Filename: RC2004.TXT
Source: "The Message of the Stars" 
         by Max & Augusta Foss Heindel


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                               THE SUN IN LEO

The  Sun  in  Leo  gives  a  masterful  nature  with  a  large  measure   of
self-control, a keen sense of honor and a never-failing integrity.  The per-
son aspires to rule others but would scorn to take a mean advantage or to do
anything  to others that would not be in strict accord with the golden rule;
the  affections  are  deep and lasting.   People  with the Sun  in  Leo  are
staunch defenders of those they love, but equally strong in their aversions.
Leo is the sign which rules the heart.   Whatever people with the Sun in Leo
do is done with a concentration of purpose which compels success.  They make
true friends and if one must have an enemy,  a Leo will prove more honorable
and magnanimous than any other.

                              THE SUN IN VIRGO

This is combination of the solar, mercurial and Sixth House influences.   It
shows  the successful middleman between the producer and  consumer,  subtle,
extremely  quick to see what will work to his advantage in the promotion  of
business,  pleasant and sociable,  agreeable to all from whom he expects  to
gain,  but domineering to employees and fellow workers;  a smooth talker but
not necessarily insincere; he merely looks out for number one.

   The Sun in Virgo makes good chemists,  nurses and doctors,  NOT  SURGEONS
BUT DRUG-DOCTORS; they are firm believers in medicine and lots of it.

                              THE SUN IN LIBRA

Libra is ruled by Venus and is the seventh sign, hence the Sun in Libra com-
bines the influence of Venus  with  that  of  the Sun and the Seventh house,


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with the result that the person loves the marriage partner so devotedly that
he excludes everyone else;  for of a person with that position it may  truly
be said that "the Sun rises and sets" in the marriage partner.

   Libra is also the exaltation sign of Saturn,  and his influence is  there
at its best, giving an element of construction to the art of Venus.  This is
brought about as ability for architecture and the finer branches of  decora-
tive  construction  when the Sun is in Libra.   This position also  gives  a
fine, sonorous voice and vocal talent.

                             THE SUN IN SCORPIO

The Sun in Scorpio, when well aspected, gives great energy,  courage and in-
dependence.   It makes the mind active, and favors success in  such  occupa-
tions  as  those of the surgeon or soldier.   It also tends to  improve  the
finances after marriage, but tends to extravagance.

   The Sun here afflicted gives the person a very blunt,  brusque manner,  a
feeling that his judgment is better than that of others,  and a tendency  to
ride rough-shod over anybody or anything that stands in his way.   It  often
makes  him indifferent to suffering,  and may transform the surgeon  into  a
vivisectionist.

                           THE SUN IN SAGITTARIUS

This  gives lofty ideas and a noble aspiring disposition aiming to  rise  by
raising others.  It makes the person benevolent, philanthropic and therefore


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beloved among his associates.   He is often the recipient of honors and  ap-
pointments  to positions of trust,  and missions of a delicate  nature,  not
could  a better selection be made,  for such people are the souls of  honor.
This position will also bring success in religion, law and statesmanship for
it  gives an expansive mind fitted to grapple with the greater  problems  of
life.

                            THE SUN IN CAPRICORN

This  is  a good sign that the person will rise in life by the  aid  of  the
good-will of people in a higher position than himself; it shows that he will
merit  their trust and acquit himself well in a position  of  responsibility
and trust; it makes him careful, prudent, faithful and honest.   Judges with
that  position cannot be bought but will administer justice as they see  it,
to all comers.   It gives an all round love of fair play and wins for  those
who have it the respect and esteem of all in their circle.

                             THE SUN IN AQUARIUS

This is a combination of the Sun,  Uranus and the Eleventh House influences.
It  gives the person an intuitive perception of the inner nature  of  things
and a touch with the forces and ideas of the  spiritual  realms  which leads


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him to take up when possible, new and advanced cults,  or methods of healing
such as Naturopathy, Electro-therapy, Astro-therapy,  Magnetic Haling,  etc.
He  is also drawn to scientific research and ultra-intellectual  or  strange
religions.   This  position  gives much popularity and  firm  friends  among
people  who are in a position to bestow favors and further the person's  at-
tainment of his ambitions.

                              THE SUN IN PISCES

Gives a retiring disposition and favors success in occupations removed  from
the public gaze such as prisons, hospitals, institutions for the poor,  etc.
If  the person incur enmity of others,  he will be vindicated whatever  they
may do to hurt his reputation.   People with the Sun in Pisces have a strong
tendency towards psychism, mediumship and the occult in general.

                    THE SUN IN ASPECT WITH OTHER PLANETS

VENUS PARALLEL OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SUN calls out the artistic side of
the nature, making the person fond of music, art and poetry;  it strengthens
the love nature and if the configuration occurs in the Seventh House it is a
positive testimony of unalloyed marital bliss.  In the Second or Eight House
it leads to extravagance of the person or  his  mate;  in  Scorpio it is not


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good for the morals and in Pisces it leads to intemperance.   These  aspects
strengthen the constitution,  increase the popularity and make social inter-
course smooth so that the person has many friends and keeps them.

   As  the  orbit of Venus is so small she never forms the  sextile,  trine,
square or opposition to the Sun.

MERCURY PARALLEL OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SUN.  These are the only aspects
formed between the two.   They are good for the memory and mentality if Mer-
cury is not closer to the Sun that three degrees,  for then he is  'COMBUST'
and his good qualities are burned up in the Sun's rays.   It is most  fortu-
nate to have Mercury rise BEFORE the Sun at birth for he is the  Lightbearer
who  holds the torch of reason before the Spirit which in the  horoscope  is
symbolized  by the Sun.   When he rises after the Sun the mentality  is  not
nearly so keen (unless other good aspects favor).

THE  MOON PARALLEL OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUN.   No matter in what  sign  or
house  the conjunction of the Lights occurs the person will be  so  strongly
marked with the characteristics of that sign that lacking knowledge of  this
true Ascendant even the most competent astrologer is likely to be misled and
judge  him  to be born with the sign rising in which  the  conjunction  took
place,  and  whatever  matters  are  ruled by the House in which conjunction


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occurs will play a very important part in the life.   In the First House  he
is an out and out egotist with very little love for others save in so far as
they serve his ends;  in the Seventh,  his world pivots on the mate;  in the
Tenth  House or sign he will sacrifice all other considerations to  rise  in
public life; in the Twelfth House or sign the conjunction will give a strong
tendency to drink,  bringing trouble;  in the Third and Ninth Houses it will
brighten the mind and induce travel from which he will benefit;  in the Sec-
ond House it will bring wealth, especially if in good aspect with Jupiter.

   But  if the conjunction of the Sun and Moon is closer than three  degrees
it  has a tendency to deplete the vitality and if the conjunction is also  a
solar eclipse, AND THE CHILD SURVIVES, this will be particularly noticeable,
all through life.   People who have such close conjunctions or eclipses  be-
come listless, dis-spirited and out of sorts every time there is a new Moon.
The conjunction or eclipse does not seem to interfere with the good  effects
in other departments of life.

THE MOON SEXTILE OR TRINE TO THE SUN.  The good aspects of the Sun and  Moon
make for general success in life,  health,  fair financial conditions,  good
home surroundings with faithful friends,  and esteem in the community;  they
favor a rise in life because of the  person's  innate  ability, which either


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gains  for him the recognition of people in a position to help him rise,  or
impels him to carve his own way.

THE  MOON SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO SUN makes the person vacillating  and  un-
settled in disposition,  changeable and unable to pursue a settled course in
life, rash to plunge into enterprises, but lacking the persistence or conti-
nuity  of  purpose to carry anything to a successful conclusion.   For  that
reason  such people become failures in life,  especially in  their  dealings
with women and people higher in the social scale such as employers,  the au-
thorities, judges, etc.  They always have difficulty in obtaining employment
and   keeping   their  positions  when  they  obtain  them  for   they   are
hyper-sensitive  and  ready to take offense,  with or  without  provocation.
These  configurations also affect the health,  rendering the body liable  to
colds and making recuperation slow when sickness has overtaken the person.

SATURN SEXTILE OR TRINE TO SUN endows the person who is fortunate enough  to
so  have it with some of the finest  faculties in the gamut,  for it  brings
out the best qualities in the two planets.   It gives method,  foresight and
organizing, executive and diplomatic ability with the moral stamina to carry
any project determined on to a successful conclusion despite delays and  ob-
stacles.  Yet the person makes no enemies in so doing,  for  this configura-


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tion also makes him the soul of honor, kind and considerate;  he would never
stoop  to do anything mean for he is very sincere and just in  his  dealings
with all men,  but on the other hand,  when he believes a certain course  of
action to be right,  he will never swerve therefrom through heaven and earth
be moved against him.   These aspects bring success in political or judicial
positions also in connection with mining or agriculture.   The person  often
benefits by legacy,  but recognition and success are generally delayed  till
middle life.

SATURN  PARALLEL,  CONJUNCTION,  SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO THE SUN has a  very
detrimental effect where the resistance is fundamentally low;  in Gemini and
Sagittarius  it gives a tendency to tuberculosis.   It does least damage  in
the fixed signs where resistance is greatest,  but even there when  sickness
gets  a grip on the person it hangs on like grim death,  for it lessens  the
power of the body to throw off disease quickly,  hence recuperation is  very
slow.

   These  aspects  are extremely adverse to that which is  generally  termed
success,  but they give an abundance of experience,  so they  are  excellent
from the standpoint of the soul.  It may be truly said of the person who has
them, that "the best-laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley," for no mat-
ter how carefully he may plan his affairs he will be subject  to  delays and


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obstacles which thwart his desires.   His marriage is unhappy and is  likely
to end in divorce or early death of the partner.  He had difficulty in find-
ing and keeping employment, trouble with employers and authorities,  a fell-
ing  as if he were held in leash all his life and denied expression  in  any
direction.   These are the outward experiences but they are generated by the
inner nature,  and until that changes he must suffer the whiplash of  neces-
sity.   In the first place he has a tendency to crawl into a shell and  shut
himself in and others out.  He is a pessimist and a kill-joy,  has little or
no  regard for the feelings of others and is very obstinate.   In the  horo-
scope  of  a woman such an aspect signifies marriage to one much  older  who
will hold her with a very tight rein; it augurs death of the husband and of-
ten several marriages which are ended by death or divorce.

   These  configurations often bring legacies, but either there  is  trouble
and litigation over the bequests,  or the person squanders the estate  after
he receives it.  If Saturn is in his exaltation sign, Libra, the latter part
of  the life may be better because the person may have taken the lessons  of
life to heart and mended his ways.

JUPITER CONJUNCTION,  PARALLEL,  SEXTILE OR TRINE TO SUN.   The  conjunction
gives  a  tendency  to  apoplexy, especially if it occurs in Aries, but with


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that exception we may say that these configurations are sure indications  of
health, wealth and happiness.  They give the person an abundance of vitality
which is proof against very sever onslaughts of disease,  and even when par-
ticularly unfavorable planetary influences succeed in breaking down his  re-
sistance,  recovery will be so rapid as to seem miraculous.  This nearly im-
pregnable  condition  of health is all the more unassailable because  it  is
backed by a disposition at once SUNNY and JOVIAL and that latter  character-
istic  also makes the fortunate possessors of these aspects beloved  by  all
with  whom they come in contact.   Everybody is glad to see the person  with
the perpetual smile, but they do more than "smile"--they earn the friendship
universally bestowed upon them by deeds of kindness,  by words of  sympathy,
cheer or hope as the occasion may demand.  They are trusted by everybody be-
cause they never betray a trust.   They have clear heads,  good judgment and
executive ability so that they are well fitted to help others.   These char-
acteristics  also  favor their own financial fortunes,  so  they  accumulate
wealth,  but theirs is never "tainted money;" they never benefit by the loss
of others.   They are religiously conservative and may be aptly described as
"pillars of society."  They shine particularly in government work.


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JUPITER  SQUARE  OR OPPOSITION TO THE SUN is bad for the health  because  it
gives  a  tendency to form bad habits.   The person is far too fond  of  the
so-called "good things of life,"  and very selfish in supplying his own com-
forts;  he  never exercises nor denies himself so  the  circulation  becomes
sluggish and as these people have a superabundance  of blood this  sluggish-
ness  is  productive of various noxious growths  and  functional  disorders;
sometimes  a fit of anger raises the blood pressure to such a point  that  a
vessel  bursts and ends the life or leaves the person henceforth  a  useless
wreck.

   These  aspects give a bombastic haughty dispositions with  an  inordinate
love of display and thus induce extravagance both in social and business af-
fairs  with the result that the person sometimes finds himself  involved  in
debt which he cannot pay and then it is but a step to the bankruptcy  court.
A false price often prevents these people from working honestly for  others;
they would rather prey upon the public as gamblers,  followers of races  and
other  so-called sports where there is an opportunity to swindle people  and
get  what they call an "easy"  living until they land in the meshes  of  the
law.   Children  with  these aspects should be  given  special  training  in
self-restraint, thrift  and  honesty; they will have a tendency to scorn and


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scoff  at religion,  but perhaps the memory of a devout mother may  help  to
keep them straight.

MARS PARALLEL,  CONJUNCTION, SEXTILE OR TRINE TO SUN.  The conjunction gives
a tendency to fever,  especially if it occurs in Aries,  the sign which gov-
erns  the head,  but it is curious that people with that configuration  seem
also  to be able to endure a much higher temperature than others,  and  come
unscathed through such a siege of sickness as would ordinarily prove  fatal.
With that exception these aspects all produce a super-abundance of vital en-
ergy  which assures their possessor of the most radiant health  all  through
life,  they strengthen the constitution and make the person able  to  endure
the harder tasks, and give him a dauntless determination and courage to face
the greatest odds.  Given a plan to follow he may be trusted to overcome all
physical  obstacles for he has both executive and constructive  ability  to-
gether with an indomitable will which refuses to recognize defeat.  The dis-
position  is frank and open but blunt and often brusque;  they are  too  in-
tensely  bent  on whatever they want to do to waste time in  politeness  and
suavity;  they brush the conventionalities aside without compunction and are
therefore not liked by people of too fine sensibilities; they are,  however,
men  and women of action and the foremost factors in the world's  work;  but
for their enterprise and energy the world would move much more slowly.


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   Aspects  to  the Sun and Mars are absolutely necessary to  give  zest  to
life; even adverse aspects are better than none, for where these planets are
unaspected  the person is listless,  vapid and he will never amount to  any-
thing no matter how good the figure may be in other respects.

MARS  SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO THE SUN also endows the person with  an  abun-
dance of energy and the faculty of leadership,  but these are turned to pur-
poses  of deviltry and destruction.   The courage implanted by the good  as-
pects becomes foolhardiness,  the person has loud,  overbearing,  swaggering
manner and is ready to fight at the drop of a hat,  he is always in  opposi-
tion to constituted authority and ready to rebel wherever he sees a  chance.
He  has an extremely fiery temper but holds no resentment.   On  account  of
these  qualities  he  is  universally disliked both  by  employers  and  his
fellow-workers, is always in hot water and never stays long in any place for
he  is an agitator and trouble-maker.  These aspects also dispose  to  acci-
dents in which the person may be maimed,  also to gunshot and  knife-wounds,
to  scalding-burns and to fevers, inflammatory complaints,  boils and  erup-
tions.


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URANUS SEXTILE OR TRINE TO THE SUN makes the person intuitive, original, in-
ventive  and independent in his manner of conduct and  personal  appearance,
also with respect to food and certain mannerisms; he is what people call ec-
centric,  often conspicuous,  yet not offensively so;  given to pursuits and
studies which people consider "queer"  such as occultism and astrology,  but
also delving into the unknown after nature's secrets concerning  electricity
or the like.   He often becomes a successful inventor if other aspects  give
the mechanical ability to work out his schemes.   Uranus rules the ether and
now  that we are nearing the Aquarian age his vibrations will in  increasing
measure  bring  to our ken methods of using nature's finer  forces  and  the
people with the Sun sextile or trine Uranus will be the media to attract and
interpret  them  for us as the aerials and receivers in a  wireless  station
collect and transcribe the messages carried by the ether waves to which they
are  attuned.   The  person often rises in life through  the  friendship  of
people  above  him in the social scale.  He is of a  very  high-strung  tem-
perament but has himself well under control,  and rarely shows temper or an-
ger.  He is an out and out idealist.

URANUS PARALLEL,  CONJUNCTION, SQUARE OR OPPOSITIONS TO SUN makes the person
very high-strung, nervous and  of  uncontrolled  emotions  ready to fly into


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hysteria on any or no provocation.  It predisposes to all nervous  disorders
such as St.  Vitus dance,  epilepsy and lack of coordination.   it makes him
impulsive  and unreliable,  without regard for the conventionalities  highly
impatient  of  any  human restraint upon his liberty and  committed  to  the
theory of affinities,  soulmates,  and free-love,  hence an undesirable mar-
riage partner and likely to figure in divorce proceedings or scandals of  an
even worse nature.

   There is also danger of trouble on account of connection with anarchistic
plots where the inventive faculty may find scope in the construction of  ex-
plosives and infernal machines.   Unless these aspects are modified by other
configurations  these people are among the most dangerous to society.   They
are liable to accidents from lightning and electricity, and all through life
they meet disappointment in every direction.

NEPTUNE SEXTILE OR TRINE TO THE SUN favors the possibility of developing the
spiritual  faculties,  for he intensifies the spiritual  vibrations  in  the
aura.  Many people with these configurations hear the harmony of the spheres
and  if Mercury,  the lower octave of Neptune gives the requisite  dexterity
they become musicians of high inspirational nature.  In others it breed love
of the occult which  leads  them  into  the  higher  life  but  they usually


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approach it from the intellectual standpoint of psychic investigators; a few
live the life and obtain first-hand knowledge.

NEPTUNE CONJUNCTION,  PARALLEL,  SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO THE SUN also brings
the person in touch with the denizens of the invisible world by raising  the
vibrations in his aura, but these configurations attract the undesirable el-
ement such as met at the ordinary spiritualistic seance.   In a watery  sign
Neptune induces the person to drink to excess and then the resulting  accel-
eration  of the vibratory rate frequently causes him to perceive  the  ugly,
gruesome  forms abounding in the lower realms of the invisible world,  which
are real elemental entities and not figments as believed by people who  hear
him tell what he sees during delirium tremens.

   These aspects also make the person liable to be swindled by sharpers  and
confidence men, and easily hoodwinked.

It cannot be too strongly impressed upon readers and students that  judgment
is  never  to be formed on any planetary aspect or position apart  from  the
balance of the horoscope.   The unblended, basic nature of aspects is  given
so  that students may recognize innate tendencies and be alert  to  overcome
the evil and to cultivate the good.  The free will of the individual can al-
ways modify the horoscope, as pointed out on pages 58 and 59.

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                          VENUS THE PLANET OF LOVE

   In the 13th Chapter of Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians we find  a
eulogy of "love."  The word used in the authorized version is "charity," but
it  ought  to  be read as "love."  Love suffereth long  and  is  kind,  love
vaunteth not herself,  is not puffed up, believeth all things,  endureth all
things.  .  .Whether there be prophecies they shall fail,  whether there  be
knowledge it shall vanish away."   He concludes that in time FAITH and  HOPE
will  pass away because we shall know the things in which we now have  faith
and our hopes will have been realized, but love,  he contends,  remains for-
ever.   The keynote of Venus is "love," "harmony,"  and "rhythm,"  and if we
want  to know her nature we may profitably read that chapter and  substitute
"Venus'  for "Love."  Venus vaunteth not herself, is not puffed up,  seeketh
not  her own,  rejoices not in iniquity but in truth,  beareth  all  things,
believeth all things,  endureth all things.  These sayings are all true when
applied to Venus for she furnishes the unifying bond between all members  of
the  human family in whatever relationship they may be placed.   It  is  the
love-ray  of Venus piercing deeply the heart of the mother which  breeds  in
her  the  tender care wherewith she nourishes her offspring through helpless

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infancy.   Venus sounds the love call of the youth and the maiden, gives and
takes,  smoothing out all the difficulties in the conjugal career.   She  is
ever burning incense upon the altar of affection and from her garden of love
comes the flowers which scent even the most sordid souls with celestial per-
fume and raise them for the time being to the stature of gods.

   But when Venus is afflicted,  all these sublime qualities become  tainted
and  take  a  hideous aspect according to the nature  of  their  affliction.
Squares  and oppositions turn love to lust which makes the person  revel  in
sensual  gratification;  the perception of beauty which expresses itself  as
art becomes slovenliness, the tendency to self-sacrifice, the giving of one-
self  for others is turned to selfishness and the person will then  seem  to
use  others to escape any task or effort not to his or her liking,  laziness
being one of the most prominent characteristics of an afflicted Venus.

   Being feminine,  Venus never reaches out toward others, but exerts a mag-
netic energy which draws them to her.   Therefore she represents in a  man's
horoscope  those of the opposite sex to whom the person is drawn,  but in  a
woman's  horoscope Venus describes the person's own attraction for  the  op-
posite sex and Mars the masculine planet shows who will be attracted by  her
charms.

   Venus  is  essentially  dignified  in  Taurus  and  Libra, and exalted in

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Pisces,  and  therefore her influence is most powerfully felt  when  she  is
placed in those signs.   She is weak and afflicted when placed in either  of
the martial signs,  Aries or Scorpio, where she is in her fall,  or when she
is i the mercurial sign, Virgo.  The best House position for her is the Sev-
enth where her influence will make the marriage serene and blissful.

                         VENUS IN THE TWELVE HOUSES

VENUS IN THE FIRST HOUSE has a tendency to spread sunshine over the  child's
home  and make the early life happy.  It gives an amiable character so  that
the person is well liked because of his social nature and friendly  disposi-
tion.  It brings out the love of music, art and a desire for pleasure.  This
is  what may be called "a lucky position"  for it makes the person very  at-
tractive  to  all with whom he or she comes in contact and in  that  way  it
tends to give general success in life.  It is also very good for the general
health.

VENUS  IN  THE SECOND HOUSE is an indication of financial success  in  life.
People  with  Venus in this position are usually very popular and  are  thus
helped by their friends to lucrative positions.  At the same time this posi-
tion  makes the person very wasteful and prodigal so that it tends  to  make
him  spend  more  then  he  earns.   The  money  is  usually  squandered  on

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pleasure, dress and ornaments for self by a  woman  and for an  amour  by  a
man,  and  not  infrequently  leads  to  abuses which  undermine the health.
This position also shows gain by  dealing  in things ruled by Venus, such as
dress goods, jewelry, music, etc.

VENUS IN THE THIRD HOUSE has a particularly beneficial effect upon the mind,
making  the person cheerful,  optimistic and inclined to look at  everything
from the bright side of life.  It gives a love of music, art, literature and
everything that has a refining influence,  and unusual facility for express-
ing one's self in a happy, appropriate manner,  either in speech or writing.
It gives love of travel;  the person will enjoy himself on his journeys  and
benefit  by  them.   It also makes relations with brothers and  sisters  and
neighbors and the people in one's immediate environment congenial.

VENUS IN THE FOURTH HOUSE shows  happy conditions in the home,  particularly
in  the latter part of life.   It also indicates that an inheritance may  be
left to the person and that if he owns houses or lands he will gain much  by
them.

VENUS IN THE FIFTH HOUSE makes  the person unusually affectionate and  as  a
result he or she usually experiences a number of  love  affairs all of which

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run their courses smoothly.  In indicates that the marriage will be fruitful
and  production of lovely and loving children.   It is a fortunate  position
for teachers and people connect with education institutions,  also for those
engaged  in publication of literature and for gain by speculation in  stocks
or similar securities.

VENUS  IN THE SIXTH HOUSE gives the person faithful servants who  will  work
for his interest if he is an employer.  If he is an employee,  it will  make
him well liked by his employers and fellow-workers.  It is a fairly good po-
sition  for health provided the person does not abuse it.   That is to  say,
the  constitution  is harmonious,  but not very strong.   If the  health  is
guarded  with  care it will remain in good condition for life,  but  a  very
little  abuse may turn the scales the other way and make the person  an  in-
valid.

VENUS IN THE SEVENTH HOUSE is one of the surest signs of domestic  felicity.
It  signifies  an early marriage and an increase of  prosperity  after  that
event.   If  the person finds it expedient to enter into  partnership  on  a
business basis the presence of Venus tends to make this relationship  harmo-
nious and beneficial.  It  is  also  a  good  sign  that if litigation seems

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necessary  some way will be found to settle the matter without  actual  rup-
ture.   This position is good for actors, singers,  and others whose calling
brings them before the public in a vocal capacity for it ensures a kind  and
sympathetic reception on the part of their audience.

VENUS IN THE EIGHTH HOUSE will bring gain by marriage, partnership or legacy
if  it is well aspected,  but if it is afflicted it brings loss  and  disap-
pointment  in love,  or an extravagant marriage partner,  and legal  trouble
over a will.

VENUS  IN  THE  NINTH HOUSE is a very fortunate position if  Venus  is  well
aspected, for being so highly elevated here it exercises considerable influ-
ence  in  life and makes the disposition exceedingly kind,  sympathetic  and
helpful  so  that by these qualities the person becomes  much  esteemed  and
sought after,  particularly in charitable or religious work,  for this posi-
tion also brings out the devotional side of the nature.   It gives a love of
music,  art and drama as well as everything that has an influence  for  soul
upliftment.  Whenever the person journeys from one place to another for gain
or for pleasure.   Venus in the Ninth House will smooth the path before  him
and make his trip thoroughly enjoyable.   If Venus is afflicted in the Ninth
House the person will long to do or to  be  all  the  foregoing  things, but

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will find it exceedingly difficult,  if not impossible to accomplish his de-
sire.

VENUS IN THE TENTH HOUSE is one of the best signs of general success in  the
life  when  well aspected.   The person who has this position  becomes  very
popular,  particularly  with the opposite sex, and will rise in  the  social
scale  through marriage.   It gives an ability to avoid trouble in life  and
extract  from it all the pleasure there is in every situation.   Comfortable
financial circumstances attend upon the person all through life and foster a
general  attitude of optimism.   When Venus is afflicted in the Tenth  House
the  person is looked down on by those in his social environment and  though
he tries to ingratiate himself with those who are in the charmed circles, he
will  find himself left with snubs and insults.   A hasty or  ill-considered
marriage is apt to make matters worse and bring him farther into  disrepute,
as a scapegrace.

VENUS  IN THE ELEVENTH HOUSE if well-aspected brings to the person hosts  of
friends  who  are willing and anxious to aid him in the realization  of  his
hopes,  wishes and desires,  but it depends upon the nature and character of
the  sign wherein Venus is placed as well as on the strength of the  aspects
whether they will be able to do so or not.  For instance, if Venus is in the

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Eleventh  House in Aries or Scorpio,  one of the martial signs where she  is
weak,  and aspected only by sextiles from Mercury and the Moon,  very little
help can be expected of her compared to what she will give if she is in  her
own signs, Taurus or Libra, and aspected by trines from the Sun and Jupiter.
In the case first cited, the friends drawn to the person may be ever so sin-
cere  in their wish to help but will not have the ability.   In  the  latter
case they will exert powerful influence and will accomplish wonders.  If Ve-
nus is afflicted in the Eleventh House it is very often found that the  per-
son  attracts friends who impose upon him and use him for their own  objects
and  when  they have so used him to the fullest extend and he  cannot  serve
their purpose any longer they throw him aside.

VENUS  IN THE TWELFTH HOUSE if well-aspected indicates that the person  will
benefit from the things signified by this House, viz., occupations connected
with prisons, hospitals or charitable institutions, or by work in a chemical
laboratory  or  by some such secluded occupation where he does not  come  in
touch with the public.   It also favors study and practice of the occult and
gives a tendency to secret, clandestine love affairs which will probably run
smoothly if Venus is well-aspected, but if she is weak by sign, or afflicted
in the Twelfth House she will cause  trouble  through  jealousy, divorce and

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scandal,  or  sickness in confinement on account of over-indulgence  of  the
passions,  particularly if Venus is in Scorpio which governs the  generative
organs,  or in Taurus which gives the same effect by reflex action, where it
signifies self-abuse.

                          VENUS IN THE TWELVE SIGNS

VENUS IN ARIES lends ardors to the affection of Venus by blending them  with
the fire of Mars who is ruler of Aries and for that reason it makes the per-
son  very  ardent in the expression of affection.   This  usually  leads  to
popularity  especially among the opposite sex and often results in  a  hasty
marriage,  but that kind of love is not and cannot be  lasting.   Eventually
the  fire of passion burns out the love and marriages brought about by  this
position are then fruitful sources of domestic unhappiness.   This  position
also  inclines the person to be rash and impulsive whenever  his  sympathies
are appealed to,  so that he often helps an unworthy cause.   Venus in Aries
also inclines the person to general extravagance in his expenditures.

VENUS  IN TAURUS is a splendid position for there she is essentially  digni-
fied and much stronger than in the other signs with the  exception  of Libra

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and  Pisces where she is respectively dignified and exalted.   It is a  very
favorable position for financial affairs,  especially gains derived  through
the  person's own efforts in whatever vocation in life he may  have  chosen.
It gives a friendly and sociable disposition with the ability to inspire re-
ciprocal  feelings in others.   People with Venus in Taurus are very set  in
their  opinions concerning correct form and decorum,  correct in speech  and
once they have formed an opinion they hold to it very tenaciously.  They are
generous but not extravagant.

VENUS IN GEMINI blends the beauty of Venus with the mercurial ability to ex-
press  so that people who have this configuration are able to  choose  their
words with singular facility and infuse in them a rhythm which is like music
to  the ears of a listener.   Therefore this is one of the  positions  which
make poets,  provided of course that other indications in the horoscope sup-
port,  for it should always be remembered by the student that no single  as-
pect or position is in itself sufficient to mark a prominent characteristic.
To  do this the whole horoscope must be blended.   This position has a  very
refining influence on the mind,  inclining to a literary or artistic career.
It makes the person beloved of his brothers and sisters, neighbors and other
people  in  his  immediate  environment.  This  position  also  inclines  to

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marriage  and frequently to more than one union.   It favors traveling  both
for gain and pleasure, especially short journeys.

VENUS  IN CANCER blends the characteristics of Venus with those of the  Moon
and the psychic watery nature of Cancer.   Therefore this position gives the
person  a  very fruitful imagination and he or she is very part to  come  in
touch with the inhabitants of the unseen world or at least take up some very
devotional  phase  of  religion;  but this is  dangerous  because  Venus  is
negative,  attracting without selecting or discriminating hence makes liable
to domination by spirit controls and the dangers of mediumship.

VENUS IN LEO is compounding love,  for  Leo rules the heart and whoever  has
this position will be tender-hearted to a degree.   Contrary to the commonly
accepted  ideas  there is a cruel streak in Leo,  but when Venus  is  there,
there  is no more loving and tender sign in the zodiac,  besides being  that
Leo is a fixed sign Venus in this position makes for an unparalleled  asser-
tion  of  the affections when once they have been placed and  an  unswerving
loyalty  to the object thereof.   Being that Leo is the fifth sign Venus  in
Leo  also gives success in entertainment or educational enterprises and  the
blending of the Venus ray with the solar brings favor  from  those above the

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person in the social scale.

VENUS IN VIRGO, the Sixth House sign gives the person a deep and tender sym-
pathy for the sick and people with this position make good nurses.  This po-
sition also favors occupation as a chemist,  or a dietitian who is concerned
with  the preparation of foods for the maintenance or attainment of  health.
If  the person has employees or subordinates under his management his  rela-
tions  with those people will always be very pleasant,  and they will  serve
him well.

VENUS IN LIBRA,  the Seventh House sign is essentially dignified and strong,
This is one of the positions which testify to a fruitful and congenial  mar-
riage or successful partnership.   It gives musical or artistic ability  and
makes the person popular in public life.  If engaged as a speaker or  singer
it ensures an appreciate audience whenever he appears in public.

VENUS  IN SCORPIO is the worst position of all in which she may  be  placed,
for here again the love ray of Venus blends with the martial fire of passion
in  the sign governing the genitals so that if there are no other  redeeming
and  restraining influences in the horoscope love turns to lust and the  un-
bridled gratification of an  exaggerated  sexual  desire,  especially if the

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Moon  or  Mars are there.   This is apt to undermine  the  constitution  and
though that may not be apparent for a long time the effect of such a sapping
of  the vitality will some time be felt and cause a general  breakdown,  but
that,  of course, is nothing compared with the moral effect of the practices
indicated by this passion.  It should be said furthermore for the benefit of
those  who  have this position that it does not matter whether  such  abuses
take  place in wedlock or not;  Nature does not care whether they have  been
legalized by man-made law or not.   From her standpoint they are a violation
of  the  law of life and will be punished whether sanctioned by  society  or
not.   This position also gives a love of luxury and anything that stirs the
emotions  or wherein the senses may revel.   Curiously enough it also  some-
times gives a sense of deep religious devotion which them serves as an  out-
let for the overcharged feelings of the native.   This position also creates
jealousy and trouble in marriage and the reputation of the person is apt  to
be smirched.  A well-aspected Venus in Scorpio is liable to  bring a legacy.

VENUS IN SAGITTARIUS.   This is another of her strongest positions for there
her  qualities blend with those of Jupiter,  the planet of  benevolence,  to
foster love and good-will among men.  Therefore also this position indicates

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a genial and optimistic disposition, a sympathetic, kind and generous heart,
a love of God expressed in religious devotion,  or love of man shown by phi-
lanthropy and charity.   It indicates a refined mind, cultured,  and fond of
drama, art and music.  It fosters the imagination and intuition and like the
other  double-bodies signs Gemini and Pisces,  it inclines to  plurality  of
marriages.

VENUS IN CAPRICON,  the Tenth House sign,  gives social success and popular-
ity,  but  Venus does not blend well with Saturn,  the ruler  of  Capricorn.
There is therefore a slight tendency to melancholy in people who have  Venus
in that position,  Nor are they ever secure in the favors which they receive
from other people or in their popularity, for Saturn has a tendency to throw
them  down when they have reached the highest pinnacle.   Therefore,  though
this  influence may help them to climb the ladder of advancement  in  social
circles or in business they are never safe in their position.   This  influ-
ence  makes  a person very jealous of honor and he takes it  to  heart  when
sometimes Saturn throws him down.   Venus in Saturn's sign often causes  the
person to disregard the fact that disparity in ages is so fatal to happiness
in marriage and hence if he marries young he takes someone who is much older
than himself for a partner or if married  in  later years he selects someone

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who  is still in the bloom of youth with the almost inevitable  result  that
disagreement and dissolution of the marriage tie take place in the course of
a few years.   Frequently also people with this position of Venus marry  for
business  or as a matter of convenience.   In short Venus never reaches  her
legitimate  expression of love in Saturn's House and therefore  such  unions
are always a source of sorrow and disappointment to the contracting parties.

VENUS  IN AQUARIUS indicates a blending of the Uranian  qualities,  indepen-
dence,   impatience  of  restraint,  disregard  of  convention,  desire  for
originality, uncompromising sincerity and intuition, with those of Venus and
as a result we find that people with this position refuse to be bound by the
usual  restrictive rules of society in their love affairs and  follow  their
heart's  inclination regardless of what others may say or think.   They  are
firm believers in the theory of soul-mates, affinities,  et cetera,  and li-
able  to  act in the most unexpected manner with such  startling  suddenness
that  neither they nor anyone else are able to foresee what they may say  or
do next.   But at the same time they are so loving and sincere in their con-
victions that friends never fail them and  whatever  success  they attain in

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life is usually due to the efforts of friends to help them to realize  their
hopes, wishes and aspirations.

VENUS  IN PISCES is in her own exaltation sign where she again  blends  with
the benefic ray of Jupiter and as Pisces is a watery sign this position sig-
nifies a powerful emotional nature, subdued and toned down by the element of
sorrow  inherent in the twelfth house sign.   This position therefore  indi-
cates someone capable of feeling a sentiment such as that felt by our Savior
when He said:  "Come unto Me all ye that are weak and heavy laden and I will
give you rest."  Thus Venus in Pisces indicates a nature yearning and aching
to  assist those who are afflicted by bodily ills or suffering from  sorrow.
This position also gives an intense love of music and when other testimonies
concur,  considerable ability to express either vocally  or  instrumentally,
for music is the most wonderful outlet for the deepest emotions of which the
human soul is capable.  People with Venus in Pisces are especially liable to
financial  imposition on the part of others and trouble through  an  illegal
marriage.

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                     VENUS IN ASPECT WITH OTHER PLANETS:

   THE SUN PARALLEL OR CONJUNCTION VENUS calls out the artistic side of  the
nature,  making the person fond of music, art and poetry.  It also strength-
ens the love-nature and if the configuration occurs in the seventh house  it
is a positive testimony of unalloyed marital bliss.  In the second or eighth
house it leads to extravagance of the person or his mate,  in Scorpio it  is
not good for the morals and in Pisces it leads to intemperance,  but  gener-
ally  speaking,  these  aspects strengthen the  constitution,  increase  the
popularity and make social intercourse smooth so that the person finds  many
friends and keeps them.

   As  the  orbit of Venus is so small she never forms the  sextile,  trine,
square or opposition to the Sun.

   MERCURY CONJUNCTION, PARALLEL OR SEXTILE TO VENUS  (Note.--Venus and Mer-
cury are never more than 76 degrees apart,  therefore they can only form the
conjunctions,  parallels and sextiles, but not the trine, square nor opposi-
tion.)

   These  aspects  make  the  person  cheerful  and  companionable  with   a
good-natured disposition and a desire for society.  They also give the abil-
ity for music and poetry,  especially if in the Ascendant and are a  general
indication of success  in  salesmanship,  for such people are suave, affable

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and persuasive.

   THE MOON CONJUNCTION,  PARALLEL, SEXTILE OR TRINE TO VENUS.   The Moon is
significator  of marriage for a man and therefore the good  aspects  between
Venus, the planet of love, and the Moon are good indications of a happy mar-
riage  when  they occur in a man's horoscope.   But in a  woman's  horoscope
these aspects operate upon the health,  for the Moon is the planet of fecun-
dity and has rule over the female functions in particular which are so large
a factor in the health of a woman;  this latter is much strengthened by  the
good aspects of the Moon and Venus.  These aspects make the person an orator
with a fruitful imagination;  give love of pleasure,  music and art,  and an
engaging personality,  very attractive to the opposite sex,  because kindly,
affectionate and sympathetic.   They tend to general success in life and the
person usually has sufficient for the day and the way.

   THE  MOON  SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO VENUS is an indication of  trouble  in
marriage for a man, because the wife described by an afflicted Venus will be
slovenly and of dissolute habits which will destroy domestic happiness.   In
a woman's horoscope it indicates disturbance of the female functions and  it
also gives a tendency to digestive troubles and poor circulation when in the

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horoscope  of either sex.   These aspects also give a liability  to  trouble
through slander and public scandal.

   SATURN SEXTILE OR TRINE TO VENUS.   The good qualities of Venus are  love
and affection and the good qualities of Saturn are tact, diplomacy,  method,
system, justice, thrift and economy.  We may therefore judge that when these
two  planets are configurated in good aspect they make the  person  faithful
and true,  just and methodical,  qualities which make for success in all de-
partments  of  life.   Therefore a person with these aspects  will  be  much
sought as a friend or advisor, or as a person to be trusted with any commis-
sion requiring sterling honesty and ability.  They make the person simple in
his tastes and of impeachable morality, and give honor,  esteem,  health and
easy circumstances.

   SATURN PARALLEL,  CONJUNCTION,  SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO VENUS brings  out
the evil qualities of the two planets and troubles which are thus  generated
usually come through the person's relations with the opposite sex.  It makes
him  underhanded  and scheming to gratify his passions often in  an  unusual
manner  and his perverted desires are usually directed against some one  who
is  much younger than himself.   If regular marriage relations  are  entered
into, such a person is usually a demon of  jealousy  who makes life a burden

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for the marriage partner on account of his suspicious nature.   People  with
these  afflictions  are  also stingy in all money  matters  and  exceedingly
avaricious.   They have poor business judgment and are therefore  liable  to
losses, failure and bankruptcy.

   JUPITER PARALLEL,  CONJUNCTION,  SEXTILE OR TRINE TO VENUS is one of  the
nest signs of success and general good fortune.   It favors the accumulation
of wealth and the enjoyment of all the luxuries of life.  It is a good indi-
cation of a successful and happy marriage,  social prestige and the  respect
of all whom the person comes in contact.  It gives the person a jovial,  op-
timistic,  generous and large-hearted disposition, and makes hospitable to a
degree; interested and active in philanthropic measures, a liberal mind tol-
erant of the views of others even where he differs radically,  fond of plea-
sure, traveling parties, and capable of enjoying life to the fullest extent.
These aspects also give talent for music,  especially if either planet is in
Pisces.

   JUPITER SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO VENUS gives the same luxurious likings as
the  good  aspects,  but limits the ability to satisfy them;  although  such
people  make the most frantic efforts to present a fine front to the  world,
they are generally found out to be shams.  Their lack of business ability is
often responsible for failure and bankruptcy and they  are  very  liable  to

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suffer losses through the treachery of others.   Love and marriage also  are
sources of sorrow for those whom Venus and Jupiter are afflicting.  They are
apt to be jilted before marriage or the marriage partner may prove faithless
and may abscound.   These aspects also produce and amorous nature likely  to
take liberties regardless of the laws of decency and to be faithless to mar-
riage  vows.   They make people extremely self-indulgent and in Pisces  they
predispose to drink.

   MARS SEXTILE OR TRINE TO VENUS will give an ambitious,  aspiring and  ad-
venturous nature, amorous and extremely demonstrative in its affection, very
fond  of sports and pleasures.   It gives the person an abundance of  energy
and business acumen,  consequently he has a splendid earning capacity but he
wastes money for he loves above all things to make a great outward show  and
display.  Being a free spender he is also very popular among his associates,
and  being,  as already said,  of an amorous nature he marries  either  very
early or the marriage is a very hasty one.

   MARS CONJUNCTION OR PARALLEL TO VENUS does not always operate in the same
manner,  but is to be classed as a good or bad aspect according  to  circum-
stances and the matter to be judged.   For instance,  Mars conjunction Venus
makes the person less blunt and domineering,  more  kind  and  polite; it is

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therefore good in that respect; but the conjunction also strengthens he pas-
sional nature,  especially if it occurs in Scorpio; and in the Twelfth House
it leads to self-abuse so that in those cases it is decidedly bad.

MARS SQUARE OR OPPOSITION VENUS.  See page 330.

URANUS SEXTILE OR TRINE TO VENUS makes the person mentally alert,  of  quick
intuitive  perception and exceedingly magnetic,  especially to the  opposite
sex;  and he also attracts hosts of friends who will be a benefit and assis-
tance to him.   These aspects give love of art, music and poetry and are fa-
vorable  indications of a happy marriage often at a very early age,  or  one
suddenly consummated.   They also sometimes bring the person love of a  pla-
tonic nature.

URANUS  CONJUNCTION OR PARALLEL TO VENUS.   There is a doubt as  to  whether
these  aspects should be classed as good or evil,  which must be settled  in
the individual horoscope where they occur for they may work either way,  de-
pending  upon the other configuration.   If Venus is otherwise afflicted  in
the horoscope,  for instance the conjunction or parallel will further accen-
tuate her evil qualities,  but if she is well placed or aspected Uranus will
bring out the nobler side.

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URANUS  SQUARE  OR OPPOSITION TO VENUS.   The square  or  opposition  always
brings  trouble through the sex relation:   a hasty,  ill-considered  union,
quarrels, divorces, public scandals through clandestine intercourse and kin-
dred  irregularities,  with loss of friend,  prestige and popularity,  exile
from  home and family and sudden financial losses through unexpected or  un-
foreseen happenings.  There is a general lack of balance, an erratic person-
ality.

NEPTUNE SEXTILE OR TRINE TO VENUS makes an inspirational musician.  It gives
a fertile imagination and deep emotions,  a nature that is pure and  chaste,
hence occasionally it leads to platonic unions and companionship of the most
esthetic nature.

NEPTUNE CONJUNCTION OR PARALLEL TO VENUS is to be judged on the same line as
indicated in the case of Mars and Uranus.

NEPTUNE  SQUARE  OR OPPOSITION TO VENUS makes the person liable  to  sorrow,
loss and trouble,  especially through the marriage partner or anyone else in
whom he trusts.  People with these aspects should be particularly careful to
avoid anything which has in it an element of chance or speculation, for they
are  sure to lose,  especially in dealing with large companies  or  corpora-
tions.

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