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bouring countries, in 8 and 12 to countries far away and to the antipodes.

The direction is indicated which the benefics are,
by the house in
or by O and 3), provided they are well-aspected. House 1 denotes
the East, house 10 the South, house 4 North,, house 7 West, while the
intermediate houses denote the intermediate directions. If the benefics are
ill aspected in those houses, another direction is indicated. If neither 2J.,

nor $ are well aspected, take a planet that receives good aspects of O
or }) K there is a benefic in the 4th house, or Sun or Moon are well
aspected in it, it is advisable to remain in the native country. If despite
this indication the native makes long journeys, he will miss the best
opportunities to progress.
The native with a fairly harmonious horoscope, will usually choose
unconsciously, intuitively, the correct direction in which his fortune lies.
Astrology helps one to do this consciously. If we note the direction
taken by world-travellers etc., it is usually found that they, totally
ignorant of their horoscope, have gone in the direction their horoscope
indicated.
According to Sepharial we might trace how life in a foreign country
will go on, if we add the longitude of the place to the M. C. of the birth-
horoscope (if the place lies East) and with this new M. C., according
to the table of houses for the place, we cast a new horoscope, in which we
insert the planets according to the degrees in the radix-horoscope.
(Subtract if the place lies West). As long as the native remains in this
place, he must trace the directions and the transits that work in the
new figure. He should go to that place where according to this method
the best influences of the birth-horoscope come in the new one to
their finest expression. If we remain in our own country, the choice of
the house, as regards locality and direction, is of much importance.
A cardinal sign rising as ascendant denotes a high place e.g. the top
of a hill, or in any case above sea-level. A
fixed sign indicates an
abode in the plain. A
mutable sign would indicate a low lying place*
or one between other houses i.e. not conspicuous.
If the cusp of 4 (the abode) is V, the front of the house should
face East; if it is s$ North; == West, and if it is %
South. For the
intermediate signs, the resp. directions.
By acting consciously we might bring ourself into harmonious
contact with the magnetic conditions of the surroundings.
We need not make ourselves dependent on them, which might
happen if we exaggerated the importance of the above-given informations
regarding abode etc.
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Judging the Horoscope.

Birth Horoscope for the Hague, May 16 - 1913. 7.50 a.m.

When analysing the horoscope we should set to work systematically.

We begin to note down how many and which planets are placed in
cardinal, fixed and mutable signs (p. 33).
Next, which planets are in fiery, earthy, airy and watery signs (p. 33).
Thirdly which planets are in exaltation by sign (p. 52, 85) and which
are exalted by position houses (p. 105) or aspects (p. 75).
Fourthly which are in their fall or in detriment (p. 51).
Fifthly one should note the declinations (Parallels) (p. 18, 82) of all
planets and calculate the aspects (p. 75). In an easy and simple manner
we might comprise everything in a table, like the one following below,
in which the data of the above horoscope are indicated.

One should never read mechanically what any position of the planets,
of Asc. or. M. means. Consider attentively what the strong chief
C. etc.
influences in the horoscope are, and what the weaker, subservient
influences. The former give the key-note, which by the latter can be
only modified.
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Birth-scheme May 16th 1913, 7.50 a. m. The Hague (male).

Signs
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Taurus, in which the Sun and Mercury are placed. (O in V, p. 113;

in V, p. 120). These make
the character more practical and constant
and add power of will and a feeling of self-reliance. This help is greater
as the Sun is favourably aspected to the ascendant and Neptune (O A ip,
p. 126 ;O
A Asc., p. 102). The Sun is very well aspected in the same
house, so great help of friends may be expected (p. 136V
It is not to be considered that all is harmony in the house of friends

(XI, p. 90), for 9 receives a strong D aspect from Uranus ($ D #,

p. 129), from the 8th house. Uranus being in its own sign Aquarius
is favourable; but being retrograde it weakens the first advantage
somewhat (p. 52).
So he will experience troubles from friends that study a branch of
occultism (T&.
in VIII, p. 122) and there can be no doubt about which
branch it is, for the sign Cancer as ascendant denotes great sensitive-
ness and mediumship (Asc. 25, p. 41), while Neptune adds its great ten-
dency to mysticism and mediumship. Friends that are spiritualists will
induce him to become developed as a medium and his troubles will
be endless.
Hereceives, however, very strong help, which will turn him away
from his first hobby that gives him no satisfaction. (T? A 3), p. 127, 1? A

$: p. 132). The latter aspect denotes love for occult sciences and the
former endows him with profound thinking and brings more stability
to his thoughts. We
might rightly assume that he, as soon as his first
curiosity is satisfied, will turn away from spiritism or spiritualism in
order to seek along the occult, scientific way that which his inborn
longing drives him to.
#(p. 65) will act here in the sense that it lessens the tendency to
imitation that 25 gives, and makes the character more original, though
at the same time supporting d in the strong tendency to impulsive
1

action (3) 8 d p. 127). I? (p. 63) on the other hand, brings more tact and
.

thoughtfulness Q) A T?, p. 127). The strong position of cf in V

and in M.C. in
8 and P. 3) (d* ruler of V) denotes strongly enough great impulsiveness
and a strong feeling of independence, which will cause the native many
difficulties in his calling (10th house, p. 86) and threatens his honour and

good name with danger. But ft and placed in the house of friends
warrant the help of old people (r?, p. 63) and of acquaintances
among younger people (, p. 57). Moreover #
from 8 is in sextile aspect
to <3 131) from which we conclude that he is helped in his difficulties
(p.
by his wife's or his partner's money (8th house is 2nd from 7th, p. 92).
i&. is IV but for the rest is not badly posited in the house of Scorpio.

$: is in its own sign Aquarius, so that being retrograde here will mean :

postponement or delay of expected help.

The 3) receives the affliction from Mars (]) 8 d, p. 127) in the 4th
house (p. 123) and as neither 2|. $ nor O
sen d it a good aspect,
,

the good aspects coming from the malefics only we may derive that
he will have domestic troubles and that his surroundings in general will
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not be harmonious. It denotes a less agreeable old age, lighted however

by profound intellectual work and study concerning the mysteries of life

and evolution (1? A j$, p. 132).
The only weak planet in this horoscope is Venus, which has its
detriment in Aries ($ in V, p. 52), and is moreover without motion (D.).
Moreover Venus receives bad aspects from Neptune ($ n ^, p. 130) and
from the ascendant. The weak semi-sextile to will De of little avail O
here. Venus (in V) on the cusp of the llth house is scarcely indicative
of good terms with female acquaintances. Venus in Aries however helps
to fortify his idealism ($ in V, p. 120).
The ascendant (p. 102) is also rather ill aspected it receives a sex- ;

tile from the Sun, but a n aspect from Venus, an 8 from Jupiter, and a
L from Saturn, and though M.C. sends a A aspect, it is evident that his
health will suffer, the more so because the sign Cancer produces an
over-sensitive body (p. 41). There is reason to expect that the hyper-
sensitiveness of the Cancer-body will manifest in great susceptibility to
cold and moisture, seeing that the aspect of Jupiter comes from the
saturnine sign ^ moreover Saturn throws a Z aspect and Neptune is in
the ascendant (T? p. 63).
The position of the Moon in Libra denotes many* changes of abode,
which may be accepted with more certainty because there are so many
planets in cardinal signs. Indeed, the Moon by itself as ruler of the
ascendant denotes this; even though the cusps of the houses represen-
ting long and short journeys (9th and 3rd), were fixed signs, but
this lessens the tendency somewhat (p. 54, 142).
Thus one might treat separately each house and the influences
acting in it.

When treating the progressive positions we will refer to this horos-

cope again.

General Remarks.

In judging the action of the planets we should always bear in

mind that
planets in angular houses (1, 4, 7, 10) influence the body,
succeedent houses (2, 5, 8,
11) the feelings,
cadent houses (3, 6, 9, 12) the intellect.

The ruler horoscope should be specially studied. When the

of the
3) goes from tfi- e
to 8 O
is waxing, the objective consciousness
-

striving after outward observation comes more to the fore.

When the }) goes from 8 to tf i e
O
is waning, the consciousness
-

is more subjective, seeks the inner side of things.

The O influence in the horoscope is stronger when above the

earth, and the }) is below it. The J) influence is stronger when