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Source: "Simplified Scientific Astrology" by Max Heindel

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  A COMPLETE TEXTBOOK ON THE ART OF ERECTING A HOROSCOPE WITH PHILOSOPHIC
                                ENCYCLOPEDIA:

               INTRODUCTION--THE PRACTICAL VALUE OF ASTROLOGY:

   There is a side of the Moon which we never see,  but that hidden half  is
as potent a factor in causing the ebb and flow of the earth's tide,  as  the
part of the Moon which is visible.  Similarly, there is an invisible part of
man which exerts a powerful influence in life, and as the tides are measured
by  the motion of the Sun and Moon,  so also the eventualities of  existence
are measured by the circling stars, which may therefore be called the "Clock
of Destiny,"  and knowledge of their import is an immense power,  for to the
competent astrologer the horoscope reveals every secret of life.

   Thus,  when you have given an astrologer the data of your birth, you have
given him the key to your innermost soul, and there is no secret that he may
not  ferret out.   This knowledge may be used for good or ill,  to  help  or
hurt,  according to the nature of the man.   Only a tried friend  should  be
trusted with this key to your soul,  and it should never be given to any one
base enough to prostitute a spiritual science for material gain.

   To  the  medical man Astrology is invaluable in diagnosing  diseases  and
prescribing a remedy, for it reveals the hidden cause of all ailments.  This

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phase of the science is dealt with in "The Message of the Stars," giving nu-
merous  horoscopes to show how the signatures of various diseases appear  in
the stellar script.  The writer diagnoses unerringly by this method the ail-
ments of patients all over the world and love will light the way for  others
also who aim to follow in the steps of Christ as healers of the sick.

   If you are a parent the horoscope will aid you to detect the evil  latent
in your child and teach you how to apply the ounce of prevention.   It  will
show you the good points also,  that you may make the better man or woman of
the soul entrusted to your care.   It will reveal systemic weakness and  en-
able  you to guard the health of your child;  it will show what talents  are
there, and how the life may be lived to a maximum of usefulness.  Therefore,
the message of the marching orbs is most important, and as we have shown the
great  danger of giving birth data to anyone else,  there remains  only  one
course:  To study the science yourself.

   This book and the simplified method it contains of casting a horoscope in
a  thoroughly scientific manner is published in order to enable  ANYONE  WHO
CAN ADD AND SUBTRACT to do the work himself,  instead of relying on  others.
Thus he will obtain a deeper knowledge of the causes which are operative  in
life than any professional astrologer who is a stranger can give.

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              THE PLANETS--THE SEVEN SPIRITS BEFORE THE THRONE:

   The  nebular theory explains with wonderful ingenuity the material  view-
point of how a solar system consisting of sun and planets may be formed from
a central firemist,  provided the firemist is put in motion.   Something  or
somebody extraneous to the firemist is necessary to give that first impulse,
however,  as shown by Herbert Spencer, who rejected the nebular  theory  be-
cause it implies a FIRST CAUSE,  yet he was unable to enunciate a hypothesis
free from that,  to him, objectionable flaw.   Thus the scientific theory of
the  genesis  of a solar system coincides with the religious teaching  of  a
FIRST CAUSE,  call it God or by any other name,  who is the superior  intel-
ligence  ordering the path of the marching orbs with a definite end and  aim
in view.   That end we may not yet be able to wholly perceive, but all about
us on our planet we cannot fail to note,  if observant,  an orderly progres-
sion of all things towards perfection, and it may be inferred that a similar
process  of evolution must be in progress on all the other planets,  varying
of course, in consonance with the diverse conditions existing on each.

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   Mystic  teaching concerning the formation of a solar system  agrees  with
the  nebular theory which says that rings were thrown off from  the  central
mass of the Sun,  forming in succession the several planets,  those farthest
from  the Sun being formed first while Venus and Mercury,  last formed,  are
nearest the Sun.

   Back of every act is a thought, and behind every visible phenomenon there
is an invisible cause.  So with the formation of the planets in a solar sys-
tem,  there is a spiritual reason for their being, as well as a material ex-
planation.

   The  central firemist we may consider the first visible manifestation  of
the triune God, the Lord of Hosts, Who contains within His Being a multitude
of other beings at varying stages of development.   Their diverse needs  re-
quire different external environments.  In order to furnish such proper con-
ditions several planets have been thrown off from the central mass, each be-
ing  differently  constituted and each having a climatic  condition  varying
from the others.  Yet they are all in the kingdom of God,  the solar system.
"In Him they live and move and have their being"  in the most literal sense,
for  the  whole solar system may be considered as the body of  God  and  the
planets  as  the organs in that body, ensouled by His Life,  moving  in  His
Strength in accord with His Will.

   Each  visible planet is the embodiment of a great and  exalted  spiritual
intelligence Who is the minister of God in  that  department of His Kingdom,

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endeavoring  to carry out His Will,  the latter having in view the  ultimate
HIGHEST GOOD, regardless of temporary ill.

   These  Planetary Spirits exercise a particular influence on the  evolving
beings upon other planets according to the development attained by such  be-
ings.  The lower in the scale of evolution a being is placed the more potent
are the effects of the planetary influences;  the higher,  the wiser and the
more individualized a being is,  the more it is able to shape its own course
and the less it will be actuated by the stellar vibrations.  That is why As-
trology  applied to daily life helps us.  It gives a knowledge of our  weak-
nesses  and the tendencies to evil in our nature;  it shows us our  strength
and the times most opportune for development of added power for good.

   In all religions we hear of the SEVEN Planetary GENII:   the Hindu  tells
of SEVEN RISHI,  the Parsi of SEVEN AMESHASPENTAS,  the Mohammedan of  SEVEN
ARCHANGELS  and  our  Christian religion has its SEVEN  SPIRITS  BEFORE  THE
THRONE.

   The modern astronomer divorces the spiritual aspect of the celestial sci-
ence, Astrology, which he pooh-poohs an "an exploded superstition," from the
material phase,  Astronomy,  counting eight primary planets [PLUS PLUTO]  in
our solar system--Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mer-
cury.  He shows through the telescope that they  exist  and  thinks  he  has

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proved that religion knows not whereof it speaks when it asserts that  there
are  seven  planets in the solar system.   The Mystic,  however,  points  to
Bode's Law as vindicating his assertion that Neptune does not really  belong
to our solar system.

   The law is this:  If we write a series of 4's, add 3 to the second,  6 to
the third, 12 to the fourth, etc., doubling the amount added each time,  the
resulting  series of numbers is a very close approximation to  the  relative
distances of the planets from the Sun WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NEPTUNE.   Thus,
to illustrate:

      MER-                          ASTER-    JU-    SAT-   URA-   NEP-
      CURY   VENUS   EARTH   MARS    OIDS    PITER   URN    NUS    TUNE

         4       4       4      4        4       4      4      4      4
        ..       3       6     12       24      48     96    192    384
       ---     ---     ---    ---      ---     ---    ---    ---    ---
         4       7      10     16       28      52    100    196    388

   If  we  divide this series by 10 we get 1 for the distance of  the  earth
from the Sun and the other numbers then represent the distances of the other
planets  in terms of the earth's distance.   The closeness with  which  this
simple law gives the distance is shown as follows,  the column headed "Bode"
being  the distances according to this law,  while the column  headed  "Dis-
tance" gives the correct values in terms of the earth's distances.

                                 DIS-                              DIS-
                          BODE  TANCE                     BODE    TANCE

    Mercury................0.4    0.4      Jupiter.........5.2    5.2
    Venus..................0.7    0.7      Saturn.........10.0    9.5
    Earth..................1.0    1.0      Uranus.........19.6   19.2
    Mars...................1.6    1.5      Neptune........38.8   30.0
    Asteroids..............2.8    2.6

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   It is thus seen that,  with the exception of the values for Neptune,  the
numbers  represent very nearly the relative proportional distances from  the
Sun,  of the seven planets and the Asteroids which are within our solar sys-
tem,  but fail very decidedly when applied to Neptune, who is the embodiment
of a Great Spirit from the Creative Hierarchies which normally influence  us
from  the Zodiac.   This planetary genius works specifically with those  who
are  preparing for initiation and partially with those who  study  astrology
and put it into practice in their daily lives,  for then they are also  pre-
paring for the path of attainment.   The twinklings of the fixed stars  from
without our solar system are the pulsations of spiritual impulses sent forth
by the guardians of the Greater Mysteries;  and the Mercurians,  the Gods of
Wisdom, send out similar impulses pertaining to the lesser mysteries,  hence
Mercury twinkles like a fixed star.

   Planets  revolve  around the Sun at varying rates of speed,  the  smaller
planets, which are the closest to the Sun, moving much more rapidly than the
larger ones which, in addition, describe wider circles.

     Mercury    makes   orbital  revolution   in.........88          days.
     Venus        "        "          "        "........224 1/2        "
     Earth        "        "          "        "........365 1/4        "
     Mars         "        "          "        "..1 yr. 322            "
     Jupiter      "        "          "        ".........12         years.
     Saturn       "        "          "        ".........29 1/2        "
     Uranus       "        "          "        ".........84            "
     Neptune      "        "          "        "........165            "
     Pluto        "        "          "        "........248            "

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   The hourly motion of the planets in their orbits is as follows:

                            MILES                       MILES
              Mercury.....104,000          Jupiter.....29,000
              Venus....... 77,000          Saturn......21,000
              Earth........65,000          Uranus......15,000
              Mars.........53,000          Neptune.....12,000

   Besides  revolving in their orbits around the Sun,  the planets also  re-
volve upon their axes in the same direction as they revolve in their orbits;
that is, from west to east.  This movement is called THE DIURNAL ROTATION.

   The time occupied by the diurnal rotation of the planets is as follows:

                            HOURS                       HOURS
              Mercury..........24 1/4      Jupiter.........10
              Venus........... 23 1/2      Saturn..........10 1/2
              Earth............24          Uranus...........9 1/2
              Mars.............24 1/2      Neptune....Unknown


   The Sun also rotates upon an axis but requires about 608 hours or 25  1-3
days to complete one rotation.

   The axis of a planet may be either perpendicular or oblique to its orbit.
The present approximate inclinations of the axes are as follows:

                          DEGREES                     DEGREES
              Jupiter...........3          Venus...........60
              Earth............23 1/2      Mercury.........72
              Mars.............25          Uranus.........102
              Saturn...........26          Neptune........155

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   The  inclination of the axis of the Sun to the plane of the  ecliptic  is
about 7 1/2 degrees.

   The above inclinations of the axes do not in all cases coincide with  the
figures  given by physical science,  neither do we endorse their  view  that
these inclinations remain practically unchanged, save for a slight vibratory
movement  called NUTATION.   There is an exceedingly slow third movement  of
the  planets whereby that which is now the North Pole of the earth  will  in
the future, as it has in the past, point directly towards the Sun.  Later it
will be in the position where now the South Pole is, and in due time it will
reach  again its present place.   Thus tropical climate and  glacial  epochs
succeed each other on all points of each planet.

   In  addition  to this gradual movement of about 50 seconds of  space  PER
CENTURY,  whereby  a whole revolution of the earth's axis  is  completed  in
about two and one-half million years, there have also been sudden changes at
a  time when that which is now the North Pole pointed directly  towards  the
Sun.  The southern hemisphere was then continually in darkness and cold.

   Resulting  conditions caused a sudden overtopping of our globe  the  last
time.   Since that time,  however,  the Spirit which previously  guided  the
earth  from without has drawn into the sphere and such a happening  will  be
impossible in the future.

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   Mr.  Pierre Bezian,  a French mechanician,  has constructed an  apparatus
demonstrating  this third movement.   He is said to have received  his  idea
from  a study of the teachings promulgated among various ancient  people  by
priests  possessed of mystic learning, particularly from the Egyptians.   He
shows  how  such a third movement will account for the  tropical  flora  and
fauna found in the frozen North, which can be accounted for in no other way.
He also shows that when in the course of this third movement in the inclina-
tion  of a planet's axis becomes greater than 90 degrees and its North  Pole
commences to point toward the south, the satellites of that planet will seem
to turn in the opposite direction from the satellites of the other  planets,
as  is  the  case with Uranus and Neptune's satellites;  a  fact  which  as-
tronomers are puzzled to explain.

   On Uranus and Neptune the Sun also rises in the west and sets in the east
for the same reason: the inversion of their poles.

   As  a  last difference between the teachings of modern  science  and  the
Western Wisdom Teaching of the Rosicrucians, we may note that astronomers of
today speak of Venus and Mercury as INFERIOR planets because they always ap-
pear close to the Sun;  Venus is seen only as a morning or an evening  star;
Mercury is rarely seen because it keeps so close to the Sun.

   The  other planets are called SUPERIOR because they are seen at all  dis-
tances from the Sun, being even  at  the  very opposite point of the horizon

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from the Sun.

   This  appellation,  INFERIOR and SUPERIOR, the mystic would reverse,  for
him it is clear that the Sun is the embodiment of the highest spiritual  in-
telligence in our system.   At the beginning of our present phase of  evolu-
tion  all that is now outside the Sun was inside,  but not all beings  could
continue to vibrate at the immense rate which obtained there;  some fell be-
hind,  crystallized  and,  in time,  became a clog on other  classes.   They
started  to  crystallize at the pole, where motion is  slow,  but  gradually
their  increased weight brought them to the equator,  where motion  is  most
rapid, and they were thrown off from the Sun by centrifugal force.

   Later,  other beings failed to keep up the vibratory movement, lagged be-
hind,  and were thrown off at a proper distance so that the solar vibrations
may give them the rapidity necessary to their development.

   The  most advanced spirits stayed longest with the Sun and  consequently,
if the appellation INFERIOR and SUPERIOR is to be applied at all,  it should
be used in reverse manner.

   In order to avoid all misunderstanding,  it may be well to state that Ju-
piter was thrown off and given its enormous bulk of fiery substance  because
the Jupiterians had arrived at a very high state of development,  where they
needed both high vibrations and independent motion.  Jupiter is therefore in

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some aspects an exception to the rule; a case where a higher law  supersedes
a lower.

   In  conclusion we reiterate that the planets in our solar system are  the
visible embodiments of the Seven Spirits before the Throne of God,  the Sun,
and that just as it is possible to us to transmit by wireless telegraphy the
force which moves the telegraph key, lights a lamp, pulls a lever, etc.,  so
may  these Great Spirits exercise an influence upon human beings in  propor-
tion  to our stage of individuality.   If we aim to act in harmony with  the
laws of Good,  we rise above all other laws and become a law unto ourselves;
co-workers with God and helpers in nature.  Ours is the privilege,  ours the
loss, if we fail to live up to our highest possibilities.

   Let us therefore,  strive to KNOW, that we may DO, and,  above all let us
beware  of  prostituting  the  science  of  the  stars  to  the  gutter   of
fortune-telling.  Gold of Mammon may be ours if we do, but the "peace of God
which  passeth all understanding"  will bring us lasting joy if we  use  our
knowledge in unselfish service to others.

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         TIME AND PLACE AS FACTORS IN CALCULATION OF THE HOROSCOPE:

   A  horoscope is simply a chart of the heavens showing a certain  position
of the planets and zodiacal signs relative to each other and the earth.  The
constellations remain in the same position one to another, and are therefore
called  "fixed stars,"  but the earth and other planets  constantly  change.
They  do  not  return  to  the same  relative  position  until  after  about
twenty-six thousand years.   Thus every scientifically calculated  horoscope
is  absolutely individual and shows a stellar influence different from  That
exerted  in any other life commenced at a different time.   Because  of  the
revolution of the earth upon its axis a new degree of the zodiac rises every
four minutes and thus even the horoscopes of twins may differ  considerably.
The  student  will therefore realize the importance of TIME as a  factor  in
casting a horoscope.   There are, however,  various methods of approximating
the time and erecting a correct horoscope for those who do not know the hour
of their birth, but That subject belongs to an advanced grade of this study.

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   Time  is not the same world over, however.   When the Sun rises where  we
live,  it sets in another place,  and That makes another difference  in  the
horoscopes even if cast for children born at the same moment of time but  in
opposite parts of the world,  for if it were noon in the birthplace of  one,
the Sun would be high in the heavens above the earth,  and in the birthplace
of  the  other child it would be midnight with the Sun  directly  below  the
earth.   We know That the chemical effect of the solar ray varies  with  its
position, and when the change is physically noticeable, the spiritual effect
must  also differ.   It is therefore evident That TIME and PLACE  are  basic
factors in calculation of the horoscope.   We shall first show how to locate
the PLACE of birth, then we take up the matter of TIME.

                                    PLACE:

   Geographically,  the earth is divided by two imaginary sets  of  circles.
One circle runs east and west,  halfway between the North and South Poles as
shown in the accompanying charts:  it is called the Equator.   Other circles
called PARALLELS OF LATITUDE,  are imagined running parallel to the Equator,
and their use is to measure the distance of any place North or South of  the
Equator.   Now get an atlas and look at the map of North America.  Along the
right  and  left  hand borders you will see certain numbers.   Note  That  a
curved line runs from No.  50 on the right to No.  50 on the left.   That is
the fiftieth parallel of latitude.  All cities along That line,  in America,

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Europe or Asia are equidistant from the Equator,  and said to be located  in
"Latitude 50 North."

   Another  line runs from number 40 on the left border to number 40 on  the
right.  Let us note some of the principal cities on or near this line.   San
Francisco is a little further south,  Denver right on the line,  Chicago and
New York a trifle north.   Now turn to the map of Europe.   There the  right
and left hand numbers with their connecting circles are also latitudes,  and
at the number 40 you will see Lisbon and Madrid.   Proceeding eastwards Rome
and Constantinople appear a little to the north of our line.

   These places may be said, for the purposes of elementary instruction,  to
be in the same degree of latitude,  and therefore another determinator  must
be used to differentiate the location of each place from all others.

   This  is accomplished by dividing the earth longitudinally from  pole  to
pole by another set of imaginary circles called MERIDIANS OF LONGITUDE,  and
shown in our chart.  All places along such circles have noon at the same in-
stant,  regardless of how far they are from the Equator, or whether near the
North or South Pole.

   Now look again at your map of Europe.   There you will see numbered lines
running from the top of the map to the bottom.   These are the lines of lon-
gitude.  One is numbered 0.  If you follow that line you  will  find London,

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and  close thereto a place called Greenwich.   That is the location  of  the
world's greatest observatory,  and for purposes of astronomical  calculation
all  places on earth are considered as being so and so many degrees west  or
east of Greenwich.

   Thus,  by  LATITUDE we obtain the location of a certain  place  NORTH  or
SOUTH of the Equator.

   By LONGITUDE we designate its position EAST or WEST of Greenwich.

   When the location of a place is stated in terms of latitude AND longitude
it  marks a certain spot beyond all possibility of confusion with any  other
place,  and gives the astrologer one of the primal factors necessary to cal-
culate a scientific horoscope--place.

   Latitude  is the principal factor in locating the signs of the zodiac  by
means of "Tables of Houses,"  which apply to all places in a certain  degree
of latitude.   These tables are as nearly unchangeable as the fixed stars to
which  they  apply;  they remain the same from year to year,  at  least  the
change is so small as to be unappreciable in a lifetime.

   Longitude is the prime factor in all calculations connected with the mov-
able planets.   To calculate their places at the time of a person's birth it
is necessary to have an astronomical almanac for the year of birth.  This is
called  an EPHEMERIS because it records the ephemeral or momentary  position
of the planets as seen from the observatory at Greenwich each day at noon.

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                                    TIME:

   A SOLAR DAY is the period of time it takes the SUN to move from any  cer-
tain  meridian  of longitude till it returns to the same meridian  the  next
day.  Owing to the variable motion of the earth in its orbit, and the obliq-
uity of the ecliptic,  the Sun's path,  the solar days are not all of  equal
length, but as the purposes of social and civil life require a uniform divi-
sion an average is struck of all solar days in a year,  and this is called a
MEAN  SOLAR  DAY.   It commences at midnight when the Sun is at  the  nadir.
Clocks are regulated to show its beginning and end, also its equal divisions
into  twenty-four hours.   There is thus a difference between  sun-time  and
clock-time.

   From the time when the Sun is NEAREST to the earth (perihelion)  December
24th,  to the time when it is FARTHEST from the earth (aphelion) June  21st,
clock-time is in advance of sun-time.  From June 21st to December 24th,  the
Sun is in advance of the clock, the greatest difference being 16 minutes  in
the beginning of November.

   When  the unequal motion of the earth in its orbit and the  obliquity  of
the ecliptic act together, the difference between sun-time and clock-time is
greatest;  but four times a year, April 15th,  June 15th,  September 1st and
December 24th, they agree.

   A SIDEREAL DAY is the time which elapses between a FIXED STAR'S leaving a
certain degree of longitude until it returns  to it the following day.  This

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is the exact time of one complete revolution of the earth upon its axis;  it
is the only absolutely uniform motion observed in the heavens, having under-
gone no change since the earliest observations on record.

   Owing  to the motion of the earth in its orbit about the Sun A SOLAR  DAY
IS LONGER THAN A SIDEREAL DAY, for as the Sun moves farther to the east dur-
ing the time of the earth's daily rotation on its axis,  the earth must turn
further upon its axis before a certain meridian comes in line with the  Sun.
The solar day is therefore about four minutes longer than the sidereal  day,
but owing to the variable motion of the earth in its orbit and the obliquity
of the ecliptic previously mentioned, this difference also varies each day.

   In bygone days clocks in each city or hamlet differed from the timepieces
of  every other place because all were set to local time,  but  this  caused
much  confusion to the traveling public;  therefore America adopted what  is
called STANDARD TIME on November 18, 1883.   For persons born subsequent  to
That  date a correction is necessary to convert the time shown by clocks  to
TRUE LOCAL TIME, for That is the time used to calculate the horoscope.   The
diagram  will  aid  students to understand what Standard  Time  is,  how  it
overcame confusion, and how the before-mentioned correction is made.

   It  was suggested,  That if the country be divided into  time-zones  each
about fifteen degrees of longitude in width (this being the distance the Sun

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travels in one hour), and all the clocks in each division set to one uniform
time, gauged by a meridian located in the middle of the resulting time-zone,
confusion of travelers would be avoided.

   Accordingly  America was divided into four such zones by three  imaginary
lines, as illustrated in the diagram.

   In  the  EASTERN TIME ZONE clocks are set true to the  75th  meridian,  5
HOURS earlier than Greenwich Mean Time.

   In the CENTRAL TIME ZONE time is regulated to the 90th meridian which  is
6 HOURS earlier than Greenwich.

   In the MOUNTAIN TIME ZONE timepieces are governed according to the  105th
meridian, 7 HOURS earlier than Greenwich Mean Time.

   In the PACIFIC TIME ZONE time is standard to the 120th meridian,  8 HOURS
earlier than Greenwich.

   (There is a fifth zone in the far East,  comprising Maine,  Nova  Scotia,
etc.  This zone we omitted in order That our diagram might be larger.)

   In all cities located on these Standard Meridians (see diagram on the op-
posite page),  such as Philadelphia and Denver,  standard time is also  true
local time, and no correction is required in calculation of horoscopes.  But
Detroit, which you will see located on the dividing line between the Eastern
and Central Time Zones, is 7 degrees east of  the  90th  meridian,  and  its

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NOTE:  Detroit adopted Eastern Standard Time, May 15, 1915

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clocks  are  therefore 28 minutes slow in actual fact,  for when  they  show
noon,  according to the 90th meridian standard,  the true local time  is  28
minutes past twelve.   Chicago you will see a little east of the 90th merid-
ian (2 degrees).   When the clocks there are twelve noon it is really 12:08.
San  Francisco clocks show noon when the true local time is only 11:50,  be-
cause That city is 2 1/2 degrees WEST of the Standard Meridian.   Correction
is therefore necessary.  The rule for obtaining the true local time is:

   To  the NEAREST Standard Meridian Time, ADD four minutes for each  degree
the birth place is EAST of the Meridian corresponding to That Time.

   If  the birth place is WEST of the Meridian,  SUBTRACT four  minutes  for
each degree it is West thereof.

   When a child is born the exact moment it draws its first breath should be
noted, as That moment and not the time of delivery is the time of birth from
the astrologer's point of view.

   The reason for taking the time of the first inspiration, usually accompa-
nied by a cry, as the moment of birth, is That the chemical condition of the
atmosphere  changes at each moment as the vibrations from the stars  change.
We note such a change in the atmosphere according to the position of the Sun
in the sky at different hours of the day or night.  The night air is differ-
ent  from  the atmosphere at noon.   These are not sudden changes,  but  are
brought about by, to us imperceptible degrees.  We who are more callous from
continued  changes,  do  not  feel  them, but the little sensitive form of a

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new-born child is eminently susceptible to the inrush of That fist charge of
its lungs,  and as the oxygen contained therein surges through the body,  by
mixture with the blood every single atom receives a peculiar stamp which  is
retained  all through life,  although atoms change,  in the same way That  a
scar perpetuates itself on the body despite the change of atoms.  That first
stamping is the physical basis of the idiosyncrasies and temperamental char-
acteristics which cause each of us to act differently under the same stellar
conditions;  it is the basis of the tendencies of our physical nature and in
harmony  with our stage of attainment as required by the law  of  causation,
which  gives us in each life the faculties evolved during all  our  previous
existences.   Thus  we do not have a certain fate because we are born  at  a
certain moment, but we have been brought to birth at the time when the stel-
lar  rays will give us the tendency to work out the fate generated  in  past
lives.

   This distinction is very important,  for it marks the difference  between
the view of the materialistic astrologer and the religious conception of As-
trology.

   In March 1918,  the U.  S. Government passed the Daylight Saving Act,  by
which all clocks were set ahead one hour at midnight preceding the last Sun-
day in March and then set back one hour at midnight preceding the last  Sun-
day in October.  This Act was in force in 1918 and 1919 only.   All recorded
dates  in the periods affected should have one hour subtracted in  order  to
obtain Standard Time.

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                              SIGNS AND HOUSES:

                             SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC:

              ARIES                         LIBRA
              TAURUS                        SCORPIO
              GEMINI                        SAGITTARIUS
              CANCER                        CAPRICORN
              LEO                           AQUARIUS
              VIRGO                         PISCES

                                 THE PLANETS:

              SUN                           MOON
              MARS                          VENUS
              SATURN                        URANUS
              MERCURY                       JUPITER
              NEPTUNE

                                 THE ASPECTS:

              CONJUNCTION                   SEXTILE
              OPPOSITION                    TRINE
              SQUARE                        PARALLEL

   Although we are many millions of miles nearer the Sun in winter, its rays
transmit  less heat than in summer when we are farthest from it,  and it  is
therefore evident that DISTANCE has no effect on transmission of  heat-rays,
but as the Sun rises towards the zenith,  be it summer or winter,  the  heat
increases,  the greatest heat being experienced in mid-summer when  sun-rays
are nearest the perpendicular; it is therefore evident that the angle of the

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ray is the sole determinator of its influence.

   Astrology deals with planetary angles and their observed effect upon man-
kind;  in  order to determine these angles and  tabulate  observations,  the
fixed stars along the Sun's path have been divided into groups or constella-
tions,  and the heavens,  AS VIEWED FROM THE BIRTHPLACE of a child have been
divided into houses.  most beginners find it very confusing to differentiate
between these SIGNS and HOUSES, but if it is kept in mind that the SIGNS ARE
DIVISIONS OF THE HEAVENS RELATIVE TO THE VERNAL EQUINOX,  and HOUSES ARE DI-
VISIONS OF THE HEAVENS RELATIVE TO THE BIRTHPLACE,  there should be no  dif-
ficulty.   The signs influence certain parts of the body; houses govern con-
ditions of life.

   Like any other circle,  the zodiac is divided into 360 degrees,  each  of
the twelve signs is therefore 30 degrees.  Their names and symbols are given
in the affixed diagram.   The parts of the body ruled by those signs are  as
follows:

   ARIES ....................................................HEAD
   TAURUS.....................................CEREBELLUM AND NECK
   GEMINI..........................................ARMS AND LUNGS
   CANCER.................................................STOMACH
   LEO   ...................................HEART AND SPINAL CORD
   VIRGO ..............................................INTESTINES
   LIBRA .................................................KIDNEYS
   SCORPIO..................................SEX ORGANS AND RECTUM
   SAGITTARIUS....................................HIPS AND THIGHS
   CAPRICORN................................................KNEES
   AQUARIUS................................................ANKLES
   PISCES....................................................FEET

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   These  twelve constellations are the NATURAL zodiac and ever in the  same
relative positions,  but on account of a motion of the pole of the earth the
Sun  crosses the equator at the slightly different point each spring at  the
VERNAL EQUINOX,  and this shifting point is considered in Astrology as being
the first degree of Aries,  the beginning of what is called the INTELLECTUAL
zodiac,  which thus changes from year to year at the rate of about 50.1 sec-
onds per annum,  1 degree in 7 years,  1 sign in 2156 years,  completing the
circle of 12 signs in about 25,868 years.   This backward movement is called
"precession of the equinox."

   From  the  materialistic viewpoint there seems to be no reason  for  this
shifting of the zodiac, but from the position of the mystic it is not at all
arbitrary,  but necessary and in harmony with the spiral path  of  evolution
adhered to in both star and starfish, observable everywhere in nature.   Af-
ter completion of each cycle, the intellectual and the natural zodiacs agree
(the last time A. D. 498), then a new world period commences, a new phase of
evolution, a higher loop of the spiral whereon we are ever traveling towards
God.   Even from the material standpoint it is evident that the spiral  path
of  th solar system observed by astronomers must change the angle  of  inci-
dence of the light rays from the fixed stars,  and as the angle of incidence
of  the Sun's rays upon our earth has the effect of producing  the  climatic
changes of summer and winter, it is reasonable  that  a  similar change must

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follow from our altered position relative to the fixed stars,  which may ac-
count  for gradual changes of conditions such as that the winters grow  less
cold and the summers less warm in certain parts of th world.

   Furthermore, it has been observed that climatic conditions have a distant
effect  on  our  temperament--we feel differently in summer than  we  do  in
winter--and may not this slow change relative to the fixed stars account for
the change in humanity, which is called evolution?   The mystic affirms that
it  does.   As rays of the Sun,  by change of the angle of  incidence,  call
forth  leaves and flowers from the plant at one time,  and at another  cause
them  to  wither,  so do rays from the fixed stars call  forth  and  produce
greater  changes in flora and fauna;  they are responsible for the rise  and
fall of nations and the tempermental change which we call civilization.

   Bringing  the analogy a step further, the natural zodiac is  composed  of
the constellations as they are and remain in the heavens,  and the INTELLEC-
TUAL zodiac commences at the changing point where the Sun crosses the  equa-
tor  at the vernal equinox.   That is the time when Nature brings  to  birth
that which has germinated in her womb during the preceding winter.  Thus the
horoscope of the world changes from year to year.  "As above, so below,"  is
the law of analogy and the same salient points are observable in the  evolu-
tion of man and microbe, star and starfish.

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   In  the  human map we have also what may be called a  natural  horoscope,
that is the figure as cast by the rules of Astrology,  where any sign may be
on the Ascendant,  or First House.   The changing vernal equinox corresponds
to the first degree of Aries,  in the intellectual zodiac,  so the Ascendant
in  any human horoscope also has an influence corresponding to that  degree.
The  Second House corresponds to Taurus,  the Third to Gemini,  and  so  on,
forming the counterpart of the intellectual zodiac in the human horoscope.

   As the rays of the Sun are intensified when focused through a lens, so is
the spiritual life of the Sun when focused through the two houses of Mars to
bring a life from the unseen world.

   Cancer,  the  first of the watery signs was pictured  among  the  ancient
Egyptians as a SCARAB (beetle), which was their emblem of the soul,  and oc-
cultists  know  that the seed-atom of the body is planted when  the  Sun  of
Life,  (the Ego,) is in Cancer, the sphere of the Moon, the planet of fecun-
dation.

   Four months later,  when the Sun of Life passes through the second of the
watery signs,  Scorpio, which is under the rulership of Mars,  the planet of
passion and emotion,  the Silver Cord is tied which binds the desire body to
the lower vehicles,  and we have the "quickening"  when the foetus first be-
ings to show sentient life.   By that time the Ego has dissolved the  nucle-
ated  blood corpuscles through which the mother's  life  manifested  in  the

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growing  organism,  and  it can then begin to work in the  vital  fluid  and
manifest  sins of separate life in the body until the Sun of Life  has  com-
pleted its circle and again reaches the mystic Eighth House.

   Eight  months after the seed atom was sown the Sun of Life,  the  Spirit,
enters Pisces,  the last of the watery signs in the mystic zodiac,  which is
under the expansive,  benefic ray of Jupiter.   Under this benevolent influ-
ence the waters of parturition swell and burst the restraining walls of  the
womb,  when the nine months of gestation have been completed,  launching the
new-born soul upon the Ocean of Life at the first point of Aries,  where  it
is  warmed and cheered by the combined rays of Mars and the Sun,  which  are
house and exaltation rulers.  Thus it is prepared or the battle of existence
by the energetic war-god, and its fountain of life, be it large or small, is
filled to capacity by the Sun,  from the great cosmic reservoir of vital en-
ergy.

                                 THE HOUSES:

   In a horoscope the birthplace is always supposed to be the highest  point
on the earth.   It is designated by an arrow on the diagram herewith and the
point right above it is in the sky is called the MIDHEAVEN.   As an observer
in the northern hemisphere must always look south to see the noonday Sun, it
follows that EAST is to the LEFT an WEST on his RIGHT.  Astrologers call the

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eastern horizon the ASCENDANT,  because at that point the stars rise or  AS-
CEND towards the Midheaven, and for the reverse reason they call the western
horizon  the DESCENDANT.   Rays from stars located at these  extreme  points
would strike the birthplace at different angles, hence their influence would
vary an there would also be a noticeable difference of effect at  intermedi-
ate points between the Horizon and Midheaven, besides, the planets that have
descended below the earth have also power, though not to the same extent  as
when above the birthplace.   The influence of planets on various departments
of life has been observed to be as follows:

   FIRST HOUSE--The shape and condition of the body,  early environment  and
childhood's home.

   SECOND HOUSE--Finance.

   THIRD HOUSE--Literature,  the useful arts, practical intelligence,  short
journeys, brothers and sisters.

   FOURTH HOUSE--The home and conditions in old age.

   FIFTH HOUSE--Amusement, courtship, children and speculation.

   SIXTH HOUSE--Health, servants and labor.

   SEVENTH HOUSE--Partnership, marriage, the fine arts and the public.

   EIGHTH HOUSE--Inheritance, death.

   NINTH HOUSE--Religion, philanthropy, idealism, justice and long journeys.

   TENTH HOUSE--Profession, social position and ambition.

   ELEVENTH HOUSE--Friends, hopes and wishes.

   TWELFTH HOUSE--Prisons, hospitals, sorrow and trouble.

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