To understand the mysteries hidden behind astrological symbology, not only purity of life but great depth of thought is required, for in it is concealed the history of the races of this globe, and in fact the whole history of our earth as a planet; but for the purpose of more clearly understanding the nature of the twelve houses we may see in its geometrical symbology three great activities connected with human destiny, as we will now explain.
Kama, Kama-Manas, and Manas are three Sanskrit words which denote the character of the three angles connected with the first, tenth and seventh houses.
Kama presides over the first house or ascendant, being concerned with the birth of the animal man, his desire nature, love of life and physical conditions.
Kama-Manas, presiding over the tenth house or meridian, denotes the blending of the mind with the desire nature, the animal with the god, thus representing the animal-human soul.
Manas, ruling over the seventh house, denotes the pure mind or reason and the clear intellect of the human soul.
The first angle, corresponding to sunrise, suggests spirit, life and force made subject to matter, the circle under the cross; consciousness blinded by matter.
The second angle, corresponding to the culmination of the Sun upon the meridian, suggests the native balanced half way between spirit and matter, neither wholly one or the other, the cross over the half circle; self-consciousness.
The third angle, corresponding to the setting of the Sun, denotes the triumph of the spirit over matter, the union of the life of the separated one with the consciousness of the spirit, the circle over the cross; super-consciousness.
The fourth angle is the great mystery, the occult centre in which all the forces are gathered together for work in the unseen worlds.
From each of these angles the other houses receive their value, the cardinal points denoting the root of the life to be expressed.
The ASCENDANT or First House shows the quality of the life forces, the material brought to the front, so to speak. The personality with the desires are shown by this house. The Fifth House will find its expression through the stream of natural fire coming from the first, and so governs offspring, enterprise and emotional impulses. The Ninth House shows the life forces running upward toward the highest thought of which the nature is capable, and signifies all matters connected with science, philosophy and religion. From the idea of the mind being able to transmit itself away from the brain limitation this has come to be the house of travel, dreams, and metaphysics, also of thought-transference, etc.
The Tenth House or MID-HEAVEN, or Upper Meridian, the apex of the earthy triangle, denotes the fame and honour and worldly status of the native, the parentage and hereditary tendencies, and governs all matters connected with profession, business, employment, and worldly occupation. The Second House shows the outcome of the labour or profession in financial advantage, remuneration and monetary condition generally. The Sixth House shows the service required, and governs all matters connected with servants and helpers and those who are often inferiors. It is the house of employment and ceremonial magic.
The Seventh House or DESCENDANT denotes relation. All partnerships and unions of every kind are shown by this house, and thus it is the house of marriage, and of the Individuality. The Third House denotes relatives and kindred arising from unions, and also the expression through the brain of the union with the subjective and objective mind. It has also come to have some relation to short journeys, owing to its connection with the concrete or brain mind, which cannot travel far from the objects with which it is connected. The Eleventh House denotes the friends and acquaintances arising from unions, etc. Hopes and wishes are also indicated by this house.
The Fourth House, or NADIR, or Lower Meridian, denotes the environment, the life of the householder, also hidden and secret matters either connected with parentage or domestic affairs, and shows the conditions at the close of life. The Eighth House denotes death, and all matters connected with dissolution, and indicates the nature of the death the native will meet, and all expectations connected with the death of others; also re-generation or re-birth, or the raising of any faculty signified to a ‘higher octave.’ The Twelfth House is the house of confinement, or matters that, having their root in the fourth, spring out of parentage, inheritance and unseen affairs connected with the inner or psychic life; it is therefore called the house of occultism and (physical) ‘self-undoing.’
The Cardinal or ‘Angular’ houses or angles show all things that must be expressed outwardly, such as physical matters connected with the external life; (Rajas—activity). The Fixed or Succedent,’ i.e., second, fifth, eighth and eleventh houses, indicate matters connected with the feelings and emotions, not yet ripe for physical expression, but maturing for future development; (Tamas—stability). The Mutable or ‘Cadent,’ i.e., third, sixth, ninth and twelfth, show all matters latent in the mind and affairs brought over from past lives and not yet ready for final expression in the physical world; (Sattva—rhythm).
In the reverse order of the above, the Cadent, Succedent and Cardinal divisions may be said to represent thought, feeling and action, or spirit, soul and body.
The houses to the left of the meridian are called oriental, easterly or rising; those on the right are called occidental or descending. They represent respectively the objective and subjective. The six houses above the horizon, 7th to 12th, correspond to the ‘life’ side of the universe: the six below, 1st to 6th, correspond to its ‘form’ side.
Having partially explained the rationale of the twelve divisions, tech house will now be seen to have a definite meaning, out of which a greater number of minor influences will arise.
The following is the general nature of each house:—
I. First House.—Personality, natural disposition, worldly outlook generally, Physical experiences as obtained through the five senses. The parts of the body denoted are the head and face.
II. Second House.—Finance, monetary prospects. Desires caused by tenth-house influence affecting moral growth. The parts of the body denoted are the throat and ears.
III. Third House.—Relatives and kindred, travelling, intellect derived from education and study, and minor impressions made upon the physical brain. The parts of the body denoted are the neck, arms and shoulders and the lungs.
IV. Fourth House.—Hereditary tendencies; home and domestic life; parentage, environment, and the general state of things at the close of life. The parts of the body denoted are the beasts, stomach and digestive organs.
V. Fifth House.—Offspring; generative powers, sensations and pleasurable emotions arising from the senses, worldly enterprise and energy. The parts of the body denoted are the loins, heart and back.
VI. Sixth House.—Service and attachments arising from the expression of the tenth house, therefore servants and inferiors in social rank. This house also denotes sickness arising from worry and anxiety. It is also the house of phenomenal magic arising from the powers of the southern angle. The parts of the body denoted are the bowels and solar plexus.
VII. Seventh House.—Unions, marriage, partnerships, individual character and humane tendencies. The parts of the body denoted are the veins and kidneys.
VIII. Eighth House.—Death, all matters pertaining to legacies or affairs connected with death. It is also what is termed an occult house, owing to its relation to the fourth, which denotes the psychic tendencies. The parts of the body denoted are the secret parts and the generative