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CHAPTER XX
YOUR LUCK IN LIFE
Health, wealth and happiness are to most people the prime objects of
life, and whoever has them is rightly considered lucky, though as we have
endeavored to show, luck is very closely linked to merit, and we have earned
what we have either in this or former lives and what we lack in fortune or
ability we may acquire in this or later lives by good use of our opportuni-
ties.
Thus health and disease, vocational ability, social and financial for-
tunes, marriage, etc., are shown in the horoscope as outlined in the follow-
ing pages.
HEALTH AND DISEASE
The subject of health and disease is thoroughly elucidated in that part
of the book which deals with medical astrology, but those who do not care to
go into the depths of the subject will find the following general hints
helpful in determining the matter for ordinary purposes.
The main indicators of health and disease are the Sun, Moon and Ascen-
dant, together with the planets in the First House or just above the Ascen-
dant. The twelve signs of the Zodiac confer a vitality of differing degrees
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and when there are no planets near the rising sign it is of much greater im-
portance than otherwise. The signs may be classified as follows:
Aries, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Sagittarius are strongly vital signs.
Gemini, Virgo, Libra and Aquarius are moderately vital.
Cancer, Capricorn and Pisces are signs of weak vitality.
Both the Sun and the Moon affect health in all horoscopes, but the Sun is
the particular significator of health for men and the Moon has the same
function in a woman's horoscope. Thus, if a boy is born at a New Moon which
is a total eclipse, he will have very poor chances of surviving. The same
may be said of a girl born at the Full Moon when that is eclipsed.
If the Sun is strong by sign, well aspected by Mars or by the benefics,
if he is in essential dignity, exaltation or elevation in a male horoscope,
it indicates the possession of a strong vitality and presages a life blessed
by good health. If the Moon is similarly placed in a woman's horoscope the
same effect follows.
On the other hand if the luminaries are in weak signs in the Sixth or
Twelfth Houses or afflicted by Saturn, Mars, Uranus or Neptune, the vitality
is weak and much sickness will result unless, from childhood, care is taken
to follow the laws of health and hygiene. It must be borne in mind that THE
HOROSCOPE SHOWS ONLY TENDENCIES which work out infallibly if we drift with
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the tide of life. But on the other hand, it does no show the factor of the
human will, which being divine may enter in and by proper efforts in the
right direction correct, at least in a large measure, the limitations.
It is a good indication of health when a strong sign rises with Jupiter
or Venus close to the Ascendant and well aspected. But if a weak sign is on
the Eastern horizon, and the life forces are further sapped by Saturn,
Uranus or Neptune in the rising sign, a life of suffering is foreshown.
With respect to Mars it has been found that his presence on the Ascendant
strengthens the constitution when he is well aspected but predisposes to fe-
verish or inflammatory complaints when he is afflicted.
It should be understood that the Sun, Venus, Mercury, the Moon and Jupi-
ter do not afflict save by square or opposition, whereas the conjunction and
parallel of Saturn, Mars, Uranus and Neptune are considered inimical as well
as the square or opposition.
The afflictions from CARDINAL Signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn,
indicate acute ailments which usually run their course and leave no par-
ticular trace.
The afflictions from FIXED Signs, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius, in-
dicate organic or hereditary tendencies which are difficult to conquer and
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usually become chronic.
The diseases indicated by COMMON Signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and
Pisces, are convertible. They may be entirely overcome or run their course
until they become chronic, according to the mental temperament of the person
in whose figure these are found.
The places of the malefics, Saturn, Mars, Uranus or Neptune always indi-
cate weak points in the anatomy and the place of Saturn is particularly sen-
sitive; no matter whether he is afflicted or not it is always a danger
point. By knowing the parts of the body which are ruled by the different
signs it is easy to see where the weak limits in the chain of human health
are located:
Aries rules the head and face.
Taurus rules the neck and throat.
Gemini rules the lungs, arms and shoulders.
Cancer rules the breast and stomach.
Leo rules the heart and dorsal region of the back.
Virgo rules the abdominal parts.
Libra rules the kidneys and lions.
Scorpio rules the genitals and rectum.
Sagittarius rules the hips and thighs.
Capricorn rules the knees.
Aquarius rules the ankles.
Pisces rules the feet.
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Thus if Saturn is placed in Leo it will indicate that the person is sub-
ject to heart trouble. If it is in Pisces it will indicate cold feet. The
hot and inflammatory Mars afflicted in Aries, the sign which rules the head,
would indicate a tendency to fevers, and so on with the other planets.
There are three nebular spots located in the Zodiac, namely: The
Pleiades in 29 degrees of Taurus, the Ascelli in 6 degrees of Leo, and An-
tares in 8 degrees of Sagittarius. If the Sun or Moon are found in these
placed and afflicted by a malefic, be careful of the eyes, or if one of the
malefics are in one of these places afflicting the Sun and Moon the same
judgment holds good.
With these general indications the ordinary student should be able to
judge a horoscope with respect to health and disease and should a more thor-
ough examination be desired, a study of the matter in the part dealing with
Medical Astrology will give the necessary information.
THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL FORTUNES
The vocation, financial fortune and social standing, like all other mat-
ters, should be judged from the whole horoscope, but the Second, the Sixth,
the Eighth and the Tenth Houses with their lords are the chief
significators.
THE SECOND HOUSE indicates what the person earns by his efforts. When
Jupiter, Venus, the Sun, the Moon or Mars are well aspected and placed in
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the Second House or lord thereof they attract wealth commensurate with the
number and closeness of their aspects and their position as to dignity, ex-
altation or elevation. But if Saturn, Mars, Uranus or Neptune are elevated
and afflict the Sun and Moon it is a sure sign of financial misfortune.
Jupiter in the Second House is moderately generous but Mars makes a free
spender and consequently the money he brings goes about as fast as it comes.
Saturn in the Second House, or its ruler, makes the person thrifty and sav-
ing but he will find it difficult to make ends meet unless Saturn is in his
exaltation sign Libra and well aspected by Jupiter; then fortune comes by
legacy or in the latter part of life. Uranus in the Second House and in
good aspect to Jupiter or the Sun and Moon is also a good indication of
financial fortune.
THE EIGHTH HOUSE: The planetary influences which bring financial fortune
through the person's own efforts when operating through the Second House
bring money through the marriage partnership or legacy when operating
through the Eighth House. Thus Jupiter in the Eighth House indicates money
by marriage or partnership if well aspected by the Sun, Moon, Venus or the
lord of the Seventh House. But if aspected by Saturn or Uranus it shows a
legacy. Mars in the Eighth House well aspected shows a husband, wife or
partner with good earning capacity but too free a spender. The other indi-
cations enumerated as acting through the Second House may be similarly
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applied to the Eighth.
VOCATION
When the majority of the planets are well aspected and above the Earth or
when the Sun is in good aspect to the Moon and Mars it is generally easy for
the person to obtain a situation and when the Sun is in good aspect to Jupi-
ter it gives promise of a lucrative occupation. But when the majority of
the planets are below the Earth, weak and afflicted, or when the Sun is in
bad aspect to the Moon, Mars or Jupiter, it is usually difficult for the
person to find employment.
To find the employment in which the person will be most likely to succeed
consider the nature and significance of the Houses and Signs which hold the
majority of the planets.
When the majority of the planets are in the FIERY Signs, Aries, Leo and
Sagittarius, it indicates as profitable the occupations in which the metals
and fire play a prominent part, as those of machinist, engineers, chauf-
feurs, smiths, cutlers, barbers, surgeons, soldiers, also hazardous and dan-
gerous vocations.
If the majority of the planets are found in the EARTHY Signs, Taurus,
Virgo and Capricorn, it indicates success in agriculture, horticulture, gar-
dening, land, mines, timber, building materials and as contractor for build-
ings, houses; dealers in foodstuffs, both in the raw and cooked states, such
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as the grocery business, in restaurants or as grain dealers, chemistry,
etc., also dress goods and clothing; in short everything that comes out of
the Earth to nourish, clothe and shelter the physical body.
If the majority of the planets are in the AIRY Signs, Gemini, Libra and
Aquarius, it indicates success in clerical, literary, or artistic pursuits;
occupations principally involving brains or travel, as those of accountants,
bookkeepers, agents, messengers, expressmen, architects, civil engineers,
mechanical draughtsmen and designers, lecturers, scientists, electricians,
aviators, inventors, and all similar occupations in which mind is a princi-
pal factor.
If the majority of the planets are in the WATERY Signs, Cancer, Scorpio
and Pisces, the person should seek occupations in which fluids are
prominent, as those of sailors and fishermen, ship builders and ship owners,
marine engineers, and other occupations on shipboard, manufacturers and
dealers in liquid refreshment, etc.
The ruling planet also has an important bearing on the life-work, and the
occupations signified by the different planets may be stated as follows:
THE SUN as life ruler indicates a leader--it may be of a state as king or
president, or of a province or city as governor or mayor, or has head of a
corporation, whether large or small. Thus when the Sun is life ruler, espe-
cially if it is in the Tenth House, it indicates a government position or
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employment in an executive capacity.
VENUS as life ruler indicates employment in an artistic capacity as a mu-
sician, singer, actor, theatrical agent, manufacturer or dealer in millinery
or fancy goods, laces, embroidery and women's clothing; candy and confec-
tions, flowers or ornaments, etc.
MERCURY as life ruler indicates success in literature or on a lecture
platform; as printers, publishers, or bookkeepers; as school teachers, ex-
press agents, mail carriers, commercial travelers, stenographers, secretar-
ies, office workers and all other clerical and traveling occupations.
THE MOON as life ruler signifies success as traveling salesmen, railroad
employees, ticket agents and other positions concerned with the transporta-
tion of the public; car builders, hotel keepers, dealers in fluidic com-
modities, nurses, obstetricians, fishermen, sailors and others employed on
shipboard and in the shipping trades.
SATURN as life ruler signifies all employments connected with the earth
such as agriculture, gardening, mines, building and building materials; dip-
lomats, judges politicians, police, jailers, detectives, secret service
agents and all whose work is accomplished by stealth and strategy; night
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workers and those engaged in slow, plodding, laborious work.
JUPITER as life ruler signifies success in the professions, as lawyers,
judges, clergymen, ambassadors, cabinet officers, senators, congressmen or
other positions of public trust; bankers, financial agents, physicians, be-
nevolent or social workers.
MARS as life ruler signifies employments in which iron and sharp instru-
ments are prominent, as used by soldiers, surgeons, smiths, founders, engi-
neers, and in all dangerous occupations.
URANUS as life ruler signifies employment in which air, electricity,
thought power and genius are chief factors, as those of inventors, electri-
cians, aviators and those interested in supernormal or superphysical sub-
jects such as psychology, phrenology, magnetic, divine or mental healing;
also in connection with co-operative colonies, socialism, and advanced ideas
of life and living.
NEPTUNE as life ruler indicates occupations involving the occult, watery
and psychic elements; also those in which fraud and deception are rampant
because the genuine psychic article is so rare. These occupations include
those of astrologers, mediums and clairvoyants. Neptune also produces some
highly inspirational musicians.