The guide to astrology : containing a complete system of genethliacal astrology

1905·4.5 MB·English

by  Raphael, d. 1923

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THE
GUIDE TO ASTROLOGY
CONTAINING
A COMPLETE SYSTEM
OF '
GENETHLIACAL ASTKOLOGY
In One Volume.
RAPHAEL
TheAstrologeroftheNineteenthCentury,
Authorofthe"PropheticMessenger,"&c.,&c
W. FOULSHAM &
CO.,
4 PILGRIM STREET, LUDGATE HILL, E.G.
1905.
Price Two Shillings and Sixpence.

PREFACE.
as v"oTlhuemeGuoirdiegintaollAystarpopleoagry,edVoilns.twIo. avnodluImIe.s,,"
andweresoldseparately. Theyhavenowbeen
rewritten, revised, and made into one volume, com-
plete in itself, so far as the Astrological part of a
Nativity is concerned. Information, not previously
published by myself, on "Birthday Figures" and
"Transits" is given, which thereader will find useful
and reliable to avery large extent.
The most unsatisfactory part of Astrology is that
dealing with "Directions," or the "Calculation of
Future Events." At present there is no system
known that will give reliable results, but the method
taught in this volume will be found to be more
accurate than anyother known system,yet evenhere
there appearstobesomethinglacking, some "missing
link" which would explain why some directions fall
out exactly and like a thunderclap, and others pass
without any appreciable event. Why this is, no one
can tell. Perhapsit is awiseprovision of Providence
that it is so, on account of the fear and dread ofmis-
fortunewhich seeminherent inthe humanheart. To
know that certain death or misfortune awaited one
at a certain time, would drive to madness or suicide
a verylarge majorityof the inhabitantsof this earth;
and inthis way "TrueAstrology" would be a terrible
scourge, compared with which, the bloodiest wars, or
thegreatest natural catastropheswould be as nought.
All through the book I have donemy best to make
everything as simple and plain as possible, so that
the youngest student, or most illiterate person can
readily understand.
London, Xmas, 1905.
CONTENTS.
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TheSymbols Explained .65
TheNatureoftheAspects . . . .
TheNatureandQualityoftheSignsoftheXoiln- . . .76
TheMeasurementofthePlanetaryAspects . .
TheOrbsofthe Planet* . . . . .109
TPehresoMnusndPraondeueHeodusbeystohfetShiegnHseaovfetnhseZodi.ac1.. . .. .. . .1513
TheFormofBodyGivenbythePlane.tsin.theSi.gns ..
HTTHhhooeewwEUttssooseePEnolrtfaeiccaAeltntaanhEdMep"haPAeplcmacenoirfedtietssnhtei.anHltehDaievgeMn.inatspies .. .. .. ..32324806
TheNatureofUranusanditsAspect* . . 40
,, JSuaptiutrenr ,, ,, . .. .. .. ..65461
Mnrs ........
,, ,... Sun .,,... . .. ... f>8
Venus 01
.,. .MMeorocnur.y ,.............. 64
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The Planet N'cptuno . . . . . 07
TheTerm Elevation .... 6!)
AHdovwicteoJudgeaNativit.y ..... .7720
TWhheetHheearltahChildwill Li.ve.or.Di.e ..... .7743
TheMentalQualitie.s ...... 77
TheMoney Prospect* . . 7!)
The Employment 82
OfMarriage 84
OfChildren S7
Traveling . . . . . 90
OntheSelectionofa House . . 92
Friendsand Enemies . . . . . . !I5
TheKindofDeath . . .9997
Directions; or, Calculating Future Events . .
AThneEExfafmecptlseofofthWeorDkiirencgtitohnesDoifretchteio(n^sand . . . .1.11014062
STohlearDiRreetcutrinosnsoorfBtihrethPdlaayneFtisgu.res.. .. ... .. ..117
ATraSnhsoirttsAasntdroElcolgiipcsaelsDi.ctionar.y . . . . 112217
THE GUIDE TO ASTROLOGY.
PART FIRST.
CHAPTER
I.
THE SYMBOLS EXPLAINED.
LEARN, practice, and understand the following: That the
planets are nine in number, and are thus named and sym-
bolised: v? Neptune; y Herschel; F? Saturn; T/ Jupiter;
C<"Mars; TheSun; 9 Venus; $ Mercury; ]) the Moon.
The ZodiacalTsigns are as follow:
Northern Aries Southern : Libra
y Taurus TT\ Scorpio
n Gemini f Sagittarius
25 Cancer Vf Capricorn
& Leo zz Aquarius
X
TO? Virgo Pisces
Each sign contains 30, which, multiplied by the twelve
signs, gives360, beingthetotalnumberofdegreescontained
in the Zodiac. The reason the ancients divided the Zodiac
into 360 appears thus: that the solar year measures 365
days, and the lunar year 355, the mean of which is 360, the
number of the degrees in the Zodiac.
B TOT QUID* TO ASTROLOGY.
TThe Planetary Aspects.
V Semisextile A Trine
/_ Semisquare Q Sesquiquadrato"
% Sextile i'Biquintile
Q Quintile \y Quincunx
f] Square ^"Opposition
P Parallel of Declination
There is also the position, <$ Conjunction.
Of the Nature of the Aspects.
Thefollowingconjunctionsoftheplanetsaregood in power
and effect: TZ rf *. fcU b- 9 $. or the D ; 9 <j $,
or the D : 9 tf D- The remaining cfs are all evil more or
less, and which will be fully explained . chapters on
"The Effects of the Aspects."
The v. Semisextile is always good.
The /_ Semisquare is always evil. .J 5
The 5J<: Sextile is always good. o
The Q Quintile is slightly good. '
The n Square is always evil.
The A Trine is always good.
The Q Sesquiquadrate is always eviL \ ^*
TThhee v QBuiqiunicnutinlxe,istehveils.am\e~jn effect as the Quintile. i,
The Opposition is always eviL %
(
The P Parallel, this ie like the <^ in nature.
The relative power or potency of the aspects is approxi-
matelyasfollows: QThe most powerful isthe ft, next tothis
the tf,thenthe A, *, Q, P, Z, V, Q, ,and^.
Of the Nature and Quality of the Signs of the Zodiac.
The signs are classified and di^vided as follow:
Masculine Signs Y% n, t, ft *~.
Feminine Signs 8, gs, TIT, n\, Vf, K.
Fiery Si~gns T, SI. ? ; earthy b, nt. VP;'airy n,
:, ; watery 25,*n\, K-