THE INFLUENCE OF THE STARS
PLYMOUTH WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON PRINTERS
THE INFLUENCE OF THE STARS
A Book of Old World Lore
BY
ROSA BAUGHAN
AUTHOR OF "THE HANDBOOK OF PALMISTRY"; "CHARACTER IN HANDWRITING"; ETC., ETC.
IN THREE PARTS
PART I. ASTROLOGY. PART II. CHIROMANCY PART III. PHYSIOGNOMY
TO WHICH ARE ADDED
CHAPTERS ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOLES OF THE BODY ASTROLOGICALLY CONSIDERED,
THE MYSTICAL WHEEL OF PYTHAGORAS AND THE METHODS OF WORKING IT
FOURTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED BY THE AUTHOR
ILLUSTRATED WITH TEN PLATES
LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., LTD. DRYDEN HOUSE, GERRARD STREET, SOHO 1904
Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Dialect spellings, contractions and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. Words enclosed by square brackets replace the symbol, as it is not possible to represent the symbol itself in plain text.
"Ye stars which are the poetry of Heaven! If, in your bright leaves we read the fate Of men and empires--'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap this mortal state And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That Life, Fame, Power, and Fortune have named themselves a star."
Byron.
CONTENTS
Part I.
ASTROLOGY
CHAPTER PAGE
I. ASTROLOGY 4
II. THE ALPHABET OF ASTROLOGY 12
III. CONCERNING THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC 17
IV. OF THE NATURES OF THE SEVEN PLANETS AND OF THEIR ESSENTIAL AND ACCIDENTAL DIGNITIES 23
V. OF THE INFLUENCES OF THE SEVEN PLANETS 34
VI. CONCERNING THE TWELVE HOUSES OF HEAVEN AND THEIR POWERS 50
VII. AN EXPLANATION OF VARIOUS TERMS USED IN ASTROLOGY 54
VIII. OF THE FIGURE OF THE HEAVENS 59
IX. OF THE INFLUENCES OF THE FIXED STARS 65
X. OF THE EFFECT OF EACH PLANET IN EACH OF THE TWELVE HOUSES 70
XI. ON FORMING A GENERAL JUDGMENT ON A NATIVITY 76
XII. CONCERNING DIRECTIONS AND HORARY QUESTIONS 92
XIII. SOLAR HOROSCOPES 103
XIV. APHORISMS CULLED FROM THE WORKS OF PTOLEMY AND OTHER ANCIENT ASTROLOGERS 120