A manual of astrology, or The book of the stars; which contains every requisite illustration of the celestial science or the art of foretelling future ... bodies Illustrated and exemplified by

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 edition. Excerpt: ...is opposed to £, therefore 11 deg. 12 min. of 52 must descend with the cusp of the seventh house. On the second house we have 28 deg. of Q and Es still being opposite to that sign, 28 deg of sa must occupy the cusp of the eighth house. Lastly, the third house and the ninth house are opposite to each other, so are nj) and K; therefore by the same formula, as we have 21 deg. of n$ on the cusp of the third house, 21 deg. of must take station on that of the ninth; by which means, and by a very simple process, the whole theme of heaven, or figure of the nativity, is formed and erected. This constitutes what is termed the Radix or groundwork of Astrologers, whereon they build their judgments; and we should presume that the foregoing example, which will hold good in all cases, is sufficiently plain, for even the casual reader of this " Manual" to cast the Horoscope or figure of their birth, provided the true day and hour thereof is known. The following, is a view of the figure. EXPLANATION OF WHITE'S EPHEMERIS. "If the matter be knotty, and the sense lies deep, the mind must stop and buckle to it, and stick upon it with labor and thought and close consideration." Locke. In former times the calculation of a nativity was esteemed a very difficult process, since the Astrologer was either obliged to take an actual observation of the heavenly bodies from some place where he could well perceive them; or in latter times, at the least, to calculate their elements from those Astronomical tables, which constitute the basis of our Ephemeris. The tediousness of such pursuits may be comparitively guessed at, when it is stated on the authority of a celebrated modern writer, " that Kepler, (who was a clever Astrologer) in calculating only...