Chapter XIX. The Twelfth House—rTHE “Houser or Srerr-Unporne（续 1）

Trouble through persons in authority, and tragedy. Occult ability, indirect gain through secret enemies. Misfortunes through relatives and in travel.

Gives a keen interest 1n all occult studies.

Secret love affairs, trouble through the opposite sex. Psychic tendencies, a love of magic and phenomena, Painful separations, loss of honour and credit. Powerful enemies, long voyages, a tragic end. Sorrow through death of loved ones, enemies. Misfortune in marriage and in love affairs.

Occult tastes, keen intuition, ill-health. Strange enemies, fondness for spiritualism.

The Sun gives faith, and generally denotes faith in matters concerning the house in which the Sun is placed. If the Sun is not afflicted by the Moon, the native generally emerges from obscurity and makes the latter part of the life very eventful and fortunate; but all persons

born with the Sun in the twelfth house are more or less eccentric, or possess uncommon tastes and inclinations.

VENUs in the twelfth house inclines to romance, and denotes obscure or clandestine love affairs. The native will be involved in a strong attachment, which will escape the notice of others unless the planet Venus is afflicted by Mars or the Moon; if well aspected, a fortunate love affair will lend interest to the native’s life. This position often causes an early marriage, but brings the native into contact with those who may have power to influence the affections after marriage; where Venus is afflicted by Saturn, divorce or separation will result as the outcome of this second attachment, but if well aspected the native has the power to love unselfishly, and will do much for those heloves. This is a dangerous position if Venus is in either Scorpio or Capricorn, and also in some cases, when in Aries or Cancer.

Mercury in the twelfth house denotes a peculiarly subtle mind, one loving risks and dangerous adventures of a secret nature ; if well aspected the native has ability for occultism, and is well able to investigate mysteries or to follow unusual modes of thought. If afflicted, the native, although possessed of undoubted ability, will lack opportunity ; in fact this position usually gives efficiency and practical knowledge which it is found difficult to express. In many cases the native underrates his own > powers and is sadly lacking in self-esteem and this, if Mercury be afflicted by Mars or Jupiter, will lessen his conscientiousness. The sign Mercury occupies will considerably modify its influence.

Tue Moon in the twelfth house denotes a life in which restrictions and limitations play a prominent part. This is the ideal position for a monk or nun, a hospital surgeon or nurse, for it favours all out-of-sight sympathy or work. The native will either carry the secret of another, or have some secrets of his own which would injure him if known to others. This position gives a love of occultism, mystery or romance. Unless the Moon is very well aspected it is not good, causing the native to be lacking in firmness or stability of character and hence far too easily led by others ; it somewhat inclines to mediumship or interest in spiritualism. If under any spell of the opposite sex, he or she will be indiscreet in love affairs and inclined to allow the senses to dominate the reason; this causes the native to act foolishly, and to suffer financial loss thereby. If the Moon is afflicted by Mars or Uranus, much worry and

trouble will be caused by the native’s own folly. /

As a conclusion to this detailed consideration of the Twelve Houses, it will be well to draw the student’s attention to the relative values of (az) houses, (0) signs, and (c) rulers of signs, when judging a nativity.

Those people who come solely ur chiefly under the influences of (a) the houses and their rulers alone, apart from the signs occupying them or the planets governing those signs, are such as are entirely bound by heredity and environment and who live more or less the life of the senses —who, in fact, are utterly ‘conventional’; while on the other hand those who move with the progressive nature of things are not so much limited by the houses, being more influenced by the nature either of (4) the desires, indicated by the signs of the zodiac, or (c) the mental conditions, described by the planets in those signs; or even, in the case of the truly original, by the planets themselves, apart from all reference to the signs they occupy. The latter will be more fully treated of in the second part of this work.

The following table will well repay study; it indicates the true value appertaining to each house of the horoscope:

This table represents the whole scheme. The cross denotes the body ), denotes the soul, and © the spirit. The elements fire, earth, air, and water, are respectively shown by a triangle, a square, horizontal lines, and the triangle reversed. There are many other considerations arising out of this plan of the twelve houses, which the intuition of the reader will discover.

Note :—The First Edition of How to Judge a Nativity, Part I, ended with this Chapter; the remainder ts additional