Chapter XI. The Fourth HousE—EnNvironMENT, Homer, PARENTS ;（续 3）

Mercury in the fifth house tends to bring anxiety in connection with love affairs, and shows that the mind is liable to become absorbed in feeling and emotion. It denotes some fatalistic affair in connection with children, with much worry and perplexity of mind concerning their affairs.

When well aspected by Jupiter or Saturn, however, it is very good for speculation or enterprise. If afflicted by Mars or Uranus scandal and ill-repute in connection with love affairs is shown, and danger of separation, breach of promise actions or divorce. It also denotes trouble to the object of the affections, and the mind is generally concerned about the welfare of others who minister to the feeling and emotional side of the nature.

This position of Mercury is always improved if in good aspect with the Moon.

Tue Moon in the fifth house denotes much fluctuation in all speculative affairs, and much activity and change in allenterprise. It gives a love of pleasure and a peculiar aptitude to gain pleasure out of amusement. It denotes changeable and fickle affections, and an engagement with the opposite sex which may quite absorb the life even although the obiect of the native’s affection may be not in the least worthy of the affection or attention shown. It promises a child who will have fame or notoriety, and indicates that the life of the native will be bound up in some peculiar manner with a child or children.

When afflicted this is an unfavourable position for children or love affairs, and often denotes intrigues and liaisons, the state of the morals depending upon the nature of the affliction. |

The fifth house is generally an index to the state of the lower feelings, the sensations and passional tendencies, the sign upon the cusp of this house indicating the past experiences and thus denoting the nature of the emotions. The first, fifth and ninth houses represent the personal man in a very marked degree, showing his present, past and future consciousness symbolically. In the harmony of the signs with the houses, one of the four triplicities will usually be found influencing

all three of these houses. Thus when Aries rises Leo usually governs the fifth, and so on with each sign in succession, the sign upon the cusp of the fifth having a direct relationship with those on the first and ninth. The influence of each sign when on the cusp of the fifth house is as follows:

¢ Impulse and mental realisation out of sensation.

Il Dual love affairs in which mind seeks to abstract itself from sensation

o5 6. Imprressionable feelings, with receptivity to the feelings of others.

§ Strong passions and ardent feelings, many love episodes and experiences.

My Discrimination in love affairs, and receptivity.

I Self-control in sex matters but secret inclinations towards opposite sex.

f Dualistic experiences with a strong desire to rule the senses.

y§ Ambitious love nature, with a tendency to absorb the feelings of others.

<2 Very constant and faithful in attachments.

}€ Plastic and impressionable love nature.

Aspects to the cusp of the fifth house, as well as to planets in this house, should be noted, for the fifth house is very important in all out-of-sight matters; it shows the inner feelings, and leads from mere sensation up to the highest emotions, to be finally expressed in the

ninth house as sublime philosophy or religious devotion.

Much care is needed with regard toa judgment of the fifth house, and although it denotes children in a general sense the joint horoscopes of husband and wife should be considered ' efore any definite judgment is given with regard to offspring.

The old astrological rule with reference to children is that the tenth and eleventh houses, together with the houses opposite to them, ze. fifth and fourth, must have consideration, also the aspects of planets to the cusps of these houses and to any planets that are in them. The Moon, Jupiter and Venus together or singly in any of these houses promise children, or rather a fruitful union in this respect, while the Sun, Mars and Saturn either deny offspring or denote but few and those to be reared with difficulty. Mercury acts, as usual, according to aspects and position ; if oriental he promises children, if occidental he denies them.

Malefics in the fifth house nearly always cause barrenness in a woman or sterility in a man, ane if children are born they are either too delicate to live, or if reared cause endless trouble; bw: in this case the aspects

to the malefics should be well considered. Benefics in the fifth house bring children and much pleasure through them.

The rules are as follows :—) in 8, WM, or <a moderate family. Ifin 0, 95, m, for a large family; in this respect 0 and f are very fruitful signs often denoting twins. If in 7, St, or V8 there is small chance of a family.

Much skill is required in judging childrev from a horoscope and it is never safe to go by the horoscope of one sex alone, for it sometimes happens that an unfruitful horoscope in one case is made fruitful by blending with that of another.