Section 1 directs us to find the interval between

G. M. T. and the following noon. Please observe this,
the following noon, for all depends upon this being
accurately understood.

From April 26, 12 :00 Noon

Subtract G. M. T April 25, 6 :50 P. M.

Interval from G. M. T. to next Noon, 17 hrs. 10 min.
By Section 2 of Rule :

Add S. T. of birthday

as given in ephemeris 2 hrs. 15 min.

S. T. of Adjusted Calculation Date. . .19 hrs. 25 min.

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By Section 4 of Rule:

As G. M. T. is P. M. we read backwards in the
column of the ephemeris giving S. T., until we come
to Jan. 12, 1872. On that day the S. T. is 19 hrs., 26
min., and the A. C. D. is therefore Jan. 12th, 1872.

Thus, by both methods we have arrived at iden-
tical results, but slight discrepancies may appear in
using the proportional method because that makes no
allowances for long and short months, hence the
method last demonstrated is more accurate as well
as easier. If this lady had been born two hours later,
the Adjusted Calculation Date would have been De-
cember 12, 1871, and where children are born late
in the year and early in the morning, the Adjusted
Calculation Date may run into January or February
of the next year. It is therefore very important to
state the Adjusted Calculation Date by year also, in
this case January 12, 1872.

Now, that we have arrived at the point where
we are to make use of our A.C. D. to progress the
lady's horoscope and show how accurately it marks
the crises, the first application of the date to the horo-
scope is a crucial point, and the student is earnestly
warned to overlook no word in our description so
that he may acquire understanding of the principle.
Once having grasped the point, an immense amount
of labor will be saved, so it will pay to follow our
instructions to the letter.

Write in the margin of your ephemeris for 1872
opposite the birthday (April 25), January 12, 1872.

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Opposite April 26 write January 12, 1873. Oppo-
site April 27, write January 12, 1874, and so on, as
shown below. Every day after birth corresponds to
a certain year of life which starts on the day written
in the margin, and the planets in line with any
A, C. D. indicate the events for twelve months from
that date.

Jan. 12, 1872. . . .Apr. 25 Jan. 12, 1888. . . .May 11

Jan. 12, 1873 .... Apr. 26 Jan. 12, 1898 .... May 21

Jan. 12, 1874 .... Apr. 27 Jan. 12, 1908 .... May 31

Jan. 12, 1877 Apr. 30 Jan. 12, 1909 June 1

Jan. 12, 1878 May 1 Jan. 12, 1910 June 2

The motion of the Sun and planets from day to
day is slow, and as we count a day for a year, we may
liken their progression to the short hand on the clock
of destiny : they indicate the year when a certain con-
dition shown in the natal horoscope has ripened, and
is ready to manifest as an event. The swift moving
Moon is the long hand; it marks the months when
aspects culminate in events. Therefore we divide its
motion during the year commencing with any ad-
justed calculation date, by 12, but for rough figur-
ing we may consider the Moon's travel in the pro-
gressed horoscope one degree a month.

Planetary aspects alone do not operate, however;
an aspect of the progressed Moon or a New Moon
is required to focus the hidden forces. Therefore
crises shown by the planets are sometimes retarded
beyond the time when the aspect culminated and we

DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 477

may think we have safely escaped, but the first aspect
of the Moon which excites it will prove that ' ' though
the mills of the gods grind /slowly, they grind exceed-
ing fine." The finer forces lose none of their in-
tensity by lying latent in Nature 's lock-box of events.

Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter were in 21-22 de-
grees of Declination at birth ; but the effect remained
latent until the year 1902, when the Sun reached the
same degree. (See ephemeris for 1872, May 25th,
which corresponds to Jan. 12, 1902.)

The progressed Sun was then in Gemini 4 de-
grees, 31 minutes ; 31 minutes short of an exact oppo-
sition to the Moon 's place at birth : Sagittarius 5
degrees, 2 minutes.

But the progressed Moon on the A. C. D., Jan.
12, 1902, was in Capricorn 9 degrees, 27 minutes (see
ephemeris for 1872, May 25), and traveling at the
rate of one degree per month it reached the place
of Saturn at birth: Capricorn 11 degrees, 15 min-
utes, in March, 1902. There it excited the parallels
of the Sun, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter, also the
opposition of the Sun and Moon, so that the lady was
taken seriously ill with the disease which ended her
life seven years later.

We shall next see what brought about the lady's
final illness in the latter part of July, 1908, and ter-
minated life in April, 1909. We copy the planets'
places from the ephemeris for 1872, June 1st, into
the outer ring of the natal horoscope, for the planets
on that day correspond to the adjusted calculation

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date, Jan. 12, 1909, but progress the Moon from the
A. C. D., Jan. 12, 1908, and Jan. 12, 1909 (May 31
and June 1 in the 1872 ephemeris), to show the crisis
thus marked.

If we subtract the Moon's longitude on a given
day from its place on the following day, the differ-
ence is its motion during the 24 hours intervening,
which corresponds to a year of life in progression, and
division by 12 gives us its rate of monthly travel.

Moon's place on A. C.D. Jan. 12, 1909.

(June 1 in ephemeris for 1872) Aries 17.34

Moon's place on A. C. D. Jan. 12, 1908.

(May 31 in ephemeris for 1872) Aries 4.23

Moon's travel from Jan. 1908, to Jan. 1909 18.11

Moon's monthly travel is l-12th of the above:
1 degree, 6 minutes. This we add to its place for each
month as shown in the following table :

1908—
Jan 12

Aries

0 /

423

1908—
Oct 12

Aries

o r

14 17

Feb 12

. 5.29

Nov 12

1523

Mar 12 . .

6.35

Dec 12

1629

Apr. 12

7.41

May 12

8.47

1909—

June 12

9 53

Jan. 12

. . 17.35

July 12

1059

Feb. 12

18.41

Aug 12

1205

Mar. 12

19.47

Sept. 12..

..13.11

Apr. 12..

..20.53

DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 479

By comparing this table with the horoscope, we
note three aspects in 1908 and one in 1909, all from
the House of death.

(1) The Moon in Sagittarius at birth gives the
"Wanderlust," but if means are lacking and health
none too good (the lady also had St. Vitus dance as
a child, when the Moon progressed to conjunction of
Neptune and squared Uranus) and the Moon, at
birth, is cooped up in the Fourth House (the home),
such desires cannot easily be realized. "When the
Moon progressed into the Eighth House — which
brings gifts and legacies also — and cast a trine to its
place at birth in February, 1908, it improved the
health, brought a gift from a brother, and caused the
lady to travel.

(2) In July, 1908, the Moon squared Saturn at
birth and excited his natal parallel to Uranus and
Jupiter. This brought an illness as violent as it was
sudden, which forced the lady to abandon further
travel and return home. Had it not been for the sex-
tile of the progressed Sun results must have been fatal.

(3) In October, 1908, the Moon progressed to
conjunction of Venus in the natal chart. This, for
a time, alleviated suffering to some extent, but you
will note that from the time of the first violent at-
tack in July, 1908, to the end of life, April, '09, the
progressed Moon squared the degrees between Sat-
urn's place at birth and his progressed position for
1909, as shown in the outer ring of the horoscope.
This made the beneficent action of Venus less potent.

480 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

(4) In April, 1909, the progressed Moon squared
the natal positions of Jupiter and Uranus, also the
progressed position of Saturn. This inimical force
from the house of death, the Eighth, ended life.

PROGRESSION OF THE ANGLES

Besides the progression of planets which we
trust has been sufficiently elucidated, we must also
note a similar forward movement of the houses, but
these must be calculated by the same method as when
casting a natal figure, save that we use the Sidereal
Time for the. day which corresponds to the year for
which we wish to progress the horoscope. In relation
to the lady's horoscope we have studied, the critical
year is 1909, and June 1st in the ephemeris for 1872
corresponds. We bear in mind that birth occurred
at 1:30 P. M., in Lat. 40 N., Long. 80 W., for these
factors are used in placing the degrees on the houses
just as in the natal chart, the only change is using
the S. T. of the progressed birth day.

S. T. at noon previous to progressed birth- H. M. S.
day, 1909 (see ephemeris for 1872,

June 1) 4 41 6

Correction of 10 seconds for each 15 deg.

birthplace is West of Greenwich 0 0 55

Interval from previous noon to birth. ... 1 30 0

Correction of 10 sees, per hr. of interval . . 0 015

Sidereal Time of progressed birth 6 12 16

DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 481

With this S. T. we turn to the Tables of Houses
for the Latitude of birth, and may erect a horoscope
with twelve Houses in the usual manner, we may fur-
ther insert the planets' places on the A. C. D. for
.1909, then we shall have a complete separate horo-
scope for the year, which we may compare with the
natal chart. Some Astrologers use that method, but
we advise another, which we think facilitates com-
parison and judgment of aspects between the natal
and progressed position of the planets in a degree
unattainable by any other system; it is illustrated
in the various figures used in this book.

We write the natal chart in ink, as that is un-
changed during life, we also draw a large circle out-
side it, to contain the progressed position of the plan-
ets. These, and the houses we write in their proper
places, but lightly, and with pencil, so that they may
be easily erased and the horoscope erected for an-
other year without the necessity of rewriting the na-
tal chart.

But no matter how placed, two full horoscopes
with 24 houses, 18 planets, a couple of dragons' heads,
each with its respective 'tail,' and two parts of for-
tunes, make quite a 'maze, 'and if the full galaxy of
aspects, including biquintiles, sesquiquadrates and
other highsounding nonsensicals are to be figured out
the astrologer will surely so lose himself in the math-
ematical labyrinth that he will be unable to read a
syllable of the message of the stars. During the first
year of his astrological study, one of the writers being

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originally of a mathematical turn, had the habit of
constructing figures, and tables of aspects, so fear-
fully and wonderfully made that they beat the pro-
verbial 'Chinese puzzle,' they were veritable 'Gor-
dian Knots,' and the destiny of a human being was
so tangled in each, that neither the writer who had
concocted the abomination, nor anyone else could ever
hope to disentangle the poor soul involved. May he
be forgiven; he has mended his ways, and is now
just as zealous to eliminate all nonessentials from the
horoscope, but having been enmeshed in the maze of
mathematics, his experience should serve as a warn-
ing. Our minds, at best, are but feeble instruments
to fathom fate and surely we shall have the greatest
chance of success by applying our science to the most
important factors, and these are usually the simplest.

If this be granted, the question presents itself:
What are the essentials and what may be eliminated
with advantage to clear the progressed horoscope of
u.seless, befogging elements?

First, with regard to the progressed houses, only
two vital points produce results when aspected: the
Midheaven, which is spiritual in nature, and the
Ascendant, which is a significator in material mat-
ters. We shall treat that subject later; for the pres-
ent we confine ourselves to the argument that it will
facilitate judgment of the progressed horoscope if
we leave the ten unessential cusps out, and draw two
dotted lines with pencil to mark the progressed Mid-
heaven and Ascendant.

DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 485

In the second place, the student may readily
convince himself by looking through the columns of
any ephemeris, that the motion of Neptune, Uranusr
Saturn and Jupiter, during the two months which
represent progression for a life of 60 years, is so slow
that they seldom form an aspect not registered in.
the natal chart. In rare cases where an important
aspect is formed, the fact is easily seen, and the
planet should then be entered in the outer ring' of:
the progressed horoscope, but in the great majority
of cases it is better to leave these planets out, and
enter only the progressed positions of the Sun, Moon,
Mars, Venus and Mercury.

In conclusion of our treatment of the method of
Progression, two important points must be men-
tioned: The Midheaven at a given Sidereal Time is
the same for all Latitudes, so that two children born
at the same S. T. would have the same sign and de-
gree on the M. C., but if one were born in Alaska and
the other in Mexico, the Asc. would vary much and
change the grouping of planets in the houses very
considerably, with the further result that planets
which influence the First House affairs in one horo-
scope affect Twelfth House matters in the other, etc..
Thus the lives of these people would be very different..

The same argument applies to the progressed
horoscope of a person traveling North or South from,
his birthplace. His progressed M. C. remains 'un-
changed, but he receives the forces from a different
ascending figure, according to the Latitude where he

484 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

lesides, and the grouping of planets relative to the
progressed Ascendant varies accordingly. As exam-
ples we may state that both writers have left their
birthplace ; one traveled 2,000 miles West, but is close
to the same Latitude as her birthplace, hence both
her M. C. and Asc. are the same as if she had re-
mained in her native city.

The other writer was born in Latitude 56 N.,
.and now lives in Latitude 32. Had he remained in
the far North, his progressed Ascendant would in
v(1912) be Virgo 6°, exactly conjunction to Mars' place
at birth, but the Ascendant of his new home is Virgo
0 degrees, and in this latitude he will not feel the
effect of the Mars ray for a number of years.

The other important point we had in mind is
the necessity of being definite in regard to the year
for which we progress. Perhaps a client tells us that
a certain event occurred when he was 26, and another
in his 50th year. Such statements are ambiguous,
and give no safe working basis. The Astrologer may
go home and do an immense amount of work to no
use, because he thought the client meant that one
event occurred when he, the client, was between 26
.and 27 years of age, and a later consultation reveals
that he meant the year between his 25th and 26th
birthdays. Pin them down to the year, 1850, 1900,
or whatever it may be, but never accept a person's
age as a starting point.

On the same principle, never predict that an
event will happen when a person is so and so old,

DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 485

that also is ambiguous and gives them no satisfaction ;
give the year and month ; never hedge ; never predict
anything of which you are in doubt; when you are
satisfied a prediction is justified, speak fearlessly, but
tactfully; believe in the stars, and the stars will fully
justify your faith.

SOME IMPORTANT POINTS

When judging the effects of directions it is of
the greatest importance to bear in mind the tenor
of the nativity, for even weak aspects which are in
harmony with the tendencies foreshown in the natal
figure will be much more active than a strong aspect
which is contrary to the radical indications. Sup-
posing, for instance, that there are strong testimonies
of sickness and accident, as Mars in Sagittarius in
the Midheaven square the Sun in Pisces in the
Twelfth House and square Saturn in Virgo in the
Sixth House, then the progression of Mars to square
of the radical Ascendant would undoubtedly precipi-
tate an accident or a fever of a serious nature, but if
the Sun were trine Mars and Jupiter the effect of
Mars square Ascendant would produce little if any
discomfort. Similarly with all the other directions,
and if the student neglects to take into consideration
this all-important point, he is likely sometime to make
a great mistake and wonder why a seemingly pow-
erful direction produced no result in one case, while
in another a very weak aspect had such a far-reaching

486 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

effect. Aspects between two .progressed planets are
unimportant.

Another important point to remember is that
aspects of the progressed to the radical planets op-
erate in proportion to the power of the radical planet
in the nativity. Let us suppose, for illustration, that
in a certain figure the Sun is elevated in Leo and
aspected to a number of the other planets — it matters
not whether the aspects are good or bad so long as
they are close — then even a weak aspect from a pro-
gressed planet to the Sun will have a marked result.
On the other hand, if the Sun in that horoscope re-
eeived no aspect, or only one or two weak ones, then
even a; strong aspect of a progressed planet would
liave little effect.

It should also be noted that a good aspect from
a progressed planet to a planet that is much afflicted
in the nativity would produce small if any benefit.
In short, and to sum up, progressed aspects operate
only in the measure that they are in harmony with
the trend of the nativity and the planet wherewith
they are blending.

The third important point to remember when
judging the effects of directions is that an aspect from
A progressed to a radical planet is never in itself suf-
iicient to produce results; a harmonious aspect from
the progressed Moon or lunation is absolutely essen-
tial to bring the tendency to fruition. That is to say,
if the progressed Sun comes to square of radical Sat-
urn, a sextile or trine aspect of the progressed Moon

DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 487

or a lunation will pass unnoticed; no effect will be
felt until either the progressed Moon or a lunation
comes into conjunction, square, or opposition to Sun
or Saturn, and vice- versa, if the progressed Sun
comes to a trine of the radical Jupiter a square or
opposition of the Moon will not affect it, it must wait
for a sextile or trine. For this reason directions are
sometimes delayed in their action beyond the time of
their culmination, and at other times they are some-
what hastened because a lunar aspect of the requisite
nature occurs slightly in advance of the time when
the aspects of the planets is complete.

It also happens that in cases where the event in-
dicated by an aspect involves two people the aspects
of the planets by progression may be complete in one
person's horoscope and fertilized by a harmonious
aspect without producing a result, because the aspect
in the other person's horoscope has not yet matured.
In this connection we remember the horoscope of a
lady whose Venus was placed in the Eighth House
showing a late marriage. In her 45th year the pro-
gressed Sun reached conjunction Venus but neither
engagement nor marriage resulted ; then the Sun and
Venus came into conjunction in the horoscope of a
gentleman of her acquaintance bringing an engage-
ment quickly followed by marriage. Thus one had
waited for the other, and unless such a contingency is
taken into consideration the astrologer is most liable
to meet his Waterloo when forecasting events.