Also in paragraph 527 the student can change the reading altogether, and read it in this manner for females! "If the lord of the 9th, is in the 5th house, the native will have children to other men than her husband, especially if the lord of the 5th house is in evil aspect to the lord of the ascendant, and she may have to travel or go abroad on that account."

The astrological explanation is that the 9th house is the 5th house, (or house of pleasure from the 5th house,) and if the lord of the 9th house, or the 5th house from the 5th, is in the 5th house of the horoscope, then there is danger that the man or woman will go abroad, or go to strangers or persons living at a distance for their pleasure rather than going to his or her own home for the same end or object.

If

I think I have made the subject quite plain, but for fear the student does not fully comprehend the matter I give one more illustration. the student turns to paragraph 550 on page 215, where it says: "If (lord of the 11th) is in the 4th house, the native's parents will be well off and have a large estate, but will not live long, especially if it is an unfortunate planet; but if it is a fortunate planet, then the native's estate will increase in value, and his friends will remain with him until his death" (as the 4th house is the end of all things.)

The explanation is that the 4th house is the house of the native's parents, and if the lord of the 11th, which is a fortunate house for the native, is in the 4th house of the horoscope, it indicates that the parents will be well off; but at the same time the 11th house, is the 8th house, or the house of death, reckoning from the 4th house, or house of the parents, also the 4th house, is the 6th, or the house of sickness from the 11th, indicating that the parents will either have very poor health, and not live long, as lord of the 8th, and the 6th, from the 4th house, will both be afflicting the 4th house, or the house of the parents; but if it is a fortunate planet, then they are likely to live long, and also the native will have many friends, as the 4th house is his home or his property, an as it is the end of all things, his friends are very likely to remain by him until his death, and not only that, but his father's friends, or friends of the family are very likely to continue to be the native's friends, and a fortunate planet in the 4th house improves the native's property, or makes it increase in value.

When the student understands all the various meanings of the houses as explained in the last paragraph on pages 93 and 94. he will be able to find out the true meaning of all the lords of the 12 houses, and can even make rules for himself, or extend the remarks in regard to his own or his friends horoscopes.

One thing the student should constantly keep in mind is that Saturn and Mars are evil planets, and afflict any part of the horoscope, whereever they are posited, no matter if they are lords of good houses; and that Jupiter and Venus are fortunate planets and they benefit any house in the horoscope, whereever they may be posited, if not afflicted, even if they are in evil houses, but in these cases they are

of but slight benefit, and may not do the native much good, still they prevent or modify what would otherwise be great harm or serious injury to him.

(For example, a particular friend of mine, who had in his horoscope Jupiter, lord of the 7th and 4th houses, in the 8th house, or house of death, and in square to Mars lord of the 8th, in the 11th house; often made the remark that Jupiter never did him any good, and he did not feel any benefit from its directions or transits through good houses, tc: but still it did him good in an indirect manner; although he did 1.0t appear to appreciate it. Once he stated that when at a ñre in Manchester, N. H., he was holding the hose, and in order to get the water into the building, they had to break the windows, and while standing there, the whole side of the factory fell outwards, and when the smoke cleared away, to the surprise of everybody he was found to be uninjured; the wall having fallen in such a manner that the window just reached the place where he stood. He had a number of escapes of death in a similar manner. He died a natural death many years afterwards, Jupiter in the 8th, (or house of death), saved him from a violent death. What caused him frequently to be in danger of those accidents was that he had Saturn in his ascendant, and the Moon there also in close square to the Sun in the midheaven.)

In a horoscope it is always best to have a planet that is lord of a house in the same house, even if it is not in the same sign that it is lord of, it makes that planet much stronger, unless it is otherwise afflicted, even an unfortunate planet, if lord of an evil house, and in the house it is lord of, makes it much stronger for the native's good in every way. For example, lord of the 6th house in the 6th, makes the native's health much stronger, and he is better able to endure sickness, than if the lord of the 6th house, is in any other house than the 6th. Lord of the 8th, house in the 8th, even if it is an evil planet, unless afflicted, the native is almost certain to die of old age, and suffer but little sickness, unless the giver of life or the Moon or lord of the ascendant is much afflicted. But there is one exception to this rule, and that is the 12th house,. If lord of the 12th, house is in the 12th, it is very unfortunate for the native, as it causes the native's enemies to be very strong and powerful and able to do him much injury, but if lord of the 12th, is in its own sign and house, then it makes the native's enemies inclined to be rather generous, if such an anomaly can occur as a generous secret enemy.

If lord of the 11th, house is in the 11th, it makes the native have very good friends, and they are likely to be of much benefit to him all through life. [In my own horoscope I have Taurus on the cusp of the 11th house, and Venus in II in the 11th house. It has always made me have a large number of good friends, especially females, but to offset these good influences, I have Mercury lord of the 12th, in the 10th house, near a square of the Moon, and also in square to Mars in the 6th, and Saturn, lord of the 7th house, afflicting the Moon in the 12th house; also Mars is lord of the 5th house, and of an intercepted sign in the 10th, and in square to Mercury in the 10th, and in opposition to the Moon, (my

ruling planet,) in the 12th house, which aspects have caused me to have as many secret enemies as any person in my circumstances, but as Saturn is weak or in its detriment in Cancer, they have never been able to seriously injure me, but they have caused me a world of trouble and annoyance.]

There is one more idea that I wish to impress upon the student's mind, and that is when the lord of a sign is in its own house, even if it is not in its own sign, it is very strong; and by counting from that house it is lord of, it has its own relations, and signification in the horoscope, the same as if that house was the ascendant of the chart of the heavens. For instance in paragraph 532, page 213, which says, (“If the lord of the 9th) is in the 10th house, the native will gain honor by long journeys, and the wife's kindred will honor the native, especially if the lord of the 9th is in good aspect to the lord of the ascendant, and is strong. The explanation is that the 10th house is the 2d house, or the house of money, from the 9th house, or house of long journeys, and the wife's kindred, etc. In the same paragraph it says: "but if the lord of the 9th house is an evil planet, and in evil aspect, then the native will have a world of trouble with his wife's relations, law suits, religious persecutions, or ill will of judges, etc." The explanation is, that an evil planet afflicting the 2d house, or house of money from the 9th, is a very great affliction connected with travelling, and law suits, or wife's kindred, etc., as it may cost the native considerable money, if afflicted by an evil planet, as the 10th house, is a house of great importance in the horoscope, and in lawsuits the judge may be very much prejudiced against the native, as the 10th house is in square to the 1st house of the horoscope, and if an evil planet is in the 10th, it afflicts all the more, as it would also be in square to the ascendant.

The 11th house is the 3rd house from the 9th; the 12th house is the 4th from the 9th; the ascendant is the 5th house from the 9th, and it being in trine aspect to the 9th, causes it to be a good house, especially if the lord of the 9th is a fortunate planet, and in the 1st house; but the 2d house is the 6th from the 9th, and it being an evil house, although a good house in the horoscope, it is an affliction to any business connected with the 9th house, especially if lord of the 9th is an evil planet, and in the 2d house; as the native is very likely to be taken sick or die on a 'journey, or probably he may lose considerable money on account of lawsuits or long journeys. And so on of all the other houses in the horoscope.

Remarks on the Lords of the 12 Houses, and explaining how they are used in Directions, Transits,

Revolutionary Figures, etc.

571 By becoming well posted as regards the lords of the different houses in a horoscope, a person can predict how a particular direction or aspect, either Secondary, Primary or Transits, etc., will affect the native in different parts of his life, when those aspects come up, or are completed; for ex

ample an evil aspect of Saturn, transiting over an angle, in the horoscope, or in square, opposition or conjunction of the Sun, Moon or any of the planets, by knowing what house Saturn is lord of at birth, or in what house it is posited in the horoscope, and from what house it afflicts in its transits, the Sun, Moon or lord of the ascendant, etc., the student can come very close to predicting how it will affect the native during the influence of its transit or evil direction, etc. The same in regard to good aspects, or directions of Jupiter, Venus, Moon or the Sun, he can generally tell when he knows what house it is lord or lady of; from what quarter or what kind of person the benefit is likely to come, and can also give a description of the man or woman who will aid or benefit the native, etc., and also in what particular manner it will affect or benefit him. In the horoscopes which follow, I give a number of illustrations of the lords of the different houses, affecting the native by directions, aspects and transits, and also how to apply them in Revolutions.

REMARKS ON THE CHANGES IN THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE
OF THE NATIVE, IN THE DIFFERENT PERIODS
OF HIS LIFE.

572 It is very important to give a few additional remarks as to the personal description of the native. On pages 158, 159 and 160, the student will find rules how to describe the native by the positions and aspects of the planets at the time of birth, and in a general way these rules will hold good in almost all cases, but there are a few exceptions which the student in his experience will learn. By constant observation the student will find that some persons are very light complexioned when young, or have light or yellowish hair, and a fair skin, but as he approaches maturity, his hair will sometimes change to be quite dark or almost black, and his skin becomes much darker; also there are instances where the native is very slender in early life, probably up to 24 years of age, then becomes quite full built, or stout, etc. I might give a number of other instances of the native changing in personal appearance in the different periods of life, and it may be well for the student to know what is the cause of the various changes of the build and complexion of the native.

RULES FOR JUDGING OF THE CHANGES OF THE BUILD AND COMPLEXION OF THE NATIVE.

573 First, if the student observes very closely he will find that when there is a stout sign on the ascendant, and the lord of the ascendant is a slender sign, and especially if the Moon

is also in a slender sign, then the native will be slender in early life, or until he gets to be a man, and afterwards he will become of the nature of the ascendant, that is stout, or full built.

574 Second: If the lord of the ascendant, is in a light sign at birth, and particularly if the Moon is also in a light sign, and the sign on the ascendant is a dark sign, then the native is quite light complexioned when young, with light or flaxen hair, but as he grows older the influence of the sign on the ascendant has its effect on the native, and he becomes dark complexioned, and his hair gradually becomes darker as he he comes to maturity.

575 Third: If a slender sign is on the ascendant, and the lord of the ascendant is in a stout sign, especially if the Moon is in a stout sign, then the native is full built in early life, and becomes slender as he arrives at maturity; and if the Moon is in a stout sign he becomes stout after middle age or over 4o years old.

576 Fourth: If a light sign is on the ascendant, and the lord of the ascendant is in a dark sign, particularly if the Moon is also in a dark sign, then the native is slightly dark complexioned when young, and he becomes lighter as he grows to maturity, but in these cases the hair does not change as much as it does when he has light hair when young, and it becomes darker, on account of havng a dark sign on the ascendant.

577 Fifth: If Jupiter has much influence over the native in a horoscope, and he is slender when young, then he begins to fill out, or becomes stouter, when Jupiter performs its second revolution around the heavens, that is when the native is 24 years of age; but if Saturn has any influence in the natives personal description, then he generally begins to get stout when he gets to be 36 years of age, or when Jupiter has performed its third revolution, but if Saturn has much influence in a natives personal description, then he does not begin to grow stout until Jupiter forms his fourth revolution round the heavens, that is from 45 to 48 years of age.

578 Sixth: When there is a slender sign on the ascendant, and the lord of the ascendant, or the Moon are in stout signs, and particularly if they are in fixed signs, the native then sometimes will be slender when young, and become full built when he comes to maturity, and he grows slender again as he gets older, especially if Mars or the Sun is in the ascendant, or has any special aspect to the lord of the ascendant or the Moon, as the Sun and Mars dry up the watery humors of the system, as the native declines in life. This remark is