Chapter XV

HOW TO DETERMINE THE PERIODS OF THE SOUL CYCLE
N THE following pages you will find an outline of the seven periods of the soul cycle for the solar year. Every person's birthday comes within one of these seven periods. You will also note that each of the seven periods is divided into two polarities, an A and B polarity. For instance, the first period in the soul cycle is from March 22nd to May 12. But, this period is divided into two polarities. The A polarity is from March 22nd to April 17th, and the B polarity is from April 17th to May 12th. A person bom on April 20th would be in the B polarity of the first period of the soul cycle. A person born on December 3rd would be in the B polarity of the fifth period of the soul cycle. A person born on March 21st would be in the B polarity of the seventh soul cycle. Persons who
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CHART F
Periods and Polarities of the Soul Cycle
Period '''^^^ " Polarity A
P^^°f J April 17 „...
^°' ^ 1 May 12 „ „ „...[ Pol^^ty B
Period i ^^^ '' ■"'""■■: — 1^°^^^^
.. - -^ June 8 _ J
^°- 2 [ July 3 [ Polarity B
peHod P"^^^ s;^:::::::!^^^^^^^
^"^ 1 August 24 [ P^^-^V »
^°-^ 1 October 15 _ [ P^^^'y »
Period f °'*°^'' ^^ i Polarity A
I'eriod I November 11 /
^°'^ 1 December 6 P^'-^^ B
Period i ^-'^^^^-- " [Polarity A
1., ^ i January 1 _ „
^°'^ 1 January 27 _ _....[ P^^-^^V ^
r January 23.....^^^^.„^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^°-^ I March 21 [ P°I^^B
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are bom at midnight on the division of any period will have to be judged by a combination of the indications given for both periods. For instance, a person who was bom at midnight on October 15th would have his birthday on the precise di- vision between the fourth and fifth periods of the cycle. Therefore, to judge the inner character of this person, a blending of the B polarity of the fifth cycle and the A polarity of the sixth cycle would have to be taken into consideration. All of the seven periods end at midnight and begin at midnight of the days indicated, and the same is true of the A and B polarities. A person born at midnight on June 8th would be in the second period of the cycle, but in reading the description of the character and personality, a blending of both the A and B polarities of the second period would have to be taken into consideration.
The hour of birth has naught to do with this system, except as it pertains to the midnight hour as stated above. The place of birth has naught to do with this system, imless the birth occurred years ago in some country like Russia, where the calendar has been changed and the true day of
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birth is not definitely known. The year of hirth is of no importance, for the periods in the cycle are the same year after year. It is better not to attempt to analy2;e the characteristic or personality of a person when the precise birthdate is not known, unless, of course, it is known within two or three days of the center of one of the polarities of the periods, when a variation of a few days will not make any particular difference.
Perhaps one other little word of advice or recommendation may be accepted by you. Pep sonally, I would appreciate it if all those who are using this system and who may, from time to time, copy from this book a description of some person, and give it to him as a helpful guide, would, when doing this, call the written description not a life reading or a horoscope, or any similar term that may be misleading, but a Soul Reading from the Cycles of Life. This will distinguish these descrip' tions from scKcalled life readings or astrological readings with which they have no connection, and with which they should not be related even in the mind of a person who is not familiar with any of these systems. It is the wish of the author to
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keep the system in this book distinguished from all others, as they have been in his own personal use for so many years; and you will find generally that your friends and acquaintances will apprc ciate the knowledge that the reading or description you give them is from a different system, and resulting from a unique method that is free from any superstitious beliefs or any principles that may be vmdesirable in their minds.
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