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Were You Born
Under a Lucky Star?
A COMPLETE EXPOSITION OF
THE SCIENCE OF ASTROLOGY
BY A. ALPHEUS
"
We bold there is more truth in astrology
. than in astrologers,"^
SIR THOMAS BROWNE
PUBLISHERS
CUPPLES & LEON
NEW YORK
CONTENTS
CHAP. ,
PAGE
INTRODUCTION HUMAN CRYSTALLIZATION . . 5
VII. PREDICTION 70
VIII. EXEMPLIFICATION 84
Appendix A 132
Appendix B 134
Appendix C 135
Appendix D .163
Appendix E 167
Tables . . . . . . . .179
WERE YOU BORN UNDER A LUCKY
STAR?
HUMAN CRYSTALLIZATION.
So many eminent men, eminent both in science and
possibility, how
greatly would that fact serve to revolu-
tionize our view of erring fellow-beings, and of a thou-
sand other things !
entific.
ence of the facts he has only to look into the cases that
lie easily before him. There are not a score, but thou-
sands, and out of a thousand cases one can come to
a fairly accurate conclusion concerning facts, after mak-
ing ample allowance for coincidences.
But granting certain facts as patent, what explana-
tion can you give? asks the scientist. The penetrating
influence of Karma is not a satisfactory answer.
Taking the proceed to deduce
facts before us, let us
an hypothesis, if not a theory. First, let us state a few
facts and then make a natural deduction.
Facts Certain stars or planets on the point of rising
:
less atoms. But the theory that they exist is the best
explanation, of the facts before us. So I say that the
assumption that human beings crystallize at birth much
as minerals crystallize, accounts for the actually observed
facts of astrology better than any other theory we are
able to evolve. No doubt in two thousand years this
theory be as antiquated as Ptolemy's of temperature
will
and humidity. But in the meantime I trust it will have
served its purpose.
For the purposes of our theory I assume that before
birth the child is like a saturated solution, and that its
first gasp after birth sets the process of crystallization
to going, and this process continues for several weeks".
A multitude of minute crystals are formed, one on top
of the other, of course most rapidly at the moment of
birth and during the minutes and hours immediately
succeeding, and then less slowly during the three months
following. These crystals are perhaps arranged in
cylindrical groups, and in the course of time become
flattened out. The baby, we know, is round in every
limb and feature, while the old man finds that eyeballs,
bone, muscle, are flattened. This flattening process,
may bring the successive sets of crystals into play, so
that the crystals formed an hour, a week, or a month
after birth would come into play at corresponding peri-
ods later in life. It seems probable that all the chief
crystals are formed on the first day, and these are modi-
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fied or remodified on the succeeding days. Or still
SQUARE
CIRCLE OF THE ECLIPTIC
FI0.1
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sufficiently accurate.
The astronomical calculations required by astrology
are by no means easy. It would be a boon to the aver-
age reader if some learned astronomer, with all his
tables and books at hand, would make the mathematical
and astronomical calculations for us. Such a person
might establish a bureau that would furnish these cal-
culations, made with perfect accuracy, and at an ex-
pense of but a few cents, and thereby save us much
time and study. But until such a bureau is established
we must patiently work out the calculations as best
we can.
To
cast a horoscope we must know the year, month,
scope.
We will draw a circle and place the sun in the cen-
ter. The circumference we will divide into twelve equal
parts, and mark each part with one of the signs of the
zodiac, as in Fig. I.
To fix the position of the earth, we must look oppo-
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site the date of birth in the table (No. i) giving the
circle, etc.
We now have the geocentric longitude of all the
planets. The longitude of the sun may be found ap-
MADIR
90
FIG.
34 ASTROLOGY.
same way that we found the heliocentric positions of the
planets. The nioon revolves around the earth once in
27 days, 7 hours and 43 minutes. In Table 3
we may find the longitude of the moon for two
different dates in each year. Find the number of days
between the date of birth and the nearest given longi-
tude. Then enter the table of the longitude of the moon
for one cycle (Table 2), and find the longitude given for
the nearest date, and count forward if the date of birth
follows the selected date, or backward if the date of
birth precedes the selected date, till you have counted
as many days as intervene. You will remember that
each time you pass the end of the cycle and go back
to the beginning and vice versa, you must add the cor-
rection. Then find the proportion of the change in
longitude for one day that corresponds to the number
of hours before or after actual noon at Greenwich and
add or subtract that. As the moon changes so rapidly,
the calculation should be made to the exact hour.
Before entering our longitudes in a circle or chart,
we must determine the houses.
Draw a circle with the earth at the center. Divide
this into twelve equal parts of 30 degrees each by draw-
ing lines from the center to the circumference (see Fig.
2). We
are now ready to place the longitude of the
point of the zodiac ascending at the moment of birtli,
and it should be written on the line that points to the
middle of the left hand side. From this we pass down
and around to the over to the left again, ex-
right, then
actly in the opposite direction to the hands of a watch.
The sun and planets by the daily motion of the earth
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you will find the sidereal time for Jan. I of each year.
Find the nearest sidereal time given in the table of side-
real time to that for Jan. I, noting the exact amount of
the difference, whether more or less. Then count the
number of days between Jan. I and the date of birth.
Opposite the last day you will find the sidereal time
required. To this add (or subtract) the difference noted
at the beginning. You may also make a correction for
the difference between sidereal time and mean time cor-
responding to the hours before or after Greenwich
noon. After that slight correction has been
made (always amounting to less than four minutes)
add to or subtract from the total sidereal time the hours
and minutes of the moment of birth before or after noon
at the place of, your birth. (Be careful not to take
Greenwich noon in this case. The sidereal time given
is for at the point of your birth.) The result will
noon
be the true sidereal time for the hour of your birth.
The tables (No. 12) of houses for three different lati-
tudes in the United States are given at the back of this
book. Select the table for the latitude nearest your own
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latitude. Find the sidereal time of the hour of your
birth, and opposite you will find the longitude of the
cusps (or beginnings) of six of the twelve houses. The
longitude of the cusps of the other six may be found
by taking the same number of degrees in the sign op-
posite each of the first six, and placing on the cusp that
comes directly opposite. The signs that are opposite
may be seen in Fig. I. You will note, also, that some-
times signs are intercepted. Thus in Fig. 5 the sign of
SI is intercepted between the sign of 25 and the sign of
find the latitude for the date of birth you must add or
subtract the proportion of the difference representing
the change for one year in order to find the true latitude
The latitude of the moon and the planets Mercury
and Venus may be found more accurately by taking the
latitude given in the table with the longitudes for the
nearest Jan. i or other date, and entering the table giv-
ing the longitude and latitude for a single cycle. Find
the given latitude and count the number of days inter-
vening between Jan. i or other given date and the date
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science, oratory, or the like, and with all his fire he will
be versatile, original, and keen. But if the moon is
in Cancer, his fire and impetuosity will be directed more
lent temper ;
with Venus it makes passionate lovers ;
with Jupiter it soldiers. With Mercury
makes brave
also makes mathematicians, people fond of surveying
it
and Libra.
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Uranus ( $ ) was unknown to the ancients*, indeed it
was not discovered until the beginning of the nineteenth
century. It has a very important influence in a horo-
scope, nevertheless, and explains, as I have said, many
of the difficulties of the ancients. I call it one of the
strongest in Libra.
Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune certainly all give high
powers of imagination.
A planet is said to be in its "detriment" or "fall" when
it is weakest, strongest in its "own sign," and rather
strong in its "exaltation." Ptolemy says the various
planets are also more or less strong in the various
parts of each -sign. These parts he calls "terms." The
following table is based on Ptolemy, but is considerably
modified by the introduction of the two new planets. I
have made a few changes in accordance with modern
observations.
Aries.
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17 }
VICTOR HUGO.
It willbe observed that 9 is again connected with
^ this time by an $ and P, hence he possessed im-
,
Day of Month.
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Day of Month.
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TABLE No. 2.
Day of
Month.
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TABLE No. 3.
Year.
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TABLE No.3.-Continued.
Year.
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TABLE No. 4.
HELIOCENTRIC
Longitude and Latitude of one cycle of
MERCURY
(July 19 to Oct. 15, 1902.)
Day
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TABLE No. 4. Continued.
Day
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5.
HELIOCENTRIC
Longitude and Latitude of one cycle of
VENUS
(Feb. 9 to Sept. 20, 1903.)
Day
196 ASTROLOGY.
TABLE No. S-Continutd.
Day
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Day
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TABLE No. 6.
HEWOCBNTRIC
I/ongitude and Latitude of one cycle of
MARS
For intervals of Sixteen* days (July 25, 1896, to June 11, 1898).
Day
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Year
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TABLE No. 7. PART II.
SIDEREAL TIME AND HEUOCENTTIC LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE
Of the Planets for Noon at Greenwitch on Jan. 1st of each year
from 1840 to 1903.
Saturn.
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Year
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TABLE No. 7-PART \\.-Continued.
Saturn.
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TABLE No. 8.
For Chang-ing
Degrees of the Circle to Degrees of the Signs the Zodiac.
1 1 <Y>
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TABLE No. 8 Continued.
274 4 VJ
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TABLE No. 9.
ASCENSIONAL DIFFERENCES
For each Second Degree from L,at. 30 to I*at. 50
and every degree of Declination,
Calculated to within one-quarter of a degree.
Dec. 32 34 C 42 44 c
1
2 2 K 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 tfi 7
8 9 8
9 10 H 9
10 11 % 10
11 11 % 12M 11
12 12 K 13% 12
13 1334 14% 13
14 16 U 14
25 17 y4 IS
26 15 16 17 H 18 16
27 16 17 18 H19 % 17
28 170 19 JX 21 5* 18
29 IS S8 21 22 y, 19
20 19 X 20 X 22 y< 23 S a
21 20 % 21 % 23 ', 25 K 21
2Z 21 % 23 24% 26 X 22
23 22 'A 24 % 260 28 X 23
23 27 15 X 23 24 % 26% 28 X 232T
NOTE. The in the second column under each latitude indicates that
there no fraction. The even degrees are found in the first column.
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RIGHT ASCENSION
of every fifth degree of the Zodiac.
Aries.
208 .ASTROLOGY.
TABLE No. 12.
TABLE OP HOUSES,
FOR LATITUDES 30, 35 and 40 N.
Sidereal
Time.
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Sidereal
Time.
210 ASTROLOGY.
TABLE No. 12 Continued.
Sidereal
Time.
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Sidereal
Time.
212 ASTROLOGY.
TABLE No. 12. Continued.
Sidereal
Time.
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Sidereal
Time.
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TABLE No. \2-ContinueJ.
Sidereal
Time.
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Sidereal
Time.
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TABLE No. \2-Continued.
Sidereal
Time.
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Sidereal