CHAPTER XXL

MARRIAGE AND OFFSPRING

THEEE was a time when man in the making was
male-female and able to beget children without
the assistance of another, but when one pole of the
creative force was directed upward to build the
brain and the larynx mankind ceased to be bisexual
and thenceforth each male or female had to seek its
complement to accomplish the begetting of children.
Therefore marriage was instituted by the angels as a
sacrament and the sacred rite of generation was per-
formed under their supervision in great temples at
certain times of the year when the interplanetary lines
of force were propitious for propagation. The rest
of the time all lived together in the paradisiacal bliss
of chaste companionship. Therefore parturition was
also painless and sickness and sorrow were unknown.
But when, under the guidance of the fallen an-
gels, the Lucifer spirits, mankind commenced to exer-
cise the creative function for pleasure regardless of
the stellar ray, death entered and the woman began
to bring forth her children in sorrow and suffering.
For though a minister may legally marry people, he,
being ignorant of the stellar script, cannot see if the
basic harmony necessary to truly mate two souls is
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present. Therefore, alas, most marriages fail to bring
the happiness and satisfaction of soul which mark the
companionship of true mates. Besides there is the
pain of parturition incidental to mismating and the
increased suffering of the ego which is building its
body under inharmonious prenatal conditions.
Surely, a heavy toll to pay for ignorance of the stellar
science! Worse still, in the great majority of cases,
where people do know astrology or where they are in-
formed of its pronouncement in their case, they re-
fuse to heed its warning voice when it is contrary to
their desires. They often even hate the astrologer
who has the temerity to tell them that sorrow is in
store if they wed. Therefore it is at best a thank-
less task.

But this matter is so important at our present
stage of evolution, it has such far-reaching conse-
quences both for the individual and for society, that
it is really criminal to leave to chance the choice of a
mate. Fortunately we are nearing the Aquarian Age
and there is no doubt that people will then study the
stellar script, perhaps they will institute matrimonial
bureaus maintained by the church or state, with a
view to guiding the growing generation in the right
direction. If children whose nativities are harmon-
ious could visit at each others' homes and become
playmates the attachment would undoubtedly ripen
into love with the years. Then marriage would not
end the romance as it unfortunately does in the ma-
jority of unions consummated at the present time, but

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it would intensify love and happiness year by year.
The bond of affection would grow stronger and aid
the soul growth of those under its magic spell as no
other relation can.

Children would not be accidents then. They
would be loved into life and they would scarcely miss
the heaven they had left for they would find in their
homes a heaven on earth. Therefore we pray that
the time may soon come when earch community will
have its matrimonial bureau conducted upon the
astrological basis where parents may send their
child's birth data and receive in return the name and
address of another child who will be harmonious as a
mate. If the parents of both feel satisfied with re-
speet to family connections, etc., the children could
be made acquainted ; if not, other names could be sub-
mitted by the bureau until one suitable according to
both the social and astrological standards were found.
The children could then become playmates, and there
is no doubt that in time their affection would grow
into a love that would satisfy the youthful sentiments
of romance. Later an ideal marriage would crown
their happiness.

Nor should we wait for the church or state to take
the initiative. If parents who believe in astrology
would form associations, maintaining a central bu-
reau where the horoscopes of their children could be
kept on file, grouped and classified with a view to
finding true mates for them, it would give such a
practical demonstration of the worth of astrology

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that in twenty five years enough cases could be
pointed out to arrest the attention of conservative
people.

Harmony and Discord

Man is, as Paul says, spirit, soul and body. There-
fore the blending of two beings in perfect harmony-
requires that they be in accord on the spiritual,,
moral and physical planes, symbolized in the horo-
scope by the Sun and Moon (Spirit or Ego), Mars
and Venus (soul or sex) and the Ascendant govern-
ing the physical body. These significators taken to-
gether with the sign on the Seventh House and the
planet therein show the innate agreement or discord
between people so far as the matrimonial relationship*
is concerned.

The physical harmony is judged by comparison^
of the rising sign of the two persons involved. Fiery
signs agree, so do earthy, airy or watery signs. But
a person with a watery sign rising cannot success-
fully mate with one who has a fiery or earthy sign
on the Ascendant. It is like mixing fire and water,
or heaping earth upon it. Fire will only combine
with fire and air. People having a watery sign on
the Ascendant may harmonize with a person having
an earthy sign rising, or vice versa. But neither the
earthy nor watery signs will mix with the airy trip-
licity.

On the moral plane the relationship is governed
by Mars and Venus. If Venus in the horoscope of

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one person is in the same sign and degree as Mars in
the horoscope of another person, there will be love
at first sight when they meet, but the attraction will
l>e sexual and unless there are other powerful signs
of harmony, Mars will dominate Venus, especially if
Mars is situated in the Seventh House or highly ele-
vated above Venus in the other person's horoscope.

When the Sun in one person's horoscope is on
the place of the Moon in the other person's chart
liarmony is shown on the spiritual plane.

The ideal marriage requires the blending of the
two charts in all these particulars and the happiness
will depend upon the measure of agreement as indi-
cated. There are unions where people are sexually
mated but have entirely different characteristics in
other respects and vice versa. Therefore the two
charts must be examined in their entirety to give a
reliable judgment.

The following will explain the indications for
marriage in the individual horoscope of both sexes.

Men's Marriages

An early marriage is indicated in a man's horo-
scope :

(1) When he is born in the light of the Moon,
at the time she is progressing from the new to the
full, provided she is placed in the Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh or Twelfth House.

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(2) When the Moon and Venus are strong and
well aspected with a number of the other planets in
the fruitful signs, Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces.

(3) When the Moon and Venus are in the Fifth
or Seventh Houses which rule courtship and mar-
riage.

(4) When a fruitful sign is rising with Cancer,
Scorpio, or Pisces in the Fifth or Seventh Houses.

(5) When Venus and Mars are dignified, ele-
vated, strong and well aspected.

(6) When Jupiter or Venus, or both, are in the
Seventh House well aspected.

A late marriage is shown in a man's horoscope:

(1) When he is born in the dark of the Moon;
that is to say, when the Moon is going from the full
to the new and she is placed in the First, Second,
Third, Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth Houses.

(2) When the Moon or Venus are afflicted by
Saturn, Mars, Uranus or Neptune, especially if
either of these planets is placed in the Fifth or Sev-
enth Houses.

(3) When Saturn, Mars, Uranus and Neptune
are in the Fifth or Seventh Houses.

(4) When the Moon is square or opposition to
Venus or Jupiter they bring trouble in courtship and
consequent delays of the marriage.

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Marriage is denied or accomplished with great
difficulty :

(1) When Saturn is in Scorpio which rules the
genitals, or if the Moon is there parallel, conjunction,
square, or opposition to Saturn the planet of obstruc-
tion, for then there is little or no desire for sexual
intercourse, hence such people generally remain bach-
elors.

(2) When the Moon, or Venus, the planet of
love, is afflicted in the Saturnine sign Capricorn,
especially if the affliction comes from Saturn, the
planet of obstruction, many obstacles to marriage pre-
sent themselves and it is doubtful if they can be over-
come, hence it is unlikely that the person will marry.

(3) When the Moon is square or opposition to
the Sun it is difficult for the person to make up his
mind on any subject, and if the Moon is placed in the
'First, Second, Third, Seventh, Eighth or Ninth
Houses, this will make it particularly difficult to
•come to a decision regarding marriage. If at the
same time there is an affliction from Saturn he will
mever make up his mind, hence marriage will not be
consummated.

(4) When the Moon is in the last degrees of a
sign she is said to be void of course, and if at the same
time she makes no aspect to other planets, it shows
a lack of attraction to the opposite sex, which will
probably prevent the person entering the marriage
relation.

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Women's Marriages

An early marriage is indicated in a woman's
horoscope :

(1) When she is born in the light of the Moon,
that is to say, when the orb of night is going from
the new to the full, and the Sun is placed in the
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh, or Twelfth
Houses.

(2) When the Sun and Venus are in one of the
fruitful signs, Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces, and well
aspected.

(3) When the Sun, Venus, and Mars are well
aspected, especially if in the Fifth or Seventh Houses,
which govern courtship and marriage.

(4) When a fruitful sign is rising, with Cancer,
Scorpio, or Pisces in the Fifth or Seventh Houses.

(5) When the Sun, Mars, and Venus are digni-
fied, elevated, well and strongly aspected.

(6) When Jupiter or Venus is in the Seventh
House well aspected.

A late marriage is shown in a woman's horo-
scope :

(1) When she is born in the dark of the Moon,
that is to say, when the Moon is going from the full
to the new, and the Sun is in the First, Second,
Third, Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth Houses.

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(2) When the Sun and Venus are afflicted by
Saturn, Mars, Uranus or Neptune, especially if
placed in the Fifth or Seventh Houses, which govern
marriage and courtship.

(3) When Saturn, Mars, Uranus or Neptune
are in the Fifth or Seventh Houses.

(4) When the Moon is square or opposition to
Venus or Jupiter, delays and trouble in courtship
and marriage may be looked for.

(5) When the Moon is parellel, square or oppo-
sition to Uranus, the octave of Venus, that also will
bring delays.

Marriage is denied or accomplished only with
great difficulty:

(1) When Saturn is in Scorpio, the sign which
rules the genitals, or when the Sun is there parallel,
conjunction, square, or opposition to Saturn, the
planet of obstruction, there is little or no desire for
sexual intercourse, hence when this sign is found in a
woman's horoscope it is safe to judge that she will
remain a spinster.

(2) When the Sun, or Venus the planet of love,
is afflicted in the Saturnine sign Capricorn, partic-
ularly if the affliction comes from Saturn, the planet
of obstruction, there will be many obstacles to mar-
riage and it is very doubtful if under the circum-
stances a marriage will result.

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(3) When the Sun and Moon are afflicting each
other by square or opposition it makes the person va-
cillating on any subject, and if the Sun, which is
significator of marriage for a woman, is placed in the
First, Second, Third, Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth
Houses, this will make it particularly difficult to
come to a decision regarding marriage. Should there
be at the same time an affliction between the Sun and
Saturn it will effectually prevent the person from
making up her mind, hence marriage will not be con-
summated.

(4) When the Sun by progression makes no
aspect to the other planets it indicates a lack of
attraction to the opposite sex, which will probably
prevent her from entering the marriage relation.

Happiness, Sorrow and Bereavement

The masculine Sun is the particular significator
of the marriage partner in a woman's horoscope, and
the feminine Moon signifies the spouse in a man's
chart. Hence when the Sun or Moon are in good
aspect to one another, or to Venus, the planet of love,
and Jupiter, the planet of benevolence, happiness and
joy are assured in the married relationship, particu-
larly if these planets are placed in the Seventh House.

On the other hand, Saturn, Mars, Uranus and
Neptune, afflicting the Sun in a female figure, or the
Moon in a man's chart, indicate sorrow and trouble
through the marriage relation. If they are placed

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in the Seventh House the testimony is all the more
potent, and it is also foreshown that the marriage
will be dissolved.

In this respect, Saturn and Mars indicate death
of the marriage partner; Uranus may also bring
about this ending if afflicted by Saturn or Mars, but
otherwi.se it points rather to a clandestine relation-
ship which will probably bring about the dissolution
of marriage by desertion or divorce.

Second Marriages

If one or more of the malefics, Saturn, Mars,
Uranus, and Neptune, are found in the Seventh
House, and the Sun or Moon are in a fruitful sign,
Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces, or in the double-bodied
signs, Gemini or Sagittarius, it is likely that the
person will marry several times, and probably to his
sorrow.

If the Sun or Moon are aspected to a number of
planets placed in double-bodied signs, Gemini, Sag-
ittarius, or Pisces, especially if these signs are on the
Seventh House, two or more marriages are likely to
occur. When the ruler of the Ascendant is placed in
the Seventh House well aspected to other planets and
in a double-bodied sign, Gemini, Sagittarius, and
Pisces, it indicates a plurality of marriages.

Description of the Husband or Wife

In a man's horoscope the planets to which the
Moon makes an aspect by progression after birth,

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indicate the women to whom he will be attracted,
together with their character and disposition, which
is determined by the sign that the planet is in and
the aspects which it makes. For illustration, let us
suppose that the Moon in a certain person's horo-
scope comes first to a sextile of the Sun in Leo, and
that the Sun is aspected by a trine to Jupiter, then
we shall find the description of the wife by looking
up the disposition and character in the chapter of
the Sun under the Sun in Leo and the Sun trine
Jupiter. This would indicate a lady of ambitious
disposition, a noble character, blonde and of florid
complexion. If on the other hand, we find that the
Moon after birth makes a square to Mars in Scorpio,
and Mars in turn square to Venus, then it would
show a woman of a very lewd, slothful and slovenly
nature who would be domineering, quarrelsome, and
extremely difficult to get along with. Similarly for
the other planets.

In a woman's horoscope the husband is described
by the planets to which the Sun makes an aspect by
progression, these planets to be taken in connection
with the sign where they are found and the planets
with which they in turn form configurations, and
the method is the same as indicated in the case of
the Moon in a man's horoscope. It should be re-
marked, however, that when the significator of the
marriage partner, aspected by the Sun or Moon, is
retrograde or weak by sign, as Saturn in Aries or
Jupiter in Gemini, the attraction is not strong enough

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to culminate into a marriage but will probably indi-
cate only a passing attraction. Therefore the stu-
dent must use his judgment in these respects.

Children

Whether a person will have children or not can-
not be judged from his or her individual horoscope
with any degree of accuracy for this matter is not
dependent on one only, therefore the horoscope of
the prospective parents should be compared and the
individual indications blended, then if both horo-
scopes show a fruitful nature many children will be
born, but if both are only moderately fertile, or if
one is very fruitful and the other barren, the forecast
must be made accordingly.

The indications shown in the individual horo-
scope may be interpreted as follows:

The Moon is the planet of fecundation and there-
fore the most important significator; next comes
Venus, the planet of love and attraction ; and last,
Jupiter, the planet of benevolence. If either of these
planets is in the Fifth House, which indicates chil-
dren, and in one of the fruitful or double-bodied
signs, Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces, Gemini, or Sagittarius,
it is an indication that the person has a fruitful na-
ture and will have a number of children who will be
of a good and pleasant disposition. A similar judg-
ment may be formed if the Eleventh House is thus
invested. For if we turn the horoscope upside down
so that the Seventh House becomes the First, then it

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will show the marriage partner's figure, and the
Eleventh House is then his Fifth House indicating
children, therefore both the Fifth and Eleventh
Houses should be considered in this matter. But as
already said, the true state of conditions cannot be
forecasted save by blending the actual figures of both
parents.

When the violent, turbulent Mars, or Saturn,
famed in ancient mythology as a destroyer of chil-
dren, or the Sun or Uranus, are in the Fifth or Elev-
enth Houses, they either prevent the birth of children
or destroy them during childhood. This is particu-
larly true if Aries, Leo or Capricorn are on the cusps
of either of these Houses.

When the Moon is in Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces,
Gemini, or Sagittarius, in good aspect to Jupiter or
Venus, a large family is indicated.

But when the Moon is in Aries, Leo, or Capri-
corn, and afflicted by one of the malefics or by the
Sun, the marriage is usually barren. Saturn and
Venus in the Seventh House is also a sign of a mar-
riage without issue.

If there is a difference in the testimonies of the
Fifth and Eleventh Houses the judgment must be
modified accordingly.