Filename: RC2012.TXT
Source: "The Message of the Stars" 
         by Max & Augusta Foss Heindel

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                        THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES:

   In  order to further aid the student of the stellar science we present  a
number  of  horoscopes  of  people who have come to us  for  help  in  their
trouble.   We therefore know these cases to be authentic and trust that  our
delineation of their various ailments by means of astro-diagnosis may  prove
a true guide.

   We  have  made an attempt at classification of these horoscopes,  but  as
there  are generally symptoms of several diseases in each horoscope  it  has
been impossible to draw hard and fast lines in the grouping, and the student
will therefore have to rely mainly on the headlines for indications of  what
the figure shows.

   The first 22 horoscopes are found on pp. 624-634.

   The last 14 figures are attached to their respective readings.

                         SEX AS A FACTOR IN DISEASE:

   It is our earnest conviction,  that the less we dwell upon sex,  the less
we  read about it and think about it,  the purer we shall be  mentally,  and
also less liable to danger of morbid habits,  for these are often formed  by
overstudy of the sex question,  and persons having a tendency in that direc-

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tion  should  be discouraged in attempts to discuss the matter at  all.   In
planning this chapter we had at one time thought it possible to escape  men-
tion of the subject, but more mature thought based upon much study of health
and  disease from the mystical standpoint has convinced us that we  must  go
back  to the allegorical Garden of Eden for the starting-point of  pain  and
sorrow,  as  fully explained in our literature.   The effects  of  continued
transgression are with us today as a matter of actual fact,  abuse of sex is
in  the most literal sense the primal source of sorrow,  disease and  degen-
eracy under which the world is groaning,  and in a work of this nature it is
obligatory  to show the causes so that the remedy may be found and  applied.
Therefore  we shall attempt to show the prenatal influences revealed by  the
horoscope  as a warning to parents that marriage is a sacrament,  and not  a
license to sex abuse,  and that "the sins of the fathers are indeed  visited
upon the children."   At the same time, of course,  an innocent child is not
born with the tendency to a certain disease,  its former living has made  it
liable to a specific weakness, and for that reason it is drawn by the Law of
Association  to parents from whom it may obtain a body subject to that  par-
ticular  ailment.   Thus  parents are only  instruments  in  fulfilling  the
self-made destiny of the child.  If we thoroughly realize that fact, and can
be persuaded to live pure and wholesome lives,  so  that we may draw to our-

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selves  souls  of a kindred virtuous nature,  how much better  for  all  the
world.   To drive this point home, the writers undertake to paint the loath-
some picture of degeneracy,  that the picture of purity may be the more  at-
tractive by contrast.

   In this connection we present first figure No. 1, which is that of a boy,
in 1912 about 16 years of age.  The Fourth and Tenth Houses,  the planets in
them and their rulers show the parents.   the parent who most influences the
life is shown by the Tenth House configurations,  and the Fourth House indi-
cates the one lease concerned in the child's destiny.

   In  this figure Gemini is on the Midheaven,  and Mercury,  its ruler,  is
square  the  Moon from cardinal signs.  Neptune is conjunction Mars  in  the
Tenth  House  and square the Sun in the mercurial sign Virgo.   This  estab-
lishes well the morbid, neurotic nature of the father, and his instrumental-
ity  in  depriving the boy of the faculty of speech and of  coordination  of
muscular movements; the boy cannot walk, but staggers.

   The mother's part is described by Sagittarius on the Fourth House.  Jupi-
ter,  the ruler is in Leo in conjunction with the Dragon's Tail, (the Moon's
Western Node),  which has an influence similar to Saturn.  It is also square
to Saturn and Uranus, these being in conjunction in Scorpio.  This describes
her as being a lewd woman;  degenerate,  committed to the dreadful theory of
soul-mates,  affinities,  free  love  and  all  kindred  abuses.  These lewd

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tendencies  she  imparted  to the boy.  The affliction to  Leo  affects  the
heart,  and as Saturn is the embodiment of obstruction,  restraint and  sup-
pression,  we may know that the heart action is very weak,  (had the afflic-
tion  come  from  Mars his dynamic energy would  have  caused  palpitation).
Scorpio has rule over the sex organ,  Uranus and Saturn there give  tendency
to self-abuse, and on the well known principle that mutilation of that organ
affects  the voice,  we have in this configuration an added reason  for  the
poor boy's inability to speak.  The affliction coming from fixed signs shows
the deep rooted constitutional nature of the evil, and what may come of con-
ception during a drunken debauch.

                        THE GUARDIAN OF THE THRESHOLD:

   Horoscope  No.  2 shows one of the most remarkable psychic conditions  we
have ever come across.   Its portents in some respects are plain to any  as-
trologer,  but investigation by one of the writers into this  person's  past
life  adds sidelights and gives depth to the meaning of  configurations  not
otherwise obtainable;  also to the writer, who made the spiritual investiga-
tion  two years before the horoscope was cast,  it was a revelation to  note
how  the mystic facts he remembered so well,  were inscribed in this  little
wheel of life.   To enable the student to properly appreciate the remarkable
case  we  relate the story of how we came into connection with  the  person,
what we attempted to do, and what actually happened.

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   In  the fall of 1910,  a friend told us the sad case of a young boy  con-
fined to his bed, lying upon his stomach and elbows,  persistently gazing at
a certain spot in a corner of the room,  as if fascinated,  his whole  frame
continually shaking with sobs and moans.   At request of the friend we  vis-
ited  the unfortunate boy,  and found that the object which drew  his  gaze,
with a power similar to that whereby the snake charms a bird into its fangs,
was an elemental of the most horrible type we have ever seen.   Standing  by
the  bedside  we  directed a stream of force towards the base  of  the  poor
victim's  brain,  and thus drew him towards us in an endeavor to  break  the
spell,  but the fiend held the consciousness charmed to such a  degree  that
there  was  evident danger of rupture of body and soul.   We  therefore  de-
sisted,  and,  with the fearlessness born of inexperience,  decided to fight
the elemental upon his own plane of being.  But the Elder Brother who is our
Mentor sought us that evening; he advised caution,  and investigation of the
genesis of the monster before we took action.

   Research of the memory of nature developed the fact that in its last life
the spirit embodied in the youth had been an initiate of the Order of Jesus,
a Jesuit,  and a zealot of the most ardent type,  cruel and unfeeling in the
highest degree,  yet perfectly impersonal, with no other aim in life save to
further the interests of his Holy Order.  The health, wealth,  reputation or
life of others he sacrificed without qualm of conscience,  so that the order

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was benefited;  he would have offered himself up as freely,  for he was sin-
cere to the core.   Love was as foreign to his nature as hate,  but sex  was
rampant;  it tore his strong soul to shreds,  yet it never mastered him;  he
was  too proud to show his passion even to one who could have gratified  it,
and so he developed the secret habit.   It must not be supposed that he  be-
came an abject slave in that respect;  he,  the immortal spirit,  fought his
lower nature by prayer,  castigations, fastings and every other  conceivable
means;  sometimes he thought he had conquered, but when he least expected it
the beast in him rallied, and the war waged as fiercely as ever.  Many times
he was tempted to mutilate himself, but he scorned such a course as unworthy
a man,  especially when that man had taken the vows of priesthood.   At last
he succumbed to the strain;  vigorous manhood was succeeded by a middle  age
of delicate health,  constant pain increased his mental anguish and sympathy
was born of suffering;  he was no longer indifferent to the tortures of vic-
tims of the Holy Office.   Being by nature a zealot and enthusiast in  what-
ever  direction  his energies were exerted, the pendulum soon swung  to  the
other extreme, Paul-like, he fought to protect whom he had previously perse-
cuted,  he incurred the enmity of the Holy Office,  and finally,  broken  in
body,  but dauntless of spirit he fell a victim to the torture to  which  he
had subjected so many.

   By the sincerity of his nature, and his later life he earned the right of
admission to a Mystery School and prepared for the privilege  of  working as

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an  Invisible Helper in future lives.   The Law of Association drew  him  to
birth  in an American family who were former friends,  and from them he  re-
ceived a nervous organization tuned to the high pitch required for his expe-
rience.

   Saturn opposes the life-giving Sun, suppresses the nervous energy of Mer-
cury,  and obstructs the Venus (venous) circulation,  by hindering secretion
of  urine and elimination of poisonous matter through the kidneys which  are
ruled by Libra,  the sign of Saturn's exaltation where he is placed in  this
natal figure.  As the planets which he opposes are placed in Aries, ruler of
the head, his disordering influence manifests through the brain and mind, as
well  as  the genito-urinary system.   The morbid condition of  these  parts
caused  by Saturn's repressive influence on the kidneys is further  accentu-
ated  by Uranus conjunction the Moon in the Sixth House which indicates  the
health,  under the sign ruling the generative organs, Scorpio.  As the horo-
scope  shows  tendencies  resulting from our actions in past  lives,  it  is
evident  that the self-abuse of this person must bring him to birth under  a
stellar  ray affecting the health in that particular manner,  for  when  the
soul  has been overcome by any particular besetting sin in any  life,  death
does not pay all any more than removal to another city pays our debts in our
present abode.   When we return,  temptation will again confront us until we
conquer  our  weakness.  It is the task of  this  poor  soul  to extract the

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essence of virtue and chastity from the burning embers of passion and secret
vice.  May God help him and strengthen his arm in the terrible combat.  Only
Astrology,  the  Master Key of Compassion, can adequately reveal to  us  the
struggle  and anguish of the soul,  and save us from the crime of  despising
one in conditions of depravity.

   The  before-mentioned aspects were from Cardinal and Fixed  signs,  which
indicate that which is almost unalterable destiny.   But Neptune on the  As-
cendant, in a Common sign, Gemini, points to a condition in the making.   He
is trine to Saturn,  the afflicter of the mind, and supported by the dynamic
energy of Mars.

   Neptune indicates the invisible spiritual hierarchies which work with and
upon us,  and when placed in the Twelfth House it is evident that sorrow and
distress may be expected from them.  This position renders the person liable
to  be  preyed  upon by spirit controls, but the trine  to  Saturn  and  the
sextile  to the Sun,  Venus and Mercury protect him against  influence  from
outside  sources.   Thus he became a prey to the demoniac embodiment of  his
former actions,  the terrible creature known to mystics as "Guardian of  the
Threshold,"  which the neophyte must pass ere he can enter consciously  into
the Invisible World.   This dreadful shape had drawn its being from acts  of
cruelty committed by the man in his bygone life;  it has fed upon the curses
of his tortured victims,  and gorged itself upon the odor of their blood and
perspiration, as is the wont of elementals; it was a monster in  every sense

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of  the word.   earth of its progenitor rendered it latent,  but in the  new
birth  figure  time was marked for retribution upon the  clock  of  destiny.
When the Moon by progression reached Mars' natal place in the Twelfth House,
his dynamic energy galvinized the monster into new life, and the troubles of
the poor lad had commenced.   The hate, anger and malice stored in the  mon-
ster  radiated  back upon him pang for pang and his negative  Gemini  nature
crumpled  under the onslaughts of the demon.  When we saw the thing  it  ap-
peared as a shapeless jellylike mass with many large greenish eyes  imbedded
at different parts of its body.   Every few seconds a sharp pointed,  sword-
like  projection  shot out from the most unexpected places in its  body  and
pierced the poor lad who lay cringing upon his bed.  Then, although the mon-
ster  had no mouth,  wherewith to laugh,  it seemed convulsed with  fiendish
glee at the fear and pain it had given.   At other times,  one or another of
the eyes seemed to dart from the monster,  projected upon what resembled  an
elephant's trunk and it would halt within an inch of the victim's eyes, gaz-
ing into them with a compelling power of awesome intensity.

   There  being so many good aspects to help him,  it is not likely that  he
will succumb, and when the Sun reaches conjunction of Jupiter's place in the
natal figure and the Moon has passed the square to the Sun's natal place,  a
distinct turn for the better may be looked for.  In the  meanwhile  the poor

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soul must struggle alone with its self-made demon.  Had not the secret habit
sapped vitality in the former life,  birth under a stronger sign would  have
given greater power of physical endurance and rendered victory more certain.

                             DISEASE OF THE EYES:

   This malady is due to rays from certain nebulous parts of the Zodiac; the
Pleiades in Taurus 29,  the Ascelli in Leo 6,  and Antares in Sagittarius 8.
When the Sun or Moon is in orb of one of these places, and afflicted by Sat-
urn,  Mars or Uranus, or vice versa, when Saturn, Uranus or Mars is in these
nebulous parts afflicting the Sun or Moon, trouble is indicated, but if care
is  taken in the case of children having this tendency to disease it may  be
greatly  modified or entirely avoided.   The light in schoolrooms calls  for
attention on general principles, but where a child has incipient eye trouble
the  parent  ought to request proper placement of the child  in  a  modified
light; reading by lamplight or in the dusk should not be permitted, and win-
dow shades in the home ought to be of a soothing color.   With  civilization
and life in cities the eyes have become habituated to short focus and cannot
quickly adjust themselves to variation of range as can those of sailors  and
plainsmen.  When a child's horoscope indicates weak eyes, residence in a ru-
ral district, if possible, may be of immense value in preserving the vision,
for exercise of the eye muscles by frequent adjustment  of  focus from short

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to long range,  and vice versa,  will materially aid to strengthen the eyes.
It  is  a fact,  that much eye strain is due to congestion  of  the  ciliary
muscle,  which adjusts the lens to range of objects, and of the muscle which
contracts  the  iris.   Each time the latter fails to act quickly  too  much
light enters the retina is hurt.  Life in the open while the child's muscles
are still limber will do wonders towards correcting such defects,  and  even
grown  persons may derive vast benefit from outdoor life provided  the  eyes
are properly shaded at first.  Careful osteopathic treatment of the eyes has
also  a most beneficial effect of stimulating circulation and limbering  the
muscles.

                   SUBTILE INDICATIONS OF SPIRITUAL SIGHT:

   It is a well know scientific fact,  that sensation depends on ability  to
feel  and interpret vibration in air and ether,  according to the sense  in-
volved.   Ancient seers devised the Staff of Mercury as a symbol of its  ef-
fects, and among other spiritual secrets embodied in the undulating forms of
the twin serpents,  is also this,  that Mercury is the originator of all vi-
bratory movement.  Hence he is a prime factor in production of sensation and
mental  processes  arising in the consciousness as a result.   An  elevated,
well  aspected Mercury therefore makes our senses acute and the  mind  keen;
and afflicted Mercury either dulls the senses, or makes the person hypersen-
sitive;  in  either  case  an  abnormal state of the brain mind is  produced

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which causes suffering according to house, sign and affliction;  even a good
aspect of a so-called evil planet,  though it brings out the virtue of  that
planet,  also  carries with it a touch of the darker side because  even  the
best of us have something in our inner natures which vibrates to that  phase
of the planet's nature.

   But,  besides this roundabout way of acquiring knowledge  through  vibra-
tions  in the air and ether inaugurated by Mercury and interpreted  by  slow
processes in the brain mind where spirit and matter meet,  THERE IS A DIRECT
PATH  TO KNOWLEDGE symbolized by the staff around which the serpents  twine.
This is the ray of Neptune,  the octave of Mercury,  which puts us in  touch
with the spiritual worlds.   But,  observe this,  the staff and the serpents
are not separate,  the staff goes THROUGH the winding forms of the serpents,
and  thus we learn that in our present condition spiritual knowledge is  de-
pendent  on the brain mind for concrete expression,  and through  the  brain
mind the latter is colored according to the aspects of Neptune.

   Experience  has proved that the afflicted stellar ray from certain  parts
of  the  Zodiac  already mentioned, interferes with  the  etheric  vibration
sensed  by the retina of the eye, and thus impairs the physical sight.   If,
in  the  same figure,  Neptune is focused through one of these  places,  the
so-called "blind spot,"  which is BLIND because unresponsive to the  etheric
mercurial vibrations is sensitized by the spiritual ray of Neptune, and thus

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it may be that a person physically near sighted, or even blind, may view the
spiritual worlds hidden from people whose sight is focused by mercurial  vi-
brations.   The  aspect of Neptune determines the grade and  nature  of  the
spiritual  sight  evolved,  as illustrated in various  horoscopes  herewith.
These  were picked to demonstrate other points,  but it occurred to us  that
the phase just mentioned is worthy of notice.  It may be well,  however,  to
warn  students against absurd conclusions;  we do not say that everyone  af-
flicted  with eye trouble by Antares,  Ascelli or the Pleiades is gifted  in
return with spiritual sight.  The woman in horoscope No. 5 is much afflicted
physically,  but Neptune is out of orb, and she derives no vision  from  his
ray.   Spiritual vision may also be undeveloped in many who have the  aspect
well defined,  but in those cases it is in process of unfoldment,  and  will
yield EASILY to proper exercises.   Where this aspect is a square or opposi-
tion it is wise,  however, to refrain from any attempt to seek illumination,
for  in  those aspects lurk great danger from spirit  controls,  elementals,
etc., which is amply illustrated in horoscope No. 2, where the opposition of
Neptune  to Antares is responsible for the awful vision of the  Guardian  of
the Threshold.   There the physical sight is not impaired,  but in horoscope
No.  3,  defective eyesight is shown by affliction from the Ascelli and like
trouble comes from Antares in No. 4.  In one the trine from Neptune produces
voluntary vision of the super-physical realms, but in the other his focus is

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square,  hence  the spiritual sight obtained is intermittent and  not  under
control.

   We  have spoken of Mercury as originator of all sense  vibrations,  audi-
tory,  olfactory,  visual, etc., and of Neptune as its octave;  to forestall
questions we may say that in the spiritual world separateness ceases, sensa-
tions merge, so that sound and sight, voice and vision are one.  The Neptune
ray carries both,  but undeveloped seers suffering from the involuntary fac-
ulty,  "see"  or "hear"  as it suits the entities which obtain admission  to
them through this ray.

   Horoscope NO.  3 shows the inimical influence of the nebulous spot in Leo
6,  the Ascelli,  on the sight.   This dangerous degree was rising at  birth
with the Moon in close conjunction,  and the Sun also in orb.   Saturn in 24
degrees of Libra is just within orb of a square to the Sun in Leo 0 degrees,
and as a result of these various afflictions the person is compelled to  use
bifocal glasses.  There is a compensating advantage, however; Neptune in el-
evation and trine to the Ascelli (with Sun, Moon and Ascendant in orb),  has
endowed him with spiritual sight over which he has perfect control,  as  the
student may readily see by examination of Mercury, the best fortified planet
in  the horoscope.   Saturn,  by sextile, from the sign of  his  exaltation,
gives steadiness,  persistence and concentration; Jupiter by trine from  the
house  he  rules  expands  the  mind,  makes  it  religiously  inclined  and

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benevolent;  Venus by sextile, adds kindliness and love of beauty.   Thus it
is  evident that in this horoscope the relation of Mercury and  its  octave,
Neptune,  to physical and spiritual expression of mind, is well illustrated.
Neptune is most highly elevated and Mercury is most strongly aspected.  Nei-
ther is afflicted, therefore he is not liable to hallucinations,  but weighs
his experiences in the scale of logic.   Compare this horoscope with that of
the poor young man afflicted by the Guardian of the Threshold (No. 2), where
Neptune is in the Twelfth House in conjunction with Mars,  and where Mercury
is afflicted by the opposition of Saturn, all from Cardinal signs;  contrast
of the two figures will bring out some fine points.

   In horoscope No.  5 we see the Moon in the Sixth House,  about three  de-
grees from Antares,  and Saturn is in the Twelfth House within 4 degrees  of
an opposition to Antares, about 7 degrees from exact opposition to the Moon;
thus  his natal influence was minimized.  Had the opposition been  close  or
exact,  blindness from birth would have been inevitable,  but fortunately it
was a weak aspect and the vision was not seriously affected until the Sun by
progression  entered the Twelfth House,  passed the opposition to the  Moon,
then  opposition to Antares and arrived at conjunction with  Saturn.   These
points of contact in the horoscope marked crises in the disease of the eyes.
Saturn being the afflicter, the nerves and muscles crystallized until  sight

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of one eye was lost and the other eye is almost blind.   In November,  1912,
the Moon had progressed to the square of the Sun's place at birth.  That was
the final crisis which vivified the before-mentioned aspects.  Neptune makes
not aspect to the points of the Zodiac mentioned,  hence the spiritual sight
is deeply dormant.

Horoscope NO. 4 is the most afflicted of all; the Dragon's Tail, the Sun and
Antares are in conjunction.   That alone is sufficiently severe;  the condi-
tion is further aggravated,  however,  by a close square of Neptune and Mars
to the Sun,  and the affliction to the eyes is increased by a conjunction of
Saturn with the Pleiades which occurs in the Twelfth House.  Thus this horo-
scope shows the person when born to have very weak eyes,  and as a matter of
fact she can scarcely read even when holding book or paper a few inches from
the eyes and using a magnifying glass; but the square of Neptune to  Antares
has opened her spiritual senses to a certain extent so that she hears spirit
voices and at times has visions.   These manifestations,  being uncontrolled
by her,  are very unsatisfactory of course,  but prove the effect of Neptune
aspecting these points in the Zodiac.

                       THE DRAGON'S "HEAD" AND "TAIL":

   As  it  has often been a sore puzzle to students what are  the  "Dragon's
Head"  and "Tail" (called the Moon's nodes in the ephemeris), and why one is
supposed  to  be  good  and to further all that comes under its benefic ray,

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while  the  other is considered extremely evil, it may be well to  show  the
reasonableness of the philosophy.

   First,  let us say for the information of students not versed  in  astro-
nomical terms,  that "nodes" are points where a planet, traveling in its or-
bit,  crosses the Sun's path;  as for instance,  the earth does at the equi-
noxes.  This is explained from both the astronomical and mystic sides in our
SIMPLIFIED  SCIENTIFIC  ASTROLOGY,  and also the revolution  of  the  Moon's
Nodes.

   Speaking  from the convenient geocentric viewpoint,  the Sun crosses  its
eastern node each year at the vernal equinox, 50 seconds of space in advance
of the point where it crossed the previous year;  as the Sun travels 15  de-
grees  per  hour,  50 seconds of space are traversed in about 3  seconds  of
time.

   The Moon rises about 50 minutes later each night;  applying the same mea-
sure,  50  minutes of time correspond to about 3 minutes of space,  and  the
Moon's nodes recede just that much every day.

   Thus the Sun travels around the circle of the Zodiac in one year, but re-
quires  27 times as many thousands (27,000 years),  to complete the  preces-
sional circle of its nodes,  the equinoctial points.   the swift moving Moon
circles  the Zodiac in 27 days and its nodes make a full revolution in  1000
weeks or 19 years.  (These figures are only approximate.)

   In the case of the Sun the place where it crosses the earth's equator  in
the east is always regarded  as the first point of Aries, no matter where in

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the constellations it falls because of precession.   This procedure is  per-
fectly  justified because the life-giving qualities ascribed to the  Sun  in
Aries are observable as soon as it has crossed the equator;  then the  seeds
sprout,  the mating season commences and the whole creation seems stirred by
the solar ray to bring forth.  Therefore astrologers say that the Sun is ex-
alter in Aries,  and Aries is understood to be the first 30 degrees from the
equinoctial point, the eastern node of the Sun, where he crosses the equator
at the vernal equinox.

   On  the same principle the western node of the Sun,  the point  where  he
leaves  the northern hemisphere for the winter months,  is called the  first
point  of Libra,  and Saturn,  the planet of obstruction and suppression  is
here exalted;  he is the reaper with his scythe,  he mows down the fruits of
the solar ray, he suppresses life and joy, the gladsome voices of our feath-
ered friends are hushed in his presence, and the earth goes down to its win-
try grave under his withering influence.

   As  the Moon gathers and reflects the solar light upon earth,  this  bor-
rowed  light  is similar to the direct ray in certain  respects;  no  matter
where its eastern node (called the Dragon's Head),  falls in the signs,  the
effect upon affairs wherewith it is connected by conjunction is like that of
the Sun in Aries, which makes nature sing with joy; it furthers and acceler-
ates personal matters in a most beneficial manner, it so to speak,  oils the
wheels of life in the particular  department  where  it  is conjoined with a

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planet.   On the other hand,  the Moon's western node,  (called the Dragon's
Tail),  corresponds to Libra where Saturn is exalted and if  in  conjunction
with a planet it exerts an influence of suppression and obstruction  similar
in effect to the chill blasts of winter ushered in by the saturnine  exalta-
tion.

   Horoscope  No.  6 shows its part in breaking the femur (thigh bone) of  a
woman.   Its position in the Twelfth House indicates confinement; the square
of the Sun from the Midheaven is a further natal affliction.   In  December,
1908,  the full Moon was in exact conjunction,  and Jupiter,  ruler  of  the
Sixth  House  (which shows sickness),  was in exact square to  the  Dragon's
Tail, also in exact opposition to her Sun.  Thus indications of trouble were
many.   Sagittarius,  which has dominion over the hips and thighs,  occupies
the  Sixth House,  so the femur was broken when the lady slipped on  an  icy
pavement just outside her house.   No. 4 shows the Dragon's Tail in conjunc-
tion  with the Sun near the fixed star Antares which has an inimical  influ-
ence on the sight, and the poor woman who is thus afflicted is in great dan-
ger of blindness.

   The  Moon's nodes are tabulated in our SIMPLIFIED  SCIENTIFIC  EPHEMERIS,
the  position being given for every day; their places at birth are found  by
simple proportion,  and the diagram herewith will explain that these  points
are called the "Dragon's Head" and the "Dragon's Tail" because  the paths of

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the Sun and planets appear serpentine when drawn upon a plane surface.

                             DISEASE OF THE EARS:

   The  Twelfth House indicates the confining influences in  life.   Mercury
there  in conjunction with the Sun limits the spirit,  and deafness  hampers
its search after knowledge.   The same happens if Saturn,  Mars,  Uranus  or
Neptune afflict,  also when the mercurial signs, Gemini or Virgo, are on the
twelfth cusp and Mercury is afflicted,  (no matter where in the figure it is
placed).  We append horoscopes of people who are suffering from this malady;
No.  7  is the horoscope of a woman who is gradually  losing  here  hearing.
Mercury,  Venus and the Sun are in close conjunction in Pisces,  the twelfth
sign,  which is in the Twelfth House.  Blood,  lymph and the invisible vital
fluid, called "nerve force" by science, are the builders of our bodies; each
planet,  except  Uranus and Neptune,  has dominion over one  of  their  con-
stituent parts.

MERCURY rules the nerves, particularly the cerebrospinal system, and the in-
visible rose colored vital fluid which flows in the visible nerve sheath.

THE  MOON also rules the nerves in a general way,  but has special  dominion
over the nerve sheaths of the body, the sympathetic system and the lymph.

JUPITER governs the arterial circulation.

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VENUS rules the venous blood.

MARS rules the iron in the blood.

THE SUN rules the oxygen.

SATURN  has dominion over the mineral deposits carried by the  blood,  which
causes the arteries and other parts of the body to harden.

   When a planet is in very close conjunction to the Sun,  three degrees  or
less,  it is said to be combust; its ray is,  so to speak,  burned up in the
terrific heat of the Sun,  and thus the afflicted planet is unable to  prop-
erly exercise its function in the life of persons born under that configura-
tion.   It is also evident that as the weakest link of a chain is the  first
to give, so the disability would show itself in a part of the body otherwise
afflicted.

   Horoscope No.  7 has both Venus and Mercury combust in the Twelfth House;
we  may  therefore  conclude that there is a lack of nerve  force  or  vital
fluid,  and that the venous circulation of the ear is obstructed.  Thus con-
gestion is inevitable,  and the hearing becomes less and less acute.   Oste-
opathy  is excellently equipped to deal successfully with a case like  this;
were  the  configuration in a fixed sign we might not feel  optimistic,  but
flexibility is the salient characteristic of the common signs,  so we see no
reason why with patience and perseverance a cure may not be consummated.

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   As  said,  Saturn rules the earthly mineral matter carried by our  blood;
from this the bony structure is formed,  also concretions in the softer tis-
sues.  Therefore the skeleton is also under the dominion of Saturn.

   In horoscope No. 8, the auditory disability comes through the fixed signs
Leo  and Scorpio;  this makes it more difficult to remedy,  particularly  as
Saturn  is  the afflicter and throws his malefic ray upon  Mercury  from  an
angle.   Science thought at one time that the tympanum was the only,  or  at
least the main factor in hearing,  but realizes now that as much or more de-
pends upon the bony structure.   It is the nature of Saturn to obstruct  and
as  Scorpio rules the organs of Saturn to obstruct and as Scorpio rules  the
organs of excretion,  we may easily see that this important function is  im-
paired,  and that waste products have difficulty in passing kidneys and  co-
lon.  The whole system becomes clogged in consequence, and as Mercury in the
Twelfth  House marks the ears as weak, it is only natural that the  auditory
nerve  becomes  clogged  and the bony parts of the ear grow  denser  in  the
course of time.

   Sour milk or buttermilk has a particularly wholesome influence in  clear-
ing up a clogged system.  Many people rebel against the use of milk in quan-
tity  because of an idea that it aggravates constipation:   that is true  in
the beginning,  but after a short time the system will accommodate itself to
the diet,  which will be then found superlatively cleansing,  wholesome  and
nutritious.   Greens and fruits will also aid a person afflicted as in horo-
scope No. 8 to eliminate the waste and effect a cure in time.

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                         DISEASE OF THE VOCAL ORGANS:

   Among  the  subjects germane to thorough knowledge of Astrology  are  the
similar  effects of intrinsically opposite factors;  Saturn is called  evil,
and Jupiter good, but when Saturn is well fortified in a horoscope it has an
exceedingly desirable effect,  and an afflicted Jupiter is the very  reverse
of  beneficial.   Thus there is a good side to each so-called "evil"  plant,
and every "good" planet has also an undesirable phase.  The signs of the Zo-
diac are said to rule certain parts of the body, but each sign has also sub-
sidiary  dominion  over the part ruled by its opposite sign;  affliction  of
Gemini may cause bronchitis, or weaken the arms and shoulders, but sciatica,
a  Sagittarius disease,  may also result.  Taurus rules the throat;  it  has
great  sympathy  with Scorpio,  the sign that rules the  generative  organs,
hence  we  note  the change of voice in boys at the time  of  puberty;  also
woman,  when she forsakes the path of chastity and lives a life  of  debauch
acquires a coarser voice.  Taurus rules the larynx,  but Mercury governs the
air  which stirs the vocal chords to vibration;  thus organic affliction  is
indicated by affliction of Taurus and Scorpio,  but functional disability by
the  position  and aspect of Mercury.  There is a similar  relation  between
Taurus  (ruling the vocal organs) and Mercury (ruling the air  which  passes
through the larynx) as between instrument and player.

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If  Taurus (and Scorpio) are unafflicted the vocal organ is in  good  condi-
tion,  but an afflicted Mercury may nevertheless cause a functional disorder
of the speech.   The reverse may also happen, namely,  that a well fortified
Mercury partially overrides the effect of a Taurus affliction.  This is well
exemplified  in horoscope No.  9;  Saturn, Neptune and the Sun conjoined  in
Taurus cause a throat affection, but Mercury is in a sign of voice,  Gemini,
(Libra  and Aquarius are the other signs of voice) and in  conjunction  with
Jupiter.   The woman suffers constantly from throat trouble,  but as a  good
musician draws melody from a dilapidated instrument,  so,  by the aid of her
well placed Mercury,  this woman is able to express herself better than many
whose vocal organs are sound; in fact, she teaches elocution.

   Horoscope No.  3 has a singularly well fortified Mercury; there is no af-
fliction  to Taurus or Scorpio,  and the gentleman has a powerful voice  ca-
pable of filling the largest halls without effort,  yet not too loud for the
smallest; but Mercury in Leo, a bestial sign, and Saturn in Libra, a sign of
voice,  are obstructive of perfect vocalization, therefore the gentleman has
at times a certain halt or hesitancy of speech.

   It  follows  as a matter of course that disabilities of speech  are  more
easily remedied that those that are organic; patience, practice of vocal and
breathing exercises such as teachers of voice culture give,  (these are  en-
tirely different from the dangerous Hindu breathing  exercises)  are  almost

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sure to restore normal conditions.

   Horoscopes Nos.  9,  10, and 11 have Saturn and Neptune conjoined in Tau-
rus;  as a consequence all have throat trouble,  and also a disorder of  the
genital organs.   Nos.  10 and 11 have both undergone operations for removal
of certain parts, and Mercury in Scorpio centers the thoughts of No. 10 upon
sex,  causing intense torture,  as it is impossible to gratify the  craving.
Saturn in a fixed sign is certainly a sore afflicter,  the reaper of  fruits
from  a  past life,  and if there is to be any solace it must  come  through
knowledge of the cause, prayer, and the patience engendered thereby.

                            DISORDERS OF THE MIND:

   Before closing discussion of maladies peculiar to the head,  mention must
be made of insanity, though the underlying causes can only be hinted at in a
work  of  this  kind;  but  the  student  is  referred  to  THE  ROSICRUCIAN
COSMO-CONCEPTION for a thorough explanation,  and a key to the  astrological
correspondences.  Here we only give the essential facts.

   The  brain and larynx were first built by the angelic host from the  Moon
(Luna),  who used part of the sex force for that purpose, hence the intimate
connection between these organs.  "Lunacy" is often induced by misuse of the
sex force, and "lunatics" frequently have a flaw in  the  speech.  When boys

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reach puberty the voice changes;  the speech of a fast woman becomes coarse,
and degenerate men acquire effeminate voices.   In Italy singers anxious  to
cultivate high tenor voices have become eunuchs to achieve their purpose.

   Into the system thus built by the lunar host under Jehovah,  rebel Angels
led by Lucifer,  the Spirit of Mars,  insinuated themselves,  and inculcated
passion,  sex abuse and rebellion against the rulership of the Angels of Je-
hovah.   To offset their influence our Elder Brothers from Mercury were com-
missioned  to  foster reason that many may in time learn to  guide  himself.
All the great Hierarchies work in our bodies constantly,  but the three men-
tioned have particular dominion over sex and sense;  each invests one of the
three  segments of the spinal cord.   The sublimely spiritual  hierarchy  of
Neptune  works  in  the  spinal canal  and  cerebral  ventricles  to  awaken
spiritual senses, which when evolved, enable the imprisoned spirit to pierce
the  veil of flesh and contact super-physical realms.   The Lucifer  Spirits
dominate the left cerebral hemisphere,  which will come into activity in the
future  and elevate mankind to a higher, nobler plane of life,  give us  the
power over the lower nature and make us Christlike.   The lunar Angels  hold
sway  in  the cerebellum which is the instrument of coordination.   In  this
veritable "Tree of Knowledge"  the fight is fought between forces which make
for emancipation of man and agencies which aim  to  keep  him  dependent, as

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explained  in  Rosicrucian Christianity Series,  Lecture No.  14,  "Lucifer,
Tempter or Benefactor?"

   Such are the teachings which explain the deep reason back of astrological
dicta,  and any qualified seer may easily perceibe the various  agencies  at
work in the human body; such are few, however,  and the student of Astrology
has  reason  to  thank God day by day for the blessed science  which  is  of
greater benefit than any measure of spiritual sight.  Though the writers are
firm  believers in the law of compensation which gives to each exactly  what
he  has earned,  neither more nor less,  we cannot free ourselves  from  the
feeling  that our measure of spiritual faculties has been heaped and  shaken
down.  We feel very, very grateful for the privilege and added usefulness in
service which this gives us.  Nevertheless, were the alternatives placed be-
fore us involving choice between loss of spiritual faculties and loss of our
knowledge  of Astrology,  we should not hesitate one moment,  but decide  at
once in favor of our beloved science, neither ought this surprise anyone who
will give the matter a moment's thought.   It is true that spiritual  sight,
even  in its rudimentary form enables us to see the condition of  the  human
body to the minutest detail, and thus affords a much easier means of diagno-
sis  than Astrology,  but though it penetrates to the innermost core of  the
bone,  mere clairvoyance is superficial compared to Astrology for  it  shows
only present conditions of the body.  To  find  the  causes  which led up to

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that  state and judge of future tendencies,  it is necessary to consult  the
memory  of nature.   We should have to do that personally,  and  this,  time
would not permit,  as were are handling hundreds of cases,  but a simple as-
trological figure, which we may commission one of our students to case,  re-
veals as much at a glance.  There are delineated the causes of mental, moral
and physical disorders; it shows accurately the stages that have been passed
and  the crises yet to come.   It also indicates the direction from which  a
remedy  may be looked for and the most favorable time for administering  the
same.   It helps people Here and Now, and the astrologer who lives up to his
privilege  has a mission so high and so holy that the office of  priest  (in
the esoteric sense) pales into insignificance by comparison.  Let the aspir-
ant to this great knowledge remember that he stands upon holier ground  that
Moses before the burning bush,  when he looks at a horoscope.   Through that
circle symbol of infinity an immortal soul is laid bare,  and woe to him who
dares to look with profane gaze,  for no matter how that soul may have  been
smirched in its pilgrimage through matter, it is essentially divine and dear
the Father,  yea,  perhaps even more precious, than the righteous who do not
need mercy and compassion.   This has been somewhat of a digression,  but we
have no apologies to offer,  for we preach Astrology as a religion and  feel
the necessity of emphasizing this phase in season and out,  if  by any means

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we  may inculcate in others the reverence which we ourselves feel  for  this
divine science.

   Returning to the astrological consideration of insanity,  and in view  of
what has been said we may note that the horoscope shows how,  in the  spinal
canal,  rays of the various hierarchies blend,  and Astrology tabulates  the
resultant mental conditions as follows:

   People  are  not congenitally affected, who have cardinal  signs  rising,
particularly if cardinal or fixed signs also invest the Midheaven and Nadir,
rarely  become  insane.   The active nature forbids  morbid  tendencies  and
blues,  disappointment is quickly thrown off and hope springs eternal in the
cardinal breast urging to renewed struggle with conditions.  It is said that
the  exception  proves  the rule,  and when Capricorn  rises  the  saturnine
rulership  gives  a tendency to melancholy which under  certain  aggravating
circumstances may provoke suicide,  particularly when the ruler is cooped up
in the Eighth House, as we see in horoscope No. 12.   Virgo,  a common sign,
devoid of stamina,  holds the Sun, Saturn, Venus, and the Moon in this,  the
house of death; this robs the person of joy in life and impels him to end it
under stress of sorrow.   Knowledge on the part of an astrologer friend  has
so far forestalled the calamity, and it is hoped, may save the poor man from
committing so grave a crime.

   When a Fixed sign rises at birth of a normal child,  chances of  insanity
in  later life are so exceedingly remote as to be almost  negligible,  espe-
cially if a Fixed and Cardinal sign is also on the Midheaven.

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