug. It is my habit to reply to any
questioner who asks me where I shot the beast from whose carcase
it was taken, that the rug was a present to me from my wife."
To make pointless remarks was not Sir William's way, and
 STOKIES TOLD DY ASTROLOGERS

therefore, although we could not see that these words had the least
bearing on what had gone before, we awaited his next with breathless
attention.
" A present from my wife," our host went on, in a meditative
voice, looking straight before him. " And that is true. Yet the
inner significance of that statement I have never proposed to explain.
Nor should I volunteer this story to-night, but that some of my
young friends,"—Sir William's distinguished position and white hairs
would alone have rendered his words void of offence, apart from the
kindly smile with which they were accompanied—" two or three of
my young friends have, it seems to me, somewhat truculently main-
tained that that which does not come within their experience or can-
not be explained by their system of philosophy, cannot therefore be
true. And also because, in the discussion we have just listened to, it
has been tacitly assumed by both parties that the past and the future
are wholly dissociated in their nature—that, for instance, while
the present is presumably the outcome of the past, the future is
something unaccountable which drops upon us from the blue sky of
' chance,' no one knows how, and no one cares why!
" However," continued the speaker, " I will not digress into
metaphysics, but proceed with my story, which deals with a period
that may seem much more remote to some of you than, I can aver, it
does to me.
" It was in the year 18—, while on a coasting trip in a small
yacht, that I first met Michael Warren. Great dissimilarities ofttimes
exist between the most intimate companions, and although totally
unlike both in physique and temperament we nevertheless speedily
became firm friends.
" My new friend was a man of substantial means, albeit very unpre-
tentious in his manner of living. As our intimacy increased I gathered
that he had been—and indeed was then—a deep student of astrology.
I myself was at that time a young and struggling doctor, with little
time and less inclination for unpopular and abstruse studies; more-
over, at that period, books on occult and mystical subjects were not
so plentiful as now. Consequently, I may perhaps be pardoned for
having regarded as no more than an amiable hobby, or an innocent
fad, the studies of my friend. At any rate, his astrological pursuits
met with no particular sympathy from me.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

" One point at least, however, we possessed in common—a great

love of the picturesque scenery to be found around our coasts ; and as
at the time I was spending a joyous vacation in sailing about the
lovely waters of the Solent, I was well pleased to meet with a com-
rade so enthusiastic over those sunny shores, rich in lovely creeks
and widening rivers which are not the least of dear England's many
beauties.
" On the particular day from which this story dates, we had come
from Shoreham across to the island, and had barely anchored in a
charming river bend when the full harvest moon slowly rose upon the
horizon and sailed into the sky, turning the glassy stream to a channel
of molten silver.
" We sat on deck enraptured with the perfect beauty of it all.
The waving reeds upon the bank stirred and whispered as the
errant zephyrs wafted by, while ever and anon the voices of curlew
and plover added a note of soft suggestive melancholy that intensified
the mysterious glamour of the scene.
"It was amid such surroundings that my friend unfolded the
following strange story. I can recall almost every word, with the
very tone in which it was uttered.
" ' Laddie,' he said, in a voice of tender solemnity, using a term
he sometimes adopted in virtue of his seniority to me, ' you know that
I possess the power of reading the future by the knowledge of the
stars. To-night I have much to speak upon concerning your near
future.'
" In harmony with the eerie beauty of the scene his words came in
a measured flow quite different from his usual free and hearty speech,
and an unaccountable awe held me silent as he continued.
" ' I shall not live to see the fulfilment of my prediction ; for the
sands of life's hour-glass are for me almost run out, and very speedily
draws to its close another day's journey in the pilgrimage of the soul,
and the long night's rest approaches.
" ' For not once only does the soul incarnate, not once only does it
put on the robe of flesh, but many, many times—ay, who can tell
their number ?
" ' To your young ears my story may sound strange,
incomprehensible, perhaps even monstrous and incredible.
" ' In truth it is not so. Listen.
 STORIKS TOLD BY ASTROLOGERS 367
" ' As I now sit and gaze upon your face the light of reason in
your eyes, the look of affection which answers to the look of love I
bend upon you, comes from the self-same soul that, fifteen hundred
years ago, lighted the eyes of one I then called son !
" ' It was in the time of the Emperor Nero, in the black night of
Rome's decadence, that you and I held office in the tyrant's court—I,
chief of his body-guard, and you placed under me in charge of the
slaves.
" ' A poor maiden's cause impetuously you had espoused, and
had saved her from the lions only to be doomed by that bloody-
handed tyrant to suffer in her stead.
" ' No prayers of mine availed against his despotic decree, and
with anguish in my heart I witnessed my loved son's martyrdom,
powerless to help or even to avenge.
"'When 1 recovered from the swoon that mercifully overcame
me, I had become a white-haired, feeble man, my life blasted by the
horror of those awful moments.
"' I was thus rendered useless to my inhuman master, wh«, with
scant ceremony, turned me adrift. As soon as my health was
sufficiently restored I left the land accursed by his infamies, and the
remainder of my days were passed, for the most part in silence and
seclusion, among a barbarous people. Daily, ay hourly, I prayed,
with all the fervour of which I was capable beseeching Heaven to
give me back my son, that in the next incarnation we might meet
and that, moreover, the boon of remembrance might be granted
me 1
It is even so, my petition has been answered. In this life no
physical tie unites us; but the soul tie of yore, the bond of love we
then sealed, can never again be broken. Mine in the past you were ;
mine you will remain for all eternity. For the mighty links once
forged by love endure for aye!
" 'But I must hasten on to the end of what is to be told.
"'In this earth-life grave danger awaits you. At the hour of
your birth Mars was in the sign of the Lion in the twelfth mansion,
in evil aspect to the Sun in the ninth. This shows liability of death
from large beasts in a foreign land.
"'There is, however, some likelihood of intervention; for at the
time of your nativity the Moon was conjoined with Venus, the planet
368 MODHKN ASTKOl.OGY

of love, and in good aspect to the Sun. That you will encounter the
danger I feel assured, but it is likely that you will be saved by a
woman's aid; and if you escape the death by violence the woman
who is the source of your deliverance will become your wife. Should
this be so, the great benefic Jupiter well fortified in the seventh man-
sion denotes a happy and fruitful union, while Saturn in the eighth
celestial house well aspected and in trine to Uranus denotes a egacy
from a man given to occult studies and considerably your senior.
" ' With respect to this latter prediction, I may add that I have
made my will, in which I have arranged that at my death all I possess
shall pass unreservedly to you.'
" As my friend reached this conclusion to his strange long speech,
complete silence fell upon us, and a vast stillness seemed to fill the
whole arch of heaven. Though years and years have passed since
then I can still recall the soft lapping of the water, as the wavelets of
the ebbing tide rippled musically against the yacht's smooth sides.
" I felt unable to say a word, so weirdly impressive had been the
story. Of all the astonished replies or eager questionings that I might
have imagined myself making, had I been rehearsing such a scene in
imagination, not one came to my lips. I was dumb.
" My friend arose, grasped me warmly by the hand, and laying
tiis left on my shoulder looked earnestly into my face.
"' Good night, my dear, dear boy. May God bless you,' he
said, his voice vibrating with intensity of feeling. Then he turned
and entered the little sleeping berth allotted to his use.
" The next morning awoke sunny and joyous, and I sprang out
of bed with a new feeling of delight in my companion's proximity.
But my dear friend had left me for ever. He had passed away quite
peacefully in his sleep."
So intense was the stillness as our host paused in his narrative,
that we heard the ash of a cigar fall with a little musical into the
metal ash-tray towards which one of the audience had softly stretched
his arm, and the slight rustle of cuff-link against linen as he drew it
back seemed to be silhouetted, as it were, against a background of
living silence.
" I will pass over the trying time which followed," resumed our
host after a few moments, clearing his throat, "—for, as you may be
 STORIES TOLD RY ASTROLOGERS 369
sure, the suddenness of his death came as a great shock to me—and
proceed rapidly to the time when, having carried out my late friend's
written wishes, I found myself through his munificence a wealthy
man.
" During the ensuing winter I was unfortunate enough to con-
tract rheumatic fever, and when I became convalescent the doctors
ordered me abroad. I had always had a curiously strong desire to visit
India, and so nine months after my friend's death found me on board
a vessel bound for Bombay, whence it had been arranged that I
should proceed to Bengal and spend a few months with my brother-
in-law, Colonel Harries, whom I had not met before.
" By the time I reached my relatives I was perfectly restored to
health, and as my sister and her husband entertained a good deal, I
had no lack of interest and enjoyment. Amongst the guests were a
Captain Beaumont and his sister, between the latter of whom and
myself a very warm friendship sprang up, soon culminating in our
engagement.
" I must not linger over that delightful period, but must confine
myself to the particular adventure I have to describe. Several officers
of Harries' regiment were bent on forming a shooting party, and I was
pressed to accompany them. My fiancee, however, was for some
reason very averse to my going, and I was on the point of declining
when Beaumont struck in and said it was nonsense to make such a
fuss. It was the finest sport in the world, he said, and as to danger,
it wasn't half so dangerous as a railway journey, let alone a cab-drive
—unless, he added, with evident intention, one was nervous or pre-
occupied and didn't keep one's wits about one. The last shaft was not
without its eflect, and although she turned pale and bit her lip his
sister ceased to dissuade me and made as if her fears were quite over-
come. What the effort cost her at the time I had no idea, or I should
not have made the reply I did. For I was in truth somewhat anxious
to see if the sport had all the attractions which were claimed for it.
Suffice it to say that it was arranged that I should go, and the some-
what elaborate preparations necessary were entered upon forthwith.
It was a several hours' journey into the heart of the jungle that
we contemplated, hoping to find there on the morrow the ' big game'
that we sought.
" Assuredly I must have been a very obtuse fellow in those days,
37° MODERN ASTROLOGY

for it was not until the night prior to the hunt that I recalled my dead
friend's warning. And then only when, after a vivid dream in which
I saw him standing beside me, I awoke with his words still ringing
in my ears—' the hour of your destiny approaches.'
" Our party set out at daybreak, and after some considerable
time we reached a part of the jungle in which our guides assured us
we should find sport. We soon came upon indications that large
game had been there recently, for the antlers and skin of a freshly
killed deer lay beside a tangled fringe of forbidding undergrowth,
and we had not proceeded far before our elephants began to manifest
uneasiness.
" I was mounted on the smallest of the three beasts, with one native,
while Beaumont and the others occupied the howdah of a gigantic
creature which made my mount look quite a baby in comparison. The
third elephant, with two natives and spare ammunition, brought up
the rear.
" We proceeded cautiously, our nerves tingling with excitement.
When, however, we had gone some considerable distance further with-
out sighting anything our guides suggested that we should separate,
and close in on a spot that they indicated as being a likely lair.
Accordingly we branched out, intending to meet in the manner
arranged.
" As I lost sight of my friends behind the mesh work of interlacing
branches the spirit of the place seemed to descend upon me. The
jungle was wonderfully still. Save for the occasional hard scream of
a parrot utter silence reigned, silence that seemed an oppression and
a menace, like the lull that conies before a thunderstorm.
"My elephant soon became very restive, ever and anon lifting
his trunk, scenting the air, and displaying keen excitement. The
native beside me warned me to be ready. He was already armed.
We had brought with us a couple of heavy-bore rifles apiece, weapons
of the most approved pattern and make, and I took up one up.
" It is impossible to describe how the tragedy happened ; it was so
sudden. My man ejaculated ' Quick, sahib,' and fired. Instantly with
one roar, and making a mighty spring, a huge lioness came at us
out of the dense undergrowth. Leaping high, she clung upon the
howdah, and ere poor Jingo, the native, could grasp his second
weapon he was carried from my side, almost before I knew what had
 STORIES TOLD BY ASTROLOGERS 371
occurred. I promptly fired at the brute as she dropped to the ground
with her burden. The elephant gave a wild plunge and ere the smoke
of my rifle had cleared bore me onward at a headlong pace.
" Mad with terror and pain the huge beast raced forward, and
every moment I expected to be hurled from his back, or brained by
the drooping boughs above.
" Ever aud anon wildly plunging to one side or the other the
frenzied animal crashed along, until at last from sheer exhaustion he
paused to breathe and rest and presently began to browse off a tree
beneath which he had halted.
" I think of the two I was more afraid of the elephant than the
lioness, so I seized the opportunity, and from the brute's back 1
clambered into a fork of the tree. I had wit enough remaining to
grip my rifle fast, and presently I was alone.
" Not until the elephant had left me did I realise my dangerous
plight. Alone in the heart of the forest, with neither food nor water,
and surrounded by wild beasts and reptiles—to say nothing of the
pain in my foot, which had been injured against a tree trunk in the
runaway's mad scramble. However, there was nothing to do but
wait, and I mustered all the patience and fortitude I possessed.
" The forest gloom deepened and night fell.
" Once during my long watch I heard something stirring beneath
me, and ] fired at random in the direction of the sound. A fearful
howl followed and I knew I had wounded some big creature. So
indeed it proved, for at daybreak I saw crouched at the foot of the
tree an enormous tiger. My chance shot had fortunately wounded
one of his paws, or I might not be telling you this story.
" Relief soon came. When my friends found I did not return,
natives were sent out at dawn to scour the jungle, and by noon they
found me half dead with heat and thirst, and I was soon released from
my terrible position.
" My rescue was in reality due to a dream, in which my wife (as
she shortly became) saw not only my danger but also my actual
surroundings in such minute detail that she was able to describe the
very tree I was in—a remarkable and well-known one, of curious
proportions and shape. She may, in fact, be said to have organised
anil directed the search party herself, and as it approached the tree
the first thing she did was to snatch up a rifle and shoot that tiger
372 MODERN ASTROLOGY

through the head. How she did it is more than a mystery to me, for
the recoil alone from such a heavy weapon as an elephant rifle is
enough to knock over a woman of her slight build; and she was by
no means a practised shot. However, that is what she did, as easily
as though it were the most ordinary thing in the world.
" The rest of the story is soon told. We found poor Jingo, badly
wounded, lying beside the carcase of the lioness that had caused al
the trouble, and which strangely enough had proved a talisman to
protect him, for he had not been molested in any way.
" Within a month I was en route for England, accompanied by
my bride, who has always declared that we met as old friends and
must have known each other before, in some previous existence.
Indeed she avers that at first she was haunted by a strange feeling of
in some way owing me a debt, and she says that whenever this feeling
recurs she goes into the drawing-room and gazes at the tiger-skin rug.
For she is quite positive that in saving my life she was only repaying
an obligation previously incurred.
" Is she the re-incarnation of the slave maiden of whom Warren
had told me ?
" Who can say ? Perchance it is even so.
" For, to quote one of my dead friend's favourite sayings, ' ever
the Wheel of the Good Law turns, bringing unto each man the
fruit of his actions and of his thoughts—steady, inviolable, and
irresistible.' "
Sir William ceased speaking, but there was no rejoinder.
Presently, by common consent, the guests rose and silently filed out
of the room, separating at the door and bidding each other good-night
in whispers.
C. E. Pearson.

The following strange case is curiously parallel in many ways to that

cited on p. 283 ;—
Strange Death of a Child.—Dorothy Peace Hathaway, who was born on
the day peace was proclaimed in South Airica, met her death yesterday in a strange
manner at Havant. Her mother was working in a field, leaving the child with a
baby i n a mail-cart. The hood of the cart appears to have fallen on the back of
the child's neck, forcing its throat down on to the cart and producing suffocation.—
Daily Graphic, iojgl'04.
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JHagic figures for fiisrotirrxng a person's ^.ge

The following table may be useful as a means of eliciting the age

of ladies and others who would rather not declare it openly.
Pass to a young lady and request her to tell you in which column
or columns her age is contained, and then add together the figures at
the top of the columns in which her age is found, and you have the
great secret. Thus, suppose her age to be 25, which is found in the
rst, 4th, and 5th columns ; 1,8, and 16 added equal 25.

ISt 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

1 2 4 8 16 32
3 3 5 9 17 33
5 6 6 10 18 34
7 7 7 11 19 35
9 10 12 12 20 36
n II 13 13 21 37
13 14 M I
4 22 38
•5 15 »5 '5 23 39
17 18 20 24 24 40
19 19 21 25 23 4t
21 22 22 26 26 42
23 23 23 27 27 43
25 26 28 28 28 44
27 27 29 29 29 45
29 30 30 30 30 46
31 31 31 31 31 47
33 34 36 40 48 4»
35 35 37 41 49 49
37 38 38 42 SO SO
39 39 39 43 51 5i
42 44 44 52 32
43 43 45 45 53 53
45 46 46 46 54 54
47 47 47 47 55 55
49 50 52 56 S6 56
5' 5> 53 57 57 57
53 54 54 58 58 58
55 55 55 59 59 39
57 58 60 60 60 60
59 59 61 61 61 61
61 62 62 62 62 62
63 63 63 63 63 63
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Questions
(g) Have you ever found a person with a good horoscope who by
marriage with another person who has a bad one takes upon him or herself
trouble, pain and sorrow which apparently he or she would not have
contracted alone ?
Yes, I have seen horoscopes that have been completely and entirely
changed by marriage with another person. To those who study Astrology
from an esoteric standpoint marriage is of extreme interest as affording a
grand opportunity for awakening the possibilities that may be latent in a
horoscope waiting for the stimulating influence of another person's vibrations
to arouse them into activity. The more amalgated the characters of any
two persons become through marriage the more will they share each other's
horoscope, so to speak, and the two will in time so favourably blend as to
stand as one horoscope. Thus each will share the other's pain and sorrow,
and both will so far quicken their evolution as to have practically condensed
two lives into one. But everything depends upon the inner conditions of
the persons coming together. Undeveloped souls would not feel any
appreciable effect on another coming into their lives, while those who were
highly mental would have their mentality accentuated and quickened by the
exercise of the mental qualities in keeping pace with another upon that
plane.
A great deal depends upon the power of the Sun and the Moon in each
nativity as to how far the one horoscope is affected by the other; and the
more powerful horoscope of the two inevitably will dominate the other, unless
the [marks of change are so very pronounced as to cause the sympathetic
vibrations to be cancelled between them.
Much more could be said on this subject did space permit, and those
who are interested in the matter will gain many valuable hints from the
study of "joint horoscopes."
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The Eidophone Voice Figures, geometrical and natural

FORMS PRODUCED BV THE NATURAL VOICE. By MARGARET WATTS
Hughes. (" Christian Herald " Company, 6, Tudor Street, E.C.; is. paper.)
The subject illustrated in this book, namely the constructive power of
sound—and hence of all vibrations—cannot fail to be of extreme
interest to all who are interested in any science whatever, and
especially to those who study Astrology. It is impossible to do more
than mention a few of the forms shown, but it may be said that
perhaps the most instructive from a scientific point of view is the
series exhibited by the singing of a two-octave scale of E-flat: the
difference in the form of identical notes in the two different octaves
being highly suggestive. To the thoughtful student these figures will
prove full of instruction, while later ones given, in which the pictures
take the form of fern leaves, daisies, and even trees, will serveas useful
object lessons wherewith to illustrate the action of planetary agency—
the ' music of the spheres,' to use the cant phrase—in producing the
various forms around one. Thus, for instance, when one learns that
only a certain note, of a definite intensity and pitch, and produced in a
certain way, is capable of producing the daisy form, say, it becomes
easier to understand how certain flowers (and similarly animals and
men) come under the rulership of certain planets ; and hence the illus-
tration will prove useful in assisting the more thoughtful variety of
sceptics to apprehend the doctrine of planetary influence. Some of
the forms, it is of interest to note, consist of twelve-rayed starsprecisely
analogous in shape to the ordinary " horoscope." (The book can be
obtained of the T.P.S., 161, Bond Street, W.)
The Historic Growth of Man. By Dr. Alesha Sivartha,
author of " The Book of Life." {The Philosophic Co., New York ; price
not slated.) It is somewhat of a coincidence that this book should
present itself for review immediately after The Eidophone Yoke Figures,
for notwithstanding its title its subject is harmony. For this, accord-
ing to the author—and most will be inclined to agree with him—is to
be the keynote of the coming age. Whether the author is or is not
an advance guard of that age is not for the present writer to determine,
but the book would be worth reading if only for its trenchant criticisms
of our times and customs, including our commercial system and
educational methods. There is, however, much more in it than this,
and some of the ideas and diagrams (of which there aie many scattered
through the volume) are illuminating in a high degree. To be sure
the title is somewhat misleading, since the historical portion occupies
less than a fifth of the book, and the remainder is devoted chiefly to
setting forth the principle and methods appropriate to " Harmonism."
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
The following paragraph perhaps affords as good a glimpse into the
nature of the work as can be briefly given :—
"It is not* moral education' or 'technical education' or 'intellectual
education' that we need. None of these partial remedies will answer
the pressing demands of this age. It is integral education only that can
save civilisation from social paralysis, from intellectual dry-rot and from
industrial convulsions. When all the twelve points of the tree of life shall
have a true culture, then indeed will their rich flowers bear the strength of
' healing ' to the nations."
The writer is clearly an Aquarian, and probably only those who
have a good deal of the same influence in their make-up will be able
to follow the writer's extremely iconoclastic yet eminently sane ideas.
He proposes a duodecimal numerical notation, for instance,—just when
we in this country are all clamouring for the introduction of the decimal
system as a panacea for all ills !
A. H. B.

Sitters to tlji (Bbitor

Letters of general interest only are inserted. Correspondents desiring reply
must please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily for
publication, but as a token of good faith.
N.B.—Writers of signed articles are alone responsible for the opinions con-
tained therein.
Reincarnation or Regeneration
Dear Sir,
Replying to the letter of Mr. W. Kruse, who would uphold
Regeneration as contrasted with Reincarnation, I might say that in
some points I agree with him, while in others I do not.
I have myself seen many changes for the better in life due to
Regeneration, and I believe that Regeneration is a grand thing, an
actual living fact. But to pit it against Reincarnation or to substitute
one for another—with my best intentions, I cannot. For me, these are
both actual facts, both necessary for progressive evolution ; lor while
Reincarnation gives us repeated opportunities on this physical plane
for evolving and developing our various faculties and inclinations—
whether from a mental or emotional, or any other standpoint —
Regeneration appears as an awakening of our moral or motive capa-
cities. The very word " regeneration " implies that a birth has taken
place before, so that it would actually amount to an awakening only.
As Mr. Kruse well says, Regeneration has made decided changes
in the life and character of those who have experienced it. That is
quite true, but have they all kept up the altered life? How will he
account for the many falls, falls (in some cases that I know of) of a
really disgraceful and horrible character, coupled with deeds at which
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 377
any average human being would shudder ? How will he explain
cases where persons of a considerable degree of development, and
whose deeds have testified to their regeneration, have yet committed
actions that have given rise to attacks on the very name of
Christianity ?
Let us even go further. What will become of those poor creatures
whose physical instrument is absolutely incapable of responding to a
higher moral ideal, and becomes, I might almost say, an insurmount-
able hindrance to Regeneration in this life ? What of those millions
who have never had such chances as are afforded to others—such as
we see in very many horoscopes,—or who have never even heard the
name of Christ ? These are questions which will present themselves.
For me. Reincarnation and Karma are not only explanatory hypo-
theses for these and the thousand other questions which come crowding
upon us as we begin to ponder the problems of life, but they are
veritable realities. For while the doctrine of Regeneration may
satisfy the spirit, the twin doctrines of Karma and Reincarnation afford
sustenance for the soul and mind. And just as there is a necessity
both for substantial food and drink, and also for fresh air, for the
growth and maintenance of the physical body, so are the facts of
Karma, Reincarnation and Regeneration all alike necessities for the
furtherance of our evolution, each in its due place.
Yours truly,
F. W. Schon.
Juiy 28th, 1904.
[The writer residing abroad, his letter has but just reached us.
Some of his points have been anticipated in the letter of reply given
on p. 289 (September issue), but our correspondent has nevertheless
expressed them in an original and forcible way that justifies their
repetition.—Ed.]

The Horoscope of Australia

Astrologv and The Secret Doctrine
Sir,
(i)' I noted with interest your remarks re Signs ruling
Countries and Australia. Understanding very little about Astrology
and its technique please allow me a little latitude in the following
remarks. 1 desire very much to see a horoscope of Australia, and if
Mr. Isidore Kozminsky is an Australian or a resident in Australia
perhaps he would oblige your magazine. In casting such a horoscope
the following dates and places are necessary.
1. Date of establishment of responsible Government.
2. Passing of Commonwealth Act.
3. Australia becomes a Commonwealth, January 1st, 1901,
0.0 a.m.
 378 MODERN ASTROLOGY

4. Swearing-in ceremony at Centennial Park at twelve (12)

noon i/i/'ot ; two miles tast south-east of the centre of Sydney.
5. Captain Cook landed at Botany Bay, seven miles south of
centre of Sydney, 26/1/1788.
(Dates of 1 and 2 not available just now, but information obtain-
able in Year Book of Australia, Agent-General N.S.W. Office, London.
Will send later, if I can obtain them.)
The opening of the Federal Parliament by the Duke of York is not
important, it was only an incident, and hence has only an incidental
value. From the Australian standpoint the Duke is a foreigner;
hence the want of serious value. The Australian colour is light blue,
and our flag will be a light blue ground with facsimile of Southern
Cross stars in white. No red (Mars) in the flag.
The Federal Capital site is to be at Bombala, N.S.W., about
250 miles south of Sydney, a few points to west, and about in a direct
line between Sydney and Melbourne. This will be the governing
centre of Australia—the Commonwealth.
(2) As a student of Theosophy I would like to ask :—What
value have horoscopes based on calculations of Neptune, Uranus, and
the Moon ? and why is the Earth left out ? Would not the following
be better ; Sun, Vulcan, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn.
(Vulcan—an intermercurial planet), see Secret Doctrine, Vol. I., pp. 126,
129, 629, 648, 649, 736. If H. P. B. is right, then modern Astrology
is wrong, or at any rate appears incomplete. On the other hand,
H. P. B. veiled much, and the ancients and mystics hid much. To
me the mystery is—Why is the Earth completely ignored ?
The planet Vulcan would probably represent those who were
nearing their last incarnation, and the Earth, the balancing point;
Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn being below us in evolution. The shape of
the signs is a pictorial representation of the degree of evolution. The
Sun being the apex of Mercury's wand: the apex of the double-spiral
atom, globe, or solar system ; the centre towards which all the planets
are gravitating to be swallowed or assimilated ; thence passing into a
more spiritualised state of matter and order of evolution.
What difference, if any, is there between the Northern and the
Southern Hemispheres in the casting of horoscopes. The difference
in seasons—solar influence, and the positive (northern) and negative
(southern) forces in the Earth planet ?
Yours fraternally,
John B. Steel.
" Pambula," Edward Street, Woollatua, Sydney.
September md, 1904.

[Editorial Comment.—Here is clearly a task for one of aur Australian

subscribers, to whom the necessary data will be more accessible, and who will have
available various subsidiary facts wbicb will be useful in coming to a conclusion.
Perhaps, as suggested, Dr. Kozminsky will undertake the task ?
White's ftphemtris gives the following positions of the planets (to wbicb we have
added the approximate position of l[l and f) for the 26th and 27tb of January, 17SS,
Greenwich apparent noon.
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 379
0 D V <r S a
S St □ as X n T
6.19 1923. 6 16.50 27-53 28.29 16.56 10.52 0.20 24-57 24. a
7,20 & 6.52 16.51 27.50 28.36 1653 10.37 i-34 26.33 23-57
Meanwhile, judging by the useful results gained by ' directions' from the
similar figure referring to the U.K. on p. 91, the map on p. 1S2 of the present volume
may be considered reliable.
The questions raised in the latter part of our correspondent's interesting letter
will be editorially dealt with from time to time in next year's magazine. But with
regard to the Earth, the writer must surely have overlooked the fact that the Sun
in the horoscope really represents the Earth, since the ecliptic is actually the
Earth's orbit, and the diurnal motion of the Sun merely the movement of the
Earth therein.]

The Secondary Direction—A New Method

Sir,
The presentation of the late Queen's horoscope in your
October number induces me to send you the following correction in
computing the secondary direction (considered primary by Placidus),
which solves the problem of bringing if exactly to the meridian* as
the direction for accession to the throne.
The method laid down in all the books, and always followed, is
to allow a day for a year, and proportionally for additional months
and weeks. There is thus, without apparent reason, a departure
from the Ptolemaic measure of time in the primary direction, which
assigns a degree of lottgitude for a.year, and so proportionally.
My suggestion is ;—
(1) To apply this measure to the direction now called secondary,
by addition to the Sun's longitude at birth, and
(2) To consider the "day = year" as determined, not by clock
time, but by an equivalent—not an equal—distance of the
Sun from the meridian.
By way of illustration, and also for verification, as far as one
instance can avail, let me take the direction for Queen Victoria's
accession, as follows:
Neglecting seconds, the direction, iS0^', is from the Sun at birth,
Gemini 2°7' to Gemini 200n', with R.A. 790i9', Decl. 2306', Asc.
Diff. 32026'. There is a slight error in your diagram of 12' in the R.A.
of meridian, because you (with Mr. Pearce in his " Science of the
Stars ") have taken the time of birth given as local time, whereas it
is presumably clock, or Greenwich mean time. A proportional
deduction must therefore be made for the meridian at Kensington
Palace, 5isecs. less than Greenwich. This gives ZZ7.°12.' on that meri-
dian, with R.A. 304028', and M.D. of Sun ii5°33'. Now to find the
meridian at direction, bring the longitude of © then to the M.D.
equivalent, by proportion of semi-arcs, to that of © at birth.
Thus:—
Semi-arc oj rod. ©, ii80i3' is to Meridian Distance of © then,
f Otherwise. " prog. M.C. 6 It rad."—Ed.]
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5 33') AS semi-arc of Q at direction, 122°26' is to Meridian Distance at
direction, iig°^o'.
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The Meridian is therefore R.A. of 0 790i9' (4390i9') minus
ng^o' = 379°39', the R.A. of 2; at birth being JWi?'—a direction
obtained without any rectification of the birth-time given, and, I
submit, by an entirely rational procedure.
I have tried this method with success in other cases, but I do not
pretend that the result is always satisfactory. For what method of
directing can that be claimed ? But I hope that you or your expert
readers will give it a trial.
No one will object to the above simple direction of 0 in the
zodiac, because it merely substitutes the exact proportional advance
of © (or the equivalent of longitude to time observed in the primary
zodiacal direction) for the diurnal advance,which does not keep that pro-
portion. But I have now to propose a bolder innovation. I do not see
why any planet should not be similarly directed, regardless of its
actual rate of motion. In the one case, as in the other, we have done
with the "day = year " of the old secondary direction. Every degree
of the zodiac represents the Sun at that point, and whatever the rate
of a planet's revolution, for the purpose of directing we may equate
its distance from any other zodiacal point on the degree = year
principle. It is, in short, the Sun's proportional time that determines
the period represented in Astrology by zodiacal distances. By this
method of directing I do not conceive the planet as moving out of his
place at birth at all, but I feign the Sun advancing from that place to
the directional point and then proceed as follows (in the case of the
late Queen's accession).
The longitude of 2; is cr i6057'i to which I add i804' for the age at
accession, bringing the longitude to H 50i', with R.A. 336052', Decl.
go40^', Asc. Diff. 12023', semi-arc diurnal 77037'. I now bring this longi-
tude, K50i', to the meridian distance corresponding to that of at
birth, which is I509'. This correspondence is obtained, of 0course, by
proportion of the semi-arcs, thus, semi-arc of y. at birth, 68 i8': M.D.
of U at birth, 15019' :: semi-arc of the directional longitude (X 5°!')
77°37' '■ M.D.of X50i', r70i4'(orby logarithms,a.c. r 0
0 9-579 5+7" 743
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dian. Therefore R.A. of KS0!', 336032' —M.D. I70I4,= R.A. of
Meridian, 379°38'. (R.A. of y at birth, 379037'.)
By the direction of the Sun from the place of y, that planet is
brought exactly to the Meridian, as also by the direction of the Sun
from his own place, in both cases the directional longitude being
brought to the mundane position of the longitudes from which the
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TO
VOL. I., NEW SERIES (XV., OLD SERIES)

In compiling this index the intention has been to facilitate reference to all matter dealing
with any given subject: the headings here giveny therefore, are rather indicative of the purport of the
articles than mere literal copies of their titles ; in some cases they refer to notes which either bear no
titles at all or such as are not entirely descriptive of their contents. Brackets indicate passing
references [or corrections) which should be looked up. Subjects indexed under the same heading are
arranged not alphabetically, but in the order of their occurrence in the vohcjne.
Abbreviations:—/rtz7m/for subject indexed : A., (or 'Astrology,' 'Astrologer, 'Astrological,
etc., throughout the whole of the index.
Adventdroos life, an :—143. Campanus' method of house division :—252.
Age. to discover a person's:—373. Changing the nature op aspects:—295.
ALCABITIDS'METHOD OF HOUSE DIVISION:—215. Character in its relation to destiny:—see
An innocent enquiry ;—216 ref. 343). The Rational Basis of Astrology [ref. 262, 293,
Arena, the:—[review), 288. 294,328).
Artistic genius :—247. Character in Names :—ref. Names.
Ascendant:—see Ruling Sign, Rising Sign. Child strangled at table :—283 [ref. 372).
Aspects:—their meaning, 135, 148—interpre- Chromoscopist :—[review), 223.
tation of, 187—changing the nature of, 295. Cinderella :—29.
Assumed horoscopes :—17, 31, 35. Coincidences :— 118, 218 [ref. 343), 344, 355,
Astral:—Le determinisme [review), 128—La 356, [ref. remarkable).
Science [review), 159. Compassion and love :—233 (foot).
Astrology :—The Rational Basis of, [see Sup- Complaints :—84.
plement, bound separately at end of hook)—an- Construction of the celestial theme,
cient and modern, 3—scientific foundation the:—179, 212. 251. 284,304, 348 [ref, 193).
necessary for, 3 [ref. 129, 159)—progressive, Correspondents ;—1 : [ref. Letters to Editor).
(168), 200, 231—worthy and unworthy uses of, Countries:—ruling signs of, see Signs.
217—A. and occultism. 200, 229—fatalistic, Crank, the :—[review). 224.
231—mission of modern A.. 261—new school Current synodical lunations and lunar
of A.. 262. returns;—55, 278, 296.
Astrology for All :—[review). 318. Cuttings from the press :—see Press cuttings.
Astrology and The Secret Doctrine :—377. Czar op Russia:—horoscope of. 116, (160),
Astro-physiology and pathology :—12, 47, (186)—C. and a divinatrix, 256—heir to, 354.
8op 121. 152. 339.
Australia horoscope of, 182, 377—ruling Death :—malformation and early D., 211 [rej
sign of, 32. 182, 260, 313. terminus vitse).
Basis of Astrology, The Rational :—{a Debatable ground :—293.
series oj articles, for which see Supplement, bound Decanates :—85, 86.
separately at end of booh). Degrees of the zodiac symbolised, [rej. 0 pp.
Basis of Mundane Astrology :—119. 18.144)1^1° 0 to 20°). 19:
0 [€±21°
0 to tti8 ), 51:
Birth-data, [ref. Notabilia) :—suggestions (11x9° to 21 ), 124; ("I22 to 29 ), 150; (in 30°
regarding. 148—dithculty of obtaining, 314. to t 70), 280 ; [?&to i60).3io; (/i7o<0 290).
ref. Rectification. 345-
Birthday book op destiny [review). 30. Dematerialisation, apparent :—362.
Body, brain and mind :—[review), 96. Destiny:—101—one D. for all, 294—Birthday
Breastplate, the Stones of the :—[review), Book of D. [review), 30—ref. Character.
96, Detail in Astrology :—its value. 185.
Breath, The Mystery op -.—[review), 352. Determinisme Astral, Le :—[review), 128.
Broad views ;—[review), 96. Dimension, the fourth :—299.
By the way. Notes and comments on cur- Directions:—method of calculating and ap-
rent topics :—16, 41, 83, 118, 145. 184, 216, plying. 42—new method of computing secon-
254.3i3.343- dary D., 379.
ii REFERENCE INDEX
Diseases not signified in the nativity :—
221.
Distasteful pursuits :—158.
Divination :—a method of, 147.
Division of the heavens :—[ref. Construction
of the Celestial Theme).
Divorces in 1903:—17.
Dragon's head :—(144).
Dream Experiences:—76, 173.
Ego and his expression, the:—50.
Eidophone voicefigures, the :—(review), 375.
England's comingtrial ;—135.
Ephemeris, Raphael's :—(review) 352.
Equal method, of dividing the heavens :—
180.
Escape, a remarkable:—202.
Esoteric explanation of a puzzling ques-
tion :—g8.
Everybody's Astrology:—(review), 194.
Evolution :—spiritual, 277—age of the soul in
E.. 315.
Extraordinary accident, an :—283.
Extraordinary statement, an :—58.
Family names 218, 312.
Fate and free-will :—261.
Fires :—at Sandringham, 41—New York and
Jersey City, 269.
Fiscal policy of Mr. Chamberlain :—83, (92).
Fixed Stars : —influence of, (193), (201), (rcj.
263 note, 356 note).
Flower Vision:—(review), 160.
Foreign branches :—65.
Fourth dimension, the :—299.
Free-will :—ref. Fate.
Future work of astrologers :—100.
Genius or impressionability :—247.
Geocentric element in Astrology, the :
—(see The Rational Basis of Astrology).
Hand-reading, Elements of:—(review), 62.
Hindu zodiac ;—ref. Pisces or Aquarius.
Historic growth of man, the :—(review), 375.
History and power of mind :—(review) 222.
Horary astrology. Examples op :—184, (ref
343): 217. {ref. 343); {ref. 274)—a prediction
by. 286.
Horoscope, the :—(review), 62. 193, 287.
Horoscope and the man, the: — see The
Rational Basis of Astrology.
Horoscopes, various ; — Madame Humbert
(18); assumed. 17, 31, 35 ; United Kingdom.
91 (y$/. 84. 145); Admiral Togo. 103 : Czar,
116 (ref. 119); Mikado. (118); United States.
136: Australia, 182 (re/. 377) ; Austin Spare,
artist, 247; a journalist, 264 (re/, p. 324) ;
Houdini. the "prison-breaker," 309; a re-
markable medium, 361 ; the blending of. 374 ;
*' joint horoscopes." 374 ; see also Notabilia,
Matrimonial Bureau, Statistical Department,
Students' Corner.
Houses of the Horoscope:—Methods of cal-
culating. see Construction of the Celestial
Theme—meaning of the, 191.
Howtojudge a nativity:—(review) 61. (Note:
Part ii. of this work was issued as a supplement
to the present volume, hut is bound separately.)
How WE MAY RULE OUR STARS :—I4I.
Humbert, horoscope of Madame :—(i8), (87).
Humours of insurance :—112.
Impressionability or genius :—247.
Incarnation to Reincarnation, from:—
(review), 317. See also Reincarnation.
Intellect in relation to the horoscope :—
129.
Intuition :—versus mathematics, 167—or judg-
ment. (211).
Jersey City and New York Fires :—269.
Journalist's horoscope, a:—264.
oint horoscopes:—374.
udgment:—uersKS guessing, 36—or intuition,
(211).
Karma :—300, 330. Rej. Reincarnation, des-
tiny : and see also articles in The Observatory
King Edward's escape in 1902 :—199.
King Edward's birthday :—336.
Korean Emperor and Astrology :—250.
Kwilecki trial:—83.
Letters to the Editor:—31, 63. 131. 161
195,225,257.289.320.353,376.
I.ove :—and compassion, 233 (footnote)—the
Star of, 242.
Lunar aspectarian :—ref. 79. 88, 149, 187.
(Note : The Lunar Aspectarian is bound separate-
ly, with The Rational Basis of Astrology, at end
of volume.)
Lunar returns:—55, 278. 296.
Magic figures for discovering a person's
age 373
Malformation and early death :—211.
Man an epitome of the universe 327.
Man, disembodied, scroll of the :—[review),
224.
Manifestation, two phases of :—197.
Mars versus Jupiter :—2.
Mathematics :—versus intuition, 167.
Matrimonial bureau :—ro (105). 190. 282.
Method of rectifying birth-times :—5er
Rectiflcation.
Mikado's horoscope :—(118).
Mission of Modern Astrology :—261.
Mission of Venus :—316.
Modern Astrology and its mission :—261.
Modem Astrology :—its achievements, 257—its
supporters, 358—what to do to assist. 359.
Monthly predictions ;—see Mundane Astro-
logy.
 REFBRBNCE INDEX
Moon's place for any date, how to calcd-
latb :—128.
Mondanb Astrology :—23, (ref, 32), 40. 41, 42,
70, 102, (113), (119), (133), 156. 165. 170, t88.
204. {ref. 206), 232. 272. 302. 329 (re/. 336),
363-
Mondanb Astrology and the war in the
East 113, (133).
Mdndane Astrology, basis of:—(41), 119.
(165). Re/. Horoscopes of United Kingdom,
United States, etc.
Mystery of breath, the :—(review), 352.
Mystic planets, the :—259.
Names :—character in, 25, 44, 68,145, 146, (218)
—family, 312.
Nations ;—the three, 133—fate of. 198.
Natdre :—planes of, 303—Prime Minister's
conception of, 308, 338.
Nbptdne (r*/. 76)—influence of. 173, 184,259.
New methodof directing :—379.
New Moons :—see Mundane Astrology.
Nbw York and Jersey City Fires :—269.
Notabilia. Birth-data of remarkable
people (56 in all). The following is an
alphabetical list:—
Arnold, Sir E., i6g Hollingshead, J., 360
Beardsley, A., 169 Ibsen, Heinrik, 169
Browning,Robt., 201 Irving, Sir H., 360
,, Eliz., 201 Ingram, Bishop, 360
Brampton, Baron,328 Kruger, Paul, 263
Boy-preacher, 243 Kitchener, Lord, 263
Beaconsfleld, Ld.,295 Kipling. Rudyard, 263
Boothby, Guy. 360 Lloyd, Edward, 137
Bernhardt. S., 360 Lubbock, Sir j., 243
Centenarians, 137.169, London, Bp. of. 360
243 Manns, Sir A., 169
Cambridge, Dk.of, 201 Marconi, 201
Cobbe. Miss F. P., 201 Milner, Ix)rd, 169
Coutts. Baroness, 243 "Merlin" (D.C. Mur-
Coquelin, M., 328 ray), 201
Curzon, Lord, 360 Maxim, Sir H., 295
" Dr." Deighton, 137 Morton, Charles, 295
Dvorak, Anton, 243 May, Phil, 328
Devonshire, Duke of, Miiller, Max, 360
243 Newnes, Sir G., 137
Doyle, Sir A. C, 295 Partridge, Bern., 295
Fenimore Cooper, 328 Pedestrian. 137
Garcia, Manuel, 137 Petrie, Dr. Flinders, 328
Girl dramatist, 201 Roberts. Earl, 243
Gorky, Maxim, 137 Rothschild, Baron, 328
Grundy, Sidney, 169 Spencer, Herbert, 263
Haggard. Rider, 263 Sand. Georges, 263
Hawthorne, N., 263 (re/. 295. note)
Harmsworth, Sir A., Sullivan, Sir A., 328
295 Toole, J. L., 137
Hawkins, Sir H.. 328 Wood, Henry J., 295
Notes and Comments on cdrrent events:
—see By the Way.
Notes and queries :—The /ermijius vita, 24 ;
the Ego's expression, 50, 95 ; character and
iti
Notes and Queries.—Continued.
Katniain a. horoscope, 127; distasteful pur-
suits, 158; opportunity, 189; diseases not
signified in the nativity, 221 ; age of the
soul in evolution. 315; "joint horoscopes,"
374.
Observatory, the :—1, 33, 65, 97, 133, 165.
197, 229, 261, 293, 325, 357.
Occult teaching ;—526.
Occult teaching and practice of Christ :—
(review), 288.
OCCULTATION OF ALDEBARAN:—(l93).
Occultism and Astrology 200, (229).
Of right good pluck :—143.
Old Moore :—(review), 96.
Old Rules, modification of:—168.
One op Seven :—326.
Our destiny written in the skies:—101.
Part of fortune :—signification of, 185.
Petropavlovsk, loss of the :—202, 227.
Photographs wanted :—33, 343.
Pisces or Aquarius ;—no. 225, 260.
Planchette and automatic writing :—
(review), 319.
Planes of nature :—303.
Planetary hours and periods:—63, 234, 321.
322.
Planetary nomenclature :—see The Rational
Basis of Astrology.
Planetary symbols, their derivation and
value :—see The Rational Basis of Astrology.
Planets symbols of P. and Signs, 104—
what they are, 262—the mystic P., 259—do
P. cause events, 325—calculating places of,
(344)
Plebiscite :—18, 87 (ref. errata, p. 101 ; also
p. 343). 231-
Policy of this magazine 84.
Porphyry's method of house division :—214.
Port Arthur :—145.
Practicability of symbolism:—see The Ra-
tional Basis of Astrology.
Precession of the equinoxes ;—ref. Pisces
or Aquarius.
Prediction :^-a method of, 147—by horary
astrology, 286—unanimity in, 291.
Predictions fulfilled ;—82, 175, 188, 250,
256.
Pre-natal Epoch:—99,(144)—relation of E.
to birth, 131, 161, (144).
Press cuttings ;—re names, 28, 46—general,
92, 112.
Prison-breaker, so-called :—the horoscope
of Houdini, the, 309.
Problems in Astrology:—97, 98, 112, 184
{ref. 343), 216, 293.
Propaganda work ;—(292).
Prophecy, the relationship of, to Astro-
logy :—see The Rational Basis of Astrology.
IV REFERENCE INDEX
Prophecy:—(166)—a curious, 147, (159). 256—
true, 229. Ref. predictions.
Psychology :—{review), 194.
Qdadrdplrts:—254.
Queen Victoria:—signification of her demise,
57-
Questions ;—correspondents', 1. Ref. Notes
and queries.
Rational basis op Astrology, The :—A
series of articles, for which see Supplement, bound
separately at end 0/ volume.
Rational method of house division :—284.
Rays of truth :—{review), 223.
Rectification of birth-times;—63, {ref. 85),
131,161,195,234 («/. 321,322).
Regeneration versus reincarnation :—257,
289, (320), 376.
Reincarnation 5. 37 («■/ 58. 59). 73. 1°°.
138. 176. 219, 244 (re/. 257. 289, 320). 275 (ref.
376)-
Reincarnation op a correspondent's own
mother :—58.
Reincarnation philosophically consider-
ed :—320.
Relation of epoch to birth, the, as a means-
OF CHECKING BIRTH-TIMES OF PARENTS:—I3I,
l6l.
Relationship op prophecy to Astrology:—
see The Rational Basis of Astrology.
Remarkable accident, a:—283 [ref. 372).
Remarkable coincidences:—355. Ref. co-
incidences.
Remarkable escape, a :—202.
Remarkable medium, A:—361.
Remarkable people :—birth-data of. see Nota-
bilia.
Reviews:—30, 61, 62, 96, 128, 159,193,222,
287. 317. 352. 375
Rising signs:—fate and fortune from, 33, 34,
35. Ref. Rectification, Degrees of the Zodiac
symbolised. Signs ruling towns and coun-
tries.
Rising signs of towns and countries :—see
Signs.
Ruling planetary influences, the method
of :—141.
Russian:—fleet,dispersion of, 353—heir to the
throne, 354. Ref. Mundane Astrology and
the War in the East.
Sandringham, fire at :—41.
Saturn :— (poetry). 39.
Science astrale, la;—{review), 159.
Scientific foundation necessary for astro-
logy:—3, (129. 159).
Scroll of the disembodied man, the : —
{revieiv), 224.
Secondary Directions, a new method of
computing :—379.
Seven planes op nature, the :—303.
Signs ruling towns and countries ;—4 {ref.
32)—Bradford, 60—Australia, 182, 260, 313.
Society for astrological research (Uranian
Society) ;—67.
Solar biology :—118, 162. 196.
Solar revolutions :—The Premier, 206.
Spiritual evolution :—277.
Stanley's birthday :—255.
Star op love, the :—242.
Statistical department :—twins. 9, 15,130—
various data, 60, 88, {ref. 97), 130 {ref. 256),
144. 209—quadruplets, 254.
Sterling, Madame Antoinette :—67, 72.
Stories told by Astrologers :—The Wheel
of the Good Law, 364.
Students' corner ;—contemporaneous births,
15—(^/ 98)—130 {ref. 256)—epoch. 144—191
—coincidences, 344. Ref. Statistical De-
partment, By the Way, Matrimonial Bureau.
Superstitious element, the :—see The Ra-
tional Basis of Astrology.
Symbolism, the practicability of .—see The
Rational Basis of Astrology.
Symbols of planets and signs :—104 {ref.
planetary).
Symbols of the zodiacal degrees:—set
Degrees.
Telepathy:—{review), 319.
Terminus vit^b :—24.
The Secret Doctrine and astrology :—377.
Time limit:—230.
Togo, Admiral;—103.
Towns and countries, ruling signs of :—see
Signs ruling towns and countries.
Treaty, Anglo-Japanese 92.
True planetary hours:—322.
Unanimity in prediction:—291.
United
I
Kingdom:—horoscope of, 91 {ref. 84).
45-
United States ;—horoscope of, 136—presi-
dential election (274).
Universal laws:—168.
Universe, man an epitome of the ;—327.
Unworthy uses of Astrology 217.
Uranian Society :—67.
Uranus and Neptune ;—259.
Uranus, the awakener :—266.
War in the East and Mundane Astrology,
the :—113.
Weather and the equinox :—16. 175, 188.
Weather chart [review), 319.
Weird story from Burma:—59.
Whitaker Wright :—87, {ref. errata, 101).
343-.
Worthy and Unworthy uses of Astrology :
—217.
Zodiac :—the Solar. 196. Ref. Degrees of the
Z., Hindu Z., etc.
Zodiagraph, the:—{review), 318.