Interesting to Astrologers

ASTROLOGICAL NOTES—No. 4.

To the Editor of Lucifer.

Question, at London, 1887, March 2nd, 6.8 p.m. What will be the duration of quesited’s life?

Though the preceding figure showed that my relative would recover from his illness, yet it was obvious that the end could not be far distant; and I drew the present figure for the minute of the impression, to interrogate the stars.

The following are the elements of the figure:—

Cusp of 10th house 14 ♊.
— 11th house 21 ♋.
— 12th house 22 ♌.
— 1st house 17° 45’ ♍.
— 2nd house 10 ♎.
— 3rd house 9 ♏.

Planets’ places are:
♆ 25. 13. 15 ♉.
♅ 11. 37. 30 R. ♎.
♄ 15. 46. 30 R ♋.
♃ 5. 41. 30 R ♏.
♂ 23. 50. 45 ♓.
☉ 11. 52. 19 ♓.
♀ 3. 10. 30 ♈.
☿ 29. 36. 15 ♓.
☽ 8. 28. 15 ♊.
Caput Draconis 27. 21. 38 ♌.
⨁ 14. 20. 56 I.

As in the previous figure the 6th house is the quesited’s 1st, and the 1st house is his 8th. As the time of the question was after sunset, ☿ ruling ♏ by night was lord of his 8th, and ♅ ruling ♒ by night was lord of his 1st. The aspect of the significators is ☿ 167° 58’ 45” ♅, separating from the Quincunx and applying to the Opposition. The Quincunx is, like the Conjunction and Parallel, convertible in nature, being good with benefics and evil with malefics, and when a benefic and malefic are thus joined, the stronger rules. It was therefore in this case doubly evil, as the significators were separating from one evil aspect and applying to another though not within orbs of either. As ☿, the applying planet, was in a common sign, and is an angle of the figure, each degree signified a week; and as 12° 1′ 15´´ were wanted to complete the opposition, the critical period was shown to be a fraction over 12 weeks, or May 25th.

Danger to life was also shown by Cauda Draconis in quesited’s 1st house; by ☉ in quesited’s 1st afflicted by a very close Quincunx of ♅ lord of his 1st, ♅ moreover receiving ☉ in his Detriment, and ☉ receiving ♅ in his Fall; and by ☽, lady of quesited’s 6th, posited in his 4th, and afflicted by a rather close Quartile of ☉ posited in his 1st, ☉ moreover receiving ☽ in his Anti-triplicity (sit venia verbo). Nevertheless, as the significators were not actually in any evil aspect, ☿ moreover receiving ♅ in his Triplicity, and being almost out of ♓ his Fall and Detriment, and the Detriment of ♅; ☽, lady of his 6th, and posited in his 4th, applying to a Trine of ♅ lord of his 1st; and ☿ lord of his 8th applying to Conjunction with ♀ lady of his 4th, ♀ moreover receiving ☿ in her exaltation;—all this denoted that May 25th would be the time, not indeed of certain death, but of imminent danger, the beginning of the end.

⨁ being in the 4th house of the figure, almost on the cusp, denoted a legacy to my father.

The actual result was as follows: After having been for some time in fair health, considering his age and recent illness, he was suddenly taken ill and in great danger on the night of May 27th, and on the morning of May 31st was in articulo mortis, and given up by his two physicians. From this, however, he rallied; relapsed on the night of July 6th; rallied again; but died on July 19th at 8.30 a.m., after a sudden seizure of only 15 minutes’ duration, and my father received a legacy under his will.

The quesited suffered much in his last illness from cough and dyspnœa. The certificate of death was—“Primary: emphysema, morbus cordis. Secondary: thrombus, syncope.” With this may be compared ♄ in ♋, having dignity in quesited’s 8th house, and afflicting ♅ lord of quesited’s 1st. ♄ in ♋ denotes “phthisis, ulceration in lungs, obstructions and bruises in breast, ague, scurvy, cancer, and cough.”

Nemo.

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3.1.2 How art thou [f]allen from Heaven Restored.

20.1 in which the Zoroast[r]ian Mitra Inserted

22.1.1 tha[t] John saw Restored.

22.2.9 it literally means ‘to howl.’[”] Added.

38.4 I have p[re/er]suaded my aunt Transposed.

44.16 chapters of the Bha[ga]vadgita Inserted.

51.1 self-contained and harmonious within[.] Added.

55.31 the high plateaux of Central Asia[.] Added.

55.40 some amount of injustice in it[.] Added.

60.6 Count Tolstoi considers it nec[e]ssary Inserted.

67.2 in [leasurely] fashion sic

69.13 in the Villa Torcello[.] Added.

72L.33 my books been par[a/o]died Replaced.

75L.55 by [C/G]. H. Pember Replaced.

79R.43 But as Lu[fic/cif]er hopes shortly to deal Transposed.

74R.15 [“]That the first human beings Added.

80R.33 [“]The famous cynic, Cratus, Removed.

84.41 his theosop[h]ical views. Inserted.

85.19 the social respectabili[l/t]y it panders to Replaced.

87.40 [innoculated] with vice, sic

87.41 in his subsequent life[.] Added.

104.44 it grew importunate[.] Added.

116.8 the Hindu philosophical tenet[.] Added.

122.24 if he changes his a[l/t]titude Replaced.

122.33 that marriage is consummated.[”] Added.

124.32 [“]Not one would have the courage Added.

131.3 By [C/G]. H. Pember, M.A. Replaced.

132.32 by such cavalier treatment[.] Added.

134.12 this [insistance] upon the letter sic

147.29 are pearls of wisdom[.] Added.

147.32 of the Ros[i]crucians Inserted.

152.28 ‘the Great Goddess[’] Added.

152.29 in the minds of Theosophists.[”] Added.

158R.43 is the day[-]house of ♅ Inserted.

164.6 members of that society who[ who] always find Removed.

172.15 and a benefic[i]ent power Removed.

179.3.12 principle of the Theosophists,[)] Added.

185.35 all occupied with [“/‘]Fou;[”/’] Replaced.

195.22 clos[e] to the great fire Restored.

204.45 Life-renewal and Life-tran[s]mission inserted.

201.26 draw it from you[r] own beautiful soul! Added.

205.38 and is himself examined of no man.[”] Added.

206.1 not for my life, assuredly[,/.] Replaced.

206.13 because it can give me[,] pleasure. Removed.

206.17 I am surr[r]ounded with a whole world Removed.

206.31 may be made comfortable.[”] Added.

209.36 within his soul.[”] Removed.

218.44 most wonderfull[l]y Removed.

217.23 aim of this work[,] the bias of the writer Added.

224.33 the irrational[i]ty Inserted.

226.40 the p[h]yschic-astral and the divine-astral Removed.

230.11 indulge in the practice Removed.

233.3 before the seventee[n]th century Inserted.

233.27 cons[e]quently the great cry Inserted.

236.27 pheno[nem/men]a of modern spiritualism Transposed.

256.7 the lustre of the firma[n/m]ent Replaced.

260.38 uplifted to his were Fleta’s eyes[.] Added.

261.17 but [eat] nothing more sic>

263.39 pushed the door open[,/.] Replaced.

265.38 a passionate and adoring eagerness[.] Added.

273.59 [l]ife of the Spirit Restored.

278.44 the only one to see me[,/.] Replaced.

283.15 repugnant to a belie[t/f] in this law Replaced.

284.31 in a position to apprecia[i/t]e Replaced.

292.17 as in the Jubilee[e] coinage Removed.

292.28 The question of what interpreta[ta]tion Removed.

293.68.2 (1 Corinthians xi, 11.[)] Added.

296.7 or [“/‘]problematical[”/’] Mahatma?” Replaced.

299.29 since it beg[u/a]n by a “play of words,” Replaced.

301.1.5 the Word of Truth, th[e] Makheru of Egypt. Restored.

301.1.6 The preserved mummy was the bod[y] Restored.

301.15 [“]χρηστός ἑστιν επι τους,” Added.

302.16 and even by unbelievers,[”] sic

302.1.1 [“]Christianus quantum interpretatione Added.

303.2.3 or devoted to oracul[e/a]r services Replaced.

304.25 “the son of Iaso or Ieso, the [“]healer,” Removed.

305.4 of this rema[r]kable form. Inserted.

305.36 with [“/‘]oil that was taken from the wood Replaced.

305.37 he is called the Christ:[”/’] Replaced.

305.41 also as the Horus of both sexes.[”] Added.

305.2.1 for in[t]itiation into the Greek Removed.

306.34 the name of the Christ as the e[n/m]balmed mummy Replaced.

306.47 With the Greek [t]erminal s Restored.

307.30 our Christology is mummified mythology.” Removed.

309.2.1 [“]The word שיה shiac, Removed.

310.19 ([“]λεγόμενος,” surnamed “χρηστος.”) Added.

303.3.3 [(]here Socrates is the Chréstos) Added.

303.4.12 circle and solar year,[”] sic

311.36 tran[s]gress> that law? Inserted.

313.1 while parasit[i]es eat slowly Removed.

317.9 in the [mechanicism] of the Universe sic

317.13 pessimism is ro[u/o]ted in the recognition Replaced.

322.29 and that [“] system Added.

326.22 from any obligatory duty.[”] Removed.

326.28 thrown the blame and responsibi[i]lty Removed.

327.55 whether in[ it] its dead letter, Removed.

330L.14 having di[r/s]burdened our heart Replaced.

332L.18 they disarm cri[c/t]icism Replaced.

333R.61 even altars unto Baal[”] Added.

334R.51 [“]where the women wove hangings for the grove” Added.

335L.44 and the [“]Kaivalyanita.” Added.

334L.29 and by the famine....[’/”] Replaced.

349.32 knew that man to be a savage[.] Added.

351.36 recognised it as his own room[,/.] Replaced.

360.23 it was exceedingly solid and well fastened[.] Added.

361.20 [“]I may not readily understand you. Added.

366.13 were all in all to us![”] Added.

367.27 that reigneth over all![”] Added.

372.23 cannot subsist witho[n/u]t the spiritual force Inverted.

373.42 have themselves an organic form[,/.] Replaced.

375.8 —probably many[.] Added.

386.25 should he meet him in Heaven[,/.] Replaced.

387.25 [me] Ambrose’s sword sic ?

389.34 [“/‘]thou> must be Replaced.

390.19 as you shall hear.[”] Added.

404.11 vegetable forms [a]s well? Restored.

406.30 from not[—/-]living matter.[’]” Replaced/Removed.

407.1.1 [“]missing link” Restored.

409.47 (actual or possible)[”] Added.

411.3 the root of [uo/ou]r present constitution Transposed.

412.19 in accepting the doct[r]ine of Atonement Inserted.

413.16 the[,] Church wishes the truth, Removed.

417.19 and transfer it [to ]the shoulders Inserted.

434.29 an hono[n/u]rable reputation Inverted.

436.1.14 to the [‘]Lord’ for a burnt-offering Restored.

437.19 must be the d[’]evil worship sic

447.35 they were set in[.] Added.

447.27 which was habitual with him[.] Added.

450.2 learned to surrender his love.[”] Added.

456.14 follow and s[ie/ei]ze her thoughts Transposed.

469.7 [“]No one said aught Added.

472.3.1 [“]breaks through the Brahmarandra sic

474.5 three-fold r[h]ythm Inserted.

477.7 it would never [h/b]e his. Replaced.

477.27 by personal craving or desire[.] Added.

481.10 the quickest violet[.] Added.

484.10 the very ar[ô/o]ma of our thoughts Replaced.

486.5 the i[n]diosyncrasies of a nation Removed.

490.12 “Faith is the key of Christendom,[’/”] Replaced.

494.41 only a coun[f/t]erfeit Presentment Replaced.

495.23 but for destruction.[”] Added.

502.35 the Deit[r]y is either an anachronism, Removed.

502.39 in the tract entitle[s/d] “Autocentricism, or the Brain Theory of Life and Mind.” Replaced.

503.10 which certifies it[s] own nomenal existence. Added.

503.13 the nöetic or hyloic basis[.] Added.

503.14 admits of sci[e]ntific research Inserted.

503.28 such states of rapture the relatio[u/n]s Replaced.