Filename: RC2013.TXT
Source: "The Message of the Stars" 
         by Max & Augusta Foss heindel

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In our extended practice,  we know of no exception;  the rigid,  set and in-
flexible  nature  of  the Fixed signs seems to protect the  mind  under  all
exigencies of stress.

   It  therefore follows that the mentally unbalanced come principally  from
those born with Common signs on the angles.   The intrinsic nature of  these
signs  if FLEXIBILITY;  as a reed in the wind people under these  signs  are
swayed hither and thither by circumstances; they have no stamina or  stabil-
ity,  and take reverses much to heart,  while they last.   Sorrow  seems  to
overwhelm them and balance is easily lost.

   It  is a distinctive feature of the Rosicrucian teachings that pupils  in
the Western world must be given every dictum,  so as to forestall  criticism
as much as possible,  for it retards development every time it is  indulged.
The  Rosicrucian  teachings therefore aim to forestall  questions  at  every
point  by giving reasons for every dictum, so that the critical mind may  be
weaned  away from this attitude.   We are ardently looking for the  day  and
reign of Christ, the Friend of man; we do not know when He comes we shall be
like Him.  Adverse criticism and skepticism were not traits of His character
and any things that will aid to eradicate these undesirable  characteristics
hastens the glad day of UNIVERSAL FRIENDSHIP.

   The reason has been given in SIMPLIFIED SCIENCE ASTROLOGY why the  Ascen-
dant  rules  the  body as a whole;  it (or its opposite) is the place of the

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Moon at conception.   In the Bible angels are mentioned as heralds of  birth
and  their lunar home is the focus whence the spirits enter our  terrestrial
sphere on their return to physical life.  They fashion the etheric mould for
our present instrument,  and direct the growth of the fetus.   Therefore the
Ascendant  and the Moon show the organic disabilities which lead  to  mental
disorder.   The congenital idiocy resulting from lack of  proper  adjustment
between  the  vital body and the physical vehicle has  been  thoroughly  de-
scribed in the ROSICRUCIAN COSMO-CONCEPTION,  together with causes producing
the same during prenatal life.  Astrologically this condition is produced by
an affliction of the Ascendant, that is to say,  the Moon's place at concep-
tion,  which  throws  the angle of the stellar ray out of  parallax  to  the
mother's  body and the physical vehicle is built in such a manner  that  the
head  of the vital body is several inches above the skull.   Thus the  nerve
centers are askew,  preventing the ego from properly controlling its instru-
ment.  This is one of the configuration which produce idiocy and St.  Vitus'
dance.  Uranus and Neptune are especially concerned in producing this latter
phenomenon.

   Saturn is the cause of melancholy and depression.   Mars and Uranus  pro-
duce the muscular and violent forms of insanity.   Horoscopes 13 and 14  il-
lustrate these peculiarities.   No. 13 also shows the connection between pu-
berty  and  the  mental  state.   Gemini is rising,  with  Taurus  and  Mars
intercepted in the Six and Twelfth  Houses, from  whence  come  disease  and

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confinement.   The Moon is in Taurus, which rules the larynx; she is in con-
junction  with  Neptune,  square to Mercury, and Mars is in  Scorpio,  which
rules the generative organs.  There we have at once the tendencies to a dis-
ease,  which further accentuated by the fact that Neptune in Taurus  squares
the Sun in Leo,  and Leo has rule over the heart, and is the prime factor in
circulation  upon which the life of the body depends;  thus  the  threatened
illness may be set down to trouble with the blood, produced by a nervous af-
fection.   Puberty occurs at the time when the Moon is in the opposite quar-
ter from its place at birth.   She entered Scorpio,  the opposite of  Taurus
which held her at birth,  at the time when the child was nearly twelve years
of age.   Up to that time the little girl had been bright,  but the conjunc-
tion  with  Mars in Scorpio precipitated the period and robbed  the  growing
child of vitality sorely needed at that time.  The initial periods were few,
but left her depleted of strength to withstand the square to Mercury and the
opposition of the Moon to its radical place.  (The radical place of a planet
is its position at birth.)  This affliction of Mercury,  the ruler,  by Moon
at  birth,  was thus excited and insanity showed itself in consequence.   As
the affliction comes from fixed signs, we may judge it will be impossible to
overcome, and the best that can be done for the poor soul is to pray for the
day of its release, that it may have a better chance in a future embodiment.

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    No.  14 is the horoscope of a young man.   The common sign,  Gemini,  is
rising, the ruler, Mercury, is in the Eighth House, the house of death,  and
Uranus  and the Moon are in opposition to Mercury.   This configuration,  is
similar to that of No. 12, and has the same significance,  namely,  suicidal
tendencies under nervous strain, and this augur is all the more dangerous as
it  comes from fixed signs.   Mars and Neptune in Taurus give a  desire  for
drink  and the Sun in a watery sign accentuates this tendency.   Under  such
circumstances the man has several times tried to end his life in a most  ex-
traordinary  manner.   Jupiter and Sagittarius, square to Saturn in  Pisces,
increases  the  looseness of his morals and makes him  dishonest.   He  will
forge  and steal in order to satisfy his passion and craving for  drink  and
questionable society.   Leo on the Second House with Uranus and the Moon  in
close conjunction, shows that he spends what he gets in dissolute living.

   There is one redeeming feature in the horoscope:   Venus in the Midheaven
sextile  to his ruler,  and trine to the Moon.   He has energy and  artistic
ability which,  it is hoped, may in time rouse the better qualities and make
him a man.  But again we reiterate that with the affliction from fixed signs
the obstacle is almost insurmountable.

   In conclusion the student's attention is directed to the Third and  Ninth
Houses, which will also have an influence  on the mind.  Planets therein act

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according to the intrinsic nature expressed in the key word of each.

                             PULMONARY DISEASES:

   Horoscope  No.  15 is the chart of a woman who,  among other things,  was
afflicted with pulmonary trouble.

   Virgo is rising and Mercury,  the ruler, is trine at birth,  but unfortu-
nately  he  is combust,  a term which has been previously explained  as  the
meaning  that the heat of the Sun burns up the ray of any planet placed  too
close thereto.   The disease was not congenital however,  although the  Moon
was square to the Ascendant.  But Virgo people, we have seen,  are extremely
fond of being sick.  When once they have had a little pain, they magnify and
nurse  it  and are loath to let it go.   The square of Neptune in  Aries  to
Uranus caused St.  Vitus' dance at about the age of four years when the Moon
reached the conjunction of Saturn (which is 21:15 Capricorn) and the opposi-
tion to Uranus.  This was the beginning of her illness.   She afterwards re-
garded herself as an invalid and nursed sickness.   Saturn in opposition  to
Jupiter  added to the trouble by restricting the arterial  circulation.   At
the  time  of puberty the Moon was in Gemini in opposition to its  place  at
birth.  This excited the above mentioned square between the radical Moon and
the Ascendant;  it also caused the periods to be irregular and  troublesome.
The  blood must have an outlet and the square of Neptune to Jupiter in  Can-
cer, which rules the stomach, causes hemorrhages  when  the  Moon  came into

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conjunction  with  the Dragon's Tail in Sagittarius (the  opposite  sign  to
Gemini), and the radical square of the Ascendant and the Moon were again ex-
cited.  Then also the lungs became affected.  In April, 1909, the progressed
Moon squared the natal positions of Saturn, Jupiter,  and Uranus.   This in-
imical force from the house of death, the Eighth, ended the life.

   As  we feel that this cannot be reiterated too often,  we repeat our  in-
junction to students never to let a patient know that there is any danger or
that there is a crisis ahead.  Particularly, please remember,  PARTICULARLY,
if it is a Virgo, for he has no chance at all if he knows what is coming.

   Horoscope  No.  16 shows the natal configuration of an  actress.   Sagit-
tarius is rising; Jupiter and the Moon are in close conjunction in Gemini, a
mercurial sign, and are supported by a trine of the Sun; thus she had a most
healthy constitution at birth, so far as the lung power is concerned.   Mars
and  Mercury are also in an airy sign,  giving energy to respiration and  it
thus seems as though this person were singularly well fortified against pul-
monary trouble.   But Saturn, Neptune and the Dragon's Tail in Taurus in the
Sixth House, give a tendency to colds and contraction of the throat.  Uranus
in  Virgo produces convulsive movements of the diaphragm and  abdominal  re-
gion;  he is square to Jupiter and the Moon, and thus we see how graphically
the  stellar  script  pictures  the  tendency  to  convulsive  coughing  and

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hemorrhages  which  nearly brought the young woman to an  early  grave  when
Mars,  by  progression,  came  into conjunction with  the  radical  Sun  and
vivified  the  square to Saturn.   We rejoice to say that the  good  aspects
first mentioned enabled the young woman to weather the storm;  but close at-
tention  to diet,  regular living and above all absolute continence are  re-
quired to regain full physical strength,  for there is much evidence to show
that  license  played  an important part in reducing  the  life  forces  and
robbing her of the needed strength at the critical period.

                           DISEASES OF THE STOMACH:

   Horoscope No.  17 presents a number of diseases,  but all have their root
in an insatiable appetite fostered by the fact that the person is a  profes-
sional chef.   Venus in Taurus gives discrimination in food, and the sextile
to Mercury in Cancer causes the mind to run in the direction of preparations
wherewith  to tickle the palate.   But the Moon being ruler of  Cancer,  the
rising   sign,   which   has  dominion  over   the   stomach,   shows   that
over-indulgences  of the appetite will result disastrously.   The  distended
stomach presses upon the heart, of which the Sun, our life-giver,  is ruler.
This planet is in Gemini, the sign which has dominion over the lungs, square
to  Mars in Pisces.   Mars rules the iron in the blood and the Sun gives  us
oxygen,  thus this square shows that the blood will lack in the  life-giving
element.  The conjunction of the Sun with Uranus in  Gemini  produces  spas-

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modic motion of the lungs and labored inspiration to  obtain sufficient oxy-
gen  wherewith to supply the system; thus we have the condition called asth-
ma. Saturn  and Jupiter are in Virgo which rules the abdomen,  square to the
Sun and  Uranus  in  Gemini, showing a lack of circulation and a tendency to
ulcerous growths, and there is a general lack of nutrition in the whole sys-
tem because of the great energy required to eliminate waste from  the  enor-
mous quantities of food which this person  consumes.  Sad  to  say, however,
persons in  that occupation protest that they cannot help tasting,  and that
in spite of  all ills they must eat to excess.  It were wiser of course,  to
see  another profession and train the system to moderation.

   In  horoscope No.  18 we have the natal configurations of  another  chef;
they are similar to those delineated in No.  17.   Cancer,  the sign of  the
stomach,  is rising, with Mars and the Sun close to the Ascendant;  thus the
forces  of this individual will be directed principally toward the  stomach,
and the opposition of the Moon shows disastrous results which eventually re-
sulted  from gratifying his ravenous appetite.  The Sun is life and  motion,
Mars is dynamic energy,  and the excessive activity centered in the  stomach
to take care of digestion causes this organ to be inflamed.  Nature is not a
jerry-builder;  she builds substantially and well, or our bodies could never
stand  the  abuse  we  give them as well as they do, but even the healthiest

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organism must give way in time under such dreadful strain.   As indicated by
the Sun and Mars, an ulcer developed from the internal heat, ate through the
stomach and relieved the poor soul of its misused body.   Neptune in Taurus,
the sign of the palate, was of course also a contributing factor.  It is not
to be supposed however, that anyone who has Cancer rising or many planets in
Cancer,  is necessarily going to die of the disease to which that  name  has
been given,  but it would be the part of wisdom to train children with  such
conditions to abstain from overeating,  for it is a truism that more  people
die from overeating than from starvation.

                            DISEASES OF THE HEART:

   As the heart is the seat of physical life,  it natural ruler is the  Sun.
The solar sign is Leo.  But it is a mistake to think that palpitation of the
heart is necessarily shown by an affliction to the sign Leo.  Indeed,  there
are  many cases where overindulgence of the appetite indicated by  the  sign
Cancer distends the stomach, which presses upon the heart producing what the
person then believes to be heart trouble.   This was the case in  horoscopes
Nos.  17 and 18; both believed their heart trouble to be the primal cause of
the  illness under which they were suffering,  while in reality it was  only
one of the effects.

   But No.  3 shows a case of organic weakness of the heart.   The Sun is at
home in the fixed sign  Leo  and  receives  a square from Saturn the reaper;

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thus  it is evident that the heart was a weak link in the  constitution  and
would  cause  trouble  in time,  unless care was  taken.   Unfortunately  of
course, parents knew less about Astrology a generation ago than today,  when
the  science is coming to the fore.  The energy of which this  horoscope  is
full, was allowed to spend itself unrestrained with no thought given to com-
ing disaster.

   Venus  and Jupiter,  the planets ruling the venous and arterial  circula-
tion, are in opposition.  Venus is in Gemini the sign of the lungs, and when
the Sun progressed to the square of Venus'  radical place,  and Uranus tran-
sited the Sixth House,  illness began; breathing became labored as indicated
by the square of the life-giver to the lungs.   Uranus in opposition to  his
natal place in Cancer produced the convulsive movement known as the  stomach
cough,  and thus for years this illness robbed the man of vital energy;  but
these afflictions passed and because of attention to right living the system
has been left none the worse for the experience.  Moreover, the suffering of
the soul has resulted in growth that he might not otherwise have obtained.

   Horoscope  No.  19  shows another case of heart  disease.   The  Sun  and
Neptune are conjunct in the Eighth House,  in opposition to Mars.   As  this
conjunction is in the sign Gemini and in the house of death,  it is easy  to
see the portent.  The dynamic energy of Mars tears everything to pieces, ac-
celerates motion, causes palpitation etc.  The  Sun  and  Neptune  in Gemini

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shows a likelihood of a hemorrhage of the lungs,  resulting from over activ-
ity of the heart.  The Moon and Saturn in Leo show the obstructed passage of
the  blood,  for the keynote of Saturn is obstruction and retardation:  thus
the  valves  of the heart become leaky and the backward flow  of  the  blood
called regurgitation takes place.

   Leo also rules the spinal cord and malefic configurations there may  pro-
duce hunchback and kindred disabilities.

   Horoscope  No.  20  is the figure of a beautiful  boy,  well  formed  and
healthy, who became afflicted with curvature of the spine.  Here we find the
Moon in conjunction with the Dragon's Tail in the Twelfth House,  square  to
Saturn  and Uranus in Scorpio.   At five and one half years of age the  Moon
had progressed to the square of its own place; this and the conjunction with
Saturn  and Uranus in Scorpio,  brought on his affliction.   After  enduring
eight years of torture he died,  having been taken from one free  dispensary
to another and used by the doctors to practice on.   Each doctor tried  anew
cure.   He was plaster casts for years but to no purpose.   The  mothers  is
represented by Neptune in conjunction with Mars,  careless and of  dissolute
habits;  she was glad of the opportunity to place the boy anywhere in  order
to shirk the responsibility of caring for him.   The boy died when the  Moon
had progressed to an opposition of its own place; it was also then in square
to Uranus and Saturn.

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                           DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS:

   The  kidneys are ruled by Libra and Scorpio both.   That is to  say,  the
functional activity of secretion of urine comes from Libra,  but the bladder
and urethra through which elimination takes place are ruled by Scorpio.  Re-
nal stones and gravel would result from an affliction to Libra, for they are
formed int he peduncle of the kidneys.  These would also result from an  af-
fliction to Scorpio,  causing faulty elimination and consequent retention of
calcareous matter in the system.  Diseases of the ureters are under Libra.

   Horoscopes Nos.  3 and 21 are examples of how the stars indicate diseases
of the kidneys.   In both cases Saturn is in or near an angle and square  to
the Sun, and in his sign of exaltation.  Libra, which rules the kidneys,  is
also elevated.   This latter point may not be apparent to beginners who look
at No.  3 and find Saturn, as they would say, DOWN in the Fourth House,  but
the nadir of the birth place in Midheaven or Zenith of an opposite point  on
earth,  and  planets at either of these points are found to  have  an  added
power.

   In the two examples mentioned,  Saturn,  the planet of obstruction,  pre-
vents  secretion  of urine but does not interfere with elimination  of  that
which has been secreted.   But in horoscope No. 8 where he is posited in the
sign Scorpio square to Mercury, we have a case where the formation of gravel
and renal stones is shown to result from incomplete  elimination.  A  person

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with  such a configuration ought to be extremely careful not to  drink  hard
water,  for this may cause a painful ailment.  Only filtered water should be
used for purposes of cooking and drinking.  Sour milk,  buttermilk and grape
juice are great solvents.  We may further to say that to boil water will not
soften it,  and the fur which gathers in the tea kettle where hard water has
been boiled is no evidence to the contrary, for that scaly formation was ob-
tained from the water which evaporated;  what remains in the kettle for  use
is as hard as ever.

   In horoscope No. 7 we find Saturn in Scorpio square to Mars.  Saturn pro-
duces the obstruction of the blood known as hemorrhoids, and the dynamic en-
ergy of Mars causes rupture of the congested places,  thus we have the pain-
ful  bleeding  well  known  to so many sufferers.   As  a  secondary  result
constipation  adds to the malady,  because persons afflicted with the  first
named disease shrink from the added pain of the stool, and do not respond to
nature's call.   A prolonged rest seems to be the only physical means  which
is really effective.   Nature however, will be very much aided by proper os-
teopathic manipulations, and a diet consisting principally of milk.

                       ACCIDENTS TO HIPS AND ARMS:

   Sagittarius rising,  or in the Sixth or Twelfth House is responsible  for
broken bones and accidents.   Under the chapter on the Dragon's Tail we  saw
how the person described in horoscope No. 6 fell upon  the ice and broke her

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hip.   No.  21 has even stronger indications of accidents and  probably  the
life will end in an untoward manner.   Sagittarius is rising,  Saturn is ex-
alted in the Midheaven exactly square to the Sun, and Neptune is elevated at
the  nadir also squaring the Moon; thus both luminaries are  afflicted.   As
the  Sun  is lord of the house of death these auguries presage  an  untimely
end.   The only hope lies in the sextile of Jupiter to the Sun  which  gives
hair-breadth  escapes.   This man's life has been jeopardized many times  in
railroad wrecks,  automobile accidents,  etc., but although he has thus been
near  the gate of death many times,  the benefic ray of Jupiter has  so  far
preserved his life and no bones have yet been broken.   The woman  described
in horoscope No.  22 has not been so fortunate;  her arms and legs have been
accidentally broken several times,  for Mars and the Moon are in Sagittarius
in the  Twelfth House,  also in opposition to Jupiter.   The Sun and Mercury
are  in  the  Eighth House in opposition to Neptune and  these  planets  are
square the first mentioned positions.  Saturn, her ruler, is square to Venus
so that she attracts accidents and never escapes being hurt.

                            DISEASES OF THE LIMBS:

   In horoscope No.  7 we find Mars in Aquarius square to Saturn,  and  from
this  affliction it is evident that there is an obstruction of the blood  in
the lower limbs, which produces varicose veins.  Horoscope No. 17 shows Mars

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in the sign Pisces in opposition to Saturn and Jupiter.  It is the nature of
Saturn to obstruct, and his conjunction with Jupiter shows that the circula-
tion is poor.   Mars in Pisces produces heat,  inflammation and swelling  of
the  feet,  because of the stagnated blood.   We have already seen that  the
person there described is gluttonously inclined, and therefore it is no won-
der that stagnation of the blood produces such painful afflictions as  indi-
cated by these configurations.  The remedy of course if self-evident;  it is
moderation.

                               CHART #1:

HOUSE CUSPS:                          PLANETS:

ASC: 6:07 VIRGO     SUN: 24:47 VIRGO            SATURN: 15:27 SCORPIO
MC:  0 GEMINI       MOON: 24:32 CAPRICORN       URANUS: 21:29 SCORPIO
11H: 6 CANCER       MERCURY: 20:28 LIBRA        NEPTUNE: 20:18 GEMINI
12H: 9 LEO          VENUS: 13:09 LIBRA          DRAGON'S TAIL: 22:44 LEO
2H:  28 VIRGO       MARS: 17:03 GEMINI
3H:  26 LIBRA       JUPITER: 27:40 LEO


                               CHART #2:

HOUSE CUSPS:                          PLANETS:

ASC: 20:36 GEMINI   SUN: 14:00 ARIES            SATURN: 9:06R LIBRA
MC:  24 AQUARIUS    MOON: 9:55 SCORPIO          URANUS: 9:44R SCORPIO
11H: 25 PISCES      MERCURY: 9:45R ARIES        NEPTUNE: 9:04 GEMINI
12H: 7 TAURUS       VENUS: 6:30 ARIES
2H:  10 CANCER      MARS: 3:56 GEMINI
3H:  0 LEO          JUPITER: 2:03 TAURUS

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                                CHART #3:

HOUSE CUSPS:                          PLANETS:

ASC: 6:41 LEO       SUN: 0:14 LEO                SATURN: 24:07 LIBRA
MC: 10 ARIES        MOON: 4:54 LEO               URANUS: 1:36 CANCER
11H: 21 TAURUS      MERCURY: 20:58 LEO           NEPTUNE: 10:35R ARIES
12H: 5 CANCER       VENUS: 14:44 GEMINI          DRAGON'S HEAD: 25:27 LIBRA
2H: 21 LEO          MARS: 5:53 VIRGO             PART OF FORTUNE: 11:31 LEO
3H: 12 VIRGO        JUPITER: 20:03R SAGITTARIUS

                                CHART #4:

HOUSE CUSPS:                          PLANETS:

ASC: 2:41 GEMINI    SUN: 10:25 SAGITTARIUS       SATURN: 27:22R TAURUS
MC: 9 AQUARIUS      MOON: 10:08 CAPRICORN        URANUS: 9:27R TAURUS
11H: 7 PISCES       MERCURY: 16:13R SAGITTARIUS  DRAGON'S TAIL: 10:24
12H: 16 ARIES       VENUS: 26:50 CAPRICORN                      SAGITTARIUS
2H: 26 GEMINI       MARS: 6:48 VIRGO
3H: 17 CANCER       JUPITER: 0:10 SAGITTARIUS

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                                CHART #5:

HOUSE CUSPS:                        PLANETS:

ASC: 26:20 GEMINI   SUN: 16:10 ARIES           SATURN: 11:42 GEMINI
MC: 10 PISCES       MOON: 4:53 SAGITTARIUS     URANUS: 14:58 TAURUS
11H: 13 ARIES       MERCURY: 18:50 PISCES      NEPTUNE: 16:48 PISCES
12H: 21 TAURUS      VENUS: 13:17 TAURUS        PROGRESSED SUN: 11:28
2H: 19 CANCER       MARS: 16:56 ARIES                          GEMINI
3H: 12 LEO          JUPITER: 24:30 AQUARIUS    PROGRESSED MOON: 16:30
                                                                CAPRICORN


                                CHART #6:

HOUSE CUSPS:                        PLANETS:

ASC: 4:49 CANCER    SUN: 12:30 PISCES          SATURN: 22:23R LIBRA
MC: 12 PISCES       MOON: 12:08 TAURUS         URANUS: 27:26 AQUARIUS 
11H: 9 ARIES        MERCURY: 24:44R PISCES     NEPTUNE: 2:54 AQUARIUS
12H: 28 TAURUS      VENUS: 25:45 CAPRICORN
2H: 24 CANCER       MARS: 5:25 CANCER
3H: 16 LEO          JUPITER: 3:45 GEMINI

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                                CHART #7:

HOUSE CUSPS:                        PLANETS:

ASC: 15:26 ARIES    SUN: 9:05 PISCES           SATURN: 12:16R SCORPIO
MC: 8 CAPRICORN     MOON: 28:07 LEO            URANUS: 29:36 GEMINI
11H: 0 AQUARIUS     MERCURY: 9:05 PISCES       NEPTUNE: 9:08 PISCES
12H: 29 AQUARIUS    VENUS: 10:36 PISCES        DRAGON'S HEAD: 13:39 ARIES
2H: 22 TAURUS       MARS: 10:12 AQUARIUS
3H: 17 GEMINI       JUPITER: 23:21 CAPRICORN

                               CHART #8:

HOUSE CUSPS:                       PLANETS:

ASC: 23:14 LEO      SUN: 19:45 CANCER          SATURN: 17:32R SCORPIO
MC: 17 TAURUS       MOON: 3:22 SAGITTARIUS     URANUS: 9:19 CANCER
11H: 21 GEMINI      MERCURY: 14:53 LEO         NEPTUNE: 15:05 ARIES
12H: 24 CANCER      VENUS: 29:36 GEMINI
2H: 16 VIRGO        MARS: 11:57 VIRGO
3H: 14 LIBRA        JUPITER: 7:09R PISCES

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                               CHART #9:

HOUSE CUSPS:                      PLANETS:

ASC: 21:10 SCORPIO  SUN: 22:50 TAURUS          SATURN: 16:36 TAURUS
MC: 12 VIRGO        MOON: 6:22 ARIES           URANUS: 14:27R VIRGO
11H: 12 LIBRA       MERCURY: 6:03 GEMINI       NEPTUNE: 16:31 TAURUS
12H: 7 SCORPIO      VENUS: 13:30 GEMINI
2H: 21 SAGITTARIUS  MARS: 2:45 LEO
3H: 2 AQUARIUS      JUPITER: 5:01 GEMINI

                              CHART #10:

HOUSE CUSPS:                      PLANETS:

ASC: 21:50 SAGITTARIUS   SUN: 18:33 LIBRA           SATURN: 10:34R TAURUS
MC: 15 LIBRA             MOON: 10:45 GEMINI         URNAUS: 16:17 VIRGO
11H: 11 SCORPIO          MERCURY: 12:34 SCORPIO     NEPTUNE: 15:53R TAURUS
12H: 2 SAGITTARIUS       VENUS: 17:05 VIRGO         DRAGON'S TAIL: 11:38
2H: 28 CAPRICORN         MARS: 7:38 CANCER                         GEMINI
3H: 9 PISCES             JUPITER: 25:04R TAURUS

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                            CHART #11:

HOUSE CUSPS:                      PLANETS:

ASC: 23:31 LIBRA      SUN: 9:80 TAURUS         SATURN: 14:51 TAURUS
MC: 28 CANCER         MOON: 2:19 LIBRA         URANUS: 14:38R SCORPIO
11H: 1 VIRGO          MERCURY: 6:45 TAURUS     NEPTUNE: 16:00 TAURUS
12H: 0 LIBRA          VENUS: 22:37 TAURUS      DRAGON'S HEAD: 1:02 
2H: 21 SCORPIO        MARS: 25:36 CANCER                      SAGITTARIUS
3H: 23 SAGITTARIUS    JUPITER: 1:25 GEMINI

                           CHART #12:

HOUSE CUSPS:                     PLANETS:

ASC: 14:52 CAPRICORN    SUN: 28:33 VIRGO           SATURN: 26:13 VIRGO
MC: 9 SCORPIO           MOON: 2:51 VIRGO           URANUS: 22:44 GEMINI
11H: 2 SAGITTARIUS      MERCURY: 21:40 LIBRA       NEPTUNE: 2:33R ARIES
12H: 23 SAGITTARIUS     VENUS: 8:27 VIRGO
2H: 27 AQUARIUS         MARS: 16:44R ARIES
3H: 8 ARIES             JUPITER: 4:45 LIBRA

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                              CHART #13:

HOUSE CUSPS:                      PLANETS:

ASC: 10:57 GEMINI      SUN: 29:02 LEO             SATURN: 18:04 CANCER
MC: 17 AQUARIUS        MOON: 21:36 TAURUS         URANUS: 5:43 LIBRA
11H: 17 PISCES         MERCURY: 19:05R LEO        NEPTUNE: 27:49 TAURUS
12H: 27 ARIES          VENUS: 3:01 LEO
2H: 3 CANCER           MARS: 0:08 SCORPIO
3H: 24 CANCER          JUPITER: 6:16 LIBRA

                              CHART #14:

ASC: 24:16 GEMINI       SUN: 17:47 PISCES           SATURN: 0:56 PISCES
MC: 18 ARIES            MOON: 20:02 LEO             URANUS: 16:46 LEO
11H: 14 TAURUS          MERCURY: 20:25 AQUARIUS     NEPTUNE: 1:09 TAURUS
12H: 5 GEMINI           VENUS: 26:25 ARIES
2H: 2 LEO               MARS: 6:43 TAURUS
3H: 13 VIRGO            JUPITER: 1:52 SAGITTARIUS

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                              CHART #15:

ASC: 3:33 VIRGO     SUN: 5:47 TAURUS           URANUS: 27:21 CANCER
MC: 29 TAURUS       MOON: 5:02 SAGITTARIUS     NEPTUNE: 24:14 ARIES
11H: 3 CANCER       MERCURY: 4:22R TAURUS      PROGRESSED SUN: 11 GEMINI
12H: 5 LEO          VENUS: 14:06 VENUS         PROGRESSED MOON: 20:29 ARIES
2H: 27 VIRGO        MARS: 11:11 TAURUS         PROGRESSED ASC: 2:37 LIBRA
3H: 25 LIBRA        JUPITER: 22:22 CANCER      PROGRESSED M.C.: 3 CANCER

                              CHART #16:

ASC: 1:44 SAGITTARIUS  SUN: 27:10 AQUARIUS       SATURN: 19:56 TAURUS
MC: 20 VIRGO           MOON: 18:50 GEMINI        URANUS: 22:18R VIRGO
11H: 19 LIBRA          MERCURY: 8:13R AQUARIUS   NEPTUNE: 16:10 TAURUS
12H: 12 SCORPIO        VENUS: 10:35 CAPRICORN
2H: 3 CAPRICORN        MARS: 10:22 AQUARIUS
3H: 12 AQUARIUS        JUPITER: 21:21 GEMINI

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                             CHART #17:

ASC: 28:47 CANCER     SUN: 22:54 GEMINI         SATURN: 16:26 VIRGO
MC: 5 ARIES           MOON: 20:47 CAPRICORN     URANUS: 16:43 GEMINI
11H: 13 TAURUS        MERCURY: 15:02 CANCER     NEPTUNE: 3:44 ARIES
12H: 25 GEMINI        VENUS: 10:39 TAURUS
2H: 15 LEO            MARS: 16:05 PISCES
3H: 6 VIRGO           JUPITER: 18:50 VIRGO

                             CHART #18:

ASC: 7:18 CANCER    SUN: 8:06 CANCER          SATURN: 13:16R AQUARIUS
MC: 4 PISCES        MOON: 12:22 CAPRICORN     URANUS: 5:35 LEO
11H: 7 ARIES        MERCURY: 9:40 LEO         NEPTUNE: 0:31 TAURUS
12H: 11 TAURUS      VENUS: 10:04 LEO
2H: 23 CANCER       MARS: 9:42 CANCER
3H: 11 LEO          JUPITER: 24:20 VIRGO

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                             CHART #19:

ASC: 21:36 LIBRA      SUN: 4:19 GEMINI          SATURN: 27:38 LEO
MC: 0 LEO             MOON: 19:11 LEO           URANUS: 23:08R LIBRA
11H: 5 VIRGO          MERCURY: 11:10 GEMINI     NEPTUNE: 4:15 GEMINI
12H: 1 LIBRA          VENUS: 28:28 GEMINI
2H: 17 SCORPIO        MARS: 7:10R SAGITTARIUS
3H: 20 SAGITTARIUS    JUPITER: 12:07 AQUARIUS

                             CHART #20:

ASC: 13:35 VIRGO     SUN: 10:46 LIBRA          SATURN: 17:04 SCORPIO
MC: 12 GEMINI        MOON: 23:14 LEO           URANUS: 22:14 SCORPIO
11H: 13 CANCER       MERCURY: 21:54R LIBRA     NEPTUNE: 20:17R GEMINI
12H: 16 LEO          VENUS: 3:50 SCORPIO       DRAGON'S HEAD: 21:53
2H: 10 LIBRA         MARS: 23:53 GEMINI                       AQUARIUS
3H: 10 SCORPIO       JUPITER: 1:00 VIRGO

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                            CHART #21:

ASC: 26:51 SAGITTARIUS   SUN: 17:26 CAPRICORN      SATURN: 17:45 LIBRA
MC: 20 LIBRA             MOON: 5:16 CAPRICORN      URANUS: 22:06R GEMINI
11H: 16 SCORPIO          MERCURY: 6:30 AQUARIUS    NEPTUNE: 3:18 ARIES
12H: 7 SAGITTARIUS       VENUS: 2:53 SAGITTARIUS
2H: 5 AQUARIUS           MARS: 15:54 SAGITTARIUS
3H: 16 PISCES            JUPITER: 21:41 SCORPIO

                             CHART #22:

ASC: 4:17 CAPRICORN    SUN: 22:24 VIRGO            SATURN: 8:18 LEO
MC: 17 SCORPIO         MOON: 26:26 SAGITTARIUS     URANUS: 3:20R GEMINI
11H: 5 SAGITTARIUS     MERCURY: 21:00R VIRGO       NEPTUNE: 22:00 PISCES
12H: 19 SAGITTARIUS    VENUS: 8:03 SCORPIO
2H: 0 PISCES           MARS: 18:59 SAGITTARIUS
3H: 20 ARIES           JUPITER: 20:37 GEMINI

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                   NO. 23.--INSANITY AND SPIRIT CONTROL:

                               CHART #23:

[FLAT CHART]
ASC: 0 ARIES         SUN: 21:15 PISCES          SATURN: 19:20 CAPRICORN
MC: 0 CAPRICORN      MOON: 16:37 ARIES          URANUS: 27:24R LEO
11H: 0 AQUARIUS      MERCURY: 21:50 PISCES      NEPTUNE: 22:31 ARIES
12H: 0 PISCES        VENUS: 18:48 AQUARIUS
2H: 0 TAURUS         MARS: 7:17 ARIES
3H: 0 GEMINI         JUPITER: 19:53 CANCER

   In judging this horoscope we look first to the mentality,  as this is al-
ways the most important factor in the treatment of a patient.   Mercury  and
the Moon are the two principal factors in determining this point, though, of
course,  all the planets have their bearing on that as well as on any  other
subject.   Here we find that Mercury is combust and that it is with the  Sun
in  the Common sign,  Pisces.   That in itself is not a very good augur;  we
further find that the Moon is  in  conjunction  with  Neptune in Aries, that

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it is square to both Saturn and Jupiter, and that therefore the mind must be
of a weak and unstable nature.  Mars, the Moon and Neptune in Aries would be
in themselves make a person erratic, but when we find, as here, that Luna is
square to Jupiter, the planet of religion, also to Saturn, the planet of ob-
struction and negation, it naturally causes a very evil condition.   The op-
position of Jupiter to Saturn shows that whatever desire for religion  Jupi-
ter might engender, would always be opposed by the influence of Saturn,  who
would counsel "Don't,  don't,"  causing the person to deride what he or  she
really wants to believe.   It is a common experience that that which we can-
not understand,  appears chaotic and erratic to our minds.   Neptune is  the
planet of fear and chaos to us,  for the human race has not learned to  live
up to its high vibrations,  and this, with the Moon,  square to Uranus makes
that chaotic mental state which we find in this circle.   To offset this in-
fluence there is the trine of Jupiter, the planet of religion,  to both  the
Sun and Mercury; but even this influence there is the trine of Jupiter,  the
planet  of religion,  to both the Sun and Mercury;  but even this  influence
will not be able to break the condition entirely,  though there is no  doubt
this  great  redeeming power has had an effect is staving off the  evil  day
when  the mind will break down entirely.   As usual,  the marching  orbs  in
their  circling  dance come to a point where the string of  each  aspect  is
touched  which them produces the tome of either harmony or discord that  im-
pels  us to actions which we call good or evil;  so also in this case.   The
time marked on the clock of destiny  by  the  hand  of  God was April, 1913;

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then the lunation fell in conjunction with the radical Moon in Aries.   This
naturally excited the radical square to Saturn and Jupiter,  also their  op-
position,  and thus the climax was precipitated; the person became violently
insane.

   We may look for the immediate cause the precipitated that calamity to the
radical position of Neptune and Uranus.  These,  the octaves of Mercury  and
Venus,  in  a square position will always bring the person in  contact  with
spirits who have left the body,  or who have never inhabited a body such  as
we have at the present time.

   During aspects like the above, they would have an excellent chance to use
this  poor  person as a tool for their nefarious  practices,  for  naturally
those  spirits which come under a square are not what we would call good  in
any  respect;  they have no benevolent designs for helping their victim,  no
matter what they may profess in that direction.

   The question them comes:   What can we do for a person in that condition?
We have a good aspect to the Moon and Neptune,  which is the sextile of  Ve-
nus.   Neptune rules music--classical string music in particular--and  Venus
in Aquarius gives the person a love of just that kind of music,  which  will
soothe the mind.   This configuration also gives a love of bright colors and
sunshine  which  will help to tone the system.   She should not  be  allowed
books, but should have a complete rest from all mental effort, the brightest
conversation  possible,  and  a  vegetarian  diet.  With  these  there  is a

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probability  that the evil configuration may be overcome and the person  re-
stored to mental health, though that will never be robust.

    NO. 24.--HEART TROUBLE, INSUFFICIENT OXYGENATION, EYE TROUBLE, DEATH

                            CHART #24:

ASC: 16:07 SAGITTARIUS   SUN: 24:43 ARIES         SATURN: 7:26 GEMINI
MC: 6 LIBRA              MOON: 6:13 SAGITTARIUS   URANUS: 24:57R VIRGO
11H: 4 SCORPIO           MERCURY: 10:07 TAURUS    NEPTUNE: 19:48 TAURUS
12H: 26 SCORPIO          VENUS: 9:26 GEMINI
2H: 20 CAPRICORN         MARS: 8:04 LEO
3H: 0 PISCES             JUPITER: 25:28 CANCER

   GOOD ASPECTS:  Mars trine the Moon, sextile Saturn; Uranus trine Neptune;
Jupiter sextile Neptune and Uranus.

   BAD ASPECTS:   The Moon conjunction Antares, opposition Saturn and Venus;
the Sun conjunction Dragon's Tail, square Jupiter; Mercury square Mars.

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   The  Moon on the Ascendant in Sagittarius makes the patient restless  and
unstable,  but not shiftless, because the Moon is also trine to Mars.   This
gives her much more energy than usually possessed by Sagittarians.  Even the
opposition of the Moon to Saturn and Venus,  which robs life of its joys and
makes her melancholy,  is,  in a certain sense, help; it gives her a persis-
tence and resistance that will not allow her to give in to disease.  Mercury
square  Mars shows that she has a very quick temper,  and as Mercury  is  in
Taurus,  the sign of voice, the unfortunate characteristic will find expres-
sion  in  an unbridled tongue.   This will hurt her very  seriously  from  a
physical standpoint (not to speak of the even more deplorable spiritual  in-
juries),  for Mars is in Leo, the sign of the heart, and that always predis-
poses  to palpitation.   He is sextile to Saturn,  but even good aspects  to
Saturn are physically inimical.  The sun, which is ruler of the heart, is in
conjunction with the saturnine Dragon's Tail.   The nerves also are affected
by the square of Mars to Mercury,  hence the heart is far from normally bal-
anced, and the outbursts of temper which this person is apt to indulge in on
the slightest provocation may cause heart failure at some time,  by  putting
an undue strain on this organ and interfering with the already sluggish cir-
culation,  which  is  shown  by the square of Jupiter to  the  Sun  and  the
Dragon's Tail,  also by the conjunction of Venus with Saturn,  and their op-
position  to the Moon; Jupiter and Venus being governors respectively of the

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arterial and venous circulations.

   The head is particularly congested because the Sun conjunction the satur-
nine Dragon's Tail occurs in Aries,  the sign of the head,  and Saturn,  the
planet of obstruction,  is in Gemini, the sign of the lungs,  in conjunction
with  Venus.   This shows interference with the circulation  of  the  venous
blood in the lungs.   The Moon,  which governs the tidal air,  is in opposi-
tion,  showing that an insufficient amount of air is inspired into the lungs
to  cleanse the blood of its poisonous carbon dioxide,  and the presence  of
Saturn shows a hardening of the tissues, which is apt to develop into tuber-
culosis.  You will also notice that Jupiter, the ruler of the Ascendant,  is
in the Eight House square to the Sun and the saturnine Dragon's Tail in  the
Fourth House,  and all are in Cardinal signs.  This is a strong testimony of
an accidental death,  and Mars in the Eighth House,  in the sign Leo,  which
rules the heart,  shows that hemorrhages may be the cause which will end the
physical life.

   If  this person had been taken hold of in time and  taught  self-control,
this  serious condition could probably have been avoided;  even now a  frank
statement  concerning  the  great danger that undue  excitement  may  cause,
should help her govern her temper, and thus lengthen life.

   The  Moon conjunction Antares,  and opposition to Saturn shows  that  the
eyes are  in  danger  also, and Saturn in Gemini, which is a mercurial sign,

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shows nervous affection.  The conjunction with Venus would suggest a conges-
tion  of  the muscles of the eyes, which may be greatly relieved  by  osteo-
pathic treatment.

   A healer with Leo rising, and Saturn not in Gemini, would be best able to
handle the case.

                 NO. 25--HEART TROUBLE, TUBERCULOSIS, KIDNEYS

                             CHART #25:

ASC: 21:28 VIRGO          SUN: 18:49 LEO           SATURN: 9:40 VIRGO
MC: 21 GEMINI             MOON: 26:15 LIBRA        URANUS: 15:41 GEMINI
11H: 22 CANCER            MERCURY: 0:02 LEO        NEPTUNE: 1:17R ARIES
12H: 23 LEO               VENUS: 13:37 VIRGO       DRAGON'S TAIL: 11:38
2H: 18 LIBRA              MARS: 23:58 LEO                         GEMINI
3H: 19 SCORPIO            JUPITER: 3:26 VIRGO

   We judge first the mental calibre of our patient.   Four Common signs are
on the angles,  and this at once describes the nature as weak and  vacillat-
ing.   Mercury  square  the  Moon  further  accentuates  this  wavering  and

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flightiness  of her mind,  and Saturn conjunction Venus and Jupiter  in  the
Twelfth House robs life of its joy,  making this woman subject to melancholy
and morbid fear.  This characteristic is somewhat ameliorated by the sextile
of the Sun to Uranus,  which fosters altruism,  and the trine of Mercury  to
Neptune,  which gives spiritual perception,  thus aiding to dispel gloom  by
directing  the  mind  from sorrows which are but fleeting,  to  the  eternal
verities.   To sum up, she is prone to be either "down in the dumps," or "up
in  the air,"  and it is necessary to strive to cure her of both  depression
and elation,  which are alike harmful.  Equipoise must be cultivated to  aid
in  attaining and maintaining health.   Were Fixed signs on the angles  this
would be next to impossible,  but with Common signs there she is more adapt-
able and reachable.

   Regarding  the  ailments to which this woman is subject,  we  note  first
Uranus in high elevation, conjunction the Dragon's Tail,  whose influence is
saturnine, that is to say, obstructive, crystallizing, and hardening.   Both
are in the airy sign Gemini,  which governs the lungs,  and square to Saturn
in the Twelfth House, which denotes confinement-in prison, hospitals or upon
a  sickbed.   This gives us at once the key to the trouble.   Sometimes  the
tidal  air is almost stopped by the Dragon's Tail and the square of  Saturn;
Uranus  prevents asphyxiation by the conclusive movement of the lungs  knows
as coughing,  which  clears  away  the  obstruction and enables the heart to

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again circulate the blood.

   The  blood is unable to throw off its poisonous carbonic acid because  of
the obstructive power of the Dragon's Tail in Gemini, and the square of Sat-
urn  to Uranus in the sign of the lungs.   The arterial and venous  circula-
tions are also impeded by the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus with  Saturn,
hence,  malnutrition and carbonic acid poisoning are in evidence.  The hard-
ening of the lungs and consequent cough, label the case as tuberculosis.

   Elimination  of urine is retarded by the square of Mercury to  the  Moon,
which is in the latter part of Libra, the sign of the kidneys.  Mercury gov-
erns  the  sensory nerves,  while Mars rules the motor nerves  and  muscles.
Mars  is in good aspect,  showing that the mechanical apparatus is  in  good
condition,  but that the trouble is nervous.   This may be alleviated by ma-
nipulations,  and so may the sluggishness of the bowels indicated by  Saturn
in Virgo.  The Mars hour would be the best time, the Sun hour next.  Besides
this  treatment dry rubs with coarse gloves will stimulate the skin and  aid
in  eliminating carbonic acid from the system.   Whole wheat bread  toasted,
plenty  of  fresh  milk given while still warm (for  them  it  contains  the
maximum  quantity  of the ether which is so necessary to restore  the  vital
body),  and  as much green uncooked food as the patient can take  should  be
given, for that also contains a maximum  of  ether.  Onions are particularly

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valuable nerve-builders.

   A person with Taurus rising,  whose Saturn is not in the degrees included
within  the patient's First or Sixth House,  will make the best  healer  for
this patient.

                             NO. 26--TUBERCULOSIS

ASC: 8:56 VIRGO         SUN: 5:01 TAURUS         SATURN: 8:33 GEMINI
MC: 5 GEMINI            MOON: 24:09 ARIES        URANUS: 24:35R VIRGO
11H: 10 CANCER          MERCURY: 25:20 TAURUS    NEPTUNE: 2:09 TAURUS
12H: 12 LEO             VENUS: 20:16 GEMINI
2H: 3 LIBRA             MARS: 11:35 LEO
3H: 2 SCORPIO           JUPITER: 26:22 CANCER

   GOOD ASPECTS:  Uranus trine Mercury and Neptune, Moon sextile Venus; Sat-
urn sextile Mars.

   BAD ASPECTS:   Moon  conjunction Dragon's  Tail;  (Dragon's  Tail:  22-33
 Aries); Moon square Jupiter;  Sun square Mars; Uranus square Venus.

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   This is the horoscope of our friend, James Casey,  who wrote such helpful
articles in the "RAYS."  He passed into the invisible worlds in June,  1918,
and  as he has no relatives connected with our society who might  read  this
diagnosis  and feel badly on that account, he gave us permission to  use  if
for the benefit of his fellows.  He was born on April 24,  1884,  2:00 P.M.,
in Harlem, Iowa, and became afflicted with tuberculosis while living in Den-
ver, Colo., the Mecca for all who are afflicted with this disease.

   You will notice that Saturn,  the planet of crystallization and  obstruc-
tion, is placed in Gemini, the sign which rules the lungs, and although Sat-
urn  is  the  highest  elevated  planet  in  the  horoscope,  besides  being
unafflicted  there is always a weak spot in the anatomy where he  is  found.
The hot,  inflammatory and disruptive Mars is in Leo, the sign which governs
the heart,  square to the Sun,  which is ruler of Leo,  in the sign  Taurus,
which governs the throat and all the passages there.   This is a  configura-
tion which usually produces fevers,  inflammation,  wounds and  hemorrhages.
Thus  there was a tendency in the system toward tuberculosis,  and you  will
furthermore notice that there are four Common, flexible signs on the angles,
the  Sixth  House sign,  Virgo,  being on the Ascendant with  the  spasmodic
Uranus  afflicting  Venus,  the ruler of the venous  circulation,  which  is
placed  in Gemini,  the sign ruling the lungs.   Uranus gives a tendency  to
coughs  and spasms,  so you see that the condition is very well outlined  in
the horoscope.  The four  common  signs  show that when he became subject to

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illness the Virgo nature was too weak to throw it off and he simply made  up
his mind that he was going to die from it,  hence there was no help.   If he
had  been able to throw off the feeling of impending death and  to  struggle
against  the  sickness there is no doubt that with this horoscope  he  could
have overcome.

   For  a more detailed analysis of the conditions which resulted in  death,
see pages 477-480.

                      NO. 27--ADENOIDS AND CONSTIPATION

   In this figure the planets occur in four groups:   Neptune is in conjunc-
tion with Mars,  Saturn in conjunction with Uranus,  Mercury in  conjunction
with the Sun, and Jupiter in conjunction with the Moon.  The last two groups
are also squaring each other.   Venus is alone and forms a trine to Jupiter.
Note also that the Sun is parallel to Neptune and Mercury, and Venus is par-
allel to Mars.

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ASC: 22 ARIES             SUN: 5:23 SAGITTARIUS       SATURN: 23:25 SCORPIO
MC: 11 CAPRICORN          MOON: 3:55 VIRGO            URANUS: 25:29 SCORPIO
11H: 2 AQUARIUS           MERCURY: 5:06 SAGITTARIUS   NEPTUNE: 19:17 GEMINI
12H: 2 PISCES             VENUS: 11:25 CAPRICORN
2H: 29 TAURUS             MARS: 24:53 GEMINI
3H: 21 GEMINI             JUPITER: 9:01 VIRGO

   This is the horoscope of a young woman born Nov. 27th,  1896,  2:15 P.M.,
Tacoma  Wash.   We note first that there are Cardinal signs on  the  angles,
showing  her  to be active in nature.  But she acts more from  impulse  than
from  reason.  This  characteristic  is  shown  by the fact that the Moon is

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square to Mercury and the Sun.   Naturally as both the Moon and Mercury  are
significators of mind,  any inharmonious aspects between them are  detrimen-
tal.   Add to this the further fact that Mercury is combust or burned up  by
its close proximity to the Sun, and it is very evident that we may expect to
do very little with the person by reason.  This does not mean that she is of
evil mental disposition;  she is quite the reverse, as shown by the conjunc-
tion of the Moon with the planet of benevolence, Jupiter,  and the trine be-
tween this last named planet and Venus, the planet of love and pleasure.

   The  trouble  for which this young woman has consulted  us  is  adenoids,
which cause extreme difficulty in breathing.   The condition is very clearly
shown in the horoscope.   When we remember that afflictions in one sign  al-
ways give a reflex action in the opposite,  we shall readily understand that
Saturn, the planet of obstruction, in conjunction with Uranus, the planet of
spasmodic  action  in  the sign Scorpio, is certain to  interfere  with  the
rhythmic  breath through the Taurus region comprising the throat  and  lower
part of the head.   Furthermore, Scorpio also governs the nose,  as you will
realize when you remember that the most prominent feature of the true  Scor-
pio person is a aquiline of generous dimensions.   Thus an afflicted  Saturn
located in Scorpio,  which causes an obstructed rectal region and  constipa-
tion,  also at the same time gives a tendency to throat trouble and obstruc-
tion of the nasal passages.

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   In  the  case  of this patient we find the condition  aggravated  by  the
square of the Sun and Mercury to the Moon and Jupiter.   The Sun and Mercury
being  placed  in  Sagittarius are therefore active  in  the  opposite  sign
Gemini,  which governs the lungs,  and as the Moon governs the tidal air  in
the lungs the square of these planets will naturally affect the breathing.

   Now  for the remedy;  it seems far-fetched to attempt to rectify  an  ob-
struction in the throat by working on the anus.  Nevertheless,  Saturn,  the
planet of obstruction, conjoined with Uranus, the planet of spasmodic action
in  Scorpio,  shows that at certain times the sphincter muscles of the  anus
are so tightly closed that it is impossible for the diaphragm to move.   Un-
der  ordinary  conditions there is an in-breathing through  the  anys  which
regulates  the  air pressure in the bowels,  a fact that  is  not  generally
known, but when the sphincter muscles are congested by a configuration of so
severe  a  nature  as  this one, this automatic  regulation  stops  and  the
diaphragm is then unable to work with the necessary freedom;  therefore  the
lungs are deprived of the necessary tidal flow of air.  So,  to relieve this
condition  an adjustable mechanical dilator should be used.   It  should  be
noted that THERE ARE TWO SPHINCTER MUSCLES to operate upon,  the inside  one
being located just a little way inside the anus.

   After a few treatments of this kind the bowels should be kept open by the
use of the proper  laxative  foods  such  a  prunes, figs AND NOT FORGETTING
COARSE WHOLE WHEAT BREAD.

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