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aversion to soiling their hands. MERCURY AS RULING PLANET When Mercury the planet of reason, expression and dexterity is the well aspected life ruler it gives a keen, quick-witted mind which craves knowl- edge as a thirsty man craves water and absorbs it as readily, a mind that solves, apparently without effort, the most intricate problems. Thus there is ability in the various branches of mental endeavor, science and lit- erature, but these people are also very apt and forceful orators and have an extraordinary dexterity so that they can usually turn their hands to any- thing. They are fond of traveling and very successful as salesmen and agents. [PAGE 423] MIND AND THE RULING PLANET THE MOON AS RULING PLANET When the romantic, imaginative and restless well aspected Moon is the life ruler, the people born unders its influence are indeed rolling stones and far fields always look greenest to them. Therefore they have an over- whelming desire for travel and change which generally does not permit them to stay in one place longer than necessary to earn the money which will en- able them to go to the next. They have a most vivid and fanciful imagina- tion and a romantic nature entirely foreign to any practical endeavor; list- less, restless and unstable as the tide that comes and goes, flotsam and jetsam upon the sea of life. They are generally mediumistic, though usually unconsciously so, but are otherwise quite harmless through utterly irrespon- sible and untrustworthy where anything requiring an effort is concerned. SATURN AS RULING PLANET When the serious, sagacious and profound well aspected Saturn is life ruler, the people born under its influence are of a profoundly thoughtful, serious nature. They have a keen sense of responsibility and are full of forethought, hence trustworthy and reliable advisors; they are systematic, orderly, and have good executive ability, frugal in their tastes, thrifty and saving; just to a degree, but their justice is cruel, hard and [PAGE 424] THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS untempered but the slightest degree of mercy. They are chaste, sober and exemplary in their lives but they have neither mercy nor pity for those who are unable to overcome faults or habits or who otherwise become delinquent to the laws of society. They care little or nothing for pleasure or the so- ciety of others and generally keep their own counsel and company; they are highly respected, esteemed and trusted in the community but neither care for nor merit the LOVE of their fellow men. JUPITER AS RULING PLANET When the jovial, genial and generous well aspected Jupiter is life ruler, the people born under his influence are ensouled by a great desire for honor, respect and esteem in their community. Therefore they aspire to be pillars in the church, legal lights, or to fill an honored position in the pulpit; failing this they enter by preference one of the progressions as lawyer or doctor. They are cordial, genial people with a jovial smile and a hearty handshake that make one glad to meet them wherever the go, so they are always welcome. They are law-abiding and just but inclined to temper their justice with mercy; and while they themselves live lives beyond re- proach they are kind, forgiving and lenient to those of a weaker morality whose lives are smirched by sin and crime, hence they are philanthropic and [PAGE 425] MIND AND THE RULING PLANET always ready to give to charity and benevolent work. They are not only re- spected and esteemed but beloved in the community where they reside. MARS AS THE RULING PLANET When the enthusiastic, energetic, constructive and militant Mars is the well aspected life ruler, the people born under the influence of this dy- namic rays are eager for the fray and battle of life. They are ensouled with an ardent desire to conquer the world. To them it does not so much matter what they do so long as it affords an adequate outlet for the con- structive energy which, figuratively speaking, threatens to burst them un- less released. The bigger and more difficult the undertaking, the more they exult; hence they become the pioneers and pathfinders of civilization, the engineers and contractors who build our cities and the highways and byways that connect them, who develop the resources of the world and turn them over to others to use. They are extremely impatient of restraint and will brook no interference with their plans or methods. These people govern others and bend them to their will by the whiplash of sheer force for they have neither tact nor diplomacy but win by the merit of might. They earn money easily and spend it as lavishly and foolishly. They are extremely extravagant and [PAGE 426] THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS when reverses come they are down and out for the time being but they never stay down, the indomitable inner force soon accomplishes rehabilitation and with it the old reckless ways of living reassert themselves. They are gen- erally foolhardy to a degree, hence liable to accidents and a violent end. URANUS AS RULING PLANET When the original, romantic and eccentric well aspected Uranus is life ruler the character is idealistic, unconventional and utopian. These people are generally out of patience with the conventional ways of living and de- termined i their efforts and endeavors to break the shackles of society and live a bohemian life. They are full of fads and given to usually beliefs, too advanced for the majority. At the same time they are pioneers of a new age in which many of the ideas we now consider utopian will be modified so that they will be held by all. These people are also the inventors of the world, in touch with the higher worlds where ideas merge from the Divine Mind to impinge upon the minds of those who are sufficiently sensitive to grasp them and bring them to birth for the use of humanity. The Uranians are very headstrong and always ready with an argument to defend their ideas and secure a convert to their cults; odd in dress, in food, in ideas, they are a class apart. [PAGE 427] MIND AND THE RULING PLANET NEPTUNE AS RULING PLANET When the occult and mystical well aspected Neptune is life ruler we have a person of a most peculiar power whose chief mark is a strange expression of the eye which must be seem to be appreciated. It is as if he looked right through and through whatever is before him, but it is not necessary to discuss this type for there are so few that they are very seldom encountered by the average astrologer and only an occultist can know and judge another occultist. THE INFLUENCE OF THE AFFLICTED RULING PLANETS When the life rulers are afflicted by the conjunction, parallel, square, or opposition from the other planets, especially from the malefics--Saturn, Mars, Uranus and Neptune--they affect the life in an inimical manner which may be outlined as follows: THE SUN AS RULING PLANET When the cowardly and arrogant afflicted Sun is life ruler, people born under his debilitating influence are egotistical in the extreme, full of swagger, self-importance and arrogance. If they obtain authority over any- one whom they think they can overawe they will rule such dependent with a rod of iron, trample upon his tenderest feelings without a twinge of con- science or compunction, but if they themselves come under the authority of [PAGE 428] THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS another these spineless weaklings will then cringe, creep and cater to the slightest whim of their master though they hate him with an intense hatred that is only kept in check by their fear. They whine and wheedle at the faintest frown though ready to spring and devour him if only they dared. It is the signature of one of the most despicable characters in the gamut. VENUS AS RULING PLANET When the slovenly, slothful and lazy afflicted Venus is ruler of the horoscope the persons are sensual and profligate, untidy and slatternly, of depraved, perverted tastes and utterly disreputable in their conduct; they [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] |