| Preface |
iii |
| Introduction |
xi |
| Horoscope of the Author |
xvi |
| PART I: THE PROGRESSED HOROSCOPE |
.. |
| Chapter I. Heredity, Environment, Character |
1 |
| ...........Three Great Factors in Human Destiny |
1 |
| ...........The 'How' and the 'Why' |
2 |
| ...........How the Three Factors exercise their influence over the life |
3 |
| Chapter II. Character is Destiny |
4 |
| ...........Character as a factor in making Destiy |
4 |
| ...........Complex nature of Character |
4 |
| ...........Temperament of the Physical Body |
5 |
| ...........The Ego and the aura |
5 |
| ...........Life and Matter |
6 |
| Chapter III. Why Directions Sometimes Fail
|
7 |
| ...........Three classes of human beings |
7 |
| ...........Necessity of studying the Nativity |
8 |
| ...........Where Directions did not Fail |
8 |
| ...........Exceptional Cases Few |
9 |
| ...........Causes of Failure |
10 |
| Chapter IV. Fate and Free-Will |
11 |
| ...........Involution and Evolution |
11 |
| ...........Life and Form |
12 |
| ...........The Value of Directions |
13 |
| ...........The Progressive Horoscope |
14 |
| ...........Physical and Psychic Heredity |
16 |
| ...........The Three Cycles |
17 |
| Chapter V. The Author's System |
18 |
| ...........Every horoscope progressive in actual fact |
18 |
| ...........The Solar System a Great Family |
19 |
| ...........The Sun and His Influence in Directions |
20 |
| ...........The Moon and Her Inluence |
21 |
| ...........The Progressive Angles |
23 |
| Chapter VI. The Progression of the Horoscope
|
25 |
| ...........Progression by Axial Rotation |
25 |
| ...........Progression by Orbital Revolution |
26 |
| ...........Queen Mary: Horoscope of Birth |
28 |
| ...........Queen Mary: Progressed horoscope(for 1893) |
29 |
| ...........Table of Rotations |
30 |
| ...........The Two Rotations Simultaneous |
30,31 |
| ...........The Rationale of the Process |
31 |
| ...........Two Classes of Experiences |
32 |
| ...........Their relation to Primary and Secondary Direction |
32 |
| Chapter VII. How to Calculate the Progressed Horoscope
|
34 |
| ...........The Ordinary Method |
34 |
| ...........The 'Planets at Noon' Method |
35 |
| ...........The 'Noon Date' |
36 |
| ...........A Caution |
36 |
| ...........Noon Date Cusps |
37 |
| ...........Progressed Horoscope of the Author (for 1906) |
38 |
| ...........Rules for Calculating the Cusps of the Progressed Horoscope for the Noon Date and Midnight Date |
39 |
| Chapter VIII. How to Calculate Directions |
41 |
| ...........Classification of Direction |
41 |
| ...........The Calculation of Directions: (i) Solar Directions |
42 |
| ............................................................................(ii) Mutual Directions |
44 |
| ............................................................................(iii) Lunar Directions |
45 |
| ............................................................................(iv) Directions to Angles |
46 |
| ...........Examples from the Author's Horoscope |
43,44,45,47 |
| Chapter IX. The Progressed Horoscopes of Queen Mary and Mrs. Annie Besant
|
48 |
| ...........The Queen's Directions at King George's accession |
48,49 |
| ...........Mrs. Besant's Directions on her election to the presidency of the Theosophical Society |
49,54 |
| ...........The Progressed Horoscopes of Queen Mary and Mrs. Besant (maps) |
50,52 |
| Chapter X. Considerations to be Borne in Mind when Reading Directions |
55 |
| ...........Directions to Angles |
55 |
| ...........Quickly and Slowly Formed Directions |
56 |
| ...........Some Illustrations |
57 |
| ...........Some General Hints |
58 |
| ...........Influence of the Radix |
59 |
| ...........Directions to the Radical Moon |
59 |
| Chapter XI. Subdivisions of Signs
|
61 |
| ...........Table of Triplicities and Qualities |
61 |
| ...........Table of Decanates |
61 |
| ...........Table of Dwadashamshas |
62 |
| ...........Decanates as real as Signs |
62 |
| ...........A Principle in Occultism |
63 |
| ...........An Example |
63 |
| ...........Influence of Planets upon Subdivisions |
65 |
| ...........TABLE OF ASPECTS, showing the Various Degrees in Aspect to any Given Degree |
66 |
| PART II: THE EFFECTS OF DIRECTIONS |
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| Chapter XII. The Progressed Ascendant |
69 |
| ...........Fundamental and Superimposed Influences |
70 |
| ...........Notes on the Decanates |
70 |
| ...........The Decanates of the Progressed Ascendant: Aires 70, Taurus 72, Gemini 73, Cancer 75, Leo 76, Virgo 78, Libra 79, Scorpio 81, Sagittarius 82, Capricorn 84, Aquarius 85, Pisces86 |
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| Chapter XIII. Solar Aspects |
89 |
| ...........General Remarks |
89 |
| ...........When there are no Solar Aspects |
90 |
| ...........Solar Aspects to :the Moon 91, Mercury 94, Venus 95, Mars 97, Jupiter 102, Saturn 106, Uranus 110, Neptune 115, the Sun's Radical Place 117 |
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| Chapter XIV. Mutual Aspects |
118 |
| ...........General Remarks on the prominence of a planet in directions: Mercury 118, Venus Mars 119, Jupiter120, Saturn Uranus 121, Neptune 122 |
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| ...........Mercury Aspecting: Venus 122, Mars 124, Jupiter 128, Saturn 132, Uranus 136, Neptune 140 |
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| ...........Venus Aspecting: Mars 142, Jupiter 146, Saturn 150, Uranus 154, Neptune 158 |
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| ...........Mars Aspecting: Jupiter 161, Saturn 165, Uranus 169, Neptune 173 |
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| ...........Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune |
177 |
| ...........A Planet in Aspect with Its Own Place |
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| Chapter XV. Lunar Position and Aspects |
179 |
| ...........General Remarks on the Moon's Influence |
179 |
| ...........Note regarding Lunar Aspects |
180 |
| ...........THE LUNAR POSITION: passing through Houses i ii 181, iii iv v 182, vi vii 183, viii ix 184, x xi xii 185 |
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| ...........Lunar Aspects, to: the Sun 186, Mercury 190, Venus 194, Mars 198, Jupiter 202, Saturn 206, Uranus 211, Neptune 216,the Moon 's radical place 220 |
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| Chapter XVI. Directions to the Midheaven and Ascendant |
222 |
| ...........General Remarks |
222 |
| ...........Directions to the ASCENDANT; Adverse 223, Benefic |
224 |
| ...........Directions to the MIDHEAVEN; Adverse 224, Benefic |
225 |
| CONCLUDING NOTE to PART II |
227 |
| ...........General Hints |
227 |
| ...........An Illustration |
228 |
| ...........How to utilise the description |
229 |
| PART III: SOLAR REVOLUTIONS AND TRANSITS |
.. |
| Chapter XVII. Solar Revolutions or Birthday Maps |
233 |
| ...........Queen Mary: Solar Revolution(1910) |
234 |
| ...........Queen Mary: Progressed Birthday(1910) |
235 |
| ...........The Ordinary Method: (Example) |
236 |
| ...........Mrs. Besant: Solar Revolution(1907) |
238 |
| ...........Mrs. Besant: Progressed Birthday(1907) |
239 |
| ...........The Progressed Birthday (Example) |
240 |
| ...........Note on the Progressed Birthday in relation to Directions |
242 |
| Chapter XVIII. Transits over Sun, Moon and Planets |
244 |
| ...........What is a Transit |
244 |
| ...........New Moons and Eclipses as Transits |
245 |
| ...........Effects of Transits |
246 |
| ...........TRANSITS OF: the Moon 247, Mercury 249, Venus 250, Mars 251, Jupiter 252, Saturn 253, Uranus 254, Neptune 255 |
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| Chapter XIX. Transits through Houses |
257 |
| ...........General Remarks |
257 |
| ...........The Transits of: the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun |
257 |
| ....................Mars 258, Jupiter 260, Saturn 262, Uranus 265, Neptune 266 |
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| ...........The General Effect of Transits |
267 |
| CONCLUSION |
269 |
| ...........General Remarks |
269 |
| ...........An Illustration from the Author's nativity |
269 |
| ...........The Time Element |
270 |
| ...........An Election of Suitable times for Interviews, etc., etc. |
270 |
| ...........Events probable, not inevitable |
270 |
| PART IV. PRIMARY DIRECTIONS |
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| Example Horoscope: Mrs. Annie Besant |
272 |
| Preliminary Note to Primary Directions |
273 |
| Speculum for Mrs. Besant's Horoscope |
274 |
| Chapter XX. Trigonometrical Formulae and Tables
|
275 |
| ...........FORMULAE: i ii , To convert Long. into R.A. and vice versd, without Latitude, 275: iii,iv, To find Dec. from Long. and vice versd, without Latitude, 275: v, vi, vii, To find A.D., O.A.,and S.A., 276: viii, To find Long. on cusp of any house, 276: ix, To find Pole of any House, 277: x,xi, From R.A. and Dec. to find Long. and Lat., and vice versd, 277,278: xi,xii, From Long. Lat. and Dec. to find R.A., 278: xii, To measure Mundane Position or Cuspal Distance, 279 |
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| ...........Table of Poles of Houses |
280 |
| Chapter XXI. The Speculum |
281 |
| ...........What a Speculum is |
281 |
| ...........The need for Mathematical Tables |
282 |
| ...........Explanation and Calculation (with examples) of: Right Ascension 281, Meridian Distance 284, Semi-arc 284, Cuspal Distance 286 |
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| Chapter XXII. Mundane Directions to Angles |
288 |
| ...........Mundane versus Zodiacal Position |
289 |
| ...........Zodiacal and Mundane Aspects |
290 |
| ...........Mundane Directions to Angles (with example) :(i)Direct 291 (ii) Converse 294 |
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| ...........The Rationale of Converse Directions |
296 |
| Chapter XXIII. Solar and Lunar Mundane Directions
|
297 |
| ...........Two Systems of Nomenclature |
297 |
| ...........Direct Mundane Directions (with examples) |
298 |
| ...........Converse Mundane Directions (with examples) |
302 |
| Chapter XXIV. Mundane Parallels and Rapt Parallels
|
305 |
| ...........Mundane Parallels explained (with an example) |
305 |
| ...........Converse ditto |
306 |
| ...........Rapt Parallels (with examples) |
306 |
| ...........Converse ditto |
306 |
| Chapter XXV. Zodiacal Directions to Angles |
311 |
| ...........Zodiacal Directions explained |
311 |
| ...........Zodiacal Directions to the Midheaven (with examples): (i)Direct 311(ii) Converse 313 |
.. |
| ...........Ditto to the Ascendant (with examples): (i)Direct 313 (ii)Converse 314 |
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| Chapter XXVI. Zodiacal Directions between Sun, Moon and Planets, without Latitude |
316 |
| ...........Conventional Nomenclature Misleading |
317 |
| ...........Rule for Calculating Zodiacal Directions |
318 |
| ...........Examples (i)Direct 319 (ii)Converse 320 |
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| Chapter XXVII. Zodiacal Directions between Sun, Moon and Planets, with Latitude |
322 |
| ...........Two Methods |
322 |
| ...........Some Objections |
322 |
| ...........Answers to the Objections |
323 |
| ...........Examples |
324,325 |
| ...........True Converse Zodiacal Directions |
325 |
| ...........CLASSIFICATION OF DIRECTIONS |
326,327 |
| Chapter XXVIII. On Equating Arcs of Direction. Measures of Time |
328 |
| ...........(i)Ptolemy's Method |
328 |
| ...........(ii)Naibod's Method |
328,329 |
| ...........(iii)Simmonite's Method |
329 |
| ...........(iv)The Method of Placidus |
331 |
| ...........(v)C.C.Massey's Method |
331,332 |
| ...........SUMMARY OF MEASURES OF TIME |
334 |
| APPENDICES |
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| Appendix I. The Progressed Horoscope in Detail |
336 |
| Appendix II. The Relation between Primary and Secondary Directions: a Suggestion |
341 |
| Appendix III. How to Calculate the Actual Day on which a Given Aspect falls due |
343 |
| Appendix IV. A Simple Way of Calculating Primary Directions to Angles |
346 |
| Appendix V. The Unity of All Systems of Directing |
347 |
| GENERAL INDEX |
351 |