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EV E RY B O D Y S

A S TRO LO G Y

MAGN US J E N S E N

L I B RA

CA B I N

C A M I N O, C AL IF
192 2

C oWright ,

192 2

by

Magnus Jensen
Si

e ns en

A S T R O L O GY O R P S Y C H O L O GY

WH I C H

Astrology

should be investigated because it prom

i se s to solve many human problems collective and
individual which cannot be solved by any other
known means
"uestions arise as to whether astrology in its pres
e nt form of praxis or at least in its essential possi
b i l i ti e s is a true scienti c means of solving any
problems What reasons have we for believing in
astrology ? Is it not true what we read in the encycl o
i
a
s
d
a
e
that astrology died with C opernicus dis
p
covery
which established the sun as the center of
our solar system ? And then supposing astrology is

true what good is it to know what fate has in store

for us ? These are the principal questions which
earnest inquirers will ask
When I became interested in the subject nearly
twenty two years ago I simply picked up the thing
as I found it looked it over tested it by experiments
and was convinced This has prob ably been the
method of inquiry employed by most others who have
become its devotees A direct and simple way of nd
ing out i f the pudding is eatable b ut not always
the most pleasant way for an epicure
,

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gyg rybg dy s

A s trol ogy

The reader will have observed how all things b i g

and small throughout nature all operate on the same
principle Life in the great cell which we call our
solar system appears to live by the s ame law of
revolution as the blood in our bodies and as the
atoms which compose it revolve in the greater cell
the molecule at distances apart comparatively as
great as the distances of the planets from each other
Modern science tells us that the electrons which com
pose the atom are not matter at all but thought waves
forming angles All this motion and revolution b e
come vibration and as it rises on the vibratory scale
it becomes one color or another one matter or another
in harmony or discord with other matter on a differ
ent scale of vibration It forms laws of attraction
repulsion j oy and pain We say it is li fe S cience
tells us there is only One L i fe Will those wh o pro
fess to believe as well as those who profess to dis
believe i f such there be that the universe is one verse
please explain how the conceited little pigmy atom
man ever got it into his head that he is u n i nuenced
free and independent of the laws of the great mole
cule of which he is a part ?
A psychologist en route made his introductory
address to 2 0 0 0 people at the S cottish R ite Audi
tor i u m San Francisco in the spring of 1 9 2 1 The
doctor made many statements mostly very good and
,

A strology

P sych ol ogy ?

or

very true There were of course some with which the

writer didn t quite agree but which may nevertheless
be true " however there were a few statements made
which positively did not match with the true state
ments I have singled out one of these the most 1m
portant one because it concerns my science I have
also singled out two of the doctors good and true
statements also very important ones because they
are astrological maxims I h ave placed them in
contra position so th at the very inconsistency of the
contradiction may ignite and illumine the pa ge :
.

A strology

is not true

God is omnipresent

The universe is one

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.

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.

The doctor did not use the exact words astrology

is not true he said : The planets have no more i n

uen ce over your lives than the creases i n your
trousers which voluble levity I am rendering in
direct E nglish The doctor made the statement at his
opening a d dress without waiting for invitation or
question
,

"

"

While some of us are more or less xed in our ideas

and a dh er rmly to the thoughts which we have be
come accustomed to think there are also those of us
who are changeable and readily ad op t the new which
we at once embrace with vigor and enthusi asm until
the next exciting idea comes along A dvocates of the
,

E v erybody s A strol ogy

new i deas belong naturally to the cardinal (active )

signs They are born wi th the sun the ascend
ant and most planets in cardinal signs hence they
become leaders It is therefore natural that these
advocates should walk rough shoe d over other and
older ideas in their struggle to gain recognition for
their own A knowledge of this principle alone would
make for self knowledge and tend to make us
broader and more tolerant
A strology being older than history has suffered
repeated attacks from every upspringing i dea
throughout the ages It is still with us and persistently
gaining new ground after each rebuff It is consist
ently expected that as our solar system i s entering

the sign of the Man (the humane broad scientic

A quarius ) that astrology shall gain univers al recog
n i ti onwhen calm and earnest students of a dispas
beneath their
si on ate science may well think it
dignity to give cognizance to i p p ant utterances of
supercial opponents

I f God means anything at all in the language

of a doctor of philosophy it may well be supposed
to mean the U niversal Mind the thought behind
matter or that in which and by which everything is

B eing also an image I have a few suggestions to

offer on the subj ect : I swing my arms around i t

inuences every cell in my body I think : I shall go
.

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A str ol ogy

or

P s yc h ol ogy ?

I start

out for a walk

to move my legs and s oon
every cell or minor universe of which I am the

God are inuenced by my thought in motion Now

I am a universe am I not ? Then suppose the great
U niversal Mind the all G od moves his giant arm
i
f
so
I
may
express
it
Jupiter
to
a
trine
aspect
of
(
)
col l osal Sun H a s that so surely no crystallizing effect
through the rst breath of the new born ? A trine
aspect is an angle or distance apart of 1 2 0 de grees
C rystallizing angles are called aspects and are
based on the pyramid and the cube They are meas
u re d upon the lines of the equator and the ecliptic
Water will crystallize perfect angles of 1 2 0 degrees
will it not ? I s i t so sure that a crystal formation
means nothing to the myriad of lives in the little
universe the waterdrop ? These queries seem to me
quite related C an intelligent people aff ord to scoff
at the idea of planetary inuences without giving it
a fair test ?
What is th e me d ium through which we may sup
pose an effect from a planetary aspect ? I would sug

gest vi bration There is no limit to vibration I f it

h as a limit it exists only in our knowledge not in
N ature
Before offering the reader any more Speculative
suggestions it will be necessary to clear the ground
of a nauseating rubbish heaped up by our opponents
,

"

E verybody s Astrol ogy

I t is really not worth the reader s attention u nl ess he

has admitted the silly nonsense of encyclop aedic

writers to a place in his mind I will be as brief as
possible :

C opernicus discovered that the sun and not the

earth was the center of our universe so the H elio
centri c system (sun in center ) was established The
old Geocentric system (earth in center ) with its
superstition astrology died
I h 0 pe to make it plain to the reader in a few
words that this V iew of the matter is bluntly wron g
i f not indeed wilfully deceiving When the ancient
astrologers calculated eclipses they did so by the
geocentric (earth in center ) system and their pre
dictions were very nearly as exact by their crude
means as are the moderns with their superior method s
and instruments There need be no doubt about the
truth of this statement for there are sufcient b istori
cal records to prove it Now how can this be true i f
C opernicus really did murder the geocentric system ?
The fact is simply this th at the astronomers of today
are using the very same geocentri c system in cal cu
lating eclipses Also they are using the very same
n
t
r i c system throughout the entire eld of nauti
eoce
g
cal astronomy for how otherwise could the navigator
make use of the astronomer s tables ? H e i s not sail
ing on the sun is he ? The notion is really too silly
.

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Astrol ogy

Psych ol ogy ?

or

for mention I trust I do not offend the reader s

intelligence by assuming that he might possibly with
out thinking much about it have bee n deceived i nto
believing such nonsense Plainly astrology like
navigation depe nd s on r el a ti ve positions
Pytha gor as and his disciples taught that the sun
was the planetary ce nter and that th e earth an d the
planets revol ved aroun d the sun and yet a m odern
is give n full credit f or discovering an idea that was
entertained 2 0 0 0 years before him S ame as D arwin
is looked upon as the father of evolution while evo
l uti on was one of the fundamental teachings of the
Veda b ar d s the Aryan philosophers of the earliest
h istor i c civilization
J oh n " epler un i versall y reg arded as one of the

gr eatest of astronom ers said : A most u nfailing ex

r
i
e
c
t
e
o
f
c
i
te
m
e
t
of
sub
l
nary
natures
by
e
n
e
x
n
h
u
e
p
the conjuncti ons and aspects of the planets has i n
structed and compelle d my u nwilling beli ef

Ri chard A Proctor of modern e steem said : We

Y e t a mo st active
refus e to e x ami ne into astrology
oppone nt Hi s v oluble railings a nonym ous and
otherw ise permeate the astr onomical literature
Al fred J P earce i n h i s text book quotes from an
art i c le i n the Cornh ill Magazi ne for Jul y 1 8 7 7

T he p l an et of War
suppose d l y writte n by Mr

Proctor :
B ut i f Mars we re i n truth the
.

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"

E verybody s Astrol ogy

Planet

of War i f his inuence poured from near at

hand upon the nations of the earth excited them to
war and bloodshed we might well fear that the com
ing months would bring desolation on many terres
tri al elds Moreover twice during his time o f
reatest
splendour
his
rays
will
be
closely
conj
oined
g
with those of the malignant planet S aturn

Mr Pearce comments as follows : At the time the

foregoing paragraph was written the writer shared
the belief of the R ussi an commanders that the cm
s ade against Turkey would be but a military prom
e n a d e and would be ended in a few weeks The fear
ful holocaust of victims to the unsuccess ful attempts
to take Plevna by storm (the s acri ce of li fe being
greater than any known for centuries past ) attested
the power of Mars and the validity of his right to be

called The Planet of War That this effect was

anticipated can be proved by reference to " adkiel s
Almanac for 1 8 7 7 A fter the contributor to the C orn
hi l l M ogaz i n e had exhausted the whole of his inge
n u i ty and r e cou r ce s for arguments against the i n u
ence of Mars it was an exceedin gly cruel fate to have
them scattered to the winds by means of the very
circumstance to which he appealed as a test (Mars
nearest approach since
Perhaps the words of
Longfellow (in his poem addressed to the plane t
Mars ) have recurred to his mind :
,

"

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A strol ogy

or

Psych ology ?

0 star of strength , I see thee

"
An d smile upon my pain "

earce
P
:
(

page

vol

23,

1,

stand

old edition )
.

Simon Newcomb of course rejected astrology He

also wrote a book on the future impossibility of the
ying machine

I once made bold to approach a great astronomi

cal authority H e gave the following characteristic

answer : Modern astronomers do not believe in

astrology L ater this noted newspaper scribe became
infatuated with the subject There was also a lady of
charms in the astrological society Alas " like the

morning star but to be as brief : astrology was

promptly declared taboo and all astrologers consigned
to the rack by the morose s avant E merging from the
repair shop for cracked brains the professor claimed
he had discovered what St Matthew says no man
shall ever know except by the signs and eventsthe

day when the sun comes into the Man But he re

fused to give his discovery to the world for fear that
astrologers might learn the secret whereby to cast a

correct horoscope Bless his chilled heart the pre

cession of the equinoxes does not affect the casting
of the horoscope at all and but tri i ngl y subsequent
calculations We are not reckoning by cons tellations
but by th e si gns Our mundane equation base is th e
eq u ator The ecliptic intersects the equator at the same
.

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E verybody s Astrol ogy

two points now as ever and forever T h e division of

the equator into 1 2 houses and that of the ecliptic
into 1 2 signs are accordin g to c rystallization laws

s ame as the aspects The precession is along the

ecliptic It is a receding motion of our sun and planet
family at the rate of 3 0 or one si gn per 2 1 6 0 years
Selah
C amille Flammarion a former opponent declared

recently : Astrology is a science worthy of notice to

s ay the least
John Flamsteed the rst astronomer R oyal of
E ngland gave this the truest verdict of any critic

that I have read of

I found astrology to give in
general strong conj ectural hints not perfect declara
ti ons
Now to return to the psychol ogist : H e is a most
interesting person and his argument which I will
come to shortly is the most ingenious one ever
launched by any opponent I heard him later in O ak
land H e was giving a course in vocational guidance
to some 8 0 0 students Six evenin gs for twenty ve
dollars per head A n d here to my surprise the whole
evening was given to the reading and demonstration

of Frank Theodore Allen s B irthday " ey a tiny

astrological leaet which my friend Allen had sent
me many years ago This was an exact reprint by

The Mastery Press And the n I realized what it

.

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E verybody

As trol ogy

feedin g recording

su ggestion to the subconscious

since they have not been popularly known either in
ancient or modern times for instance the risin g sign
It is a common observation among astrologers that
as the sun s place by sign gives the keynote to the
individual or l atent nature or what psychologists

call the unconscious or subconscious mind

so the rising or ascending si gn gives the keynote
to the personality or ex pressed nature of the individ

ual or conscious mind in psychol ogy

The argument is well calculated to enhance the
power of suggestion in the minds of the doc tor s
superci al listeners on the principle that every little
bit that is taken from Peter and given to Paul will
P
ive
aul
just
a
little
bit
more
g
Another argument made by the doctor to the effect
that events will transpire both as to time and nature
because of su ggestion to the subconscious does not
accord with the results of mathematical investigation
which prove that events of the past are in evidence
about as promptly as are those of the future Y et
also in this there is a tiny superci al truth and a
lesson for those who would under
rate or ignore the
power of suggestion
Whatever may be said in an attempt to prove that
the conditions of li fe are the net results of suggestions
from our subconscious and conscious our ancestors
,

"

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A strolo gy

or

P sych ology ?

and present surroundings cannot i n the least render

unprotable the study and praxis of astrology "on the
contrary psychologists would be especi ally b ene tted
by knowing upon a mathematical bases where and
when to apply their suggestive powers
It has long been my regret that neither of the many
elaborated and expensive text books on the astrologi
cal market do present a fairly plausible hypothesis
on the modus Operandi and it is an equally welcome
and elucidating idea which thus occurs to my mind
this that our earth may have a subconscious mind
of its own which by some process wholly p sych ol ogi
cal i n nature may inuence and be inuenced by and
merge into that of the other planets sun and moon
included and even the distant stars Perhaps in the
last analysis after having passed through the initial
quack stages of self importance psychologists will

not regard astrology as un psychological when they

may wisely follow the precedent of other religio
science cul ts of which I wish to mention the Her
meti sts only and whose doctrines are inseparably
linked to astrology the science which I should like
to term : C osmi c Psych ol ogy
,

T WE L V E S I GN S

R EA D I N G S O F T H E

The four trian gles withi n the zod i acal circle i nd i

cate the four triplicitie s vi z : the ery the earthy

the ai ry and th e watery The re si gns are (follow
the tri angle ) Aries L eo and S agi ttarius " the earth
signs Tau rus Virgo and C apr i corn " the a i r si gns
Gemini Lib r a and Aqu ar i us " the water si gns C an
cer Scorpio and Pisces Those are the elementary na
tures of the signs
T h e three squares indicate the constitutional na
tures thus : The card i na l signs (also termed movabl e
or acti ve ) Aries
C ancer Libra and C apricorn " the
A
x
e
signs
Taurus
Leo
corpio
and
quarius
the
d
S
"

common (or muta b l e ) signs

Gemini Virgo S agit
tari u s and Pisces
These elements are an inde x to the si gn readings
same as the horoscope is an index to a li fe reading
"

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S i gn R ead i ngs
A r i e s,

the

P,

R am :

March

21

to

April

20

uick
and
darin
in
thought
and
action
lively
"
g
and energetic Impulsive enthusi astic self assertive
and aggressive Venturesome resistful of control
Very d etermme d E xcitable and ery in temper
When ascending (in addition to the above ) the
body is generally lean but strong and enduring and
of average height with wiry brown or reddish hair
light complexion A broad forehead and pointed
chin A keen eye A brisk lively gait Li able to hurts
about the head and face and loss of hair
,

T au r u s

25

the Bull :

April

to May

20

21

Determined patient slow ploddin g thorough

methodical and practical R eserved rm and u n
chan geable Slow to anger but furious when angered
Great vi tality and endurance Fond of good eating
especially ri ch foods ease and comfort
When ascending the body is generally stout and
rather below the average height A round thick neck
and round face D ark hair E yes dark large and
pensive A measured decisive step Li able to throat
afictions
I f born ab out May 1 9 especially i f cl ose to sunrise
the eyesight is aficted
,

E v eryb od y s As trol ogy

G e mi n i

II

the Twins : May

2 1

Very

to June

22

adaptable and versatile " ind congeni al

tactful and inoffensive Great readers and talkers
Inquiring "uick witted and quick to learn C hange
able restless and dislikes to be alone
When ascending the body is straight and generally
slender and rather tall D ark hair and brown eyes
Long arms and hands that are always busy with
something In short Gemini persons are exception
ally expressive i n hands feet eyes and tongue Well
shaped forehead oval face Liable to hur ts about the
arms and shoulders
.

C an c e r ,

the

C rab :

June

to July

22

Very

23

tenacious and very prudent R eceptive sensi

tive sympathetic shy and reserved Strongly attached
to home Morbidly introspective Fond of history and
t r adition O ften coll ecting antiques and curiosities
Intuitive Negative and mediumistic
When ascending gives a body of medium height
weak and unproportionate a large upper body and
sl ender limbs H air brown complexion sandy or pale
a n d blue eyes
A round face C rablike manners and
a graceless gait Liable to digestive troubles
.

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S i gn R e a di ngs

L e o 51
,

the Lion " July

23

to

August

23

Forceful magnetic generous and impulsive

Strong and ardent love natures Moved through the
heart rather than through reason C ommanding reso
lute courageous and high spirited Sometimes boast
fully asserting his superiority A staunch friend and
a noble enemy
When ascending the body is usually large well
built and of a stately carriage R uddy complexion
light brown or golden hair and blue or gray eyes A
sonorous voice and elastic step Liable to hurts to the
back
The days about July 2 8 and August 1 8 give weak
eyes especially when born close to sunrise
.

V i r g o , 1112,

the

Virgin : Au gust

C ritical

23

to September

23

and discriminating Fastidious about food

Alert inquisitive ingenious studious I ndustrious
and smart Neat and orderly Fond of the artistic
Ap t in the languages and elocution Good business
abilities
When ascending the body is rather short The face
appears triangular the forehead being broad and
well formed D ark brown hair brown or g r ay eyes
and a sallow complexion Somewhat jerky movements
in walking Liable to stomach troubles
.

E verybody s Astrol ogy

Li b r a

the B alance : September

23

to October

23

I ntuitive perceptive impartial just and harmon

,

ious Amiable and diplomatic C omparing and rea

soning Artistic aptitude Loves music singing and
dancing C hangeable and moody and somewhat
ckle Light and suave Inclined to build castles i n
the air E asily disturbed like the balance
When ascending the bo d y is generally above med
ium height in youth slender and growing stout in
later years S ymetri c form and fair complexion
Brown or dark hair and blue eyes H ead and face
of ne proportions Square faced Polite and graceful
deportment Weak kidneys and the small of the back
.

S c or p i o ,

TTL,

the Scorpion : October

23

to Novem

ber 2 2
C unning secretive austere and determined A rdent
love natures Self centered j ealous resentful vin
d i cti ve and uncompromising E ver ready with sting
ing s arcasm Industrious strong willed and self
assertive Silent subtle tricky and surprisingly
heroic in danger
When ascendin g the body i s large boned and stout
strong and robust H air and complexion dark E yes
dark sharp and penetra ing Square face and large
teeth Abrupt in manners Determined steps in walk
ing Li able to troubles w ith the genitals
.

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E verybod y s Astrol ogy

A q u ar i u s , at

"

H umane

the Man : J anuary

to February

20

19

kind and obli ging constant and reliable

R etiring rened artistic studious and inventive
"uiet extremely sensitive and subj ect to p sych ol ogi
cal conditions and impressions Natural readers of
human nature Lovers of science literature and art
and well at home in cultured society
When ascending the body is seldom above me
d i u m of ne build round features rather delicate
S andy or dark ax en hair R estful eyes C alm and
reective manners Li able to injury to the legs

P i s c e s , )6 ,

the Fishes : February

19

to March

2 1

Sensitive and very mediumistic Sympathetic and

gentle Negative shy timid loyal and dependent
C on d i ng and trustful E asily led Fond of sensa
tion and inclined to dri ft Lovers of peace ease and
security H abitually live in their feelings
When ascending gives a small stature eshy
weak and tired Brown hair and water colored eyes
R ound face and small teeth Walks with a waddling
gait Frequently troubled with their feet
The days about February 2 7 give weak eyesight
especially i f born close to sunrise
.

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R EA D I N G
TH E

C HA R A C T ER F R O M
S U N S I GN A N D T H E
R I S I N G S I GN
T HE

The rst para graph of the foregoing sign readings

applies to the sun sign "t h e whole of the reading
applies to the ascending sign The reader is referred
to the table of ascending signs to be used when the
birth hour is known Should date of birth fall within
three or four days of the date when the sun enters a
new sign the individual then partakes of both signs
Similarly though in a much lesser degree will the
person partake of two signs should the extreme b e
ginning or end of a si gn be found on the ascendant

The person is then said to be born on the cusp

The difference here is however quite readily per
cei ved as in the case of twins who are born each on
the other side of the cusp
It will be found that the mental characteristics are
more in evidence than the bodily The latter seem
more subject to modication by hereditary condi
tions

The popular Solar R eadings divide humanity

into twelve groups By combining the sun si gn and
the ascending sign judiciously (in the manner of an
astrologer ) we obtain 1 4 4 groups That such a combi
nation is far superior to the singular sun readings
.

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E verybody

Astrol ogy

will at once become apparent to the observer Never

th el e ss nothin g better than a general accordance can
be expected considering that the si gn positions of the
sun and the ascendant are only two of many factors
subjected to analysis and synthesis when properly
delineating character from a horoscope " but they are
important factors and the only ones th at can be con
si d ered on this narro w scheme
The reader may now proceed as follows : Select
from among your acquaintances any one who comes
near to being a type of one of the si gns then get that
person s birth date Lettin g him keep the hour to him
sel f or meanwhile he may in quire of the parents
o
The
birth
hour
is
roughly
kno
w
n
to
a
maj
rity
of
(
the younger generation ) Pu t the middle of the risin g
period of the sign describing the native on a slip of
paper and holdin g your h and over it request your

subject to announce the h our I have turned that

stunt with general success on many occasions When
removing my hand I let him gaze at the hour on the
slip This never fails to produce an effect upon those

present The party himself may be a hard case and

you may have to put up a bet to make him go to the
trouble of interesting himself in himself O f course
the bet to be on the square with an honest disbeliever
should be one a gainst twelve since the re are t w elve
signs and you are to guess the ri ght one but he may
.

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R ead i ng th e C h aracter

not understand this (they don t always ) and you

having the advanta ge of this much knowledge can

afford to be generous with your victim Y ou will

make mistakes but you can pick types enough to
come out winner in the long run and many more
than are needed for proof
I n th i s demonstrative manner I once guessed the
exact date of a child s death I was given four months

to go ou that means 1 2 0 to one I put down F eb ru

ary 7 The father denied it saying it was in F eb ru

ary but it was on the 8 th But those that were pres
ent gave me full credit for havin g come surprisingly
close The ne x t day the father admitted that my guess
was absolutely correct as he recalled having received
a telegram on the 8 th stating that the child died on

the 7 th at 1 1 p m but s aid he the stars had

nothing to do with that for she died of pneumonia
and i f she hadn t cau ght a cold on a certain occasion
she wouldn t have died
no your astrology is all
bosh "
Now Mr Psychologist did I kill that child by
suggestion ?
This happened about t wenty years ago when I was
not able to attempt such ne guesses and had an
astrologer to help me out I have made a few guesses
of mo re practic al value since then such as are not for
publicity
,

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To illustrate the combi nati on r ea d i ng with an ex

ample : A man is born April 1 0 at 7 a m C hicago
before 1 8 8 3 R eferring to the table of rising
signs as will be explained we nd his ascendant in
Taurus We then have an Aries individual and a

Taurus person Aries is a cti ve that is quick

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pulsive
excitable etc (see sign reading ) while

Taurus is x ed or determined
slow
reserved
etc He is also of a ery earth y nature (see left hand
diagram ) Accordingly we jud ge our man i s inwardly
active though his actions or expressions would i h

d i cate the reverse H ence he is a man who will use

his head to save his feet capable of accomplishing
much without seeming to be in a hurry Well adapted
for city li fe as he will readily turn its many comforts
to practical use I f well bred rened or repressed he
will win his way through diplomacy I f a man of the
rou gh and the wildlike unpolished rice whole
wheat or unrened brown sugar with the natural

active health producing elements intact i n terms of

I would say his latent res un

cos mi c psych ol ogy

repressed h e i s then a bully yet preferring the

easy practical way avoiding i f possible the exertion
and discomfort of a ght Ad d to this combination
the possibility of a prominent Mars and beware lest

he gets mad H ad he been born two hours earlier

he would have been an Aries man in and out e ver

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ready for the ght a pioneer type with an eye for

risk and excitement
H ad the native been a woman the same individual
would express through the s ame person and th rough
th e femi ni n e sex which would modify according to
the additional repression imposed on her by our ethic
rules and custom
People who are born at sunrise are generally the
easiest read their sun and ascendant being then in
the same sign unless date be near the 2 rst Sunrise
people are the healthiest as are also those born in
the spring months Noon people are most successful
their sun being elevated in or near the mid
heaven
the house of position hon or and business career
I f the reader will familiarize himself with the two
little diagrams the symbols and order of the signs

and their relation one to another whether in trine

m
triangle
meaning
h
ar
o
n
or
in
square
mean
(
y
)
ing d i scord he will soon know more than has taken
six pages of sign readings to express It is well to
memorize the symbols as they and their names aptly
express the sign s nature Notice also that according
to their order the signs relate to the various parts of
the body as Aries to the head and P isces to the feet

expressive of the Grand Man of the cos mos

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L a t i t ud e
D ec

Ja n

31

S ign, 0

Li b ra

II

Sco rp i o

26

48

43

Pi sc e s

10

09

Ari e s

11

22 9

Aq ua ri u s

3 4 10

G e mi n i

0 1 11

L eo

28 -29

Ap r

31

Ma y

30

31

II

T a u ru s

C a nce r

Ma r

24

54

N ort h

Fe b

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C a p r i c o rn

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S IG N S

24 12

4 9 12
18 12

59 10

54 12

04 10

25 12

24 10

Vi rgo

04

26

57 10

Li b ra
S c o rp i o
S a g i tt a ri us

C a p ri c orn
Aq ua r i us

3 0 10

50 10

4 7 10

Pi sc e s

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TA B L E

O F A S C EN D I N G S I GN S

This table will apply roughly to anyone born near

the 4 0 latitude in the north hemisphere It gives the
hour and minute when each sign is rising that is
when it be gins to rise and when it gives place to the
succeeding sign It is calculated to accord with the
months half way between the two leap dates in 1 9 2 0
and 1 9 2 4 and therefore in using it for leap years and
common years alike there will be a general error of
a couple minutes after 1 9 0 1 and four or ve minutes
for the latter part of the 1 9 th century Also being
made for the C entral standard meridi an it is correct
for the United States chiey At other parts of the
world there will be an additional error of one minute
for west E urope and two or three minutes for Asi a
When the birthplace is north or south of the 4 0
latitude a margin for error of three minutes for every
degree must be allowed This however only when
C ancer or C apricorn or their adj acent signs are ris
ing When Aries or Libra or their adj acent signs rise
allow half that amount The time given is when each
sign begins to rise For example Aries will rise from
to
a m on March 3 1
and Taurus from
6 : 4 0 to 8 : 0 7 The hours above the horizontal line are
b efor e noon and those below it are after noon They

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T a bl e

e x tend from about midnight to the following mid

night (civil time ) The hours i n italics belong to the
previous or following day The last day of each
month is given T 0 get the time for intermedi ate
dates subtract four minutes for each day elapsed
since the table date or add four minutes for each day
previous thereto Taking the nearest date will give
nearly exact results
In this way the table may be used for as high a
latitude as
Above that the error will increase for
the signs as mentioned when an allowance of ve
minutes and more per degree for the C ancer and
C apricorn signs would render the table often useless
B elow 4 0 it may be used more freely as the allow
ance for error may be decreased
A fter s ome experience the reader may be able to
tell without referring to the table just about what
sign is rising at a given hour on a given date For
example i f birth was in J anuary at noon A ries or
Taurus would ascend " i f at midnight the opposite
signs Libra or Scorpio would ascend I f birth was
at sunrise the sun sign of course would ascend in
this case C apricorn or rst part of Aquarius " i f at
sunset the opposite sign C ancer or rst part of Leo
would ascend
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MA P

The m ap of the standard time sections i n the

United States is carefully drawn fro m all the data

given i n The Path n d er Railway Gu i de and i s in

ge neral a gre em ent with a similar m ap given i n the
Amer i can S ection of the E ncyclop aedi a B ri tannica in
an a rticle on horology
My nex t book will be a comp rehensive plain primer
which wi ll give full acc ount of time and the stan d
ards in this an d othe r countries (a sadly neglected
and bungled matter ) He re it will be sufcient to
mention that on November 1 8 1 8 8 3 the standard
time system was adopted in the U nited States The
table of ascendi ng si gn s is calculated on the bases
of mean time so the birth hour of a person born since
the afor e m enti oned date must rst be converted into
l ocal m e an ti ine Thi s is done by allowin g a correc
t i on of f our m i nute s for every degree east or west of
any given standard meridian I f west this correction
is mi nus i f east plus F or example San Francisco
wh i ch is 1 0 m i nutes in time
l ies in l ongitude
we st of 1 2 0 (th e Pacic standard me ri d ian) So
when the cl ocks of S an Fra nc i sco since 1 8 8 3 sh ow
noon it is then
a m by local m ean ti m e
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During the w ar we moved the sun back one hour

to s ave on the daylight so here we have an additional
correction to apply From the last Sunday in March
to the last Sunday in October 1 9 1 8 and 1 9 1 9 clocks
in U nited States were one hour in advance of regular
standard time
It will be observed that the dividing lines between
the four time sections do not run straight and mi dway
between the standard meridians as is often assumed
For example the line which divi des the P aci c and
the Mountain sections runs through H ope Troy
H untin gton Ogden Moj ave and Yuma The dividing
line between the Mountain and C entral sections even
crosses the Mountain standard meridian at E l P aso
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The last leaf of this booklet presents a fac simile

of a postal card from my teacher the late Joseph G

D alton the author of The Spherical B asis of As

trology and other standard works of unapproached
calibre The publishing of that postal card consti
tutes my rst reply to an unfounded sneer received
from an eastern publisher in J anuary 1 9 1 4 A com
l
answer
will
appear
in
due
time
in
the
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of
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This is my birth horoscope H or a scopus means in

E nglish one of two thin gs : H our poi nter or h our
vi ew C onsequently there can be no such hing as a
t
horoscope without the hour as its bases Fortunately

my mother distinctly remembered that the clock

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struck six in the mornin g just as I w as born How

ever the correctness of that old time country clock
she was not so sure of B u t the obvious indications of
the gure erected for 6 o clock showed that the time
could not be many minutes wrong I n fact the two
most important events in my l i fe having th en trans
i
re d
accorded with their most appropri ate primary
p
arcs so closely that a correction of less than two
minutes in the birth hour brou ght them to time to
the exact months of their occurrences These arcs
were : A scendant parallel Moon in the zodiac falling
due at my age of nearly 7 and Meridian conjunct
U ranus in zodiac and in mundo fallin g due at my
age of nearly 1 8 The rst event was my adoption by
relatives involvin g a two days voyage mainly by
water The other event was the death of my adoptive
father whi ch completely changed my career and sent
me traveling over the world
When I became interested in astrology U ranus
was just then transiting over the radical place of my
Venus Almost invari ably astrologers have taken up
with astrology under some Uranus inuence which
shows that U ranus has an a fnity for astrology At
my birth U ranus was rising on a line passing exactly
over B altimore the birthplace of Joseph G D alton
Mr D alto n became my private instructor in the
mathematics of astrology As I j ourneyed across that
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recorded the time of its conception Y ears later I got

into correspondence with an astrologer of unusual
calibre who had developed a complete system upon
the same idea Still later I discovered the nucleus to
that very same i dea expressed in a few words in an

old out of print text book so there is really nothin g

new under the sun

Again I can hear my psychologist retort : How do

you know that your subconscious mind did not solve
your locality problem ten million years ago while yet
in your ancestral body of a j elly fi sh ? O f course I
don t know
Among spiritualists there are some who being
tutored and controlled by astral disbelievers in as
tr ol ogy for such intelligences there are also in that
realm whether it be inhabited by d i sp ersoned indi
v i d u al s or by the mere thought forms of the sub
conscious is not for me to s ay These people assert
that when an astrologer makes a success ful prediction
it is because the long and tedious process of calcula

tion makes it possible for the spirits to inspire the

astrologer with the true vision of the future

With an ism or ology on the brain we are not

really arguing in order to eliminate our prejudices
and retain the golden truth " our obj ect is to make it
thoroughly known to all concerned that I am right
and you are wrong
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Many will rej ect my views and that is as it should

be " for as we vibrate differently so must we think
differently A few will accept my views and like a
seed sown in fertile soilmay it grow
There is but little of the radical portents of my
horoscope that may be of any special interest to my
readers The mundane parallel partile sextile and
mutual reception of my Mercury and Mars may inter
est the student and professional astrologer This con
guration is quite obvious and on seeing it for the
rst time it instantly arrested my attention Numbers
were my hobby already before I could add and sub
tract C onsequently my interest i n astrology has been
mostly limited to its mathematical development
which is more in line with astronomy But unlike u n
fortunate Mr Proctor mathematici ans are usually
poor diviners while divi ners are usually poor
mathematicians These two seem to vibrate on a
different scale they respond to different sounds of
the celestial tuning fork They do not harmonize
hence their clashes And as it takes a natural born
diviner with long experience to be a good reliable
astrologer I shall refrain from passing around the
astrologer s business card My natural eld of en
d e avor at present is that of the i d ea l astrolo ger s (not

the re gular kind ) servant his hod carrier T o

this end am I planning I n a few years hence I shall
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bring to the market a set of mathematical table s of a

kind and calibre such as the ast rological world of
today has never dreamed of
Several astrologers on seeing the position of m y
Jupiter have remarked hastily and unobservant of
my less obviously but severely aficted mi d heaven
that I ou ght to be a nancier Nevertheless Jupiter

is my saving grace I have had many a narrow

escape but no more than slight scratches Am gener
ally fortunate i n the narrow p aths of life and am
agreed to remain happy with small means Inasmuch

as this D r Jekyll (2 )has Mr H yde well hidden

in a much repressed l atent (2 111 ) he is still u nmar
ried and his Neptunian prospects bein g somewhat
doubtful he is solemnly warned not to commit it till
he is old and needs a nurse
Some astrologers see m to take pains to hide their
horoscopes not only from the public but even fro m
their fellow students I bel i eve th e most valuable i n
formati ons are gathered from the study of ones own
horoscope and the interested friends who have
allowed me to delve into their lives are welcome to
this glance into mine
The above brief commentary on a nativity must
sufce as an e x ample in the solution of some of li fe s
problems and as a hint on h ow astrology may serve
as a guide to those who w ish to live wisely and seek
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happi n es s in their own natural eld of endeavor and

thereby avoid the miseries consequent upon our try
ing to do the things that are for someone else to do
and our trying to be where we do not belong We have

a free will (so called ) only to the extent that there

is lubricating space in a well running machine Too
much play room and the end is near Mother Nature
is too wise to give to her children free scope without
specic individual and personal limitations so she
builds around them hour scopes for their own pro
tecti on She will not allow foolish man the chance
privilege to throw monkey wrenches into her ma
chinery and therefore while we are by our latent
natures urged on to live up to the full of our possi
b il i ti e s we are promptly slapped by a kindly paw
when we attempt to climb the strong walls of limita
tion built by her laws of birth Such is the argument
plain and irrefutable D o not let any psychologist

however great in gab and get play upon your

vanity with attering suggestions that you are su

preme free and unlimited for it is barely possible
that you may believe him and go climbing on to pin
n acl es not meant for your present needs and from
which the law of reaction will as surely pull you
down and you may suffer a fall from which you will
be in pains to recover
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C O I N C I D EN C E S
T O F O IL TH EM

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When in a game of cards the four aces happen

to be in one lucky hand as i f by accident it is

called in scientic language an acci dental coi nci

dence
Those of us who have studied and marveled at
the work of the Great Architect wherein we nd the
geometric design in its minutest particles as well as in
their immense aggregate we know th at in such a
structure there really can be no room for happenings
by luck or accident " therefore and notwithstanding
its being the cause of deception in our j u dgment we
reject the word coincidence in its accidental sense but
we accept it in its orderly co related signi cance
S i d us is Latin for a pl an et or a group of stars Figura
ti v el y it i s used in allusion to the inuence of the
stars I f si d us is the root of the word co i n ci d ence
the word is self dening " when j oined to the word

a cci d enta l it becomes as absurd as

common sense

free will
scare crow or delicious mu dp i e
The judgment of sage and fool alike is prompted
by impulse We are therefore always prejudiced pro
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premature opinions A mathematical method of guid

ing and checking the judgment is therefore imperative
to the investigator I am about to present an idea
which I will illustrate by two simple examples
Let us take the supposition that personal character
i sti cs coincide in a certain measure with the nature of
the rising sign at birth There are 1 2 signs I select
from my audience 1 2 typical persons who kn ow their
birth hour We will suppose that I guess correctly
only one failing on 1 1 The result i s then termed
n egati v e Suppose I hit 8 and miss 4 Any reasonable
person will accept such result as proo f still I may

have been just lucky it may have been an acci

dental coincidence But suppose in a long series of
e xperiments I hit more than 1 we will s ay my aver
age score i s 2 against 1 0 This would prove the sup
position true but only in a small degree or my
knowledge as very limited
Some may protest my right to pick the types and
insist that I take 1 2 persons by turn My reason is
that there are but few simple types most are com
plex that is commixtures of several signs due to the
planetary combinations and being able to judge only
from the effect of the rising sign therefore I reserve
the right to pick the types I f there were no truth in
the supposition it could make no difference whether
I pick or take by turn
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For another example let us take the supposition

that changes in the weather coincide with the time
of th e new moon First we must decide on a certain
locality and on what is to be reckoned as changes
We will s ay there are 2 8 days in a Lunar month
Let us allow 2 4 hours before and after the exact hour
of the new moon as a margin for the supposed i nu
ence to work out a change This gives 2 days to the
2 8 or 1 to 1 4 as a negative score Or we may prefer
to give the inuence a working margin of s ay 4 days
in which case we get 4 to 2 8 or 1 to 7 as a negative
That i s to say any score above the negatives 1 to 1 4
or 1 to 7 whichever we choose shall determine the
degree of inuence effective upon the weather from
the one single factor the new moon R ead the article

on Weath er in Wilson s D ictionary and try as sup

positions the various moon changes mentioned Test
them singly or simultaneously over a period of two
or four years in your home district
These two examples are so simple that everybody
can understand and work them Without some such
method much ne discrimination will be needed to
eliminate ambiguities and determine the relative
truth in all questions simple or complex B y the aid
of a deck of cards it should be possible to outline a
checking system in tabular arrangement of double
triple and quadruple index according to the complex
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R E MA R " S

I f the limited introductory message of this booklet

has fullled its obligation and induced a desire for
further knowledge on the subject the reader may pro
cure an ephemeris of the year of his birth through
a ny occult book store " adkiel s or R aphael s will do
Several occult publishing houses keep them in stock

The best books are Pearce s Text book and Wil

A rcana
son s D ictionary
is a
S i mmoni te s
bungled book of erratic assertions and many mathe
mati c al errors (the table of ve place proportional
logarithms alone has over 4 0 errors ) yet a valuable
book for real students is most original and full of

clever observations but is not for the beginner The

Language of the Stars by Burgoyne the author of

The Light of E gypt is the best primer There are

books galore with astrology on the cover and of mixed
contents of doubtful contents and of no contents at

all
H eliocentric too why not ? The worst trash

sell like hot cakes one book dealer s ays For the
reason that the public at large takes but little interest
in astrology as a science and has no notion whatsoever
of its vast possibilities the mass of the cheap and
popular astrological literature simply caters to idle
curiosity and thereby contributes to condemn a worthy
science to ridicule and contempt
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