CHAPTER XVII.

Land, Engineering, and Building.

Many large land owners are given in this book, and your attention has frequently been called to these indications. No. 83 is a man who owns a 10,000 acre ranch and is a poet as well. Ranching and poetry should harmonize very nicely; both require a good 4th Sign and close proximity to nature. Jupiter and Saturn in the 12th Sign run a conjunction with Neptune in the 1st. These three planets control animals and food-stuffs. All his planets are around the 12th

and 4th Signs, the 12th for animals and food and the 4th for land and writing.

No. 84 is a real estate dealer who might have been wealthy had he not invested the money made in land in a hotel and livery stable. Mercury and Venus are in conjunction with Jupiter, Neptune, and the Sun in his 4th and 5th Signs at birth, and Venus and Mercury come into conjunction with the Moon between the 2nd and 3rd Signs about sixty years of age. The influences in his 12th Sign are very bad, indicating losses in animals and food-stuffs. He should have avoided all such investments.

No. 85 is the chart of a civil engineer who published an engineer's field book. Uranus and Saturn in the 4th indicate traveling over rough ground and scientific investigation connected with land. This conjunction is common in the horoscopes of surveyors, civil engineers, and natural scientists. Venus and Mercury form their conjunction in the 4th, indicating that this is the Sign by which he will be distinguished.

No. 86 is the chart of an architect. He was educated in music, but became interested in architecture, particularly skeleton construction work. He engineered many high office buildings and theatres, and

was president of the Building and Engineering Co. of New York.

As his chart was being worked, we noticed that his 2nd Sign contained a large conjunction; from this fact we suspected that he was a large dealer in capital or was in a position where he handled large sums of money. Referring to a sketch of his life it was found that he was a bank director. Money in the 2nd Sign is connected with building in the 3rd and 4th. Uranus between the 11th and 12th indicates danger to friends from falling; this feature being incidenta! to work on high buildings.

Chart No. 87 is that of another builder. When four planets appeared in the 12th we said, he must specialize in cement, paving, or flooring, and it was found that he had written a book on "Limes, Cements, Mortars, and Concretes." He had also written on “Drainage" and "Constructive Details." You will notice that Neptune is in the 12th Sign with Mars, Uranus, and Jupiter; these should cover the question of drainage. The remaining planets in his horoscope are on each side of the 4th Sign; all entering and leaving the Sign; they work very strongly. The 4th Sign governs every kind of constructive work, and gives mechanical genius. The 3rd governs the hands so that