The instant horoscope reader: planets by sign, house, and aspect

452 Pages·1994·106.016 MB·English

by  Julia Lupton Skalka

THE
INSTANT.
HOROSCOPI
READER
PLANETS BY SIGN, |
HOUSE, AND ASPECT

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THE
INSTANT
HORUSGUPL

READER
\ re you compatible with your current
partner? Should you stay in your
present job, or is there a career you are
better suited for? If questions like these
concern you, The Instant Horoscope
Reader may be the answer!
You will never again have to rely on
the seneric horoscopes in newspapers and
magazines. The Instant Horoscope Reader
contains all you need to know to chart
and interpret your own detailed, personal
horoscope. [t will sive you the power to
see what choices await you—in your
career, your lovelife, your future
based

on the specitics of your birthday.
Thoughthully written and meticulously
organized, this book will provide you not
only a background of astrological wis-
dom, but also easy-to-follow instructions
on how to put its various components
together so that you can benefit from
drawing up your horoscope and interpret-
ing it ina meaningful way.

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THE
INSTANT
NOROSGOPL
READER
THE
INSTANT
HOROSCOPE
READER
PLANETS BY SIGN,
HOUSE, AND ASPECT
JULIA LUPTON SKALKA
BARNES
& NOBLE

Boo kK §
NEW YORK
Copyright © 1994 by Julia Lupton Skalka
This edition published by Barnes & Noble, Inc.,
by arrangement with Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any
manner whatsoever without written permission of the Publisher.
2000 Barnes & Noble Books
ISBN 0-7607-1767-2
Printed and bound in the United States of America
00 01 02 03 04 MC 987654321
BVG
DEDICATION
For Nana, who makes the world a better place
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In the course of its creation and multiple reincarnations, The Instant Horoscope
Reader became much more than the single effort of its author. For this book and
any work | accomplish as an author, I will always be in debt to Julia A. Wagner,
former Editor-in-Chief of Horoscope Magazine, who gave me an opportunity to
write about astrology twenty years ago. Special indebtedness goes to Dennis
Haskell of Time Cycles Research who encouraged me to write text for his
remarkable astrological software. His Io series of astrology programs contains the
natal report writer on which The Instant Horoscope Reader is based. The astrolog-
ical fonts used in the book are one of many innovative font styles available from
Time Cycles. I am truly grateful to Dennis, along with Elaine Tyropolis, Bob
-Stuller, Joshua Jewell, and Chuck Weigand at Time Cycles for their treasured
friendship and support.
I am profoundly appreciative of the intelligence and editorial skills of Lauren
Crasco and Gloria Freemire who patiently read and reread the manuscript. Their
corrections and suggestions were insightful and somehow managed to keep my
words and ideas from collapsing under their own weight. Grateful thanks must
go to my family—Stan, David, Karen, and Aaron, who, despite my preoccupation
and frequent absences, have unaccountably remained affectionate and loyal to
me. [he valuable suggestions they made, necessary tasks they performed, and
many personal favors they granted contributed in no small measure to the writing
process. Never one to take things for granted, I also offer thanks to the gods of
the reliable Xerox and the clever Macintosh.
Any creativity and originality in this book reside solely in the presentation of
the material—the success or failure for which | accept responsibility as well as
blame. The content of its information belongs to astrology itself and to the gener-
ations of astrologers who have recorded its ideas and observations since the
beginning of history.
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PR ERACE (05s. Was aA tate ee Me eats oe eee ade ait eee ere eee ix
Chapter One: INTRODUCTION TO ASTROLOGY ........0 e.e.e .ee0e 0een e 1
Chapter Two: DHE ZODIAC. ote isan di seine vemep J basipmeeese y 13
ABIES EEC LEME GME Gees a chert radar «cern ee te eee 19
Chaster. Pour: UHR HOROsCOPn. 2) Ginn 6 sss okweumine anenenes eames 31
CRADtCe Pive ENE EIOUGES CC et noes cae te ose Cee ehaceen tenes 41
martes Suc 1 ie PLANES © cu baer ada sais das Gees eater 49
CHADtED DEVEI® ELAMETS UN THE SIGNS ¥.0,5000 cee tek tee ee ee a7
Chapter Eight: PLANETS IN THE HOUSES ..........c.ee .ee.e .ee0ee0ee s 15]
Chapter Nine: DEFINING PLANETARY ASPECTS ..........0.0c0ceceeeeee 217
Chapter Ten: PLANETARY ASPECTS IN THE NATAL CHART.............. 229
Chapter Eleven: INTERPRETING THE HOROSCOPE...........2.-00.00005 289
Appen din As BOUEMERES itp tech + tes, wsrdiastibd bl aeuittts a aaa a 323
Appendix B: ASTROLOGICAL SOFTWARE AND CHART SERVICES ......... 425
Appendec C: BIRTH DATA SOURCES «sl iawticwccucmesinnmieuttmaacuns 426
ENDISOUES te nae te Scns ote ee Ieee re eee mere sie con et een oe 427
BIBLIOGRAPHY. .:2incicdswGaor naauiplemt iaan nieeae nnvotnee nser.e we r 43]
ILLUSTRATION

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Figure 1: THE EARTH’S YEARLY ORBIT AROUND THE SUN ..........-+55. 17
Figure 2: THE ZODIAC’S TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR MOVEMENT...........-- 32
Figure 3: [WELVE-HOUR MOVEMENT OF THE ZODIAC WITH THE SUN: ... 34
Figure 4: THE TWENTY-FoUR-HOUR MOVEMENT OF THE SUN:.........- 35
_ Figure 5: THE DEGREES OF THE HOROSCOPE .......s.s e.ee.ee0ee0e .een s 36
Figure 6: HOUSES OF THE HOROSCOPE... 2) .024 64 0.00 sce cae we eee 40
Figure 7: THE NATURAL WHEEL... 0.0.0. csecee ete de econ esieeeeesens 58
Figure 8: THE NATURAL HOUSES OF THE SUN......5.5 s.ee .es-se. ee0 e es 58
Figure 9: THE NATURAL HOUSES OF THE MOON ..........+--++essse00: 59
Figure 10: THE SOLAR SYSTEM. ........-..cccnereegeee ceeecseneeeres 124
Figure 11: A CHART DEPICTING ASPECTS......00s. e.ss.e.n -ee.e -e ee s 216
: Figure 12: CHART ONE, MAY 13, 1933....+-- +000 sere eee eee eee ete 224
Figure 13: CHART Two, MAY 24, 1933----es-se -cerse steesn eeeee e es 229
Figure 14: CHART THREE, OCTOBER 12, 1954.-----++--++eeeeeeeere: 227
Figure 15: CHART FOUR, OCTOBER 16, 1954.-.----00sreeeseer eeees 228
Figure 16: THEODORE ROOSEVELT, GRACE KELLY, TED BUNDY,
AND MATA TIARN ob ess.cenCeecsessseeeeerst.e eseasiye4' s 299
TABLES

Pable'a* THE ELEMEnTs 255. Se Ae Lee eae 6
Zable 2: THE QUALINIES OGLe A See 8
Table 3: THE ELEMENTS AND-QUALITIES , 2) .y0.7. SUIDAN B See 9
‘able 4: THE SUN'S'ENTRY INTO THE SIGNS: 2.90)20. .x 0es0 . 15
Table 4: CORRESPONDING ZODIACS i Ads, OA Oe. ee 18
Table 6: SIGNS AND THEIR SYMBOIS 6.2S2e 0R7e2 0 ee 20
Table 7: CORRESPONDING PLANETS AND DEITIES............00..00.00005 48
Table 8: ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS AND THEIR PLANETARY RULERS ........... 48
Sable gp: PLANETS. AND THEIR SYMBOLS.8.0). 2 UA eb h eee ee 55
Table ro: PLANETARY ASPECTS AND THEIR SYMBOLS ...............-.- 218
Table 11: OPPOSITIONS IN THE NATURAL CHART............2..0000008 218
Table x2: TRINES IN THE NATURAL CHART 9.22.09.)0 0AA.R ..ae 219
Table 13: SQUARES IN’ THE NATURAL CHART 3.70 4.4.00085. .21.5.5. m 221
Table x4: SEXTILES IN THE NATURAL CHART. 00).27. 0JR0L 00ca e 222
Preface
| ntroducing people to astrology is an exhilarating experience for me. I confess
it isn't always easy to decide where to begin. Some people are intrigued with
astrology’s long and colorful history. Some want to know if it’s like the daily
horoscope columns they read in newspapers. Others are interested in how a
horoscope is cast. There is one thing everyone always wants to know. “How,”
they invariably ask me, “did you become interested in astrology?” To readers who
may also wonder, let me reply that I began to study astrology for the same reason
that motivated you to read this book—it’s a fascinating subject. Whether you
want a little information or you want to become a serious student, learning about
astrology also happens to be a lot of fun.
What exactly is astrology? Let me begin by saying what it is not. Astrology
is not a religion. It does not require blind faith. Astrology is not magic. It does
not involve secret knowledge or occult techniques. Although certain of its signs
and symbols originated in mythology, astrology is not myth. Religion, magic, and
mythology arose from the need to understand ourselves and to explain the world
in which we live. So did astrology. One of the worst misconceptions people have
about astrology is that it proposes that the planets and/or their movements actu-
ally cause things to happen. This is not true. Let's say, for example, an astrologer
observes a planetary pattern that is, among other things, associated with war. Let
us suppose that, indeed, such a catastrophe occurs. Does the astrologer believe
the planets were responsible for the war? No. The principle of cause and effect