CHAPTER IV

PLANETARY TRANSITS In order that prognostications made from the horoscope of birth may be pointed as to time it is necessary to know the positions of the planets for several years in advance. Such calculations are easily effected by a knowledge of the periods of the planets--that is to say, the times in which they return to the same positions about the same time of the year. Thus Uranus returns to its place after a period of 84 years, Saturn does so after 59 years, Jupiter in 83 years, Mars in 79 years, in all cases almost to the day. Mercury also returns in 79 years. But as very few people possess records of the planets’ places for these long periods, the following table of the longitudes of the planets for the next 12 years has been prepared. The positions are given for the 1st of each month, and the longitudes held by the planets are given in even degrees. These tables are very useful in tracing the transits that occur in connection with the horoscope for the year. Thus we have found that by adding the number of degrees corresponding to the age of a person to the Midheaven at birth, we obtain the Progressed Midheaven, and in the Tables of Houses we may also find the corresponding Progressed Ascendant. By adding the same number of degrees to the place of the Sun at birth we obtain also the Progressed position of the Sun. ---------+------------------------++------------------------ | 1905. || 1906. Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+---- | ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ | ♂ || ♆ | ♅ |♄ |♃ | ♂ ---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+---- January |♋ 6| ♑ 0|♒19|♈21|♎24||♋ 9|♑ 5|♒29|♉27|♓ 4 February | 5| 2| 22| 24|♏10|| 8| 6|♓ 3| 27| 27 March | 4| 3| 26| 29| 20|| 7| 8| 6| 29|♈18 April | 5| 4| 29| ♉5| 26|| 8| 8| 10|♊ 4|♉11 May | 6| 4|♓ 1| 12| 19|| 9| 8| 13| 10|♊ 2 June | 7| 3| 3| 20| 10|| 10| 7| 14| 17| 23 July | 8| 2| 2| 26| 11|| 11| 6| 15| 24|♋13 August | 9| 0| 1|♊ 2| 21|| 12| 5| 14|♋ 0|♌ 3 September| 9| 0|♒29| 6|♐ 6|| 12| 4| 12| 6| 23 October | 10| 0| 27| 6| 25|| 13| 4| 9| 10|♍12 November | 10| 1| 26| 4|♑17|| 13| 5| 8| 11|♎ 1 December | 9| 3| 27| 0|♒11|| 12| 7| 8| 9| 20 =========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+==== | 1907. || 1908. Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+---- | ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ | ♂ || ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ |♂ ---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+---- January |♋11|♑ 9| ♓ 9| ♋5|♏11||♋13|♑13|♓22|♌12|♓24 February | 10| 10| 14| 2| 29|| 12| 14| 25| 8|♈16 March | 9| 12| 17| 1|♐15|| 11| 16| 28| 5|♉ 5 April | 10| 12| 21| 3|♑ 2|| 12| 17| ♈2| 4| 26 May | 11| 12| 24| 7| 13|| 13| 17| 5| 5|♊16 June | 12| 12| 26| 13| 18|| 14| 16| 8| 9|♋ 7 July | 13| 11| 27| 19| 13|| 15| 15| 10| 14| 26 August | 14| 9| 27| 26| 6|| 16| 14| 10| 21|♌16 September| 14| 8| 25|♌ 3| 11|| 16| 13| 8| 28|♍ 5 October | 15| 8| 23| 8| 24|| 17| 13| 6|♍ 4| 24 November | 15| 9| 21| 12|♒13|| 17| 13| 4| 9|♎14 December | 14| 11| 21| 14|♓ 2|| 16| 14| 3| 13|♏ 4 =========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+==== | 1909. || 1910. Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+---- | ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ |♂ || ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ |♂ ---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+---- January |♋15|♑16|♈ 4| ♍14|♏24||♋17|♑20|♈16|♎13|♈18 February | 14| 18| 6| 13|♐15|| 16| 22| 18| 14|♉ 5 March | 13| 20| 9| 9|♑ 4|| 15| 24| 21| 13| 22 April | 14| 21| 13| 6| 24|| 16| 25| 24| 9|♊11 May | 15| 21| 17| 4|♒14|| 17| 25| 28| 6|♋ 0 June | 16| 20| 20| 6|♓ 4|| 18| 25|♉ 1| 4| 19 July | 17| 19| 22| 9| 22|| 19| 24| 4| 6|♌ 8 August | 18| 18| 23| 15|♈ 4|| 20| 22| 6| 9| 27 September| 18| 17| 22| 21| 3|| 20| 21| 6| 15|♍17 October | 19| 17| 20| 28|♓26|| 21| 21| 4| 21|♎ 6 November | 19| 17| 18|♎ 4| 25|| 21| 22| 2| 28| 27 December | 18| 19| 16| 9|♈ 4|| 20| 23| 0|♏ 4|♏17 =========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+==== | 1911. || 1912. Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+---- | ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ | ♂ || ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ | ♂ ---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+---- January |♋20| ♑24|♈29|♏ 9| ♐8||♋22|♑28|♉13|♐ 5|♉24 February | 20| 26|♉ 0| 13|♑ 1|| 21|♒ 0| 13| 10|♊ 1 March | 19| 28| 2| 14| 22|| 20| 1| 15| 14| 12 April | 20| 29| 6| 13|♒14|| 21| 3| 18| 15| 29 May | 20| 29| 10| 9|♓ 7|| 22| 3| 22| 14|♋14 June | 21| 29| 14| 6|♈ 0|| 23| 3| 26| 10|♌ 2 July | 22| 28| 17| 5| 21|| 24| 2| 29| 7| 20 August | 23| 27| 19| 6|♉12|| 25| 1|♊ 2| 5|♍10 September| 23| 26| 20| 10| 29|| 25| 0| 4| 7| 29 October | 24| 25| 19| 15|♊ 9|| 26|♑29| 3| 10|♎19 November | 24| 25| 17| 22| 9|| 26| 29| 2| 16|♏10 December | 23| 27| 14| 28|♉28|| 25|♒ 0|♉29| 23| ♐1 =========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+==== | 1913. || 1914. Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+---- | ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ | ♂ || ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ |♂ ---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+---- January |♋24|♒ 3|♉ 27|♑ 0|♐23||♋26| ♒7|♊12|♑25|♋16 February | 24| 4| 27| 6|♑17|| 25| 8| 11|♒ 3| 7 March | 23| 5| 28| 12|♒ 8|| 24| 9| 11| 9| 8 April | 24| 7|♊ 0| 16|♓ 2|| 25| 11| 13| 15| 17 May | 24| 7| 4| 18| 25|| 26| 11| 16| 20|♌ 1 June | 25| 7| 8| 17|♈18|| 27| 11| 20| 22| 17 July | 26| 6| 12| 13|♉10|| 28| 10| 24| 22|♍ 3 August | 27| 5| 15| 10|♊ 2|| 29| 9| 28| 19| 22 September| 27| 4| 17| 8| 21||♌ 0| 8|♋ 0| 15|♎12 October | 28| 3| 18| 9|♋ 9|| 0| 7| 2| 13|♏ 1 November | 28| 3| 17| 13| 21|| 0| 7| 2| 13| 23 December | 27| 4| 15| 18| 24||♋29| 8| 0| 17|♐15 =========+====+====+====+====+====++====+====+====+====+==== | 1915. || 1916. Month. +----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+---- | ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ | ♂ || ♆ | ♅ | ♄ | ♃ |♂ ---------+----+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----+---- January | ♋28|♒10|♊27|♒23|♑8 ||♌ 1|♒14|♋13|♓23|♍ 1 February | 28| 12| 26| 29|♒2 || 0| 15| 10| 28|♌23 March | 27| 13| 25|♓ 6| 25||♋29| 17| 9|♈ 4| 13 April | 28| 15| 26| 14|♓16|| ♌0| 18| 10| 12| 13 May | 28| 15| 29| 20|♈12|| 1| 19| 11| 19| 20 June | 29| 14|♋ 3| 25|♉ 6|| 2| 19| 15| 26|♍ 2 July |♌ 0| 13| 6| 28| 27|| 3| 19| 19|♉ 1| 17 August | 1| 12| 10| 28|♊19|| 4| 18| 23| 5|♎ 6 September| 1| 11| 13| 26|♋ 9|| 4| 17| 26| 6| 25 October | 2| 11| 15| 22| 27|| 5| 16| 29| 3|♏16 November | 2| 12| 16| 19|♌14|| 5| 16|♌ 0|♈29|♐ 8 December | 1| 12| 15| 19| 25|| 4| 16| 0| 26|♑ 0 ----------------------------------++------------------------ Now a transit of one of the major planets over any of these points, namely, the Midheaven or Ascendant at birth, the Sun or Moon at birth, the Midheaven, Ascendant, and Sun in the progress, will produce marked effects on the fortunes and health of the Subject, corresponding to the nature of the planet which makes the transit. Thus we have seen that the Midheaven at the birth on the 1st of May, 1890, at 3.30 p.m., was Cancer 2 degrees, and the Ascendant Libra 2. Referring to the Tables, we find that in 1905 Saturn will form the opposition of the Midheaven in Capricornus 2 in February, July, and November, so that these will be periods of reversal, sudden and unexpected complications and changes. Also the Sun at birth being in Taurus 11 receives the transit of Jupiter in April, 1905, so that this month will be productive of some amelioration of evils, or direct benefits. When two or more planets concur in a transit of any of the Significators the results are so much the more forcible and effective.