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

Secondly, among these places, the degrees which constitute the mid-heaven are entitled to preference, as being of a more potent and paramount influence :—the degrees in the ascendant are next in virtue ;—then the degrees in the eleventh house succedent to the mid-heaven;—then those in the. angle of the west ;—and, lastly, those in the ninth house, which precedes the mid-heaven.ne ee ee ee ee * The epithet anaretic is a term of art, adopted from the Greek, signifying fatal, (OF destructive.rhap. XIII.] —- PTOLEMY’s TETRABIBLOs. 13}- No degrees under the earth are, in any manner, eligible to the dominion now in question; except such only as enter into light actually above the succedent, or, in other ' words, with the ascendant. And any sign, although it may be above the earth, is still incompetent to partake in this dominion, if it be inconjunct with the ascendant: hence the sign which precedes the ascendant, and constitutes the twelfth house (called that ‘of the Evil Demon), is incompetent ; and not only for the above reason, but also because ' jt is cadent, and because the beams cast by the stars posited therein, towards.the earth, are impaired by the thick and dark exhalations arising from the earth’s vapours, which produce an unnatural colour and magnitude in the appearance of stars so posited, confusing, and in some measure annihilating, their beams. © °Thus far with regard to the places of prorogation, —

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 personal houses comprise the first, fifth andninth. The first house rules the constitution and peculiarities of the physical body. Planets and signs in that house put their stamp on it to make or mar according to the part of its self-generated destiny. Our fifth house shows the quality of the love-nature of the soul and the line of its expression if it follows the line of least resistance ; and the ninth house shows as much of the spirit as we can apprehend in our present limited stateThe material trinity of houses consists of the second, sixth and tenth and shows the worldly possessions of man, his means of obtaining them and the enjoyment they bring him. Wealth, or its reverse, is shown by the second house, health, without which there can be no joy in any worldly possession, is shown by the sixth house ; and the public prestige which is the chief source of gratification to the average human being, is shown by the tenth house.The social houses are the third, seventh and eleventh houses and in them are shown the nature of our relations with various classes of souls we meet in life. Brothers and sisters to whom we are bound by the tie of blood are shown by the third house, the companion of our heart with whom our blood blends in another way, is shown by the seventh house, and the friends, more precious than pearls to whoever has earned friendship, are designated by the eleventh house.

The Oriental and European Astrologers disagree in many particulars relative to travelling and voyages ; but they all agree in giving great power in these matters to the third and ninth houses. The most approved testimonies of travelling, according to the author's experience, are these : —Many planets in moveable signs, as t ^ s Vh especially Tj £ and (above all others) the D in the ascendant, in tropical, equinoctial, or common signs; such as t II s ^ t Vf or x , (but especially the two former) causes incessant journeying by sea and land ; generally, those persons who visit distant countries, and naval persons in general have such positions. The D in the tenth house, or in any angle, is also conducive of travelling ; but in the ninth house, she is almost as sure to cause these peregrinations, as when in the ascendant. The Moon in any part of the figure, inn t K , causes frequent changes of residence, but usually these changes happen very unexpectedly, or in a strange and extraordinary way.The late Queen Caroline, who visited so many strange countries, was born with the D in the first house or ascendant, in quartile to Mars, but in trine to Jupiter, which denoted infinite restlessness of mind, that produced a love for travelling and variety ; and Sir Robert Kerr Porter, a great traveller, well known to the world for the elegant and systematic account he has given of his peregrinations ; who travelled over Egypt, Persia, and various other regions, and married a Russian