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and Saturn falls and bruise.s and Venus diseases caused by indulgence of the passional nature.$ 2 Mars in the Second House when well-aspected makes the nature free and generous in financial dealings with others. The person has a splendid earning capacity and will make a financial success in any business of a martial nature involving the use of fire, iron tools or machinery. It is also an indication of money by marriage or legacy, but although the money comes fast and easy the person will not accumulate wealth as he is very generous and fond of comfort and pleasure. When Mars is afflicted in the Seconu House money will come just as fast as under the good aspects at times, but at other times the bad aspects makes the person outrageously extravagant and inclined to be reckless in financial ventures, with the inevitable result that heavy losses are incurred and the person may find himself without a cent in the world. A competence may be made and spent several times during life. These people never give up, however, and .when they have met financial disaster they immediately start to build up anew on the ruins of the old. They are then usually successful for a time again, but they can never learn to be more careful and less extravagant, hence they are always liable to repeated financial shipwreck.$3 Mars in the Third House when well-aspected makes the mind keen, bright and alert, fond of argument, quick at repartee, ingenious, inventive and resourceful, with plenty of initiative and constructive ability. But when Mars is afflicted in the Third House it gives liability to accidents on short journeys, a quarrelsome nature specially liable to get into trouble with brothers, sisters and neighbors. These people are very critical towards everybody with whom they come in contact and therefore generally feared and avoided when possible.$ 4 Mars in the Fourth House when well-aspected gives a strong constitution which is maintained unimpaired even in old age ; the digestive faculty is particularly good and consequently the health and strength are rugged. It makes the native exceedingly aggressive in his efforts to ''feather his nest" and accumulate property for old age and a rainy day. There is also likelihood of a legacy from the parents. This is a very fortunate position, especially if Mars is in Aries, Leo or Capricorn, but if Mars is weak in Cancer or Pisces and afflicted by square or opposition, digestive troubles or dissipation will undermine the vitality and the person will become more quarrelsome and disagreeable every day he lives. He will be liable to accident by fire in the home, also to fevers and inflammatory diseases. Peoplewith Mars in this position should leave their native place as quickly as possible. This may in some measure relieve the trouble.

Airy signs n ^ ££ by falls from high places, beheading, strangling, or hanging.Watery signs $ n\ x by drowning, fluids, or superabundant moisture.Earthy signs Q Vf by casualties, falls, and suffocation.Humane signs n ss denotes death by human means, but still violent, when the luminaries are afflicted therein.The houses are also said to have great power herein, thus.

A planet has power in its own house, and in certain houses has a stronger influence for good or ill, also a weaker influence in other signs. The ‘detriment’ of a planet is the sign opposite to its own ‘house’; its ‘fall’ is the opposite degree to its ‘exaltation.’In the column which is headed ‘exalted’ the number of degrees shown indicates the particular degree at which the planet receives exaltation. The true sense of the term ‘exaltation’ cannot at present be explained, but there can be no question that planets in their exaltation signs do exert a more refined and a more powerful influence than elsewhere. As for the exaltation degrees, they have been handed down by tradition, and since whenever such tradition has been traced back to its source, it is discovered to be founded upon a truth in nature, we shall do well to accept these degrees with respect, and endeavour if we can to penetrate the reason the ancients had in so fixing them. Thus, the exaltation degree of the Sun Y 19° is very close to, and perhaps identical with, the commencement of the Zodiac of the Consteilations.The planets are the vitalising centres in each nativity, therefore it is necessary to know the special influence of each planet and the nature of their vibrations in each sign and house. When we speak of a planet’s influence, it is the vibration coming from the spirit and life of the planet with which we are concerned, and not the physical medium through which it is acting, the physical planet being useful only as a means by which we may locate its position for astrological purposes. The special influence coming through each planet has been described by ancient astrologers who were evidently taught by those who knew, for as we have just hinted, modern students have found by study and practice that in the main, all that has been stated by their predecessors is true, with regard to the nature of each planet. A few students, looking more deeply into the esoteric side of the study, have discovered that there are higher vibrations than those generally attributed to the influence of the planets, but the failure of those coming under any particular planet to respond to these higher vibrations has caused this side of the study to be neglected. It seems incredible to those who study Astrology in the light of philosophy that any one should be found capable of believing that planetary influence emanates from the visible physical heavenly bodies only, or that a materialistic explanation could ever be fully explanatoryof the multitudes of facts recorded in the experience of every astrologer. That there is a physical influence there is no need to deny, although we must also remember that no scientific explanation of it is yet forthcoming.’ But in Astrology we have to step beyond the threshold of the physical universe and recognise the reality of that indwelling spiritual life and consciousness of which visible phenomena are merely outward manifestations, whether in the planet or the atom. We must study the subject from the philosophical and religious standpoint, and to do this with any degree of satisfaction the whole subject must be approached with a feeling of reverence and a true sense of humility.THE Sun, we are taught by those who are seeking the Path of Wisdom, is the body of God, the Logos of this solar system, through which He gives His Love, Light and Life.

offspring * and his rank; and they are also connected with all fortuitous circumstances which may occasionally befall him.That the foreknowledge of these can be attained has already been demonstrated; and it remains to speak of the utility of the attainment. First, however, het it be said in what respect and with what view it is proposed to draw advantage from this science ;—if it be considered in its tendency to promote the good of the mind, no object more advantageous can: surely be wanting to induce the world to rejoice and delight in it, since it offers an acquaintance with things divine and human: if it be considered in respect to the benefits it is capable of conferring on the body, its utility, in this view also, will be found on comparison to excel that of all other arts conducive to the comforts of life, for it is of more general application and service than all the others together, And, although it may be objected to the art of prescience, that it does not co-operate towards the acquirement of riches or glory, let it also be remembered that the same objection attaches to every other art and science; since there is not one which can of itself produce either riches or glory, nor yet is there one which is on that plea deemed useless : it seems, therefore, that the science of prognostication, with its high qualificatioys and its aptitude to the most important objects, does not, in any greater degree, deserve to be condemned. |In general, however, the persons who attack and reprobate it as being useless, do not pay due regard to the manner in which it becomes necessary; but deny its utility on the* The Greek word for this, yer, though found in the Elzevir edition from which this translation is made, does not appear in other copies; the Basle edition of 1553 says merely, n Ts ri4n as ro afiapa, “ honor and rank,” which is the sense also given in the Latin transiation of Perugio, 1646, without ay mention of “ offspring.”specious argument that it is superfluous and puerile to attempt to foreknow things which must inevitably come to pass: thus considering it in a mode at once abstracted, unlearned, and unfair. For, in the first place, this fact ought to be kept in view, that events which necessarily and fully happen, whether exciting fear or creating joy, if arriving unforeseen, will either overwhelm the mind with terror or destroy its composure by sudden delight; if, however, such events should have been foreknown, the mind will have been previously prepared for their reception, and will preserve an equable calmness, by having been accustomed to contemplate the approaching event as though it were present, so that, on its actual arrival, it will be sustained with tranquillity and constancy.

In studying Capricorn we may learn much from the nation which is said to be chiefly under its influence — the Indian race. In this country we find great learning, great wealth, great power, and great position ; but we have also great servility and, amongst the lower castes, a cringing humility which is distressing to those who can realise how low the mighty have fallen. In common with the earthy signs, those born under Capricorn can be extremely selfish ; but their virtue lies in patience, contemplation and reflection.