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BLUE BOOK
for
Beginning Students of Standard Astrology
Based upon the Hermetic Teachings and Compiled
by Mildred Schuler
Planetary Urges....................................................................... 7
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Some people say they do not want to
TO BEGIN WITH!!.
know what is going to happen.
Astrology does not predict exact or
A HOROSCOPE is the hallmark of
inevitable events. Rather, it indicates
astrology. All standard systems of
astrology feature use of the year, the the kind and quantity of energy you
have in your personality bank ac-
day of the month, the time of day,
count. By progressions it tells you
and the place of birth of the
individual whose life pattern is to be when your investment in past
experiences is mature, when it will
mapped.
be paid in full, and with interest.
Horoscopes also may be cast for
other things than people. We have If you are aware of it, and have
prepared to make wise use of this
horoscopes of countries, cities and
abundant energy, well and good, if
the weather, for answering questions
and selecting the best time to begin not, you may spend it in poor health,
in riotous living, unwise business
new projects, etc. All are worked out
ventures or take it out on family and
in precisely the same manner as
natal horoscopes. Rules for in- friends. You may become a public
charge. It is economical to know the
terpretation vary only as to
odds of life if you would play the
adaptation to the situation present.
game successfully.
It is not necessary to know how to
erect a birth chart in order to know
how to read it. You do not compose
ORIENTATION OF THE
music nor write books before you
HOROSCOPE
learn to read them.
Horoscopes are supposed to be
Do not be frightened by the
viewed as though you faced the
hieroglyphics known as signs and
south, as though the great wheel
symbols, which make up a horo-
were an extension of the earth#s
scope. There is much beauty and
equator.
profound wisdom wrapped up in
those abbreviations for long words.
The earth turns upon its axis from
They are universal symbols
west to east. This results in the
understood by discerning minds of
apparent movement of the sky and
every age.
stars above from east to west. The
sun rises in the morning in the
Because the original Masons and the
eastern sky, and sets in the evening
original astrologers were all one
in the western sky, passes under our
organization, you will find that
particular side of the earth during
Masonic rituals are based upon
the night, and comes up again in the
astrology and astrological characters
morning, bringing with it another
were originally designed by Masons.
day.
It is not necessary to !believe in"
astrology for it to work out in your
case. Those who ignore it completely
are the ones most likely to follow its
intrinsic pattern.
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4. The father, home, end of life or
end of any matter.
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signs, with names corresponding to
constellations in the sky. But they
are not synonymous with the con-
stellations, which are not used in
astrological computations or
interpretations.
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THE NATURAL NEW YEAR BEGINS Cancer $ lower part of lungs,
ABOUT MARCH 21 EVERY YEAR the breasts, the diaphram and
When the sun crosses the equator the stomach.
coming north in the spring, it begins
Leo $ Spine, back and heart.
a new zodiac for the following 12
months. A horoscope erected for that
Virgo $ abdominal and umbilical
time and for the capital of any
region, duodenum and the
country carries with it the destiny of
intestines.
that country until the sun completes
another apparent journey about the
Libra $ lumbar region, kidneys,
earth.
ovaries, the seed, and the
internal generative organs.
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GEMINI, the Twins, active mentally, CAPRICORN$the Goat, methodical
restless, very talkative , can do and highly ambitious. Diplomatic,
many things well. Best quality, with eye to economy. Best
VERSATILITY Worst quality, quality, DIPLOMACY Worst
CHANGEABLENESS. Belongs to quality, DECEITFULNESS.
THOUGHT SERIES. Belongs to UTILITY series.
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This is mentioned only because some quality, SYSTEM. Worst quality,
critics like to accuse the fraternity of SELFISHNESS.
ignorance of basic astronomical facts
when time more profitably could be URANUS" INDIVIDUALISTIC urge.
spent in learning of their power and Best quality, ORIGINALITY
influence. Worst quality, ECCENTRICITY.
SUN" The POWER urge. Best Those aspects derived from a trine
quality, RULERSHIP Worst or 1/3 part of the circle are most
quality, DICTATIVENESS. fortunate: that is, 30, 60 or 120
degrees. Those aspects derived from
MOON" DOMESTIC urge. Best the square are most discordant; that
quality, ADAPTABILITY Worst is, 45, 90, 135 or 180 degrees.
quality, INCONSTANCY.
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ASPECTS BY NAME, Sun affects the vitality, the
HIEROGLYPHIC, significance, and the authority.
CHARACTERISTIC
MOON: Any progressed aspect of
the Moon affects the mental
0 CONJUNCTION attitude, the domestic life and
Prominence, as the Sun every day affairs.
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GENERAL PROCEDURE and have a fairly good idea of when
and how he will react when future
There is nothing inevitable in the aspects of the planets occur.
interpretation of a horoscope. In
Standard Astrology we search for It is a safe guess that when an
probabilities. aspect is repeated, the ac-
companying event will be similar to,
There are cases on record where a or a continuation of, the event which
king and a peasant have been born took place at the time of the
at the same moment, and have lived previous occurrence of the same
parallel lives in the nature of aspect.
experience, but on different levels of
society. In this Beginner#s Handbook it is not
the place to discuss calculations of
It would be foolhardy to predict that progressed aspects. But it may be
the peasant would ever wear a helpful to say that what we call
crown. But he could and did receive MAJOR PROGRESSED ASPECTS are
honors in his sphere of life, counted at the rate of a day for a
comparable to a coronation in the year. That is, the release of energy
royal family. He married at the same from the planets on the tenth day
time, suffered illness and had other after birth affects the tenth year of
experiences similar to, and at the life.
same time as those, which came to
his so-called astrological twin. It is not as though anything came
from the planet to the individual.
We cannot say that a certain planet Rather it is supposed that the
in a certain sign means a certain planets by their peculiar
event. We must learn to judge the arrangement at any given time and
chart as a whole, taking into account place mark fields of energy which do
the house position, the aspect impinge upon the finer vibratory
formed, and the nature of the body of a soul at the moment of its
planets that form the aspects. birth in independent form. The same
thing holds true for any other type of
It is best to talk with the person living thing, or event or organization.
whose chart we are reading, and It is the vibratory power back of it,
learn as much as possible about his which propels it into being. Planets
experiences, environment, diet, and mark the paths of that vibration.
the nature of his difficulty, if he
seems to be troubled. In this way we This has been only a brief outline of
can trace the manner in which he some of the things to consider in the
has used his personality bank reading of a horoscope, which you
account in the past. If we have the may find in astrology magazines or
dates when events have occurred, in classes. But what is given here is
we can trace in the ephemeris which standard procedure. You will never
planets were active at the time and have to %unlearn" this.
know much more about the subject
than he can tell you himself. This little booklet will have served its
purpose if it stimulates the minds of
By thus !getting a line on the some casual students sufficiently to
subject" we can go on from there
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cause them to take a more serious he must sweep out $ or he will
look at the subject become suffocated by it.
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CS 4 Ancient Masonry
CS 5 Esoteric Psychology
CS 6 The Sacred Tarot
CS 7 Spiritual Astrology
CS 8 Horary Astrology (Hermetic
System, including first
mathematical lesson)
CS 9 Mental Alchemy
CS 10-1 Delineating the
Horoscope
CS 10-2 Progressing the
Horoscope
CS 11 Divination and Character
Reading
CS 12-1 Natural
Alchemy&Evolution of Life
CS 12-2 Natural
Alchemy&Evolution of Religion
CS 13 Mundane Astrology
CS 14 Occultism Applied to Daily Life
CS 15 Weather Predicting
CS 16 Stellar Healing
CS 17 Cosmic Alchemy
CS 18 Imponderable Forces
CS 19 Organic Alchemy
CS 20 The Next Life
CS 21 Personal Alchemy
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