第一宫

Kama presides over the first house or ascendant, being concerned with the birth of the animal man, his desire nature, love of life and physical conditions.Kama-Manas, presiding over the tenth house or meridian, denotes the blending of the mind with the desire nature, the animal with the god, thus representing the animal-human soul.* In mystic writings, Enoch, the representative of the spiritual and physical or dual nature in man, is the centre of the astronomical cross: at the upper point or apex of the triangle is the Eagle, at the base of the lower angle on the left stands the Lion and on the right the Bull, these being the four fixed signs <>, M_, , U-Manas, ruling over the seventh house, denotes the pure mind or reason and the clear intellect of the human soul. The first angle, corresponding to sunrise, suggests spirit, life and force made subject to matter, the circle under the cross; consciousness blinded by matter. The second angle, corresponding to the culmination of the Sun upon the meridian, suggests the native balanced half way between spirit and matter, neither wholly one or the other, the cross over the ha/f circle; self-consciousness. The third angle, corresponding to the setting of the Sun, denotes the triumph of the spirit over matter, the union of the life of the separated one with the consciousness of the spirit, the circle over the cross ; super-consciousness. The fourth angle is the great mystery, the occult centre in which all the forces are gathered together for work in the unseen worlds.From each of these angles the other houses receive their value, the cardinal points denoting the root of the life to be expressed. .

Of the angles, the first house governs our personal self, and its opposite the seventh house, rules the one who is nearest and dearest to us, namely, the marriage partner. The fourth house determinesconditions in our home and its opposite angle, the tenth house, shows our social standing in the community where we live. Thus the angles show collectively the sphere of our activities in life.Of the succeedent houses the second shows our financial status with regard to that which we acquire by our own efforts and the opposite succeedent house, the eighth, shows whatever we may receive from others as legacies, etc. The other succeedent houses, the fifth and eleventh, show how our income may be spent, for the fifth house indicates the children of our body who have a legitimate claim to a share of our income, and the eleventh house shows the children of our brain, our hopes, wishes and aspirations which also draw upon our resources.Of the two pairs of cadent houses the sixth is the house of voluntary service which we perform as our share of the world's work for an equivalent share in the world's wealth, and the twelfth house shows how we may be compelled to labor without remuneration under prison restraint if we do not work willingly. The sixth house shows also the state of our health and the twelfth tells if hospital treatment is necessary.The other pair of cadent houses, the third and ninth, show whether our life and work will confine us to one place or require travel and changes of residence. In this respect the third house shows short journeys and the ninth house long travels.

The ® in horary questions, is said to denote the personal money of the querent ; and is calculated, by adding the sign, degree, and minute, the ]) is in, to the sign, degree, and minute of the horoscope, or first house. — From which must be sub - traded the true place of the ©, taken in the same manner; the remainder will be the true place of the ©.Example. — Suppose the cusp of the horoscope to be 10° 40'yf, the D in 8° 12'r, and the O in 2° 4 'r, what is the place of the © ?Place of the © 9 16 48 or 16° 48' of V/.When subtraction cannot be made without, twelve signs must be added, or if more than twelve signs remain, twelve signs must be subtracted, to give the true result.

The Moon is in the first house from the Sun. This gives good business instincts, chastity, ideality, but a tendency to be very critical, restless and anxious. This combination gives ability for music, literature, chemistry, hygiene, and many subjects where the ideal and practical are blended. It also fits those under its influence to hold responsible subordinate posts as head servants either in public or private life. It is a successful combination.This gives much intuition, spiritual inclinations, a love of classifying and harmonising, with ability to foresee the future by the strong intuitional impressions which come from the individuality. It Strengthens the affections, gives compassion and a desire to do some public good. This is a very harmonious and successful combination.This combination gives much love of show, austerity, an inclination to be rather hard and at times proud and arrogant. But persons born under this influence have very often their internal nature hidden under a hard exterior. There is danger of going to excesses in love affairs, or where sensation is concerned, and a reckless or careless life will injure or disease the heart.This is a very good combination, belonging to the fiery triplicity, but it gives much restlessness, great inclination to go to extremes, especially in religious matters, or matters of the heart. The Moo/i is in the fourth house from the Solar Centre, therefore in perfect harmony with it. There is a great love of pleasure, much hope and joy in the nature, this being a hopeful and successful combination.This tends to harden the interior nature, giving much ambition and exactitude. The personality is inclined to be rather grasping, selfish, and too practical externally, but inside the heart is always pulling away from externals. This being the fifth house from the Sun the circulation is apt to suffer. It gives great love of power and leadership, and ^ability to organise, govern and rule others. The ambitions are very keen and determined.

Fic. 1 is the Planisphere adjusted for the northern latitude of 30° 22’ (where the longest day consists of fourteen equatorial hours), agreeably to the ‘* Exemplification’’ given by Ptolemy in Chap. 15, Book 3. It represents that portion of the ccelestiak sphere which is contained between the tropics: — the central horizontal line is the equator; the curved line extending longitudinally from east to west 1s the ecliptic ; the central perpendicular line is the meridian, or cusp of the 10th house ; the other short lines, cutting the equator transversely, are the cusps of the other houses ; that of the first house being the eastern horizon ; that of the 7th, the western horizon. Hence, the distance from the Ist house to the meridian, or from the meridian to, the 7th house, shews the semi-diurnal arc of any parallel of declination in the ecliptic; and the distance of the 7th house to the 4th, or from the 4th to the Ist, shews the semi-nocturnal arc. The distance from the cusp of one house to that of the next, taken on the same parallel, is also equal to two temporal . hours ; thus, for instance, in the latitude above quoted, the. semi-diurnal arc of 0° o is 6h. 50m., or 102° 39’ of the equator ; consequently the diurnal temporal hour is equal — to one equatorial ‘hour and eight minutes, or to 17° 6’ of the equator.In his first example, Ptolemy directs 0° Y to be placed on the ascendant, so that the beginning of ¥F may be on the mid-heaven : 0° = must, therefore, fall on the point A, distant from the mid-heaven 147° 44’ of the equator, as ~measured by the line AB; because every point in the spherealways preserves one and the same parallel with the equator;and OP uw, in passing to the mid-heaven,/must proceed