CHAPTER V. Method of Developing a Chart. On a preceding page you will see a young lady, who illustrates the part of the body governed by each of the 12 Signs. We will suppose that her birth date is March 18, 1898, and we wish to work her horoscope for June 18, 1913. First turn to the Ephemeris for the year 1898. Here you will find the position of all the planets excepting Neptune, and we have reckoned back from the present time to find Neptune. On a chart of the heavens for 1913 Neptune appears between Gemini and Cancer, but we must remember that the position of the Signs has been changed in late years, so that Cancer of the present day answers to Leo of olden times. We therefore place Neptune between Cancer and Leo, and Saturn in Gemini instead of Taurus. It might be well before proceeding further to give the time required by each planet to revolve once around the Sun. Mercury-88 days Jupiter-11 yrs. 315 days Neptune-168 yrs. In entering planets in the Nativity every day. counts a year. We cannot give any reason for this; if there is any reason we have not discovered it. It just seems to be one of God's laws. In consideration of this fact we will see that Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter and the Sun change so very little in a lifetime that the change is not worth noting. Mars passes through 1 Sign and a fraction of another, during an ordinary lifetime, so that we commence with the changes of Mars. We also mark the changes of Venus, Mercury and the Moon; all these are important. In many charts where planets should be in the same place we have found it necessary to move some of them slightly. Neptune remains 14 years in one Sign so that we find Neptune entering the Signs as follows: Aquarius in 1912, Capricorn in 1898, Saggitarius in 1884, Scorpio in 1870, Libra in 1856, Virgo in 1842, Leo in 1828. This is as near as we have been able to come to the position of Neptune. The Sun we place in Aquarius near Capicorn and always there. The Earth which makes a circuit of the Signs in a year, changes as follows: (We are copying this from Mr. Butler's works.) Earth enters Aries March 21. Taurus April 19. Cancer June 21. Virgo August 22. Gemini May 20. Leo July 22. Libra September 23. Scorpio October 23. Saggitarius November 22. We will now proceed to work out the Chart commencing with the Moon. In the column under March, and opposite 18, the Moon appears in Aquarius, we will say one half. It will be found advisable to get the position in the Sign approximately. Uranus is at the head of the first column under "Position of the Planets." It will be necessary to learn the signs used for each planet, and the signs of the Zodiac as well. Uranus is leaving Taurus, Saturn is, about 4 in Aries, Mars 12 days in Leo, Venus 10 days in Libra and Mercury, 2 days in Libra. The Sun we always mark in Aquarius near Capricorn. Neptune is leaving Saggitarius and the Earth on March 18 is in Pisces. The Sign in which the Earth is found is always in the 1st. Sign. Having written down the Signs in which each planet is found, including the Sun, Moon, and Earth, you then proceed to number them, commencing with the one in which the Earth is found; it is always 1. If Pisces is 1, then Aries will be 2, Taurus will be 3, Gemini 4, Cancer 5, Leo 6, Virgo 7, Libra 8, etc. When you have thus numbered them all, you proceed to mark the changes. First look in the column for Mars. It changes on April 23-from March 18 to April 23 is 36 days-counting every day a year, Mars changes at the 36th year, being now in the 6th. Sign it will change to the 7th. Indicate the signs below in small figures. Now turn to Venus; it changes on March 27th., and will therefore change at the 9th. year; it changes again on April 15, 19 years later. The changes of Venus are so regular that you can depend on each period being either 18 or 19 years. Not so with Mercury; we look in the column for Mercury; (it makes more changes and covers two columns). You find that it changes on March 22, and we mark the first change at 4 years, the 2nd. at 9 years., the 3rd. at 14, and so on. Place the Signs from which the changes are made underneath in smaller figures. Lastly we find the changes of the Moon; it changes at 2 years, 4 years, etc.; you can run your finger down the columns, and mark them as you go; when you have reached 80 years of age, or as far as you care to go, look for the Sign in which the Moon appeared at birth (here it was in the 12th. Sign), and mark the numbers underneath, coming to 1 again when you reach 12. You may prove the correctness of your work by placing the Sign underneath the last figures. We have now completed the mathematical part of the work, and all that remains for us to do is to draw a circle dividing it into 12 equal parts and place the planets where they belong in the Signs. In this case we want a chart for June 18, 1913. The young lady is 15 years of age, and we must find their position at that time. We place Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, and the Sun practically where they appeared at birth. Mars changes at the age of 36 from the 6th. to the 7th. Signs, so that we merely place it a little further in the 6th. Sign, or rather the 12th. We have found that planets in opposite Signs work as if they were in the same Sign, so that in order to facilitate matters we have placed them in the same Sign, and it simplifies the reading wonderfully. We will therefore place Mars and the Sun in the 12th. Sign, Uranus in the 3rd., Saturn in the 4th., Jupiter in the 2nd., and Neptune between the 4th and 5th. Signs. Venus enters the 9th., which we will call the 3rd., at 8 years; and at 15 it will be rather more than 1/3 in the 3rd. Mercury has just left the 10th. Sign, and the Moon is in the 6th., or the 12th., as we will call it. In working the horoscope of a stranger we usually select the time when Mercury passes Venus as being an important point. We also find the time when the Moon strikes the conjunction of Venus and Mercury or enters a Sign where there are many planets. This usually leads you to the best points in the horoscope, particularly if Venus and Mercury form a conjunction with the Sun, or other good planets. We then find the Transits for the year fixed upon, selecting that portion of the year when the largest number of planets or the best planets stand opposite to Venus and Mercury. With these explanations we will proceed to find the Transits for June 18, 1913. The Transits always give the position of the planets on the date for which you wish the chart, and they are reckoned by days instead of years. While the Moon remains 2 or 3 days in a Sign in the Transits, it remains 2 or 3 years in the Nativity. Mercury remains from 4 to 11 days in the Transits, and from 4 to 11 years in the Nativity. Venus remains 18 or 19 days in the Transits, and 18 or 19 years in the Nativity. Jupiter remains in one Sign in the vicinity of a year, Saturn for 2 years, and several months, and Mars for 50 days or more. The time varies with these planets, Uranus remains 7 years in one Sign, and Neptune 14 years. We do not reckon the changes for the long standing planets in the Nativity. Turning to the year 1913 in the Ephemeris we find the position of all the planets for June 18 in the same manner in which we found the position at birth, and place them where they belong in the Signs. The Sun always stands opposite to the Sun, and Neptune and the Earth are found in precisely the same manner as for the Nativity. You may read all public events in the Transits, coupled with horoscopes of rulers and those connected with these events. Some one will say: "That's a very simple arrangement!" Yes, it looks simple when you have some one to outline it for you, but it cost us just 7 years of experimenting and continuous investigation to bring it even to this stage of perfection. We have found Mr. Butler's Ephemeris to be trustworthy so far as it goes, and he tells us that he may mark the position of the planets more minutely at |