Chapter XXIII. DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION（续 2）

(4) In April, 1909, the progressed Moon squared the natal positions of Jupiter and Uranus, also the progressed position of Saturn. This inimical force from the house of death, the Eighth, ended life.

Besides the progression of planets which we trust has been sufficiently elucidated, we must also note a similar forward movement of the houses, but these must be calculated by the same method as when casting a natal figure, save that we use the Sidereal Time for the. day which corresponds to the year for which we wish to progress the horoscope. In relation to the lady's horoscope we have studied, the critical year is 1909, and June 1st in the ephemeris for 1872 corresponds. We bear in mind that birth occurred at 1:30 P. M., in Lat. 40 N., Long. 80 W., for these factors are used in placing the degrees on the houses just as in the natal chart, the only change is using the S. T. of the progressed birth day.

S. T. at noon previous to progressed birth- H. M. S. day, 1909 (see ephemeris for 1872,

Correction of 10 seconds for each 15 deg.

Interval from previous noon to birth. ... 1 30 0

Correction of 10 sees, per hr. of interval . . 0 015

Sidereal Time of progressed birth 6 12 16

With this S. T. we turn to the Tables of Houses for the Latitude of birth, and may erect a horoscope with twelve Houses in the usual manner, we may further insert the planets' places on the A. C. D. for .1909, then we shall have a complete separate horoscope for the year, which we may compare with the natal chart. Some Astrologers use that method, but we advise another, which we think facilitates comparison and judgment of aspects between the natal and progressed position of the planets in a degree unattainable by any other system; it is illustrated in the various figures used in this book.

We write the natal chart in ink, as that is unchanged during life, we also draw a large circle outside it, to contain the progressed position of the planets. These, and the houses we write in their proper places, but lightly, and with pencil, so that they may be easily erased and the horoscope erected for another year without the necessity of rewriting the natal chart.

But no matter how placed, two full horoscopes with 24 houses, 18 planets, a couple of dragons' heads, each with its respective 'tail,' and two parts of fortunes, make quite a 'maze, 'and if the full galaxy of aspects, including biquintiles, sesquiquadrates and other highsounding nonsensicals are to be figured out the astrologer will surely so lose himself in the mathematical labyrinth that he will be unable to read a syllable of the message of the stars. During the first year of his astrological study, one of the writers being

originally of a mathematical turn, had the habit of constructing figures, and tables of aspects, so fearfully and wonderfully made that they beat the proverbial 'Chinese puzzle,' they were veritable 'Gordian Knots,' and the destiny of a human being was so tangled in each, that neither the writer who had concocted the abomination, nor anyone else could ever hope to disentangle the poor soul involved. May he be forgiven; he has mended his ways, and is now just as zealous to eliminate all nonessentials from the horoscope, but having been enmeshed in the maze of mathematics, his experience should serve as a warning. Our minds, at best, are but feeble instruments to fathom fate and surely we shall have the greatest chance of success by applying our science to the most important factors, and these are usually the simplest.

If this be granted, the question presents itself: What are the essentials and what may be eliminated with advantage to clear the progressed horoscope of u.seless, befogging elements?

First, with regard to the progressed houses, only two vital points produce results when aspected: the Midheaven, which is spiritual in nature, and the Ascendant, which is a significator in material matters. We shall treat that subject later; for the present we confine ourselves to the argument that it will facilitate judgment of the progressed horoscope if we leave the ten unessential cusps out, and draw two dotted lines with pencil to mark the progressed Midheaven and Ascendant.

In the second place, the student may readily convince himself by looking through the columns of any ephemeris, that the motion of Neptune, Uranusr Saturn and Jupiter, during the two months which represent progression for a life of 60 years, is so slow that they seldom form an aspect not registered in. the natal chart. In rare cases where an important aspect is formed, the fact is easily seen, and the planet should then be entered in the outer ring' of: the progressed horoscope, but in the great majority of cases it is better to leave these planets out, and enter only the progressed positions of the Sun, Moon, Mars, Venus and Mercury.

In conclusion of our treatment of the method of Progression, two important points must be mentioned: The Midheaven at a given Sidereal Time is the same for all Latitudes, so that two children born at the same S. T. would have the same sign and degree on the M. C., but if one were born in Alaska and the other in Mexico, the Asc. would vary much and change the grouping of planets in the houses very considerably, with the further result that planets which influence the First House affairs in one horoscope affect Twelfth House matters in the other, etc.. Thus the lives of these people would be very different..

The same argument applies to the progressed horoscope of a person traveling North or South from, his birthplace. His progressed M. C. remains 'unchanged, but he receives the forces from a different ascending figure, according to the Latitude where he

lesides, and the grouping of planets relative to the progressed Ascendant varies accordingly. As examples we may state that both writers have left their birthplace ; one traveled 2,000 miles West, but is close to the same Latitude as her birthplace, hence both her M. C. and Asc. are the same as if she had remained in her native city.

The other writer was born in Latitude 56 N., .and now lives in Latitude 32. Had he remained in the far North, his progressed Ascendant would in v(1912) be Virgo 6°, exactly conjunction to Mars' place at birth, but the Ascendant of his new home is Virgo 0 degrees, and in this latitude he will not feel the effect of the Mars ray for a number of years.

The other important point we had in mind is the necessity of being definite in regard to the year for which we progress. Perhaps a client tells us that a certain event occurred when he was 26, and another in his 50th year. Such statements are ambiguous, and give no safe working basis. The Astrologer may go home and do an immense amount of work to no use, because he thought the client meant that one event occurred when he, the client, was between 26 .and 27 years of age, and a later consultation reveals that he meant the year between his 25th and 26th birthdays. Pin them down to the year, 1850, 1900, or whatever it may be, but never accept a person's age as a starting point.

On the same principle, never predict that an event will happen when a person is so and so old,

that also is ambiguous and gives them no satisfaction ; give the year and month ; never hedge ; never predict anything of which you are in doubt; when you are satisfied a prediction is justified, speak fearlessly, but tactfully; believe in the stars, and the stars will fully justify your faith.

When judging the effects of directions it is of the greatest importance to bear in mind the tenor of the nativity, for even weak aspects which are in harmony with the tendencies foreshown in the natal figure will be much more active than a strong aspect which is contrary to the radical indications. Supposing, for instance, that there are strong testimonies of sickness and accident, as Mars in Sagittarius in the Midheaven square the Sun in Pisces in the Twelfth House and square Saturn in Virgo in the Sixth House, then the progression of Mars to square of the radical Ascendant would undoubtedly precipitate an accident or a fever of a serious nature, but if the Sun were trine Mars and Jupiter the effect of Mars square Ascendant would produce little if any discomfort. Similarly with all the other directions, and if the student neglects to take into consideration this all-important point, he is likely sometime to make a great mistake and wonder why a seemingly powerful direction produced no result in one case, while in another a very weak aspect had such a far-reaching