SCIENCE

r AND

KEY OF LIFE.
PLANETARY INFLUENCES,

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Stellar Palmistry.

VOL. VII.

By ALVIDAS
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 "The science of life, the study of the working of the
divine mind in nature, of the evolving life within the
changing forms, is the torch which is to throw light on
the many problems of life, and the invisible worlds in
search of the explanation of the visible; thus to render
materialism impossible by completing the half-truths
upon which it rests, to disperse superstition by illumi
nating dimly seen facts of nature."
"No earnest student of astrology could believe in
divine favoritism; it is no respecter of persons. It re
gards one personality precisely as another, and notes the
very smallest act in its complete account book, and when
the time arrives for settlement, either today or tomorrow,
here and now, or in the next expression of life, pays each
debt, and with exact and scrupulous fidelity as each birth
figure proves. This law realized and its workings partly
discerned, it acquits Providence, calms all resentment and
discontent, and indicates justice. Thus it is for each one
to feel all his endeavors to lead a nobler life stimulated by
this knowledge and wisdom."
 INDEX.

CHAPTER XXVI.
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Mistaken Ideas of Reference to Sun
Scientists in
Spots — The Law of Interference — Various Solar
Systems — Sun Spots Due to Outside Causes —
Effect Upon the Earth Direct 253
The Formation of Continents Dependent Upon Sub
terranean Processes Which Are Dependent Upon
Combined Precedent Planetary Influences 257

CHAPTER XXVII.
The Sun's Retrograde Movement — Passing Through
the Signs — Effects — Bible History — Scientific
Discoveries and Inventions —Wonderful Progress
in the Next Ten Years 261

CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Un-Individualized Ego — Object in Life is Attain
ing Experience — Universal Brotherhood — Rein
carnation Improbable 265

CHAPTER XXIX.
Fate is a Weak Influence When the Free Will is As
serted — It is the Individual Without Free Will
Who is Forced to Do Things 271
Free Will Analyzed 273

CHAPTER XXX.
By a Study of the Human Chart of Life the Kind of
Matter with the Relative Vibratory Power Each
Form is Utilizing may be Determined 280
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The Wisdom of the Gods is the Wisdom of the Stars,
for There is Only One Wisdom and One Truth. . 284
There is Given Out, in Each Age, Certain Knowledge
or Divine Wisdom, Certain Fundamental Truths
Most Suited for That Particular Period 287

CHAPTER XXXI.
The Science of Astrology Does Not Teach Salva
tion Through and By the Physical Suffering or
Crucifixion of Any Individual — It Shows
Something of the Mighty Plan Sketched by the
Great Architect of the Universe — The Whole
of Humanity is Marching on in One Mighty
and Glorious Order Towards a Goal Far Be
yond That Which the Finite Mind Can Con
ceive Of 291

CHAPTER XXXII.
The SevenVehicles of Expression — Seven Planes
of Matter — A Plane of Expression is an Actual
Division in Nature and Not Merely a Metaphysi
cal Idea 296
The Soul of Man Has no Need of Sleep — By
Knowledge Individuals can gradually Build
up a Body that will be Health! ul and Strong,
at the Same Time Pure 301

CHAPTER XXXIII.
The Astral World — All Physical Atoms Possess Their
Astral Envelopes — The Astral Matter Serves
as a Vehicle for the One Life Animating All —
How to Realize the Perfectly Formed Astral
Body — As the Mind Changes from Perverted
Truth to Truth, so do the Colors Change and
Fluctuate 3°4
 PALMISTRY.

CHAPTER I.
Page
The Relationship Existing Between Astrology and
Palmistry i
Higher Scorpio Leads to Immortal Life 8

CHAPTER II.
The First and Second Fingers and Their Marvelous
Significance 11

The Tokens or Signatures of the Signs of the Zo

diac Are Written Clearly in Every Human
Hand 16

CHAPTER HI.
The Seventh Day of Creation Typified by the Left
Palm 21
Not Unreasonable to the Thinking Mind That There
Are Three Planets Outside the Planet Neptune. . 25

CHAPTER IV.
Matter is Divine, Being a Mode of Expression of
the Infinite Spirit 32
The Esoteric and Exoteric Interpretations of the
Rulers Fully Explained 38
 CHAPTER V.
Page
A Careful Investigation of the Subject Will Reveal
the Truth That Character and Destiny Are
Marked by the Mounts and Lines of the Hand 44
The Head Line Important in Obtaining Judgment of
the Individuality and General Character 49

CHAPTER VI.
The Heart Line Should Be Clearly Marked and Reach
Right Across the Palm 53
Life Line Divided into Twelve Divisions Representing
Seven Years Each 58

CHAPTER VII.
The Line of Saturn or So-Called Fate Line 63
The Hepatic or Line of the Liver 70
The Line of the Sun an Important One 75
The Square, Circle, the Star, Point, Island and Other
Significations 77
 INTRODUCTION.

The Science of Astrology Makes One Tolerant of All,

Shows the Chains Under Which the World is
Bound, also Giving the Means Whereby These Bonds
May be Broken.

An understanding of this divine science makes one

tolerant of all and shows the chains under which the
world is bound, also giving the means whereby these
bonds may be broken by pointing to a law of harmony
that exists in the higher and perfect being, pointing out
the eternal justice of all manifestations, revealing the
great truth that all mankind are to make themselves per
fect in harmony with divine spirit. In realizing that
there are no two individuals just alike, if we but pause
to consider what this means, and by going still further
in our analysis we find no two horoscopes that are just the
same, each ego coming into expression under that par
ticular stellar ray, the environment is colored to just that
degree which it requires. This knowledge naturally calls
for charity in criticising those who manifest follies. In
vestigation discloses with Mercury afflicted in a manner
that will in time bring about the proper balance of that
particular individuality. On the other hand, when puri
fied senses and emotions are expressed in the horoscope,
we ever find a pure and lofty intellect and moral growth
of a high degree, leaving the desires of the objective be
hind to a greater or lesser degree, the mind reaching out
toward the spiritual. True, in considering the horo
scope of every individual, there is ever some cross to bear,
some color vibrations that tend to mar the purity of the
whole, though the more perfectly and harmoniously the
character is balanced and consequently the natal chart,
the more easily can the will find expression to overcome
this imperfection, for it must be kept in mind that by will
we choose. our thoughts. In the time to come I feel con
fident that it will be common to find morality, intellects
ality and devotion to the higher principles of life the
marked features of the natal chart. Humanity is to
day building the future environments of this our Earth
planet, and under these conditions, as humanity realizes
its responsibilities to the coming generations and realizes
its own power, that

is,
the power of creation from the
thought plane, the thinking individual will be more care
ful of his thinking and thus become master, for, according
to this divine science, we become that which we think,
thus realizing that fate not arbitrary but

is
acquired.

is
Thus as the ego goes forth from Universal Spirit un-
individualized, enchanted by the parental influence
it
is

and forced into new expression of life at the time of

is

such configurations of planets and signs as take into

it
certain courses of action as may incline strongly there

it
to. All the time the soul in its so-called suffering still

is
free and not left without remedy, for can,

if
is

it

it
a

choose, set the will against the stellar ruling; in the pri
mary efforts may cause itself much suffering, but
it

it
will obtain new set of experiences to the current of its
a

past, thus unbinding its own chains and gradually alter

ing habits that may incline the soul in its first expression
to individual consciousness. This may be termed ruling
the stars or ruling one's own nature by one's free will.
Thus, for example, suppose that in your own natal chart
you came into mortal expression at time when the Moon
a

was placed in the eighth house in the sign of Virgo, and

this was in square aspect to Mars placed in the sign Sag
ittarius in the eleventh house. The passions are strong,
the mind more concerned with the objective, though in
is

this case the elevation of Jupiter in the tenth house in

sextile to the Moon tends to mitigate the influence, Jupiter
being also in trine to the Sun, which planet has strong
rule in the individuality and will of the native. How
ever without this mitigating influence you can realize
;

something of what the suffering would be from this one

aspect, for the mind would have dominated the senses
only after long struggle, though finally the will would
a

be the master and you would have emerged from the

struggle victorious, having transmuted the square of sor
row into an aspect of joy. Then another aspect requires
attention. Take the planet Mercury entering the sign
Aries in third, square to Saturn in Cancer in the sixth
house, which aspect would cause much worry and anxiety
of mind regarding the affairs of the first house, Aries,
third house and the fourth house Cancer and the sixth
house. Even though Saturn was receiving the trine of
Jupiter from the tenth and the same aspect from the
Sun in the second house, you can realize the power of
this square aspect in the physical expression and can
well understand how the soul would be hampered which
was burdened with this aspect and receiving no miti
gating influences to assist in alleviating it. Another
instance is the square aspect of Venus to Saturn. Venus
being in the same sign as Mercury and the third house.
True, your own will would not affect the thoughts and
environments of others with as much power as your
own. Thus it would be necessary for the active expres
sion of the free will to so build up the environment that
the so-called afflictions would not manifest with the de
gree of intensity as before. Thoughts build character,
and environment comes from action. Aspiration, desire
for the highest becomes capacity. Repeated thoughts be
come tendencies; will to perform becomes action; experi
ence becomes wisdom; painful experience becomes con
science.
 CHAPTER XXVI.

Mistaken Ideas of Scientists in Reference to Sun Spots — ■

The Law of Interference — Various Solar Systems —
Sun Spots Due to Outside Causes — Effect Upon the
Earth Direct.

We will now consider a subject that is at the present

time occupying the attention of the scientific world. Many
scientists agree that nations are under the influence of the
Sun's rays, or rather the Sun spots, and at the same time
utterly ignore the existence of stars, planets and lesser
luminaries, except as possible agents in producing these
causes back of this solar phenomena ; and the student or
investigator would conclude it to be scientific to regard
disturbances in the solar realm as reasonably creating
echoes, however faint in sub-lunar physical and physio
logical life, while to gravitate to a natural consideration
of planetary motion, configurations, aspects or intromis
sion, would be most unscientific; as, for instance, not only
the harvests, but wars and intellectual victories are sub
ject to the climatic changes produced by solar Sun spots ;
and the great Sun period of spots is produced by the
actions of the planets Jupiter, Saturn and Urania in
about one hundred and eleven years, and these same sci
entific investigators have taken statistics from historical
times and attempted to demonstrate that this period of
one hundred and eleven years comprises two periods, the
artistic and scientific, which manifest in turn every twen
ty-seven years, and a certain scientist has drawn an un-
dulatory curve, which responds as so declared, to the
exact curve of the solar spots, and proves to his satisfac
tion that the epochs of war and peace last about twenty
254 Science and Key of Life.

seven years. To continue, there are nearly four periods

of twenty-seven years in one hundred and eleven years,
and there are lesser periods of eleven years in the preva
lence of Sun spots, and by taking these into account, it
appears that alternating periods of war and peace recur
every twenty-two years, that man tires of peace and

is,
spoils for fight every twenty-two years, and such periods

a
are termed the systole and diastole of the nervous world.
In fact, tables have been erected and charts drawn in order
to demonstrate the relationship of that systole and dias
tole, while others have given series of epochs, all of

a
which are multiples of each other. In fact, many have
theorized upon this subject after having observed the
periodic phenomena, and turning to the Sun as the larg
est body in the solar system, proceeded to form tables and
construct charts to fill in the missing but most important
link, that the source, the cause of periodic phenomena.
is

We have heretofore considered this subject as regards

the relationship of planets, stars, their periods, and results
of their configurations upon the Earth. Everything

is
closely associated and related in the universe, that
whether termed undulation, vibration, emission,
is

it
it

results in the same effects. In the world of space there

is
no vacuum, and between the Sun and planets there no

is
actual distance, but material union subsists therefore,
a

all stellar action, in an astrological sense, not mystical

is

process, but really physical phenomena underlaid by

is

mathematico-mechanical law. Considering these theories

as based on facts and due to the Sun spots, we must real
ize that merely continuation of warfare unlimited,
is
it

not allowing for any progress or development of the

spiritual or soul forces in man, by which, as we have
demonstrated in previous writings, man's evolution ac
cords with the movements of planets under whose influ
ence he finding expression.
is

Looking back over the world's history, we may observe

an undulating development of universal progress, and in
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 255

between the greater periods are to be found smaller ones

which seemto reinforce or weaken them, as the case may
be, and bearing a similar relation to these as a lunar to a
solar secondary direction, or of a transit to either of
these.
It will be observed that the law of interference is of

is,
value here, that to make clear, all humanity, peoples,
races, nations, states and individuals — all have their
periods or sub-periods. As the planets and stars move
into these belts in space, which are known as the signs of
the Zodiac, or the Zodiacal belt, and some one of these
nations, states and individuals seems to be affected at cer
tain periods more than others, due as we have learned
from the positions and configurations of the planets and
stars in the various signs, as, for instance, the terrible af
flictions, as would be termed, that have fallen upon the
it

Jews. We may, for instance, trace the cause in Saturn's

position in Aquarius, the sign ruling Russia, and note its
square aspect to Scorpio, the sign ruled by Mars, and
under which sign comes the Jew. will also be observed
It

that the Sun was in mundane square to Saturn from the

sign Taurus, and in mundane opposition to sign Scorpio.
The affliction not yet passed over, and more trouble
is

will follow ere Saturn has transited through the sign

Aquarius.
As the Sun progresses onward into the sign Leo,
will then be in opposition to Saturn and square to
it

Scorpio. The aspects will then be reversed. At the same

time will be observed that Mars moving rapidly for
is
it

ward into the sign Scorpio. This will have the effect of
inciting the Jews to fight back, and there apt to be
is

continued quarrels, murders and assassinations during

the time this affliction on* We have learned well the
is

nature of Saturn and know that when he has traversed

*This was written during the massacre of the Jews by the

Russians.
256 Science and Key of Life.

through the ruling sign of Russia, that nation will be in

a condition to carry out the designs of the great infinite
intelligences, and permit the higher, purer, psychical
waves of evolutionary progress to manifest clearly and
distinctly in harmony with the law, and also prepare the
way for the planet Urania to enter this mystic sign, the
symbol of which we know best in the material expression
as the water bearer, and this great necessary Saturnian
wave will transmute personality to that extent that in the
right time the nation of Russia will be called upon to
demonstrate her spirit of psychical development, and
place an example before the world that others may fol
low, gradually rising from the depths of diverted good
and finding expression in the higher wisdom that mani
fests the sum total of love and good-will towards all
mankind.
The schoolmaster is holding his session, the lessons are
coming slowly to the bewildered student. However, he
will attain an equilibrium soon, and learn his lesson after
much suffering, pain and regret, and Saturn will pass on
to another, thus preparing the way. It is evident that
such a vibrational mechanism of the universe cannot
stand against free will when properly directed, but there
must be a development of those faculties to that con
sciousness of being that knows and recognizes the law and
lives in. harmony with it.
It is evident that in spite of this apparent autonomy,
the mechanism of the human mind and will depends to a
great extent, at least, upon the periodical fluctuations of
stars and planets and their various configurations, aspects,
etc., and the world's history is made from these influences
and their effects upon the Earth. The dependence of the
human mind upon cosmic causes is self evident, more
especially upon the undulations and etheric waves that
penetrate the aura of our Earth from the various stars
and planets in this solar system, according to the present
standpoint of the exact sciences, though not with such
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 257

precise accuracy on the whole as with greater periods of

history and assemblages of human minds and their total
operations.

The Formation of Continents Dependent Upon Subter

ranean Processes Which Are Dependent Upon Com
bined Precedent Planetary Influences.

As will beobserved, the great variety and unity of

animal and vegetable manifestation, human and natural
development are dependent upon the form of continents,
their rising and sinking, etc., while the formation of con
tinents are again dependent upon subterranean processes,
and these subterranean processes are dependent upon
precedent planetary influences as a whole, including the
combined influence of the Sun and the lesser luminary as
the Moon, all brought into action by posi
is,

well, that
tions and configurations of other solar systems and their
configurations, by the combined influence of the forty-
nine solar systems in the universe as directly connected
with our own, which one of the forty-nine, though
is

naturally the effects and influences upon our Earth are

directly from this solar system, viz. the planets and stars
:

contained therein.
will be observed that that which bears upon philog-
It

eny bears a direct influence likewise upon ontogony,

which really recapitulates thus we may realize that
it

individual development underlies mathematical, cosmical,

or we may say more clearly, astrological or natural law,
though must be kept in mind that the basis, or we may
it

say the consequence of all astrological science as mani

fested in our Earth aura, for the very purpose of attain
is

ing that universal condition brought about through de

velopment, an evolutionary process that in perfect har
is

mony with the conditions as manifested throughout the

258 Science and Key of Life.

seven times seven solar systems of which our own counts

but one, and these combined forty-nine, as combined in
the one, are yet again manifesting directly under the in
fluence of other systems that lie beyond, and to which all
humanity are destined to realize in time. Although we
may speak of those infinite intelligences who have attained
to the highest type of development in this, our own solar
system, as the gods of wisdom and understanding, we
may grasp something of all that lies beyond, and the time
involved and the unfoldment that is essential in creating
a condition by which all the solar systems mentioned, and
of which ours is but one, shall be merged with the higher
and more infinite, while the movements and positions of
each tiny star and planet are so precisely accurate that as
time rolls around, each system will be moving in perfect
harmony, having through the great period of time
evolved to that position in space in perfect aspect or con
figuration with all the rest, the Sun of each system be
ing the keynote of that particular system.
In considering the various solar systems, it is necessary
to pass out beyond the ordinary field of observation, a
condition that may not appeal to the practical mind who
would consider these statements largely theoretical.
However, in order to get back to the first cause of our
subject, the Sun spots, it is absolutely necessary that we
consider these many systems, numbering as heretofore
stated, forty-nine. Naturally, all these have their influ
ence and effect upon one another and form as a whole one
great system of Suns, so to speak, each in control of its
own little system of planets. Then, too, we find many of
these systems are much older in expression than others,
that is, in material formation, though we must under
stand in systems, planets and stars, as with individuals,
the spiritual expression ever was.
Now, it has already been observed by some investiga
tors that in comparing an extensive series of observations
extending over a period of from twenty-five to thirty-five
 Planetary Influences, Etc.

years, they were able to arrive at the fact that solar spots
were periodic, and at certain times seemed to be far more
numerous than at other times, and as it seemed the period
was a regular recurrence every ten or twelve years. This
was accounted for by many through the correspondence
to the period of Jupiter, which we have learned hereto
fore takes eleven years, two hundred and seventeen days
to pass through the twelve signs of the Zodiac, allowing
not quite one year for each sign. The fact is that Jupiter
has nothing directly to do with the Sun spots as observed
by the people of this Earth, and were the Earth to remain
in the same position or stationary with the Sun, the so-
termed Sun spots would remain ever visible and of the
same comparative size.
The fact is that the Sun spots are a radiation of atmos
pheric conditions some distance from the surface of the
Sun, and caused largely through angles and configura
tions with other Suns separate and apart from this solar
system. The effect of these Sun spots upon the Earth is
naught that is, directly.
;

Through planetary influence the vibratory action of

one planet to the other may indirectly at times lessen the
influence of the Sun's beams upon the Earth, or that
planet to which it was in aspect, and this would be of
very little importance in the consideration of the natal
figure, though it would have a greater influence upon the
Earth in mundane affairs.
Considering again the idea that Jupiter is in any man
ner associated with these Sun spots, it may be demon
strated to the satisfaction of the student that by a careful
examination and investigation of the various Sun spots,
maximum and minimum, will show that some of these
have taken place when this planet was near perihelion,
and still others when it was near aphelion. This is sig
nificant, and by going back over the history of the Sun
spots, as observed by various individuals upon the Earth,
it will be found that the planets of this system were
2(X> Science and Key of Life.

scarcely ever in the same relative position, individually or

collectively, when these Sun spots were visible, thus more
clearly demonstrating that these spots were due rather to
outside causes, realizing the great unexplored fields of
space that lie beyond our solar system.
 CHAPTER XXVII.

The Sun's Retrograde Movement — Passing Through the

Signs — Effects — Bible History— Scientific Discoveries
and Inventions — Wonderful Progress in the Next Ten
Years.

We have learned heretofore of the Sun's apparent

retrograde movement through the twelve signs of the
Zodiac ; that we have learned that the Sun moves back
is,

ward through the twelve signs of the Zodiac, making one

complete revolution in twenty-five thousand, seven hun
dred and forty-nine and ninety-six-hundredths years, to
be exact. Thus will be observed that the Sun little

is
it

a
more than twenty-one hundred years in traversing
through one sign of the Zodiac, and, as we have learned,
this retrograde movement of the Sun which the
is

is
it

cause of the precession of the equinoxes at the rate of

fifty and one-half seconds per year, and as the Sun now
is

retrograding into the sign under the planet Urania, that

is,

Aquarius, we can realize something of the influences

that are playing around humanity and we go back
if
;

three signs, or multiply twenty-one hundred by three, we

have period of something over six thousand years.
a

At this time we find the Egyptians flourished, and the

Sun was at that time passing through the earthy though
fruitful sign Taurus, represented by the bull, and
is
it

significant that the Egyptians were used to worship

a

bull, which termed Apis, and a description of this ani

is

mal states that had double wavering hairs in its tail,

it

which would refer to the sign Aquarius also referred to

;

beetle on its tongue, with the figure of an eagle fixed

a

on its back and white square on its forehead.

a
262 Science and Key of Life.

This could not be interpreted except through the sym-

bology of Astrology, and refers to the four fixed signs in
square to each other, the Sun passing from Taurus to
Aries, which is a fiery sign, and this brings us to the time
of the Israelites, and here we find the Mars influence
manifested, and it is significant to note that the Israelites
offered up burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and most
prominent among the tribes of Israel was the tribe of
Judah, which is recognized as coming under the influence
of the martial sign Aries.
Then follows all the symbols and prophecies as to the
coming of the Lamb, though as it may be observed the
account as rendered is very inaccurate and confused in
the book known as the Bible, and considered to be au
thentic by many people.
It may readily be understood how the mind of man has
destroyed the true reading and meaning by attempting to
place his own limited construction upon the same.
However, it is evident the Mars influence prevailed in
that period, as the destructive, devastating wars laid low
many cities and swallowed up nations as the influence be
came intensified. Then, following this period, we find
the Sun entering the sign Pisces, which we know as a
watery sign, and the symbol we know as the two fishes.
This brings us to the period of the birth of Christ, and
from this follows the new dispensation. Under the Pisces
influence we may observe the nature of the teachings and
so-called miracles.
The psychic forces were never so clearly demonstrated
is,

as at this period, that within the period of modern

history of which the world has knowledge, and the
account of his first miracle at Cana in making
the
of water into wine comes under this influence,
if

not in full accord with facts. The baptism or dipping in

the River Jordan or in pools of water in order to perform
cures was common. It also significant that this man
is
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 263

Christ Jesus finally chose his followers from among those

who were fishermen.
The results of the Sun's retrograde movement is quite
aptly illustrated in the teachings and so-called miracles of
Christ Jesus,
and in the end the secret enemies who
sought to take his life by crucifixion. This subject we
have treated upon heretofore, but the secret enmity of the
twelfth house is quite clearly manifested in this instance.
We now find the Sun in the sign Aquarius through this
apparent retrograde movement. In a way it is similar to
the progressive movement, except that in this case the
movement is backward through the signs, while the pro

is,
gressive movement is ever forward ; that the revolu
tionary figure as erected annually will show the Sun has
moved forward in the signs of the Zodiac one degree or
thereabouts. We have already considered the nature of
the sign Aquarius and know as an airy, scientific sign,
it

and the wavy lines which stand for the symbol of this
sign are not unlike the serpent, which has been considered
by the advanced nations of the world in the past ages to
stand for the symbol of wisdom, and might also express in
way the waves of vibration.
a

will be seen that this Aquarian influence already

It

is

manifesting over the Earth, as the great scientific

discoveries in electricity, heat, light, sound, as well
as the magnetic power, and will be observed that
it

all these come under this influence and are connected

or related with etheric vibration. The phonograph,
telephone, wireless telegraphy, liquified air, so-called
gas and air engines, and the long-sought aerial naviga
tion very nearly solved. The problem of penetrating
is

the ocean depths has been solved. Then, too, the wonder
ful progress that has been made in the development
of the powers of the mental faculties, the mind in telep
athy, thought transference, hypnotism, all related in
a manner with the higher ether vibrations that come
under the Uranian influence.
264 Science and Key of Life.

Note the presence of Uraniain the sign Sagittarius,

the radical ninth house, the house of science, invention
and new discoveries. As the planet progresses on through
Sagittarius into the sign Capricorn, the discoveries now
made will become more practical and utilized to greater
advantage than at the present time, more especially in
wireless telegraphy, aerial navigation, mental develop
ment, etc., and then as Urania moves onward through
the sign Capricorn, the sign of practicability, and enters
the sign Aquarius, most wonderful conditions will pre
vail.
This will begin to manifest most perceptibly in the year
nineteen hundred and ten and becomes more intensified
in the year nineteen hundred and twelve. At that time
this science will be recognized the world over. At that
time it will be observed that the planet Neptune will have
traversed through the sign Cancer and entered the sign
Leo, the sign as we have learned ruled by the Sun. It
will be observed that these conditions are active from
nineteen hundred and twelve to nineteen hundred and
twenty, and under the periods and sub-periods the years
nineteen hundred and twelve and nineteen hundred and
nineteen are in the cycle of Mars, but are under the influ
ence of the planet Urania.
 CHAPTER XXVIII.

The Un-Individualized Ego — Object in Life is Attaining

Experience — Universal Brotherhood —Reincarnation
Improbable.

We may readily observe that the object and purpose of

existence and the work to be accomplished can be better
understood if the individual can obtain a general plan or
conception of the soul's evolution and if its ultimate
destiny be cognized.
The unindividualized ego, starting from the solar Lo
gos, we cannot say as to time and space, are applicable
only to the physical plane. This unindividualized ego
passes from the solar Logos in a state of passive negative
potency, through a series of expressions in different con
ditions of development, thus exhausting the experience of
those planes. Experience alone teaches. Some may ask
the question how the unindividualized ego is to retain and
cognize experience, but it must be kept in mind that the
soul or rather the essence of life infinite is involved with
the ego, and the experience is not lost, though it may be
impossible for the soul back of all to find expression at
the time, until certain powers and functions have been
created sufficient to permit of individualized consciousness,
or rather the expression of this.
Then again, the question will arise, is it necessary
for the ego unindividualized or after attaining to a condi
tion of conscious being, to contact all forms of so-called
evil or undeveloped good; or, to state more clearly,
to pass through undeveloped good in order to rise,
stated by certain teachers
it,

as it were, superior to as
is

quite ap
It

who proclaim the idea of reincarnation?

is
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parent to the reasoning mind that experience may be

obtained in two ways, either by undergoing it one's
self, or in realizing or sensing its effect upon another,
and thus acquiring a conviction of its usefulness or
otherwise ; as for instance, one may not know from
personal experience that poison will cause a disintegra
tion of the physical, yet we may observe others suffering
the consequences of partaking of poison about us, and
the experience produces an immediate effect, and the indi
vidual will thoroughly realize that he should not take
poison into his system, and under normal conditions will
not do so.
However, spiritual and moral results are not always
immediately visible, so that it becomes necessary for one
to enter the lower physical expression and manifest there
in order to actually contact and become immersed in such
vibrations and finally realize their usefulness or the re
verse, though it may be the individual will not develop
to a realization on the physical plane sufficient to enable
him to exhaust the lower forms of desire entirely, though
if he continues yielding to the seductive attractions of the
lower side of his nature, having had knowledge and thus
knowing the thing to be wrong, under such conditions he
is retarding his evolution.
The great object of life for each ego according to its
innate growth or development, lies in attaining experi
ence, and in passing through these experiences, to cognize
their bearing upon the real and permanent, to learn to
cognize the relation of one experience to another, to dis
tinguish the soul's experiences and consciousness from the
physical, and so to gradually mould the life to respond
only to the higher unfolded consciousness, applying the
knowledge obtained intelligently.
What one may sometimes consider as failure or a mis
taken action may be just the very experience his soul has
lacked, and if the contact with error either in judgment or
morals has brought pain, disgrace or suffering in its train,
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 267

so-called from a worldly standpoint, the individual is

really so much the richer in obtaining this salutary lesson,
and if taken advantage of, places him so much nearer
the goal of wisdom obtained through this very pain. There
can be no failure from the standpoint of the life real,
only failure as observed from the side of form and from
below.
We may realize in time that the true purpose in life is
first to understand life, and then in seeking to shape the
life in accordance with this knowledge attained, and in
the main, seeking to live as befits the sons and daughters
of God, utilizing the divine force to overcome the animal
senses and thus subjugate selfish desires, thus thoroughly
purifying the mirror of the mind, that the divine wisdom
of infinity may be reflected clearly and perfectly to the
individual.
It will be observed that universal brotherhood and
unselfish efforts for others will have a great bearing in
the gaining of this higher wisdom, in truth it is the first
necessity in order to exhaust the experiences of this lower
plane of life alone to traverse individually through every
root or typical form of existence until each experience is
garnered.
Let us consider for a moment the human kingdom. The
divisions are quite distinctly marked, that
is,

races, branch
races and sub races, and in each branch race there are
innumerable individualities, and as we know astrologically,
there are in each individuality innumerable phases of
character. Now consider for moment each individual
if
a

took an incarnation for every such experience, the number

of reimbodiments on the Earth during one round alone
would be beyond human calculation, and as we have learned
heretofore, there are seven such rounds on this chain
of globes, and this chain only numbers one of this solar
system.
Thus may be realized how impossible and improbable
it

such conditions would be, and failure in the one expres

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sion might create the very conditions essential to the

attainment of knowledge ; that is, we refer to so-called
failure, although we know well that considered from the
standpoint of the higher understanding of wisdom, no
earthly lesson can be failure except it may be the failure
to understand and comprehend sufficient to profit by the
lesson given.
In order that it may not become necessary to repeat
the experiences for its realization, however, when man
kind arrives at that point where he really practices uni
versal brotherhood, it will necessarily further the growth
and development in every way. In this the fifth race and
period there are many nations, European, Hindu,
Chinese, African, etc., and one must naturally conclude^
if judging from the standpoint of the reincarnationist,
that it will be absolutely necessary to incarnate severally
in these various nations in order to get hold of the salient
characteristics of each; as for instance, one could not
obtain a European experience by being born a Chinaman
or vise versa, while in the same nation there are so many
varieties and species, that were the individual obliged to
incarnate in each and every one in order to obtain these
various characteristics manifested there would be no
ending.
It may be realized that in the practice of universal
brotherhood, the great sympathy that would naturally be
felt for others would enable the individual to put himself
in the place of another to some extent at least, and thus
obtain all the experience that would be essential in pre
paring himself for the change to higher conditions, and
considered from this point of view it will be seen that
the wider the range of sympathies, the greater becomes
the sphere of experience, and as it is experience that is
the teacher, this is the position man must seek to create.
There is no question that universal brotherhood must
be created here on this Earth plane in order to enable
humanity to unfold its consciousness to a condition where
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269

love and sympathy will exist, and be manifested toward

those individuals who are in need of some strong, force
ful but sympathetic character to aid them out of influences
in which they seem to be held, and in forming such con
ditions all parties concerned are benefited thereby, for
it is experience that must be obtained and a great major
ity of the world live too much for self. But we know
that the more the sympathies are manifested toward our
fellowmen, the greater becomes the range of experience,
and with experience comes knowledge, love and wisdom,
until finally the individual becomes permeated with a
feeling of universal sympathy, and the result is that he
becomes absorbed in the universal law of harmony, peace
and love, while, on the other hand, in seeking to aid self
only, or in the expression of selfish motives the real evolu
tion is only retarded.
The great difficulty has been in the past, and the
same condition exists today to a great extent, each individ
ual is ready to share the other's pleasures, but never
cares to share his sorrows or pain, thus narrowing his
range of experience when he should really take advantage
of the opportunity to gain knowledge, and in this manner
he closes, so to speak, the window of his soul, through
which those bright rays of sympathy can enter, thus
depriving himself of the opportunity to do good and
mitigate the sufferings of another by introducing his own
higher influences at a time when they shall accomplish
good and grow.
It is not a question of whether the one benefited will
appreciate the favor; it is a matter of performing one's
duty, and if each one were to stand on this point and
wait for the world or his neighbor to grow to a realiza
tion of these laws where he could truly appreciate, he
would wait an infinite number of years, and this is the
great difficulty today.
The individual in failing to perform his duty offers
a determined resistance to the natural law of love and
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harmony, by which the stringsof one heart respond to a

corresponding vibration of joy or sorrow in the hearts
of others, and each time he builds a wall between himself
and others that becomes stronger, until an impenetrable
barrier is thus raised, and growth through exercise being a
law of nature, the natural sympathy in him for the sor
rows of others becomes atrophied, so to speak, for want
of use, but at this stage of the world's evolution sorrow
preponderates in men's lives, so at last even his ability
to share in the pleasures of others becomes less and less,
for the reason that those rays of sympathy cannot pierce
the thick walls of selfishness that show the dark brown
vibrations, and finally the individual, unable to sympathize
with others and finding none in himself, is really in a piti
able condition, which he must work out through a higher
expression.
 CHAPTER XXIX.

Fate is a Weak Influence When the Free Will is Asserted —

It is the Individual Without Free Will Who is Forced
to Do Things.

In considering the conditions of the people of Earth

today, to what extent is fate controlling, influencing and
binding the wills of mankind ? Some may ask, where does
fate cease .in its efforts upon man, and where does free
will begin to manifest?
The fact is that fate ceases when man realizes each
one of his weaknesses and seeks to learn how to overcome
them by carefully controlling them. When man learns,
through the study of this divine science of Astrology, the
times when he is most liable to be led away from the true
path, when he learns from which quarter the danger ap
proaches, the environment he should be free from, and
where he may enter an ark of safety for the time being
until the storm has passed, or the influence has ceased to
exert its power upon him for evil inclinations. Free will
begins for the man who neither knows nor cares for any
of these things, who acts invariably from a sense of expe
diency, who cares nothing for any other man's welfare or
for God, who enjoys a long span of life and a goodly
share of worldly blessings. If the individual had no free
will he would never elect to do good in secret or for the
mere sake of goodness, realizing that the senses and envi
ronment give to each a distinct bias toward selfishness,
though a bias must needs be weighty in order to thwart
or eradicate the free will of a reasoning animal.
The individual who is without free will is one who is
forced to do things without any act of his own reason.
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It is fate, we may say, to be born into the physical

expression at an appointed time, and to leave this expres
sion at an appointed time as well, though it is also the
free will of the individual to leave that expression before
the appointed time by committing an act of violence.
It is in the power of the individual, and he may create
and develop in himself the will to cut off the physical
life expression from others of his fellowmen, and fate
may not be manifesting as some might say, but free will
recognized, and the individual has risen above such vio
lence, and it is only in the chains of fate that man com
mits crime, error, and receives his punishment through
the great immutable law.
Fate is a weak influence when the free will is asserted,
though, when manifesting, will lead toward certain needs
imperceptibly administered and fruitless, unless the indi
vidual is running his moral system without check or hin
drance from the conscience through the will, and the
individual becomes a fatalist when tempted by his own
lusts, for it is just at this time that the. stars cast their
influence with malignant power and cast him further
down, if he will but be led calmly by the fate that binds.
In the same way there are other tides in the life of the
individual by which he may set sail and in due time
may enjoy blessings, and just as these tides are natural
and periodical, so each one of them has a corresponding
evil tide, natural and periodical, upon which he may set
sail and in due course of time find himself upon rocky,
barren shores of so-called evil.
While this divine science treats of the known past and
present, it also gives the key to the future for the indi
vidual if he is wise enough to pick it up, though the
ignorant and careless will not be apt to profit by it for
he hag not awakened to the use to which the key may
be put.
One who labors diligently will be able to reap a goodly
harvest, though it depends upon what lines he is bending
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 273

his efforts what the nature of the crop will be, and if one
with good intentions toils year after year and . finds re
peated failures he is apt to become discouraged, unless
he learns through the science of Astrology that he has
been bending his energies in the wrong direction, and
may have been working in harmony with the influences
of fate instead of consulting the free will.
One of the first essential conditions to freedom from
the fetters that bind to the lower concrete is that the indi
vidual may consult this divine science and realize why he
is unsuccessful in his labors, and he can gradually realize
that fate and free will are direct opposites.

Free Will Analyzed.

We may first analyze free will, or what is meant by

this expression of asserting the free will. Will is of dual
form and possesses its positive and negative natures. The
negative side is best manifested as desire, and it is not
difficult to see that desire is the outgoing energy of the
individual, and is controlled and limited in its course by
the attraction of external things. The desire, then, is
guided entirely from the external and the will from the
inner. Will can hold in control both the thought and
desire. When the individual first comes into the physical
expression, and even when on the way to this higher
expression, desire holds full sway and leads him here
and there, and as he goes on he learns more, and soon we
find both will and desire (or fate) fighting for control,
at times one and then the other gaining the mastery.
However, in time desire will have been eradicated, after
he has gained the necessary experiences and will power,
which is the direct expression, form the real self.
The soul, the spark from the divine, is free to manifest
and create environment that leads to the perfect way.
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The will rules alone without opposition, and the free will
which is an expression from the soul through the spiritual
forces to "the physical, has entirely overcome and mastered
the concrete.
Thus we find that fate ends here, for the very reason
that he is not bound from the without or the external.
He is not attracted by the low vibrations and colors that
once fascinated him. The conditions grow in this wise
until the soul is developed sufficiently to perceive by the
spiritual light, and until the individual creates this light
the soul is in darkness.
The will is led by the reason, and as in the youth of the
soul, so to speak, reason can only draw its conclusions
from its stock of accumulated experience, and those expe
riences are necessarily limited, for the will constantly com
mands mistaken actions, and the pain and suffering that
emanates from these mistaken actions gives to the reason
a large store of knowledge from which to form conclu
sions. Thus we find knowledge brings progress and gives
birth to wisdom.
We have learned heretofore that the individual forms
his own fate, that is, makes the conditions for

it,
being
left free to choose his own acts, though must be kept
it

in mind that every act brings about an inevitable result.

Let each individual grasp what he will, he must pay the
cost whether desirable or undesirable to himself, though
finally wisdom comes and brings termination to the con
a

flict, though the free will remains to act, and the indi
if

vidual chooses to work and think in harmony with the

law divine, and seeks in his limited way to carry out the
divine will, overlooking or overriding the personal self
that ever seeks to manifest, he well on the way though
is

this conception of life which eradicates suffering and pain

can only come in its entirety when the soul merging
is

into the divine.

Then all fate caused by the individual's aiming at the
satisfaction of self in the concrete ended. The highest
is
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 275

and purest motives prevail, chosen as they are by wisdom,

for wisdom has been evolved by conflict of will and desire,
and wisdom comprehends the whole.
The effects of planetary law may be clearly demon
strated to many individuals who do not enter into the
esoteric side of this great infinite subject, and are there
fore only looking upon the exterior and will say to them
selves in summing up the benefit to be derived from the
study of this subject: "While this science treats of the
known, be it past or present, is it not a waste of time to
dwell upon it for the reason that whether for good or
bad it is irrevocable and in so far as life's acts with their
consequences give experience, it is these consequences
that are the schoolmasters, since words of wisdom, be
they ever so wise, would be impotent for the reason that
they would fall on deaf ears had not the lesson been burned
deeply through suffering?"
Let us now consider this summing up. We have learned
heretofore that this science is one of the great keys to
wisdom, and surely all are desirous of attaining wisdom
in some one of the various forms, and to those who are
attracted toward this particular line of thought it is quite
evident that it is not a waste of time to investigate and
study the workings of the great universal law, which in
one of its aspects is termed astro-logia, that is, meaning
the wisdom of the stars.
There is no question but one of the great principles to
be attained in such investigation is the gaining of self
knowledge, and in the realization through the natal figure
of the powers and weakness there expressed, the frailties
of character and mind as well as the diseases of the body,
together with the latent possibilities that are quite apt
to be unfolded. Thus while the investigator has been
partially right in his summing up, in declaring that the
consequences arising from past wrong desires, thoughts
and actions are the teachers, there still remains the fact
that in the effort to study one's own chart of
life, and to
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realize one's own nature, the mental effort involved will

draw out the faculties of reflection and discrimination,
thereby unfolding the soul, also fitting the temple of the
soul for an expression of purity and nobility of character
that will certainly add to the experience of the individual.
If it were true that the soul kept taking on physical
form, one after the other, until each lesson was attained,
and each debt paid as claimed by our re-incarnationist
friend, our investigator would be more nearly correct in
his summing up, but when it is realized that one expres
sion only is involved as a preparatory step to the next
higher, we may better realize the necessity of the indi
vidual familiarizing himself with the law, recognizing the
fact that the attainment of wisdom will eradicate pain,
and the power to avoid painful experiences in the future
is at his command, attained by a direct knowledge of the
consequences quite likely to manifest from the perform
ing of certain acts.
This divine science supplements experience by drawing
the attention of the intellect to the secret sources of suf
fering within self.
We have gone over the ground too thoroughly hereto
fore not to have observed that pain is the teacher, the
old schoolmaster that causes the soul to pause and think
and seek to discover the cause of pain and suffering in
the future, as suffering only comes through the transgres
sion of the law, for if the individual breaks the law on
any plane of life he must suffer the consequences, and it
is thus evident that he has not learned his lesson. All
are in a universe of law, physical, moral, mental and
spiritual, and the higher intelligences that we call God
are atevery moment of time administering a law of
harmony and adjustment, and as each one is necessarily
a part of the whole, he who injures another actually in
jures himself, or if one individual inflicts suffering upon
another, that suffering will inevitably come back to him.
In the same way as a ball thrown against a wall returns
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again to the thrower, in the same way will an unkind

act return to the doer.
We have learned heretofore, that humanity suffers
from themselves, and this divine science teaches and
demonstrates this fact, though at the same time enabling
the individual by a comprehension of its verities to cal
culate to a certain extent life's complexities and prob
lems, as for instance, man's place in Nature's law, his
relation to the universe, the object and purposes of suf
fering, of the fate and free will, while in the slower
processes of evolution life itself is the great teacher.
The few in the minority who may desire to understand
and gather knowledge will seek harmony with the uni
versal law, in order that they may cooperate with the
law and the Infinite intelligences in the hastening of
their own evolution, and this means the furthering of the
whole world's evolution.
Then again, another investigator may conclude that
the science of astrology is interfering with conditions
that belong alone to that intelligence many call God, and
as this divine science treats of the future as well as the
past and present, may consider that there is an uncanny
aspect to the science, that it is in league with the evil one,
and will say to himself, "What matters it under what
circumstances death may come, or whether rich or poor?
Is it not the duty of man to live aright each day and hour,
and thus leave the whole future to Him who has control?"
Let us now consider these conclusions, realizing the
fact that each and every individual is the sole creator of
his future expression attained through desire, thought,
and act from day to day. There can be naught uncanny
in seeking to learn how to act, and what pitfalls lie in
the pathway; in fact, it is good common sense to en-
/ deavor to learn the general conditions that lie beyond,
when taking a journey into unknown parts, and though
from a spiritual standpoint it does not matter so far as
the individual himself is concerned when or where he
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shall lay aside the physical form, knowing there is no

death, though it is certainly useful from a practical stand
point to be able to obtain knowledge of such an event,
and especially when others may be entirely dependent
upon the individual, and for whom it may be the duty
to make provision, as failing in this, much untold suffer
ing may arise, and certainly the obtaining of such knowl
edge should not in the least affect the individual from
living aright from day to day, and hour to hour. In
truth as this knowledge comes, his duties and obligations
are even more marked, for he must then live satisfactorily
to his own unfolded consciousness, and this, when de
veloped, man can not disobey, for he is living in self
knowledge, and such knowledge will certainly assist in
furthering the growth and progress of the soul.
Where does the self knowledge come from? To many
it comes through pain and suffering, but this can also be
gained through a careful study and analysis of the natal
chart of birth, for when interpreted into terms of soul life,
the symbols of foreseen events can be read as special test
ing times or opportunities for growth, and just according
as he understands aright the unerring signs, planets and
stars, so may he fortify himself against the periods or
cycles of adversity, of sickness and pain, of quarrels and
strife, of the temptations which otherwise springing upon
him unawares would find him an easy victim; and it is
certainly a truth ; if there be wisdom in prayer there is
virtue in exercising foresight to brace the soul from the
calamity of sin.
There are many who believe in the efficacy of prayer,
although there are various opinions as regards the source
to which prayers should be directed, but in this we have
learned heretofore that all power lies within the individ
ual himself, and the will manifesting through the mind or
thought in silent concentration will act in sympathy with
the thing desired, and aid in the realization of the same,
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 279

depending as we have learned heretofore upon the force

back of the thought.
We have also learned in these lessons that there is a
time for all things and the individual may be wasting his
efforts for the reason that he is not thinking and acting
along the lines that are manifesting in his chart of birth,
that would make it much more simple to accomplish the
thing if he would but act in the right time; and then,
how is the individual to know when the time is right and
when these opportunities will present themselves without
the natal chart to point out the way clearly, as it does,
only requiring familiarity with the subject for correct
judgment.
True, the individual may be in touch with higher in
telligences who can guide him safely, while without this
he is left groping in the dark, and thus fails to fully util
ize special opportunities for the reason of their sudden
manifestation and not being prepared seize the proper
to
moment, the task he should have accomplished is left un
done, and there is a broken link in the chain of events
that go to make up his experiences that affects the whole
to a great extent; while on the other hand, the natal
chart when properly interpreted, will enable the individ
ual to grasp the correct moment when his energies, acting
in harmony with the will, and utilized in accordance with
the planetary influences, the thing is accomplished, the
link is perfectly forged, and he becomes stronger within
himself, thus enabling his forces to act with greater power
in forging the next link and doing it perfectly.
 CHAPTER XXX.

By a Study of the Human Chart of Life the Kind of

Matter with the Relative Vibratory Power Each Form
is Utilizing may be Determined.

Let us now consider another phase of this science that

cannot fail to be observed by some poor soul in despair.
In the last volume we have given descriptions of various
diseases, the aspects that cause these so-called afflictions,
etc. In some instances it was judged that the disease
was incurable or that the patient would fail to recover.
Under such conditions we can readily understand how
the investigator might consider such conditions from his
own limited point of view and reason in this wise: "If
through the aid of this science I could find the means of
curing my child or wife or husband, I should then con
sider it most useful, while on the other hand if through
this science I can only learn that the disease is incurable,
and that my loved one must leave the physical life, of
what good is it that I should know, for would it not be
revealed to me only too surely without the pain the pre
vious knowledge would give?"
Let us now consider these conclusions, as in other con
siderations we find the key to this lies to a great extent
in the strength or weakness of the individual. The facts
are that if the individual was manifesting along the
proper lines, he should know the truth and be prepared
to take advantage of any foothold whereby aid could be
rendered in any event. In some things the individual
must be prepared to face the truth or cheat himself with
false hopes. There is no question which is the better
course when considered from the esoteric side. It is bet
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 281

ter to know, although pain comes in the pathway of knowl

edge, for then the individual is forced to seek for causes,
and thus suffering demands of the intellect that it shall
prove the justice of the pain inflicted.
After careful contemplation upon the manner in which
this divine science is treated by students of the present
time, it seems out of keeping with the conditions formed
that the students should be orthodox, either in creed,
philosophy or science. A study which embraces within
its scope the planetary spheres and discloses the laws of
their vibratory action on human evolution, is broad and
far reaching enough to sweep aside conventional ideas
and minor limitations. We find that this science shows
the law or rather the workings of the law through plane
tary vibration, and the fulfillment in the practical life of
St. Paul's words, "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall
he also reap."
This divine science proves conclusively by a study of
the human nativity or chart of life, the kind of matter
with its relative vibratory power each form of expression
is utilizing, each form being built to a certain color and
number, and this form the individuality must work through,
subjugate and harmonize ; and the natal chart studied from
an esoteric point of view indicates the kind of emotional,
the mental and physical apparatus the individuality must
express iteslf through.
In this physical form at least we find limitation. The
very moulding of the physical brain and even the shape
of the skull shuts out certain vibrations, thus leaving that
individual so far as they are concerned in darkness or
ignorance. Thus it is ever the same, through the lack
of knowledge mankind suffers, for it is through igno
rance that he breaks the laws of harmony which light and
wisdom would have enabled him to understand and obey.
The vehicle through which the individual must find ex
pression is either translucent or clouded, and it is self-
evident to the intuitive mind that as countless numbers
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of vibrations are ever playing upon us from the great

solar Logos downwards, which vibrations contain all
power, all love and all wisdom, the reason the individual
does not receive them and respond to them is simply on
account of the coarseness of the matter, physical, psychic
and mental, which renders responsiveness impossible ; and
it is for this fact that the individual must ever keep work
ing away at his own character, for the elimination of vice
means the purification of the inner as well as the outer
bodies, and none save the individual himself can do this
work for him.
We find that in the teachings left to mortal man by
our beloved Zoroaster that astrological symbols were
used to express symbols of truth, and this divine science
comprised the philosophy and religion. Purity was de
clared to be the keynote of the chord of truth, and that if
one would become a sage he must eliminate vice and
error, and these are truths today as they were then. It
is certain that if the individual fails to live in harmony
with truth and to seek to keep clean the physical life, the
body as well as the brain will become heavy and lethargic
and incapable of answering to the higher, finer forces.
Thus receptivity is the prerequisite of wisdom. Thus
we may realize the truth in "Blessed are the pure in heart
for they shall see God."
We may consider seven great types under which all
humanity is grouped, each one of these possessing its own
particular color vibration, yet all these types in their difj
ferentiation producing a perfect union. We learn too
that each mind is colored differently, that is. according
to the aspects in the natal chart of the first house the sign
ascending, the luminaries and Mercury, and therefore
can only see truth through its own particular color - vibra
tion, and which naturally tinges everything, as for in
stance, if Mercury in the natal chart is colored by Sat
urn's aspects then the individual is looking about himself
through grayish brown glasses, or if colored by aspects
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 283

of Mars, then through crimson or deep red; if Venus

colors Mercury then he is looking through bluish yellow
glasses, while Urania gives a mixed coloring according
to position in sign and house as well as nature of the
aspect. This is the reason that we find so much vexing
controversy and variance of opinion upon similar sub
jects ; as if two persons were looking at a sheet of pure
crystal water, one through grey the other through red
glasses, the one would declare the color to be grey while
the other would hold it to be red.
Thus we can still more clearly realize that all error,
pain, inharmony, seeming troubles and suffering are caused
by a lack of knowledge, and the great practical value of
knowledge is to eradicate pain, metaphorically speaking ; and
one of the principal conditions necessary to do this is to
ever keep an open mind, and if the individual will only
succeed in putting to one side personal bias he will soon
discover that at the back of all forms of truth, no matter
whether presented from the scientific, philosophic or
religious aspect, there is ever a great central truth to be
attained, and which is the great pivot upon which all the
religions of the world turn.
Each presentment of truth in its turn has had its key
note sounded by one of the great teachers, all expressing
in different forms to the various nation's teachings best
adapted and suited for that particular race and period.
It is the same truth under its different forms which each
great teacher embodies for the world in its main outlines,
yet which is not and cannot be wholly contained in any
one of them.
284 Science and Key of Life.

The Wisdom of the Gods is the Wisdom of the Stars,

for There is Only One Wisdom and One Truth.

The wisdom of the Gods is the wisdom of the stars,

for there is only one wisdom and only one truth, and those
stars and planets in space are but the outward manifesta
tion of great spiritual hierarchies and it is their spiritual
life behind the manifestation that is pourng down upon
mankind, and it is really this life with which we are con
cerned more than with the form.
This divine science teaches that the great solar orb is a
particularly expressive external manifestation of that
mighty one, in whom and by whom all manifestation is
produced. This divine teaching of Astrology cannot be
said to serve as a religion exactly to the present genera
tion and age; though it is an exact science, that is really
the fundamental principle upon which all religions are
builded, and does really synthesize and unify them to
demonstrate that all are but parts of one great central
truth.
Astrology has at a certain period in the past been
a great world religion, possessing priests, teachers and
temples and its three branches of philosophical, meta
physical and occult knowledge. At this time the ten
dency is to term these intelligences of the past idolators,
star and Sun worshipers, to look upon them in pity or
contempt. Thus it is clear that the form which is adapted
for one race or period is impossible for the next, and at
this time a large majority are so practical that the star
influence of the past has been relegated to the region of
myths. Thus we may see discredit and disbelief in the
very forces ever playing about us.
The intelligences who have thrown off the mortal form
have never left the world environs but are very near to
minister unto their loved ones. Therefore it must not be
considered that this physical globe termed the Earth is all
there is to this planet. In truth it comprises a very small
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 285

part of the whole which may not be seen by mortal sight

but is what may be termed the spiritual part.
The student of this divine science should be quite ready
to accept this statement above all others, since the science
itself treats of the unseen and mystic, for they may not
see the planetary forces acting. At the same time they
have clear-cut demonstrations of this fact and are com
pelled to accept as truth that which they may not behold
with the material vision. There is a great fountain of
truth carefullyguarded by those souls that are more
evolved than those below whom we call Gods of wisdom.
It has been taught in other terms by One as the living
water and declaring that "he who drank of that water
should thirst no more." Other spiritual teachers have
declared the same truth in other words, proving the com
mon unity, though the very idea that all religion has one
universal origin may be startling to the mind that has
only begun thinking for himself. This is for the reason
that these minds are colored by the thought atmosphere
into which they came into physical expression, in which
exists the belief that there is only one religion for all
souls, revealed by God not quite two thousand centuries ago
in Palestine.
What occurred in the world previous to this nineteen
hundred years, who taught it and whether it was left to
walk in outer darkness without any light are problems
that do not appear to present themselves to some minds
whatever; and it is during the past century that individ
uals here and there have begun to think that there are
beautiful ideas in other forms of religion or faith besides
the Christian one.
There is a real truth about God, man and creation
which is ever within reach of man's thinking power.
Man may not comprehend, in his finite conception, the
nature of God and the methods pursued to evolve cer
tain ends, though, there is much he can grasp of this
infinite subject which is of the greatest concern to him.
286 Science and Key of Life

It is true that the nearer man arrives to any comprehen

sion mentally of the magnitude of the power he terms
God, the more he shrinks at any attempt at expression,
for the true reverence is and ever will be silence. There
is no doubt that the wisdom of the Gods has ever been
kept in trust by certain intelligences who have preserved
and handed it down through the ages of time, giving to
those individuals who proved themselves worthy to pos
sess such knowledge.
The higher occult teachings of Christ Jesus and all
other messages of truth, where are they? Where are to
be found the true facts relating to birth, death, the here
after, spirit, soul, mind, matter, the destiny of man, etc.
True there are some hints of this teaching in Christianity.
In the early days of the church fathers there existed
what was termed the gnosis, or knowledge, though in the
later days the church rose against the possessors of this
truth. The inner teachings of Christ, and the original
system of Christianity was very beautiful, but there is no
religion that has not kept something secret, and there
were teachings and forms of words which were only used
among members of the inner circle that possess an eso
teric and an exoteric teaching. True in order to acquire
direct first hand knowledge of inner truth a man must
follow a certain definite line of life and must develop
certain powers which may be latent, that is the inner
hearing, the inner sight. Thus he must accept a reason
able hypothesis or believe through faith, or obtain first
hand evidence for himself. One peculiar feature of all
religious systems is that they all tell one to do the same
things One may emphasize one line of thought more than
another.
It is quite evident that a good Buddhist, Hindu or
Christian would have to live his life much in the same
way as regards purity, temperance, truth, sympathy, char
ity, love, etc., for all teachers declare that a good, pure
life on Earth is the first essential to attaining the joys of
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 287

the life beyond. It is then quite apparent that all teach

on the side of being one and the same truth which may
naturally suggest an identity of knowledge back of them
all. One might ask the question why should any religion
keep a part of its knowledge secret. There is no doubt
but that one reason is that the deeper occult teaching
when understood and practiced imparts considerable
knowledge as to the subtle forces of nature, destructive
as well as constructive, which is not wise to give out to
those whose moral worth has not been proved, and a
moment's thought will show how scientific discoveries
have been seemingly misused, as for instance, chemical
knowledge has been more or less directed to the making
of various kinds of explosives, destructive apparatus, etc.,
and this scientific information is at the present time pub
lic. True, the only way in which these machines of de
struction can be eradicated is in self destruction. As they
become more destructive they will be used to other pur
poses.

There is Given Out, in Each Age, Certain Knowledge or

Divine Wisdom, Certain Fundamental Truths Most
Suited for that Particular Period.

In every age and every country there have been certain

definite teachings given directly to those whose minds
and souls were sufficiently developed to understand, but
never before has the truth been made clearer to humanity.
The veil of symbolism and allegory has been put aside as
in the case of the ancient astrological and alchemical
teachings. In the latter there were formulas for mixing
certain curious drugs together in which green dragon and
similar strange things figured. True, when one possesses
the inner key he may understand the meaning of the sym
bolical writings and the ideas which underlie the allegory.
288 Science and Key of Life.

The Persian mystics speak of rivers of wine and of drink

ing seven cups in what on the surface may appear to be
a drunken orgie though this wine feast is synonymous,
when correctly understood, with the celebration of the
communion in what most devout Christians consider and
hold as a very solemn ceremony; and there is no doubt
that in the early ages of the church it would have burnt
at the stake the alchemist who had expressed his views
publicly; therefore allegory, metaphor and symbolism all
had to be used during that period .when animal man was
only slowly developing the light of reason and intellect
while watched over and guarded by those further ad
vanced in knowledge which constituted the priestcraft.
is,

There will be found in each age, certain knowledge

it

or divine wisdom given out, certain fundamental ideas

of truth in that form considered most suited for that par
ticular period. During this last century, allegory and
metaphor have been to certain extent eradicated as
a

vehicles of knowledge and plain truths respecting birth,

death, the hereafter, spirit, mind and immorality are be
ing more publicly taught. This spiritual evolution.
is

Man immortal and the destiny perfected expres

is

is
a

sion and many expressions are realized in the various

planes of life while on the way. The harvest may not
always come as soon as anticipated, but eventually
is
it

gathered some time, somewhere. These ideas are simple

and apply to the past as well as the future, and taken as
whole, there no other hypothesis so well adapted to
is
a

furnish clue to that otherwise apparently unsolvable

a

problem, of the injustice involved in the arbitrary allot

ment of different social opportunities, and personal char
acter, and ability to the various members of the human
race, though when one understands that the faculties and
opportunities each individual enjoys are in accord with
past expressions beginning with the ego. The idea of
God's justice which on the face of things at times seemed
false re-established in the mind of the student.
is
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 289

The facts are that the Christian has faith and believes
that God is just and that all inequalities of human lot will
be explicable by that divine power. However, on the
other hand the student of this divine science knows, or at
least it is in his power to know for himself and can impart
his confidence to others seeking light. The divine science
postulates that a great evolution is proceeding, and that
the whole of manifestation is one vast ordered cosmos
gradually emerging from lower conditions to higher ones
under the direct supervision of a divine power which is
eternally beneficent, and the great truth of life concern
ing immortality and constant communication as well as
the destiny of the human soul, is rapidly becoming com
mon knowledge.
In the Orient these teachings are and ever have been
accepted and recognized to a great extent; at least it can
not be said that these teachings are new, for they are in
reality as old as man himself, and represent the truth
concerning the world and evolution obtainable as first
hand knowledge, having been clearly perceived by many
individuals in mortal form who have unfolded the clair
voyant sight, as well as other powers of spiritual percep
tion, also the ability to use them with scientific precision
and accuracy.
It is true that these soul powers, though latent with
the great majority of individuals, give to those in whom
they have been unfolded the power of beholding internal
truths and of coming in touch with the higher planes and
spheres, or with other worlds in which the individual
himself is to find expression in time.
The one great truth that is to be obtained through a
careful study of this divine science is the realization that
all are brothers in one common cause, and all the pos
sibilities that are vested in one human soul exists in the
same degree with another, no matter upon what plane or
sphere the individual may be manifesting upon, no mat
ter how low in the human scale of development he may
290 Science and Key of Life.

be, the same divine spark of infinite wisdom and love

holds forth and smoulders there ready at the first oppor
tunity to burst into flame, and find a harmonious expres
sion through that temple in which it abides.
This great divine science teaches to all humanity of all
nations, religions and philosophies, that there is one com
mon spiritual source from which they all emanate, thus
inviting them to look at each others' beliefs with toler
ance. A more friendly and harmonious feeling of broth
erhood will be the result, and from these conditions will
arise a universal knowledge of life, at least of the great
principles of birth and so-called death, and a realization
of their destiny.
During the past nineteen hundred years man has been
most selfish and bigoted in matters of religion, holding
that his belief was the only true way, though at the same
time being utterly unable to demonstrate one grain of
truth therefrom to the benefit of his fellow man.
This divine science will tend to promote the study of
comparative religions, it being considered that a proper
understanding of another's religious conceptions will tend
to prove the inner unity of the truths contained therein.
A careful study of this science will certainly result in
the investigation of, as well as the effort to unfold, these
powers that are latent in man, bringing him in direct
touch with knowledge, and in communication with intelli
gences who have already passed over the same pathway,
thus pointing out the common unity back of all forms and
beliefs, leaving each one free to accept that truth which
is best adapted to aid him in the attainment of wisdom,
a clear conception of the fundamental principals involved
in life eternal. By the teachings of this divine science is
the wisdom religion justified, for as its name implies, it
is the basis of wisdom, the key whose beacon light illumi
nates and pierces all forms and reveals the divine life
within.
 CHAPTER XXXI.

The Science of Astrology Does Not Teach Salvation

Through and By the Physical Suffering or Cruci
fixion of Any Individual
— It Shows Something of the
Mighty Plan Sketched by the Great Architect of the
Universe — The Whole of Humanity is Marching on
in One Mighty and Glorious Order Towards a Goal
Far Beyond That Which the Finite Mind Can Con
ceive Of.

This divine science does not teach salvation through

and by the physical suffering or crucifixion of any indi
vidual. On the other hand it demonstrates clearly and
emphatically that there is naught to be saved from except
ones own error, ignorance and selfishness, perverted ex
pressions of love and the intelligence, also demonstrating
that there is no arbitrary deity requiring an expiatory
sacrifice at all but teaching one great divine life in which
all live and move and find expression according to their
needs.
This divine science teaches that the whole of humanity
is marching on in one mighty and glorious order toward
a goal far beyond that which the finite mind can conceive
of. These are facts not Utopian or imaginary, but a cer
tainty for all those whose vision has opened; a certainty
which can be demonstrated scientifically by those who
will devote their thought and consideration to the sub
ject as well who develop their psychic faculties
as those
and are thus able to respond to higher vibrations that the
normal physical senses are not able to cognize.
Naturally it is necessary that a certain life be led and
certain conditions be imposed upon those individuals who
292 Science and Key of Life.

desire to attain first hand knowledge, and these must take

the time and trouble to prepare themselves to vibrate
synchronously with etheric and celestial vibrations if they
would know for themselves of the true conditions and the
great universal law as manifested from the higher planes
down into the most concrete expression.
This divine science treats of this great law and ex
presses truth and wisdom, teaching the higher truths and
showing the expression of divine love as it should be
manifested, allwhere. It explains the problems of life
that the individual is met with on every hand, giving a
perfect analysis to those that the intellect can apprehend
and the soul approve. The proper study of this divine
science will enable the individual to change the whole life.
It shows the proper way to live, how to comprehend
something of the mighty plan as sketched by The Great
Architect of the Universe and in which the great world
of humanity plays only a part.
The face of the whole world becomes changed because
of this knowledge and wider comprehension, although it
does not alter the facts of existence, that

is,
these per
verted expressions of love and intellect in the lower ex
pressions of life, such as error, suffering, pain, etc., and
upon those whose feelings are keen and sensitive, who
are sympathetic and feel the world's pain and sorrow and
long to save their fellow man from it. Despair, utter and
complete, would fall upon them were not for the wider
it

understanding that given by this divine science.

is

All the great teachers of the past implore humanity

to rise above all this, to look down upon from above;
it

and these, may be understood, do not look up from be

it

neath at the under side of life, but rise above to the

it

higher planes of thought and consciousness, and then in

deed will the great object and purpose in life in all its ex
pressions be realized and the fact will be manifest that
there good for all; though in order to realize this fully
is

one needs the wisdom which comes from the divine and
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 293

the higher perception that comes from the unfoldment of

the soul forces, which enables one to get beyond the ig
norance of the lower concrete mind.
This divine science proclaims and clearly demonstrates
that all is well with humanity, and not only is all well,
but all will be well in the expressions to come as it is well
even in the present expression, no matter how dark and
inexplicable it may appear to the struggling wanderer
who has not yet attained the knowledge or consciousness
within that will enable him to know that all is well as it
is and that the divine and unerring Will is moving with
a most perfect love in order to produce perfect harmony
amidst the seeming discord.
The understanding of the universal law of existence
will enable the individual to mould and shape his own
future expression upon higher planes and there is no de
partment in life in which this divine science does not enter
for the purpose of teaching certain principles that are
most necessary to the well-being of the individual.
The knowledge that is obtained from realizing an all-
eternal existence without beginning or end, following the
ego as it emanates from the divine Logos on down into
the most concrete forms of matter, and again ascending
into the highest degrees of perfected expression; realizing
that through the lower forms of concrete life is conscious
ness obtained, and as the ego comes into expression, it has
obtained certain qualities, to a degree that when entering
the physical expression certain lines of imperfection are
more clearly defined than others, certain strength and
weakness in character are manifested as shown by the
natal chart of life; and in possessing the knowledge as
shown by this chart and following it carefully the indi
vidual is enabled to understand, to a large extent at least,
the inequalities of life, thus obtaining the keynote to life's
puzzle and how pain and suffering are only for the pur
pose of keeping the individual in mind of past errors and
mistakes that he may be more careful.
294 5CIENCE AND KEY OF LlFE.

Cause and effect are but the positive and negative poles
of the same thing and are part of one another, and in the
physical expression there has been much of perverted
good as well as that which was not perverted. Thus when
pain comes the individual can realize it is but a condition
he has made for himself, and as he realizes this he will
seek to attain knowledge. This makes all the difference
in the attitude towards and while only self

it,
to blame,

is
even though the suffering continues, the individual must
eventually perceive that he has incurred a debt that must
be discharged; thus, awakening to the cause of pain, he
resolves to clear up the account and to avoid error.
This divine science teaches that the life of each indi
vidual in his own hands through the fact of Free Will,
is

and he need never be slave' to circumstances, but through

a

that right of the very divinity enshrined within, all are

free, possessing a perfect certainty in the divine scheme of
evolution by means of various expressions on the various
planes of life, to attain knowledge, to comprehend, to fit
one's self in order to assist others, to realize and feel with
in one's self the power and the joy that springs from the
certainty that one can help to be no longer mentally over
whelmed and crushed by the idea of the great problems <-

of the universe, can pass this light on to one's fellowmen;

to share the wisdom and joy found with others to make
is

life worth living even in the finite understanding.

Knowledge power, and the great lever to remove
is
is

the weight of difficulty, and when we realize that every

pain that comes for the purpose of calling the attention
is

of the individual to the fact that a mistake has been made

that must be righted such pain to be eradicated from
if

is

his environments, and thus out of the evils so called of the

past will come present good. Then by the very way
a

these pains and sufferings are accepted possible to

is
it

make of them stepping-stones to the higher life and de

velop many of the qualities that go to make up the divine
man of the future. True, this knowledge can best be
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 295

obtained by those who will seek to develop within them

selves that higher wisdom to other planes of matter
higher than the physical and dealing with the life side
of the universe rather than the form.
The divine science of Astrology is the, only reasonable
hypothesis which explains to mortal comprehension the
mystery of life in all its phases, solves the great problems
of the universe, and confers on man the power to teach,
help and comfort others. Do not complain, but open the
eyes to the light and see, for the light is all about. It is
only necessary to remove that thick, heavy veil of igno
rance. This light is ever shining and it is eternal.
 CHAPTER XXXII.

The Seven Vehicles of Expression — Seven Planes of Matter

— A Plane of Expression is an Actual Division in
Nature and Not Merely a Metaphysical Idea.

The science of Astrology teaches that man has seven

vehicles of expression. The physical body, with its
etheric counterpart is the body of action, the astral body,
the mind form or body, the vehicle which the individual
uses for all processes of thought. The latter is termed
the higher mind when the individual thinks apart from
desire and turns the thought to the spiritual, and the lower
mind when the thought is engaged with material and con
crete images combining with desire.
Then comes the form or vehicle of consciousness which
may be termed the casual body or body of causation, and
this is the permanent vehicle of ego in which the
individual resides, the permanent form or vehicle over
which so-called Death has no power, and in the past the
great teachers who have beheld this form term it the
celestial form from its glorious and radiant appearance,
and beyond this we find two vehicles of expression, the
vehicle of the soul proper in consciousness, and still be
yond this the higher vehicle through which the soul may
find expression to the Logos, and these seven vehicles of
expression are under the influence of the seven planets,
that is physically, and when the monad comes forth from
the Logos in the physical representation, the Sun, it is
as though from the luminous ocean of atma a tiny thread
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 297

of light was separated off from the rest by a film of spirit

matter, and from this hangs a spark which becomes en
closed in an egg-like casing of mind.
The student may think of this monad or individuality
as a ray from the Sun and of the egg-like casing as cor
responding to the planet Mercury which encloses this ray
and surrounds thus practically forming what
it, termed

is
the celestial vehicle of expression which endures and
which termed the individuality, while the personality
is

consists of the transitory vehicles through which the

monad seeks expression in the physical, astral and the
lower mental planes of thought, and of all the activities
connected therewith.
The life of personality really begins when the thinker
a

forms his new mental or mind form or vehicle of expres

sion, and this endures until that mind form gives up the
results of that consciousness to the casual or celestial form
or body, the home of the ego or individuality.
In this divine science seven planes of matter are recog
nized answering to the seven principles of man, that

is
physical, etheric, astral, mental, spiritual, akassian and one
beyond this.
When referring to plane means state or condition
it
a

in which spirit matter exists. Each state or condition in

fact may be regarded as resulting from successive com
binations of the principles latent in the spirit matter. All
of these combinations are derived from particular series
a

of atoms whose life also the life of the Logos, veiled

is

in fewer or more coatings, according to the plane, the form

of the latter necessarily consisting of the solid subdivision
of matter or what corresponds thereto. Thus plane of
a

expression an actual division in nature and not merely

is

metaphysical idea. These various subtle bodies or

a

vehicles of man form in their aggregate what termed

is

the aura and which comes directly under the influence of

the planet Jupiter. The form of this aura as beheld by
the clairvoyant appears like an egg-shaped luminous cloud
298 Science and Key of Life.

in the center of which is seen faintly the physical form.

Thus we have atma or flame as the first principle, corre
sponding to spirit in the life expression and the Logos in
form, while the Sun as a physical planet stands for this
principle. Then follows spiritual soul as the second prin
ciple, corresponding also to spirit in the life expression
and to the spiritual body in form and to the planet Mer
cury. Then comes the higher mind as the third principle,
corresponding to the human soul in the life expression
and to the causal body in form and to the planet Venus.
The fourth principle may be termed the lower mind,
corresponding to the human soul in the life expression
and the mental body in form and represented by the planet
Saturn. Then comes the principle of desire, corresponding
to the animal in the life expression and to the astral body
in form and comes under the dominating influence of the
planet Mars.
The etheric is the sixth principle to be considered, cor
responding to what may be termed the animal soul and
in form the etheric body. The seventh and last principle
to be considered is the physical, corresponding to the
animal life, to the dense matter body in the life expression
and under the Earth's influence. The etheric principle and
form expression may be said to come under the Moon.
What is usually termed the aura consists of such parts
of the subtle bodies as extend beyond the periphery of the
dense physical form, each form or vehicle being complete
in itself and interpenetrating those that are coarser. It is
larger or smaller, according to its state of development.
The aura is therefore composed of overlapping portions
of the etheric form, the desire form, the mental, casual,
and in some instances the spiritual forms, and illuminated
by the brightness of the atma or higher spiritual flame.
The character is thus revealed by the appearance of these
forms, and some instances where this aura may be seen
by one clairvoyant who can discern the colors prevailing,
the conclusions as to character will agree with the horo
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 299

scope as cast by the astrologer, even though diagnosed by

entirely different methods. Then the spirit, which is one
and the same in all that is a part of the divine spirit of
the celestial Logos, functions in each individual through
different methods. In the physical world proper the indi
vidual can only use the physical body, in the astral world
the astral body, in the ether world the etheric body, and
so on to the highest expression, although it is ever the
same one self that is finding expression through these dif
ferent vehicles. Amidst all the diversity of form and
character the spirit is the same in all. It is in a recogni

is,
tion of this underlying unity, that the unity of life, not
form, that this divine science teaches the universal broth
erhood of man.
The lamp may be different, but the flame that burns
within one in the undeveloped soul as with the one
is

more highly developed, for all are but parts of that won
drous self, the solar Logos of this great system, whose
shining vesture typified and symbolized in this solar
is

system by the Sun.

We find man's physical body may be divided into two
is,

chief divisions, that dense body formed or made up

from matter of the three lower conditions of the physical
is,

plane, that solid, liquid and gaseous, and the etheric

body of violet grey or possibly blue grey in color inter
penetrating the dense form and composed of atoms drawn
from the four higher etheric planes of matter.
Naturally the chief function of the physical body to
is

receive contact from the physical world and thus send the
results of the same inward to the consciousness, in this
manner serving as material from which the individual as
the thinker dwelling within the physical temple to elab
is

orate knowledge to gain the necessary experience upon

that plane in harmony with the first principles of con
struction in matter expression, and we may then realize
that the counterpart of the physical form, that the
is

etheric, the bridge or vehicle through which the life

is
30o Science and Key of Life.

currents that are poured out from the Sun can be adapted
for the various uses of the denser particles. The Sun is
the great reservoir of the electric, magnetic and vital
forces of our solar system, and these are absorbed by the
etheric form, there specialized and transmitted into all
the bodily energies needed by the individual.
It is in reality through the media of the etheric form
that the life forces from the Sun flow along the nerves
of the physical body and act as the carriers, so to speak,
of this motor and nerve force. This etheric form is per
ceptible to the individual who has developed the clairvoy
ant vision and is generally found to be of a violet or blue-
grey color, and the fineness or coarseness of the texture
depends entirely upon the unfoldment of the physical
form. Many individuals may ask the question, bow may
I verify for myself the truth of this divine science, as set
forth, even though the intellect approve. In this it must
ever be kept in mind that all personal verification of super-
physical facts depends upon the purity of the dense and
physical bodies and the man within the body has all to do
with the verification, and how is it possible for him to
perform this stupendous task while he is so firmly bound
in the prison house of an impure physical form, and one
who desires to create an entirely pure physical vehicle
must exclude all things of an impure nature that tend to
stultify and degrade and to partake of food that does not
build into the physical form particles that are impure and
polluted.
Then, too, no matter how great attention may be given
to the cleanliness of the physical form, this will not alone
suffice to develop psychic powers or give a consciousness
and personal knowledge of the spiritual life, though at the
same time the knowledge that is obtainable upon other
planes of life or being and in other states of consciousness
cannot be transmitted through a coarser vehicle of ex
pression any more than a tarnished mirror can reflect per
fectly the objects around it. Then again, these people to
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 301

whom the material things of life appeal most strongly

argue that if certain food to which they have become ac
customed in the 1course of time, as for instance, flesh or
meat and wine, be given up, the physical would suffer
seriously. This is not altogether true, ;for the physical
body, being a creature of habit, in a little time will accom
modate 1itself to the new order of things just as the indi
vidual wills, and if he will take a little time and patience
and strive to make a gradual and not sudden change in
the mode of life, generally there will no harm come from
for (the physical form will soon learn to recognize and
it,

bow to the will of its ruler and master as the individual

intended to be, and will obey his orders he wills

if
so.
is

it it
When the individual, for instance, goes to sleep, as

is
generally termed, really the physical form which
is
it

sleeps, for the real self slips out of its physical and etheric
forms, leaving them to rest and recuperate for further
work.

The Soul Man Has no Need Sleep — By Knowledge

of
of

Individuals can gradually Build up Body that

a

will be Healthful and Strong, at the Same Time Pure.

The soul of man has no need of It only its

is

sleep.
vehicle of physical expression that becomes exhausted and
so limited in its expression, but never the real self. The
is

great difference between sleep and death consists in the

fact that at dissolution the real man draws out the etheric
form, separating from its dense counterpart and thus
it

renders impossible any further play of the life force in

the latter as an organic whole. For the normal man
is
it

only at the death of the physical that any separation can

take place between the etheric and the physical vehicle,
though possible for one highly developed to extrude
is
it
302 Science and Key of Life.

part of the etheric form. Then, too, ether and chloroform

cause physical unconsciousness by driving out a portion of
the etheric form, and thus for the time being, but little
of the life forces can be transmitted, as the partial with
drawal of this subtle form reduces the physical vehicle to
a stateof lethargy while its entire withdrawal constitutes
what is termed death, the disintegration of the outer
vehicle.
This divine science teaches that by knowledge individ
uals can gradually build up a body that will be healthful
and strong and at the same time pure and composed of
very fine matter highly organized, sensitive and healthy.
It must be, for if it be otherwise it is apt to become as a
distorted mirror and impressions made upon it from
within or without would not as a consequence be perfect
or reliable, and it should be the earnest endeavor of the
individual to build such a body, ever chosing the purest
materials in the building, and as the individual succeeds
he will become conscious of this fact, for he will gradually
find himself sensitive to sounds and sights that are com
monly unseen by mortal vision.
In truth there will be many higher powers of percep
tion that will open out before him to lend encouragement
for further effort; therefore, in analyzing and studying
the two lowest vehicles of consciousness the student will
realize the enormous importance of cleanliness and purity
with regard to the physical organism and in the building
up of a vehicle that will be responsive to the higher vibra
tions, and when this knowledge becomes common property
and strict cleanliness and purity become laws of daily life,
as is now the case in other of the planets in this solar sys^
is,

tern, that not alone conceived intellectually but really

lived, the possibility of obtaining knowledge by the power
of clairaudience and clairvoyance will be greatly increased.
Thus in studying the physical body of man in its visible
and invisible parts the student will realize that the soul in
its waking, or conscious life in the mortal expression, can
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 303

only express so much of its knowledge and manifest so

much of its powers as it is able to express through its
physical vehicle, for all the vibrations that cannot pass
through brain and body cannot manifest in the Earth
mortal expression ; therefore it can be clearly realized how
the soul is limited by its vehicles and they are at once its
form and its limitation. Thus again the student can recog
nize the great importance of purifying and developing as
well as moulding this vehicle through which the real self
must function.
The soul itself is altogether superior to its vehicles of
expression in their entirety, but as it is compelled to ex
press itself through form, the physical form on the
physical plane and the astral form on the astral plane, and
so on, and on, it naturally follows that the real self can be
expressed only according to the powers and capacity of
these various vehicles or instruments of expression.
 CHAPTER XXXIII.

The Astral World— All Physical Atoms Possess Their

Astral Envelopes — The Astral Matter Serves as a
Vehicle for the One Life Animating All— How to
Realize the Perfectly Formed Astral Body —As the
Mind Changes from Perverted Truth to Truth,
so do the Colors Change and Fluctuate.

The next important vehicle of the soul is what is termed

the astral or desire body, and the desire or astral world to

is,
which the desire body belongs as this divine science
teaches, definite region of the universe surrounding and
a

interpenetrating the physical, which, however, cannot be

seen by means of the mortal sight for the reason that

is
it
composed of an extremely subtle form of matter.
There are really seven states or conditions of physical
matter, that is, solid, liquid, gaseous and four others
etheric in nature under which are classified the innumer
able combinations which go to make up the physical world.
Just in the same way there are seven substates of astral
matter corresponding to the physical organisms and under
these may be classified the innumerable combinations
which similarly go to make up the astral world.
All physical atoms possess their astral envelopes, the
astral matter forming what may be termed the matrix of
the physical, the physical being embedded in the astral.
The astral matter serves as a vehicle for the one life ani
mating all, and by means of the astral matter currents of
this life surround, sustain and nourish every particle of
physical matter, these currents of life giving rise not only
to what are termed vital forces but to all electrical, chem
ical and other energies of the life divine.
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 305

Referring to the astral matter, currents which sustain

and nourish the physical form in its entirety, also giving
expression to the vital forces and energies that come under
the head of cohesion, attraction, etc., though all these are
really differentiations of the one life in which universes
find expression, this life then passes to the ether, ,which
in its turn becomes a vehicle of all these forces to the
lower state of physical matter wherein their play or
manifestation may best be observed by mortal.
If the student will imagine the physical world to be
annihilated he would still have a perfect copy of it in
astral matter, and if he will imagine all the individuals
to possess conscious working astral faculties or forms
of expression such as they have in the physical, they
would really be unconscious of any difference in their
surroundings, as they would behold a counterpart in a
way of this physical life and would naturally believe
themselves to be still living in the physical form or
world in truth, as has been exemplified in the experi
ences of the circle of seven.
Intelligences who have passed from the mortal form
and then awakened to consciousness in the lower planes of
life will often be found in the condition described, and
naturally believe themselves to be still inhabiting a mortal
form, not understanding the great, change that has oc-
cured . in which the physical form has been cast off, and
the individual is then manifesting through the etheric
form, though the mind is unconscious of all that has taken
place. It is at this time that those intelligences who have
attained to higher planes of life and knowledge can find
opportunities to reach down and assist the wanderer to
a consciousness of his position in the life immortal.
Amongst the lower races of civilization will be found
in spirit those who are just in this condition in the spirit
world; not being conscious of the change termed death,
they are actively engaged in maintaining their old ideas
and customs that prevailed when in the physical. Take
3o6 Science and Key of Life.

such countries as Africa, China, Russia, etc., and the

atmosphere is filled with intelligences who have lived
under the crude customs, and their influence affects to a
great measure the material condition of those countries
and makes it difficult to find progress, for the reason that
both spirit and mortal are absorbed in the material plane
of life and it is almost impossible for advanced intelli
gences to penetrate such conditions effectively, and the
great planetary law alone must inflict seemingly cruel
blows ere they will awaken to a true realization of life as
it is. Thus the astral duplicates of material objects which
surround individuals who have passed from the mortal
often cause them to believe they are still upon the physical
plane and have just awakened from sleep or some condi
tion of unconsciousness, and it takes time and great effort
on the part of higher intelligences to make them cog
nizant of the fact that they have passed into another
world and are under entirely new conditions.
As the great majority of those in mortal expression
have not as yet evolved to a condition where they can see
beyond the material vision or vibrations, it becomes neces
sary for them to endeavor to see other planes and states
of consciousness with the mind's eye. While it is not a
desirable thing to force clairvoyance artificially, for until
some amount of spiritual strength has been developed the
physical world alone is sometimes almost too great a tax
upon the strength and endurance, so that the increased
stress caused by the intrusion of such phenomena would
be not only disagreeable, but serious to the physical well-
being. There are few in the mortal expression who can
bear to know beforehand of any painful or disagreeable
experiences that the future may hold for them even though
they may manifest a great interest or curiosity with re
gard to subjects of an occult nature.
In such instances where the individual fears to know
what he is to suffer from the law, it is self evident that
he has not yet learned his first occult lesson in checking,
 Planetary Influences, Etc. 307

controlling and guiding the passions or emotions which

is the very first principle that must be created. There
fore it is but natural that the emotion of fear runs riot
which will set up vibrations inimical to the peace and well-
being of the individual. However, these essential truths
must come slowly to the great mass of humanity, and they
are constantly growing, expanding and evolving, and
under such growth the day will not be far distant when
astral vision will be just as normal and appear as natural
as does the ordinary physical sight at the present time,
though in order to fully attain to this condition a fully
organized astral body is necessary. It must be in perfect
working order and with consciousness working in it and
not merely through it on the physical plane or body.
All individuals are constantly working through the
astral form, but there are few in number who work in it
separately, so to speak, from the physical form. Without
the general action through the astral form, there could
he no connection between the outside world and the mind
of man. There could be no connection between impacts
made or manifested so they would be absolutely cognized
on the physical senses and the individual perception of
them by the mind or tabulated by the physical brain. Thus
all outward or external experiences or contacts become
sensations to the astral form and are only then really per
ceived by the mind. The truth is that all of the centers
of sensation are really existing in the astral form, which
some designate as the astral man in the same way as the
physical body may be designated as the physical man.
However, in both instances the astral and physical
bodies are really only the vehicles or sheaths through
•which the one great infinite divine principle is function
ing. The great flame or atma, the highest expression of'
man, which is shining out imperfectly on the lower planes
of life for the very reason of the imperfection of these
vehicles or sheaths.
Therefore, the great necessity of passing through the
3o8 Science and Key of Life.

refining process to the thinker. It is abso

is quite evident
lutely necessary to use the astral form in order to experi
ence sensation in just the same way as the physical form
must be used in order to experience external contact.
The astral form is made up or composed of seven sub-
states of astral matter and possesses in it coarser or finer
particles just according to the growth or development of
the real man. In order to realize the perfectly formed
astral body think of the individual as dropping off the
physical body as a cloak and standing up in a subtle and
more luminous copy of visible in his own likeness to

it,
clairvoyant vision while invisible to mortal sight in
physical.
A perfectly formed body means that the indi
astral
vidual has attained to high level of intellectual culture
a

and spiritual growth so that the appearance of the astral

body significant of the internal character of its owner,
is

and by the clearness of its outlines, the luminosity of its

material and the perfection of its organization, those
who are able to perceive may judge of the state of evo
it

lution attained by the ego, using it.

At low stage of evolution the astral form undefined
is
a

in outline, its material coarse and its colors dull, obvi

ously unfit as yet to act as an independent vehicle when
withdrawn from the physical either for the time being
or altogether. The improvement and development of the
desire form depends on the purification and development
of the mental to great extent, for the astral form
is
a

susceptible to every thought impression and practically

responds in way to every expression or impulse from the
a

external.
It must be realized that the astral plane filled with
is

thoughts sent out from individuals appearing and disap

pearing according to the power back of them, and that
these thoughts inspire those with whom they come in
contact there no question, though quite impossi
is
it
is

ble for every existing thought to reach every individual

 Planetary Influences, Etc. 309

for it all depends upon the unfoldment of the individual

to that sensitive condition to receive, and he must ever
be in sympathy with the thought in order to receive it.
The effects of these thoughts upon individuals is really
very little understood, for every individual is impressed
to a greater or less degree by the thoughts which he re
ceives from the fields of space sent out at times most
cruelly perverted and taken up as it may be by the indi
vidual who is still in a darkened condition and manifest
ing on the animal plane. He responds to the thought
at once and may become a criminal through some act
instigated by the thought received. He may even take
the life of some friend and may awaken to the results of
his act when too late.
At the first consideration this may seem out of keeping
with harmony and justice, but it is the existence of per
verted good that is finding expression upon an individual
who readily responds to it for the reason that he is in
that condition of unfoldment that requires such an ex
perience to awaken him to the real life and the conse
quences of acts and thoughts as manifested by him, and
such acts will ever involve those individuals who require
the experiences received.
Thus it may be realized first how necessary it is to
think pure thoughts and act in accordance with the higher
precepts of consciousness. It is absolutely necessary to
send out strong, clear thoughts, as these will exist for
some time and will have their effect, providing they are
in perfect harmony with good. On the other hand, weak
thoughts being unable to surround themselves or envelop
themselves in astral substance to any great extent quite
readily become dispersed.
To the student, then, it will be essential when he desires
to assist his fellowman to direct his thoughts for good
with a strength of purpose that will give them an impetus
that will find an existence of sufficient length of time to
successfully accomplish the desired result. In fact, a few
 Science and Key of Life.

minutes' time each day devoted to such thought creation

so to speak, can only result in good, not only for the
world at large, but for the individual himself, that

is,
when free from any selfish motive.
It
may be understood, then, how the astral form

is
made up of this substance in which thoughts are clothed,
so to speak, and will naturally share its readiness to
respond to this thought vibration, and makes no differ

it
ence whether this great thought current generated from

is
the mind of the individual himself or whether from

is
it
the minds of others, the effect pronounced, providing

is
the thought in the same vibration as the astral form
is

which responds to it.

This what may be termed the desire form, and we
is

have heretofore referred to the higher desire form and

the lower desire form and the difference between the two,
and these desire forms also permeate the physical form
and extend about in every direction similar to colored
it

a
cloud, while the colors vary according to the character
of the individual, clearly setting forth his lower animal or
passional nature, for the astral or desire form the

is
vehicle of man's desire consciousness, the center, so to
speak, of the senses, wherein all sensation arises. The
colors are passing through a continuous change as they
vibrate to thought impacts, and when, for instance, the
individual loses his temper flashes of vivid scarlet will
manifest its presence.
As we have learned heretofore the individuality and
general character of the native marked out in distinct
is

colors in the astral world, showing conclusively the exact

status of development in material or spiritual growth.
These colors harmonize exactly with the expression of
thought to which the higher and lower desire forms are
closely related, and in way can be seen how the
it

so
a

development of the individual depends upon the thoughts

sent out by him, for this in way the sustenance from
is

which the desire form receives its impetus, as for instance,

 Planetary Influences, Etc. 311

one who gives way to anger will ever have the scarlet
colors manifesting about himself, and it will take time
and effort on his part in order to entirely efface this color,
or rather to transmute it into the mild pink and yel
low colors that denote affection. In selfishness the brown
ish-grey colors manifest with great intensity according
to the selfish motives, and these must finally give way to
the mild blue and white colors ere self shall be eradicated
and the individual realize that all are one with himself,
and injuring others in any way by thought or act is only
bringing injury to self. Jealousy brings the green-grey
colors, that must give way to the light yellow and purple
shades, and so on from one vibration to another.
As the mind changes rapidly from perverted truth to
truth or good, so do the colors change and fluctuate,
though the permanent mood of emotion and desire can
generally be detected through the outer form. The astral
form of an individual whose desires and thoughts are low
and sensual is heavy, thick, dense and dark, while that
of a more advanced type is clearer, and as he advances
into the higher expressions of purity and good these color
vibrations finally become luminous, radiant and shining,
as some intelligences are able to thus manifest themselves
to mortal vision.
When the colors are clear it is evidence that the lower
passions have been dominated and the selective action of
the mind on the astral plane of expression has refined the
astral matter or substance from which the astral form is
made up. The desires of the individual become pure
from noble thoughts and thus purify the astral form
whether the individual consciously or unconsciously works
for this end or not, and to a certain extent at least, the
astral form becomes more pure by purifying the physical,
that is in regard to food, hygiene and the eradicating of
any habits to which the physical has become enslaved,
though the inner workings of purified thought do much
312 Science and Key of Life.

to refine the physical form, the temple of the soul, and

both are essential to higher progress.
It must be kept in mind that this inner working exer
cises a potent influence on the thoughts that are attracted
from without to the astral form, a form which is made
by its owner to respond habitually to perverted thought,
acts as a magnet to similar thought forms in its vicinity,
while the pure astral acts on such with a repulsive energy
and attracts to itself those thoughts and intelligences that
are in perfect harmony.
The astral form hinges on one side to the physical and
is affected by the purity or impurity of the physical, and,
as may be demonstrated, the solids, liquids, gases and
ethers of which the physical is composed may be coarse
or refined, gross or delicate. Their nature will in turn
affect the nature of their corresponding astral envelopes.
If careless of the physical, solid particles of an impure
kind are builded into the dense forms and attract cor
respondingly impure kind of what may be termed the
solid astral, and on the other hand the opposite will result
when pure particles are builded into the dense form, and
as this purifying process is carried on the individual im
proves the physical form of consciousness, but he also
begins to purify the astral vehicle and takes from the
astral world more delicate and refined materials for its
construction. The effect is not only important on the
Earth life but has a distinct bearing on the state of being
and the form in the spiritual life after casting off the
physical vehicle.
 CHAPTER I.

The Relationship Existing Between Astrology and

Palmistry.

The relationship existing between Astrology and Palmis

try is a subject will prove to be interesting and is also
that
important in the study of man and the law.
First of all the twelve Zodiacal signs form the divine
man in the heavens, of which each individual is an
epitome both spiritually and physically. From the first
sign Aries ruling the head, to Pisces ruling the feet,
each individual types in all four planes of his nature, the
complete cycle of the twelve signs and as each sign has
its planetary ruler so mankind epitomize in their complex
nature, no matter whether physical, astral, soulic or spirit
ual, not alone the twelve signs but the planetary family of
the Sun which supplies their rulers. Each of the twelve
signs of the Zodiac has its planetary ruler and each plane
tary ruler is most powerful when found manifesting in
its own sign and house. The rulers of the complex
signs Aquarius and Pisces have been held in the past to be
Saturn and Jupiter, but the students of this divine science
are now beginning to recognize that the planets Urania
and Neptune respectively whose influences are of a higher
expression of the Mercury and Venus nature and Capri
corn, are given entirely to the planet Saturn and Sagit
tarius is given to Jupiter.
2 Stellar Palmistry

The ruler of the mother sign Cancer is established as

the Moon, and Leo as ruler of the Sun.
Of remaining six signs there are the first three
the
or pioneer signs of the Zodiac and they are ruled respec
tively by Mars, Venus and Mercury. These are also
found to be the three planetary rulers nearest to the Sun.
These planets are also held to have rule over the three
remaining signs, which are also complex in their nature,
Scorpio, Libra and Virgo, and there
is,

that no ques

is
tion but that in the lower expression Mars, Venus and
Mercury have chief rule over these signs
though spirit
ually they possess their own rulers which lie beyond the
planet Neptune, giving to each sign its own planetary
ruler and to each ruler chief power over one sign. The
human form typifies the twelve signs and their rulers.
It was claimed that the hands and feet of Christ Jesus
were nailed to the cross and this really represented sym
bolically what to be effected by the spiritual man. Thus
is

the two hands, each with its five fingers and the two
feet with five toes, which refers to the same symbology,
declares the whole nature of man, and so of the signs
of the Zodiac and their planetary rulers and from typical a

portion of the macrocosm can we solve the constitution of

the macrocosm.
The two hands may be drawn side by side with the

palms outward.* The right hand may be termed the

hand of action and typifies the masculineor outgoing or

centrifugal force as exerted within each individual, and
this outward force in order not to be lost to the individ-

*See cuts, pages and 5.

4
 Stellar Palmistry 3

ual has to be by its opposite, the femi

counterbalanced
nine or incoming or centripetal force, and this is clearly
represented by the left hand, the hand which typifies the
accumulating reserve power or the fly-wheel which stores
the results of the experiences in the physical expression.
Thus the two hands typify these two forces in man's
nature which have been described as Gods, the two wit
and spirit as Jachin and Boaz, or as
nesses being matter
Adam and Eve, or the six days of manifestation or crea
tion, and the seventh day or Sabbath of rest when mat
ter is finally transmuted into spirit.
Thus the right hand typifies the personality while the
left hand the individuality or the soul, which finds expres
sion through the personality; and whatever is typified in
the right hand must ever be represented in the left hand
though the right hand refers to the outgoing or physical
plane, the left to the incoming or spiritual plane, the
right hand typifying the Earth life represented by the
Moon, which reflects to man the Sun. The Moon is
ruler of sign Cancer and this is placed on the right
palm.
While the right hand or palm is under the rule of
the Moon and the sign Cancer, the left hand typifies the
soul life, the spiritual force, and represents in a way the
goal of the Earth life and as in all universal law what is
manifested in the first expressed in the
right hand is
left hand. This left hand is represented or ruled by the
Sun and sign Leo, the heart sign, and is figured on the
left palm and each of these rulers and signs, that is the
Sun and Leo and the Moon and Cancer, collects into itself
just as the palm collects by the use of its fingers the
Stellar Palmistry 5
6 Stellar Palmistry

influences which are typified by the four fingers and thumb

of its own hand.
Now let us consider the right hand in detail. First,
the thumb is the respresentative of will and force typified
by the sign Aries with its ruler Mars. The third finger
is the Taurus finger with Venus as its ruler. The fourth
finger is that under the sign Gemini and ruler Mercury.
Here we find first three Zodiacal signs typified in
the
the right hand of action, while at the same time the sign
Cancer, ruled by the Moon, is also found in the right
palm collecting these influences. Thus the right hand
contains the pioneer trinity of the three trinities or trip-
is,

licities, that fire, earth, air and water that are in the
twelve signs. The signs Sagittarius and Capricorn are
also found represented in the right hand. Sagittarius
belongs to the first finger of the right hand under the
rule of Jupiter and the second finger under the rule
of Capricorn and the planet Saturn. is
Then we will consider the left hand. First, to each
finger will be allotted what in one sense the same ruler
is

as in the corresponding finger of the right hand though

in its feminine returning or complex expression. Now
we will consider whether or not this represents what the
fingers of the left hand typify. In the left hand the
fourth finger typifies Urania and the sign Aquarius, which
are recognized as the higher forms of the planet Mercury
and the sign Gemini, and which are typified by the cor
responding finger in the right hand, while the third finger
on the left hand typifies the planet Neptune and the sign
Pisces, which are really the higher forms of expression of
 Stellar Palmistry 7

the planet Venus and sign Taurus as represented by the

corresponding finger on the right hand.
Now the three remaining fingers, that is the thumb
and the first and second fingers require very careful con
sideration as there are no known planets outside of the
planet Neptune ; thus no planetary influences are ordi
narily recognized as the higher forms of the planets Mars,
Jupiter or Saturn.
We will first take the thumb. We find the right thumb
typifies the planet Mars, whose sign is Aries, the first
sign of the Zodiac known as the pioneer sign and Mars,
joys in hewing his way through difficulties and is ever
recognized as the natural leader in active life. Mars is
also held to have rule over the watery sign Scorpio which
is also a martial sign though we find that the incursions
and conquests of Scorpio are rather in the emotional and
mystic regions of Nature and thus Scorpio the mystery
solving sign is the sign of all others that finally terminates
the mortal expression by leading the way through the
portals of so-called death to the mysterious beyond;
therefore, the true ruler of the sign
Scorpio would be
more correctly described as a complex or feminine type of
the planet Mars and as Mars and Aries are typified by the
right thumb the sign Scorpio is the better represented by

the left thumb. In its highest development we learn

that the sign Scorpio, the fixed sign of the watery trip-
licity, really balances the emotions, so to speak, and soars
upward on them to the higher wisdom, truth, which is
hidden to the ordinary sight.
8 Stellar Palmistry

Higher Scorpio Leads to Immortal Life.

We have learned that of the meanings attached

one
to this eighth sign and house is that of death to physical
form so called, though this is naturally the result of the
inexperience of the individual and the victory over death
comes with complete knowledge to the soul and the same
with developed powers of insight as the higher Scorpio
sign will finally lead the way to immortal life and through
a study of this higher occult sign and by following out the
conditions as set forth the individual attains knowledge
that enables him to know the law. Thus this eighth sign
Scorpio is the door between the concrete and the esoteric
higher life and as this sign leads to knowledge of im
mortal life it may be represented by the eagle as by
Ezekiel, in the Revelation the eagle is the first of
and
birds mentioned for its wonderous power of upward
spiral flight and of clear sight, and in Greece a goddess
typifying these powers in their mystical sense was termed
Pallas Athene the virgin daughter of Jupiter, the goddess
of far-seeing wisdom, while in Rome she was known as
Minerva the earnest mail clad virgin who typified the
highest of intelligence with fearlessness and was the im
personation of divine thought which knows no obstacle
by time or space.
A serpent was supposed to inhabit her temple and this
no doubt referred to her rulership over this mystic wis
dom sign Scorpio, the ordinary name of the sign, and the
the cock and the owl, fitly
is,

symbol of this goddess, that

typify the mental courage and the mystic insight of this
eighth sign, which leads finally to the great conquest over
 Stellar Palmistry 9

death and to the consummation as set forth in the ninth

chapter and eleventh verse of the book of Isaiah, "They
shall not hurt nor destroy (meaning Scorpio) in all my
holy mountain." In the three planets outside of the
planet Neptune that belong to this solar system, the one
spoken of heretofore, Akassia is represented by Minerva
and consequently of the higher nature of Mars holding
rulership over the sign Scorpio and typified in the hands
by the left thumb.
We will now proceed to the first finger. The right
forefinger typifies the planet Jupiter whose sign is the
regal Sagittarius, the masculine positive sign of justice
and authority no matter whether dealing in science, re
ligion or the law, though there is a higher rule than that

is,
as set forth by the mere law and authority, that that
which based on active sympathy and this typified by
is

is
the balance sign Libra which also masculine sign, for
is

signifies authority, and the ruler accepted in the phys

is
it

ical world as Venus, though in reality the planet Venus,

which the typical ruler of the earthy sign Taurus, only
is

partially expresses the qualities of the complex queenly

ruler of the sign of the other self, the seventh sign of
the Zodiac, the sign where the outgoing force of the first
six signs of the Zodiac masculine have to be properly
balanced and joined in marriage, so to speak, through
Libra, the sign of marriage, by the incoming force of the
latter six signs, and such ruler completely typified
is, is
a

by the classic wife of Jupiter, that Juno, the guardian

of virginity, also the special guardian of married women,
for she was the goddess of marriage, of wedded life, also
IO Stellar Palmistry

of child bearing, all of which are typified by the seventh

sign, the first of the three reproductive signs.
The sign Libra is also of an airy nature and as Juno
was represented in Greece as Hera or Ether the queen of
heaven presiding over the air, as a majestic woman in a
light golden chariot drawn by pea fowls and attended by
the aura or nymphs of the air, and her wifehood to Jupi
ter is fitly shown in the hands, by her being represented
by the left forefinger, while Jupiter is represented by the
right forefinger, and as authority, fame and power in the
active outer life are typified by the pointing finger of the
right or masculine hand, so in the left or feminine hand the
pointing finger aims at the same time over family and
social life and in a happy wifehood.
 CHAPTER II.

The First and Second Fingers and Their Marvelous

Significance.

In a higher sense the first finger of the left hand typi

fies the higher marriage or atonement of the outer and
the inner,or rather the unity of the self with the ideal
when the Earth representing the outer shall be full of the
Libra of the Good. Thus
is,

knowledge that not dif

is
it
ficult to realize that of the three planets that lie beyond
the planetNeptune the middle one represented by Juno
and of the nature of higher Jupiter holding rulership
a

over the sign Libra and typified in the hands by the

is

forefinger of the left hand. Now let us consider the middle

finger or second finger.
The second finger of the right hand typifies Saturn and
the ruler of the sign Capricorn which an earthy sign;
is

therefore only natural that this finger should typify

is
it

the earthly sign of purest quality and coincident that

is
it

the sign Virgo, the remaining sign of the twelve, typifies

matter in its highest refinement, etheric matter, and
therefore the sign Virgo best represented by the left
is

second This finger the longest finger of the

is

finger.
hand shows the principal object of its fingers, that
and
to collect matter of the highest quality and rarity and
is,

thus into the left palm transmitting there into spirit,

it
 Stellar Palmistry

Sun and his sign Leo representing the left palm.

is,
that
The ruler of the sign Virgo has been considered by the
teachers of the past to be of the nature of higher

a
Saturn being represented by Ceres, daughter of Saturn,
the goddess of seed and harvest of the flowers and fruits
of the Earth, and Greece was known as Demeter

in
she
who for nine days searched for her daughter Persephone
the soul as typified in the hands by the progress of the
soul through the earlier or rather the less complex nine
fingers.
The ruler of the sign Virgo was also typified by
Cybele or Nea, known as the mother of Zeus and
mother of the gods and nurse represented by Virgo
of Bacchus, also as Maia the fruitful mother the first
of the seven of the Pleiades, also as Thetis, the mother
of Achilles, who was a typical Sun representative.
Thus the natural ruler of this complex sign Virgo was
ever the mother of the Sun gods as the Sun can only
really be free after the transmutation of dense matter as
represented by the planet Saturn in Capricorn to the eth-
eric condition of matter as typified by Ceres in sign
Virgo. So, too, in Egypt, we find the ruler of sign Virgo
was Isis the virgin mother of Osiris the Sun also known
as Meri, the prototype of the Virgin Mary the mother of
the Christ. Thus we find the right second finger repre
matter in its most concrete form,
is,

sented by Saturn, that

the Earth which under the scheme of the Creator to be
is

transmuted through Virgo into its essential elements by

fire, the spiritual signs, and under the processes of water
and air.
 Stellar Palmistry 13

The watery signs, that

is,
the emotions, are those which
first react on the Earth and the process of regenera
tion or transmutation therefore often referred to as

is
by
the sea which covers the ocean bed of the Earth, and then
referring to the eleventh chapter of Isaiah and ninth verse
we read and interpret in this wise, they shall not hurt nor
is,
destroy, that death represented by Scorpio, in all my
holy mountain, meaning the perfected
For the soul.
Earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord repre
sented by Libra, as the waters cover the sea, represented
by Virgo. In order to attain to power and dominion
over one's destiny possible only by the slow process of
is

transmuting matter, that

is,

Saturn, the right second

finger under the influences first of the pioneer signs and
rulers of the right hand, and then of the complex signs
and rulers of the left hand until as natural result matter
a

attains the etheric quality of the sign Virgo in its higher

expression and in time the virgin gives birth to the spirit
of wisdom and power which slowly but surely bursts to
freedom the bonds of destiny.
The acquirements of life as manifested in the mor
tal are first stored in the right palm as represented by the
Moon, then to carried over to the Sun or the left palm
be
and enrich the hand of the soul which advancing in
is

wisdom until finally there the marriage of soul and

is

spirit typified in the left palm feminine and the right

palm the Sun masculine or Leo.
To take matter in hand to sift, discriminate and
is
a

transmute and thus the problems of life are taken in hand

and solved under the alchemic art which summed up by
is

the sign of the higher chemistry, that is, Virgo. This

 Stellar Palmistry

most complete signs, that is, those that relate to the re

sign is typified narrative of the seeker after
in the Greek
truth Peleus, who wins his bride, the silver footed Thetis,
by holding her fast in his hands throughout his many
transformations, in all of which he recognized her and
was not deceived. Thetis is the Virgo sign and at length

Peleus learned spiritual

the secret whereby is ob force
tained and thus to Peleus and Thetis was born the Sun
god Achilles the central figure of Homer's Iliad.
The three planets that lie beyond the planet Neptune
may be clearly observed to have rule over three of the

is,
most complex signs, that those that relate to the re
fining process of humanity,

is,
that Virgo, also that relate
to purification of the
the individual soul with the
marriage of the soul and spirit, that is, Libra, and
to the immortality of the individual soul represented by
the sign Scorpio.
will be found that the five rulers
It

planetary as
typified by the several fingers in
right hand find
the
harmony in those signs which correspond to the same
fingers respectively of the left hand, for the visible
planet when in that sign in close sympathy with the
is

invisible planet which typifies the highest expression of

it. Thus while Mars has his exaltation in the sign Capri
corn, he would find harmony and receptivity in the sign
is,

Scorpio, that Mars ruling the right thumb in Aries

and Scorpio the left thumb in Scorpio. The same with
Jupiter ruling the right forefinger while Jupiter finds his
exaltation in the sign Cancer. He also finds sympathy in
the sign Libra ruling the left forefinger. The same
is

true of Saturn in the sign Virgo, represented by the higher

 Stellar Palmistry IS

expression of Saturn, in the Greek narrative Kronos or

Saturn the son of Sky and Earth, that

is,
of the heavens
and the Earth. The Sun and the Moon were told by his
father and mother that he would be deposed by one of
his own children and so he swallowed them as soon as
they were born and Hestia, Poseidon, Hades, Hara and
Demeter were thus for the time disposed of. At length
Zeus was saved by his nurse putting stone within his

a
clothes which Kronos swallowed believing to be Zeus,

it
and in due time Zeus deposed his father and the earlier
children being immortals were restored. Thus Kronos,
Saturn, represents matter whose reign not eternal and

is
he typified by the right middle or second finger and to
is

him Zeus or Jupiter but materiality and he readily

is

is
deceived in swallowing the stone in mistake for the
reality, while Zeus or Jupiter typified by the right fore
finger representing the planet nearer than Saturn to the
Sun, that is, Spirit, and being thus the pioneer of the
spiritual signs, in time reigns in the place of Saturn. This
brought about by the action of the nurse as typified by
is

the Virgo which also the changing transmuting

is

sign
sign, and the five children referred to are the rulers of the
Vesta or Hestia
is,

five higher or invisible planets, that

j

to Urania; Poseidon or Minerva, Neptune; and Hades or

Pluto was ruler over the dead or Juno and Ceres. These
are typified by the thumb and four fingers of the left
■

hand representing the rulers of the five planets of our

solar system which are outside of the orbit of Saturn and
being swallowed up by Saturn were rendered invisible on
the physical plane.
i6 Stellar Palmistry

The Tokens or Signatures of the Signs of the Zodiac Are

Written Clearly in Every Human Hand.

In time the five planets that lie beyond the orbit of Sat
urn and which have rule over the thumb and fingers of the
left hand will be recognized and known under the spiritual
regime of the planet Jupiter, which is to grow out of and
will in time supersede the reign of matter. The tokens
or signatures of the signs of the Zodiac are written clearly
in every human hand and as the experiences of life come
they are marked in the hand, also each sign of the Zodiac
possesses its own planetary ruler and this ruler is repre
sented by the same signature. Therefore in this consid
eration the hands and thumbs with the eight fingers show
a harmony in their manifestation with the law and assist
in solving the problems of existence. The arms and
hands naturally under the Gemini portion of the
come
microcopis man and as Gemini is a dual sign we find two
hands two arms. As we have stated heretofore the fin
gers under the discriminating sign Virgo
come largely
though at the same time under the direct rule of Gemini
whose ruler, Mercury, the winged messenger, functions
through the intervening signs of Cancer and Leo, rulers
of the Moon and Sun respectively.
The hands and fingers are thus peculiarly adapted to
sort and select, to hold and weigh or count, and the total
number of thumbs and fingers shows that the decimal

system of notation is only natural; also the five in the

right hand typify the five planetary rulers who are visible
to mortal eye and the five in the left typify those invisible.
They also represent the law, that is, the Moon, right
 Stellar Palmistry 17

hand, the prophet, the Sun, left hand, on which the inner
life has ever been recorded and is evidenced so clearly that
all who will may read in connection with the two hands
which are, so to speak, the two tablets whereon are typi
cally connected these ten commandments of the infinite,
which are to be observed not alone in the outer life as
represented by the Moon but also in the inner life as
represented by the Sun or higher spiritual life, the real
life of unfolded consciousness.
As possessors of two hands man is in the position of
the master having authority over the destiny of his own
soul for he holds in each hand the keys of death and also
of eternal life and the right hand ever warns its possessor
that if life is not controlled by the higher in
the active
fluences of the left hand whereby the two hands are
drawn together in unison then the life will follow an
unbalanced Mars represented by the right thumb and
which is the symbol of death while the promise of left
hand is that the Earth life worthily lived the two hands
meet and the actual or Moon merges into the real or
Sun and the thumb of the right hand is being con
trolled by that of the left, the way is led to immortality
represented by Scorpio. The right thumb typifies the
present active life with its call for deeds, that is, Aries and
Mars. The right forefinger under the dominion of Jupi
ter, the ruler of the ninth sign, the sign that specially
points to the results of acts, declaring that effect follows
cause and that destiny in the next future life is the neces
sary of deeds and acquirements in the present
resultant
life. In this right hand of action, the two dominant
signs, typified by the thumb and first finger, are two of
i8 Stellar Palmistry

the three spiritual signs of the Zodiac and they furnish

the keys to the conduct of life, that

is,
act and in the
present for as man sows so shall he reap. The drama

a
of life as typified in the hands ends with the left palm
and the spiritual sign Leo and the Sun which collects and
carries forward to the next expression the highest results
of the mortal life and thus may be seen the spiritual

it
signs are the Alpha and Omega of the hands, declaring the
nature of the purpose of existence and its goal.
The planets are arranged in each hand in their order
as they proceed from the Sun round the middle finger
which the longest in each hand and, as we have stated,
is

under the rule of Saturn and in the left hand this typifies

is,
the outermost invisible planet, that the higher Saturn
and therefore as Virgo the general ruler of the fingers
is

and hands, the special object of existence represented

is
as the conversion of matter, that is, Saturn ruling the
middle finger of the right hand to the etheric condition of
matter as typified by the higher Saturn and Virgo and
ruling the middle finger of the left hand and so on to the
goal as ruling the left hand and palm.
It will be observed that the wedding-ring finger is
in
the left or more complex hand and has for its ruler the
planet Neptune, or what may here be termed the higher
Venus, also that this finger typifies the sign Pisces which
the sign in which the planet Venus finds her exaltation.
is

Of the six signs of the Zodiac represented in each hand,

three are found to be masculine and the remaining three
feminine, giving two balanced trinities of signs in each
hand. Of the six signs represented in the right hand two
earthly signs have to be rightly understood and their better
 Stellar Palmistry 19

qualities and attributes, which are typified by the same fin

gers in the left hand and the active life is assisted to this
by one watery sign and one airy
sign and by the two
strong spiritual sigrof Aries and Sagittarius represented
by the thumb and first finger; as the individual conscious
ness unfolds and the soul advances the left hand comes
forward with its ideals to give promises of higher con
quests and attainments through the two complex watery
and airy signs, that is, the emotions and thoughts, until
matter becomes more thoroughly transmuted into its finer
elements under the higher chemistry as represented by
the sign Virgo.
Then in time the through the process of
individual
transmutation passes out of the dominion of Saturn and
reaches the goal, that is, the heart of things, the real,
represented by the greater luminary, the Sun, typified by
the left palm as the collector of the stored experiences
of the soul which the spiritual lodestar, so to speak,
is

to which the earth life leading.

is

Then again will be observed the first four signs of

it

is,
the Zodiac are represented in the right hand, that
the hand of action, while the next four signs, which are
complex forms of the first four and comprise the second
trinity of signs, are to be found in the left hand and of
the remaining four signs the first two are to be found
represented while the remaining two,
in the right hand
Aquarius and Pisces are represented in the left hand.
Thus this third trinity of the three trinities of the signs
also equally divided and in their natural order between
is

the two hands. Thus the twelve signs of the Zodiacal

wheel with their twelve rulers, the six in the left hand
20 Stellar Palmistry

typifying the heavens, and the six in the right hand typi
fying the Earth, are mystically referred to, so to speak,
when the palms and fingers are held together in the
Oriental attitude of prayer and invocation, or in the Occi
dent the practice of folding the hands together in
prayer. In a higher form of the symbolism the Moon
in theright hand typifies the mother God, the Sun,
in the left palm the father God. This meeting of the
hands becomes the natural form of addressing the father
and mother as the creator of the Heavens and the Earth.
It will also be observed that the six planets typifying the
week days, that is the six days of manifestation in cre
ation, in the right hand, while the order
are represented
of week days, starting from the Moon in the palm and
Mars the thumb Monday and Tuesday to Saturn is sym
metrically given by the fingers.
 CHAPTER III.

The Seventh Day of Creation Typified by the Left Palm.

Man, the crown of creation, came into physical expres

sion on the sixth day when he was brought under the
dominion of Saturn, though the consummation of all
things, the goal toward which the discipline and evolution
of the planets and man are moving is the day of the Sun,
the seventh day of creation and typified by the left palm
when the influences of all the signs and their rulers will
be felt only through their highest and most subtle vibra
when the outer will becomes transmuted
is,

tions, that in
spirit, and when that day
is,

the inner, that matter into

of so-called rest comes to each individual the virgin

is,
and of Anna, that
is,

daughter of Saturn, that matter,

time under Moon typifying the necessary experiences in
is,

the Earth life will give birth to God within us, that the
Sun the father. The great goal attained by the
is

as
gradual of transmutation which the special
is

• process

office of the sign Virgo and of its rulers, and for this
reason the hands which come largely under this sign and
which here function through the sign Gemini along the
signs of the Earth and Moon, and the heavens under the
Sun are so peculiarly adapted to reveal to the individual
the divine alchemists's scheme of salvation and as they
Virgo sign which observed to be the last
is

represent the
of the first six signs of the Zodiac and the feet, the Pisces
22 Stellar Palmistry

of the remaining six Zodiacal signs, there

sign, is the last
fore these were pierced on the cross of matter in order to
typically indicate the necessary crucifixion or rather the
transmutation of the Saturn element from all the signs
of man's nature. This we observe prominent in Saturn's
influences all the way through and then at length the Sun,
representing the spirit Aries, ascends from the dead that
is Saturn, and is at once in unison with the infinite vibrat
ing influences of all the rulers of the signs of the celes
tial Zodiac.
Then again, as the Sun has rule over the four
seasons of the year and also has dominion over them
from the twelve months to each of the seven days of the
week, even to each of the twelve hours of each day,
and the Moon of each night, therefore when time, the
Moon, has for humanity given place to eternity, the
Sun, the spiritual Sun within each individual now in har
mony with the twelve signs of the Zodiac and their plane
tary rulers have dominion over the complex nature of
mankind, and then will be enacted the vision of Revela
tions, eleventh chapter and first verse, and a great sign
was seen in heaven, a woman, which typifies the left hand,
clothed with the Sun, referring to the left palm, and the
Moon under her feet as havng obtained the necessary
Earth experience as typified by the right hand, and upon
her head a crown of twelve stars as having acquired the
dominion or power and glory over the twelve Zodiacal
signs and their planetary rulers which are clearly typified
in the palms and fingers of the two hands. These ideas
are based on the thought I have endeavored to establish
is,

in your mind, that that the palms and fingers are

 Stellar Palmistry 23

hieroglyphic tokens in detail of twelve distinct planetary

rulers, each possessing ascendancy over one and only one
sign of the celestial Zodiac. The first law is to maintain
order. Thus it cannot be said that one planet has rule
over two signs and another planet over one alone and to
bring in three distinct rulers over the complex signs, Scor
pio, Libra and Virgo at once removes anamolies and
secures harmony.
It will found that in allotting to the complex signs
be

Virgo, Libra and Scorpio their own higher rulers, the

solution of the mythoses as taught among the mysteries of
Egypt and Greece, taken from the Chaldaea wisdom is
found woven into the manuscript that goes to make up the
Bible of the present age, though with so little under
standing that it is hardly intelligible to the reader.
The truth is, the solution of the mythoses is found in
the influences and recognition of these higher rulers, and
this subject was taught at Eleusis where the so-called
mysteries of Ceres, that is Virgo the hands, were revealed
to the initiates, and the five male and female Dactyls
refer to the mysteries as typified in the fingers of the two
hands. It will be observed that in the judgment scene of
the Egyptian book of the dead, twelve and not nine great
deities are present, and these referred directly to the
twelve planetaryrulers of the twelve signs of the Zodiac
and the symbol of Minerva is really connected with a
serpent over a cross and this is referred to in the account
of the wandering of the Israelites such as was lifted up
in the wilderness of sin, thus typifying the misused lower
functions of the sign Scorpio and to represent life eternal,
that is, Scorpio, represented by the eagle as offered in
the
24 Stellar Palmistry

place of death and the metal of this sign Scorpio is of

aluminum nature. The metal of the sign Libra is bronze,
which is an alloy, Libra denoting marriage of tin and
copper. The metals of Sagittarius and Taurus or of the
planets Jupiter tin and Venus combined. The metal of
the sign Virgo is of the nature of radium. In the Greek
Zodaic the virgin holds an ear of corn in her left hand
and this is represented at the middle finger by a star of
first magnitude, the brightest in the constellation and
whose name, Spica, signifies an ear of corn or Ceres.
As regards the symbol of Ceres, which is the higher
Saturn, that of Saturn is observed to be headed by a cross
and showing the experience that must be gained by the
manifestation of spirit in matter. Thus the symbol of the
Moon, the half circle representing the individual in an
undeveloped condition, is joined below the cross and
gives a true representation of the nature of Saturn. This
also resembles the figure five and reminds the student that
Saturn is the fifth and outermost of the visible planets as
typified in the right hand, though when the necessary ex
perience has been obtained by the manifestation of spirit
in matter the symbol becomes reversed and the cross is

formed below the circle which is observed to resemble a

reaper's harvesting sickle and is the natural symbol of

Virgo, matter
is,

Ceres in whose sign, that the virgin

is

no longer dense, but rather etheric in nature and the clods

yield thin subtle virtues into harvest of grain.
a

Comparing the relative distances of the planets, that

is

the five outermost, Sun represented by naught, the

the
Earth by ten, Saturn by one hundred, Neptune by three
hundred and eighty-eight, Akassia by seven hundred and
 Stellar Palmistry 25

seventy-two, the next planet by fifteen hundred and forty,

and the outermost by three thousand and seventy-six; this
places the outermost
nearly eight times farther
planet
from the Sun than Neptune, which is the most distant of
the planets visible and known to mortal, and thirty-one
times further from the Sun than Saturn, and, enormous
as this distance appears, this outermost planet would be
still seven hundred times nearer to the center of our solar
system than to the fixed star or Sun which of the many
guides in the stellar universe is really the nearest to our
own great luminary.

Not Unreasonable Thinking Mind That There Are

to the
Three Planets Outside the Planet Neptune.

In the consideration of the relative position of the

planets as previously given, there is nothing unreasonable
to the thinking mind that there are three planets outside
the planet Neptune. The furthermost planet, which typi
fies etheric matter as compared with dense matter, is
placed harmoniously with regard to distance, considering
the sweep of its orbit to be thirty-one times further re
moved from the Sun than that of the planet Saturn, which
represents the most concrete form of matter. The three
is,

complex signs typify three great virtues, that Virgo

representing faith and Scorpio wisdom and Libra love.
Thus we find in the lower expression of these signs,
Mercury, Mars and Venus are the respective rulers and
are the planets nearest the Sun, also rulers of the first
three pioneer signs of the Zodiac, but in their higher ex
26 Stellar Palmistry

pression we find them referred to as being outside of

Neptune as representing these three signs, and were at
one time considered as one sign. This we have referred
to heretofore in treating upon the signification of num
bers. At that time only ten signs of the Zodiac were con
sidered. These three higher planets thus complete the
of the Olympians just
mystic circle as twelve months com
plete the cycle of the year and their physical repre
sentatives are placed in the planetary heavens outside the
orbit of Neptune in the order typified by the fingers of
the hands, which is the processional order in which they
were mystically referred to twenty-five thousand years
ago. In the writings of Isaiah, at the close of the passage
of the eleventh chapter, first to ninth, and to which we
have referred heretofore, the astrological references are
quite clearly pronounced. In this eleventh chapter of
Isaiah, in reading the second verse and a portion of the
third as describing the prophetic vision the day when the
Earth will have borne fruit, that is, under the planetary
influencesknown to mortal in their physical aspect as the
Sun and the five visible planets in their order, that is, Mer
cury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The last portion
of the third verse and the fourth and fifth verses give a
description of the influence of the planet Urania with the

sign allotted to this planet, Aquarius, while the sixth, sev

enth and eighth verses refer to the planet Neptune with

the sign over which this planet has rule, Pisces.
These two planetary influences are only being recog
nized in comparatively recent times, and in referring to
the ninth verse we find reference to the higher influences
of the signs Scorpio, Libra and Virgo, the climax, so to
 Stellar Palmistry 27

speak, of the twelve signs under those spiritual intelli

gences who have special rule over them.
It is possible to ascertain which of these twelve are the
sacred seven, so often mystically referred to in the Reve
lation and elsewhere, to whom has been given authority
over the rest of the twelve and the rulership over the evo
lution of thissolar system. It has been held that the
seven are they who are memorized by the days of the
is,

week, that those represented as we have learned here

tofore by the palm and fingers of the right hand and by
the left palm, but though exoterically they may be suffi
ciently represented by these, they are really placed there
scaffolding, so to speak, until the mortal mind able

is
as
a

to build itself up and recognize and comprehend the real

seven.
We have observed that the first four signs of the Zodiac
are represented by the right hand, the hand representing
the personality. The next four are complex signs of
those in the left hand representing the individuality, and
the remaining signs are complex developments of these;
the first two are in the right hand, the last two in the left.
Now, of the four pioneer signs of the Zodiac in the right,
the first three focus into the fourth represented by the
right palm ruled by the Moon, and in the mortal life the
soul's experience collects here into reservoir and thence
a

its essence gathered into the left palm. Thus these

is

four signs cannot represent rulers into whose charge has

been given the rulership over the spiritual welfare of this
solar system.
As we have stated, the first four pioneer signs have
their particular part to perform in the world's evolution
28 Stellar Palmistry

though after passing through their influence it is to the

higher planetary influences we must look for those rep
resentative rulers into whose charge has been given the
dominion over the spiritual and temporal welfare of this,
our solar system. They represent influences that are
most essential, but whose influence and purpose are sub
ordinate to those of the true rulers. Then, again, the
Sun as ruling the left palm and the ruler of the fifth sign

is,
in the Zodiac, that Leo, the spiritual center into

is
which these essential results of experiences are gathered
and collected, and really typifies the throne, so to speak,
it

about which encircle the seven great spirits of the cosmos

and to which we have referred heretofore. therefore

It
cannot be one of the seven.
We find that the first five signs of the Zodiac can
hardly typify any of the seven sacred signs, and as

a
consequence we find the sacred seven represented by the
last seven signs of the Zodiac. This also includes the
seven planetary rulers of these signs and the sacred seven
are thus represented in the hands by the five fingers of
the left hand, or rather the thumb and four fingers of the
left hand and by the first and middle or second finger of
the right hand, and will be observed that in the ancient
it

Greek myths of Kronos or Saturn swallowing his five

children, and of the youngest born, Zeus, who at length
reigned in his stead, really introduces these seven rulers,
while on the physical plane the story told by Astronomy.
is

In the process of the growth and birth of the physical

planetary system, by the shrinkage in cooling of the solar
mass in space, rings were gradually thrown off by the

Sun, which was then in condition of high tenuity, be

a
 Stellar Palmistry 29

ginning from the outermost portions of its substance and

the first seven of these rings, realizing there are three
planets outside Neptune, condensed into the planets, Jupi
ter, Saturn, Urania, Neptune, Akassia and the two outer
most planets heretofore mentioned, Jupiter being the lat
est born of the seven and in due succession to the planet
Saturn. Then, too, it will be further observed that these
seven outermost planetary rulers of our solar system
have rulership over the last seven of the Zodiacal signs,
also that these signs are much more complex in their na
ture than are the first four pioneer signs. Therefore, it
may be clearly realized that there is symmetry and har
mony as well as reason in the statement that the seven
rulers with their seven signs represent the sacred seven so
often referred to in ancient writings, and whose complex
nature is quite difficult to interpret to the uninitiate, while
the ordinary interpretation as given exoterically will suf
fice for the practical needs as expressed in the physical
world of matter.
It is well to understand that the higher esoteric inter
pretation isof far greater moment and importance when
studied with a view of attaining knowledge and wisdom
after real life that lies beyond the world of matter, though
the illusions of the exoteric appear quite real and even of
great importance to the soul young in experience. In
speaking of the sacred seven, we will use the Greek terms
for the same, though the usual Latin nomenclature is
adapted to the twelve rulers when their more exoteric
interpretations are considered; yet for the sacred seven
and their esoteric significations the Greek terms are more
appropriate.
30 Stellar Palmistry

Thus the sacred seven are in their order Zeus, Kronos,

Hermes, Aphrodite, Pallas, Athena, Hera and Demeter,
and they have rule over the signs respectively, Zeus or
Jupiter, sign Sagittarius; Kronos or Saturn ruling the
sign Capricorn ; Hermes or Urania having rule over the
sign Aquarius ; Aphrodite or Neptune having rule over
the sign Pisces Pallas or Akassia having rule over the
;

sign' Scorpio ; Athena, the next planet to Akassia, having

rule over the sign Libra and Demeter, referring to the
outermost planet, having rule over the sign Virgo.
In of the sacred seven signs of the Zodiac
the analysis
in detail we find they consist of two earthy, two watery
and one fiery or spiritual pyramid
sign, thus forming a

of which the spiritual sign is at the apex, while each of

the three remaining planes of existence are uniformly
represented and these relate to the four spheres of man's
individualized nature and are typified by the four fixed
signs of the Zodiac and by the four living creatures as

mentioned in Ezekiel and Revelations.

This may be more clearly realized in the following:
first, at the apex, we have Zeus or Jupiter and the sign
Sagittarius, which is masculine in nature and represents
spirit and fiery element. Then comes the sign Libra and
its ruler of feminine nature which we find in trine to love
and sympathy, and on the same plane we find Aquarius
and Urania manifesting thought for others, friendship,
though masculine, and from these two we find typified
the airy element and the soul. On the next plane we find
the sign Scorpio with higher esoteric ruler in trine to
hope, immortality of feminine nature, and on the same
plane the sign Pisces and ruling planet Neptune mani
 Stellar Palmistry 31

festing psychic power, devotion, spiritual unfoldment,

representing the soul of the watery element. Then of the
next plane below or the base, we find the sign Virgo and
ruler Demeter in trine to faith and meditation and chemi
cal change and on the same plane we find the sign Capri
corn with ruling planet Saturn representing patient re
search and in the masculine expression representing body
physical, earthy element.
Now, in a way the sign Sagittarius is a double sign
when manifesting on the esoteric plane and is the middle
sign of the seven between Virgo and Pisces, and thus
may be held to control the three signs on either side, as
shown in the arrangement of the seven signs as given.
While Sagittarius is at the apex, the remaining signs are
symmetrically arranged on either side, though at the
same time the signs are divided across into the four great
divisions of nature, and the two representatives of the
earthy, watery and airy principles, fall harmoniously into
place and are thus in trine to one another. At the head is
Jupiter or Zeus, the seventh born of the seven, thus typi
fying their number, and next comes Hera, the Queen of
Heaven, and the esoteric higher ruler of the seventh sign
of the Zodiac, which again represents the number of the
sacred seven.
 CHAPTER IV.

Matter is Divine, Being a Mode of Expression of the

Infinite Spirit.

It will be observed that the signs of the earthy pair are

Virgo, ruled by Demeter, also known as Maia, virgin
daughter of Kronos and mother .of Mercury. Then Cap
ricorn with its ruler Kronos, or Saturn the progenitor in
one of the mythoses of the remaining seven. This ex
presses or declares the purpose of experience in matter
and that matter is divine, being a mode of expression of
the infinite spirit, though at the same time that matter is
a condition which is not eternal, being born of time and
thus is limited in its form of expression.
It is through experience in the earth form that knowl
edge is acquired and man attains to spirit. Thus Kronos
or Saturn is the sower of experience, and Demeter the
higher ruler of Virgo is the reaper thereof. We find
Saturn on the right or masculine side, showing the need
of action, while the reaper is found on the left or complex
side and feminine, demonstrating the truth as we sow so
shall we likewise reap. The signs of the watery pair are
Scorpio, the Eagle, ruled by the conqueror of Aries, that
is, Scorpio known in the higher expression as
Mars.
ruled by Pallas, Athena, the virgin daughter of Zeus and
Hera, and it is significant that Scorpio is feminine and is
the sign that divides Sagittarius and Libra. The other
 Stellar Palmistry 33

is Pisces, whereiji is exalted Aphrodite, being ruled by

Poseidon, the Greek Neptune.
In the sign Pisces, the sign of intuitive knowledge, we
find Aphrodite is herein exalted, and Aphrodite takes up
with herself the higher esoteric nature of the ruler of the
of the Zodiac, that

is,
second sign Venus, ruler of Taurus,
manifesting all the higher qualities of this feminine planet
and of the higher Mars, and are summed up in the com
plex Pallas Athena, who typifies the highest life in the
emotional plane of expression.
The signs of the airy pair are Aquarius, ruled by
Kermes, whose symbol the symbol of Pisces and the
is

symbol of Venus inverted and which the higher repre

is
sentativeof the messenger planet Mercury, and by the
marriage sign of Libra ruled by Hera, the queen of the
heavens.
Now Hermes, who presides over social life and intelli
gent intercourse in general, the natural ruler of the
is

eleventh sign and house and signifies sympathy and

friendship. In the early mythoses he termed Duranos,
is

or, as modern students give, as Uranus, being the father

of Kronos, that is, being in the physical plane born ante
cedent to Kronos or Saturn. We learn that Hermes or
Uranus was of the hundred-eyed argus who
the slayer
represents the star-studded sky, Hermes being there the
dawn or rather the rising sun of understanding and
according to the ancient mythos implies the action of
thought or the awakening soul in removing ignorance
and skepticism, and in
still higher aspect this mythos
a

declares the victory over the stars or rather over fate by

intuition or knowledge by the experienced soul.
34 Stellas Palmistry

In this last aspect Hermes the ruler of the humane

sign of universal brotherhood, Aquarius, is the Egyp
tian Thoth or rather thought who was considered to be
the center of the cosmos. Hermes was also the Nous
of Plato or the divine intelligence in its dynamic condi
tion and thus is essentially of the nature of the Logos or
Word who is the instructor of the Christs, the purifier
of man's soul, and in this aspect is he the son of Zeus
and of Maia the celestial virgin, thus typifying the return
of matter to spirit under the guidance of experienced
thought, while in India Hermes is known as Buddha,
the Lord of Wisdom, and in the Hebrew writings
Hermes is mentioned as Raphael, and in the book of To-
bit, the twelfth chapter and fifteenth verse, it reads: "I
am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels which present
the prayersof the saints and which go in and out before
the glory of the Holy One." It will be observed that
Hera as well as Hermes is mentionedin the story of
Argus when she places the eyes of Argus in the train
of her sacred bird — that is, the pea fowl — and this typi
fies the necessity for the soul to arise and conquer the
destiny which has been woven around in one's igno
rance.
Hermes leads to the bursting of the bonds of fate by
the higher thought and sympathy and Hera through the
higher love. In her highest aspect Hera, the queen of
heaven, represents the peace and serenity of the soul
when it is qualified to attain unto the sacred marriage
with the spirit, and the marriage of Hera and Zeus
aptly typifies the union of soul and spirit when the human
 Stellar Palmistry 35

soul has attained fully the union of soul and spirit to the
spiritual oneness with the Infinite.
Then we come to the fiery and spiritual sign Sagit
tarius and the ruling planet Zeus or Jupiter. The Greek
and Hebrew and other ancient mythoses are preemi
nently astrologic in their foundation and trend, and to
the student of this divine science, from an esoteric stand
point, it is clear that the initiates in India, Egypt, Pales
tine and Greece held that the solar universe was under the
rule of a hierarchy of seven which was under one ruler,
and in Greece this supreme ruler was known as Zeus,
and Aeschylus in the Agamemnon speaks of other gods
and goddesses who faced the Sun.
Aeschylus makes mention of gods and goddesses who
faced the Sun, whose potencies were summarized and
transcended by Zeus, from whom these powers issued
and who in turn received them again, and in his Sup
pliants that were written over twenty-four hundred years
ago, he makes mention of this supreme position of Zeus
among the sacred ones in this wise, "O King of Kings
and blessed above all blessed ones, with power most
mighty of the mightiest; Oh, Zeus, of high estate." Then
later he is "our father, author of our life, the king whose
right hand worketh all his will, seated on loftiest throne
he works his perfect will.". And then in his Agamemnon
he says, "Oh, Zeus, whate'er he be, if that name please
him well by that on him I call and weighing all other
names I fail to guess aught else but Zeus." And still
further in his Fragments, "The air is Zeus, Zeus earth
and Zeus heaven, Zeus all that is and what transcends
36 Stellar Palmistry

them all." This will express the reverence for this planet
as was manifested in that day.
We will now take up the analysis of the pyramid up
and down, the two rows as given recently. It may be
observed that these seven signs are symmetrically ar
ranged with regard to Sagittarius, which is the middle
sign of the sacred seven. Then again, those to the right
have masculine rulers, and their significations, beginning
from Kronos upwards, may be defined as patient research,
devotion and thought, while on the left side the rulers
are all found to be feminine in nature, and their corre
sponding significations are wisdom, hope and love, and
their ascending order is significant of their high esoteric
influence. Then again each quality on the left may be
described as the higher complex form of sign as found
to the right on the same plane, and it will be further
observed that the signs of each nature are in trine aspect
to one another and consequently the exaltations of the
planets which are represented on the right side are to be
—
found in the corresponding signs on the left side that
the exaltation of Kronos or Saturn will be found in
is,

the sign Virgo the exaltation of Neptune will be found

;

in the sign Scorpio, and exaltation of Uranus in sign

Libra. Concerning the exaltation of Uranus in the sev
enth sign and of Neptune in the eighth sign, the student
of this divine science must concede the remarkable power

of Uranus in the seventh sign and house and of Neptune

posited in the eighth sign and house.
may also be observed that there significant con
is
It

nection with regard to the esoteric interpretation of

Isaiah, the eleventh chapter and fifth verse, where the
 Stellar Palmistry 37

influence of Uranus in Aquarius is described and really

refers to this exaltation of Uranus in sign Libra.
Ere we leave this subject of exaltation it will be ob
served that while the Moon is ordinarily dignified in the
earthy sign Taurus, which is not one of the sacred seven
signs, her true exaltation in a higher esoteric sense will
be found in the sign Virgo. This is expressed clearly
in the description of the woman with the Moon under
her feet and from Isis and other Moon goddesses being
associated with the sign Virgo, also as the influence of
each separate individual life collects and is gathered in
the right palm as ruled by the moon. The life becomes
more highly exalted, and as each expression tends to
ward transmutation into the permanence and reality as
is typified and clearly set forth in the left hand.
Then again concerning the true exaltation of the Sun,
while his exaltation in an esoteric sense is clearly mani
fested in the pioneer sign Aries, his higher esoteric exal
tation is clearly manifested in the sign Sagittarius, and
we refer to the lines two hundred and eight to two
hundred and ten in the Suppliants of Aeschylus, in which
the mighty bird of Zeus is invoked as the Sun's bright
rays and Zeus rather than Apollo seems to ibe referred to
as the Sun God. Aries is not one of the second seven
and Sagittarius spiritual devotional sign and
is a the
sign of Zeus representing the Sun's benefic influence.
38 Stellar Palmistry

The Esoteric and Exoteric Interpretations of the Rulers

Fully Explained.

We have referred heretofore to the days of the week

and their exoteric rulers as represented in the hands by

the fingers and the palm of the right hand and by the

palm of the left hand. However, when we come to con

sider higher esoteric interpretation of the days of
the
the week and their true rulers, we must consider the four
fingers and thumb of the left hand and the middle and
first fingers of the right hand, as their respective rulers,
will correspond to the esoteric rulers of the days of the
week and are found to be the seven sacred signs and their
rulers, the third finger in the right hand typifying the

pioneer of the spiritual signs.

Thus we have the higher esoteric rulers of the days of
the week, viz : Hera the ruler of Libra, whose expression
is love ruling the left forefinger and typifies the Sabbath
of the celestial week ; the Virgin or Demeter ruling the
left middle finger, with the Moon under her feet, hav
ing overcome the limitations of the Earth and has rule
over Monday. Then the queenly Pallas Athena, the
ruler of sign Scorpio, ruling the left thumb, and who has
overcome Aries, gaining the victory over death, and has
rule over Tuesday. Thus the representatives of Love,
Faith and Wisdom take the place esoterically of the
Sun, the Moon and Mars, which have rule exoterically
over Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
It will be observed the higher expression of the last
Libra,
three mentioned are aptly expressed in the signs
Virgo and Scorpio with their rulers as given. Then
 Stellar Palmistry 39

Hermes, the winged messenger between the two halves

of the week, is typified by the left little finger instead of
the right and is the natural esoteric ruler of Wednes
day — that
is,
Uranus, the higher Mercury Mars. Then
follows Zeus or Jupiter, who retains rulership of his day
as in the esoteric expression Aphrodite or Neptune, the
higher Mercury Venus, which typifies the wedding ring
finger in this consideration and not the third finger of
the right hand. This planet has the esoteric rule over
Friday, which day exoterically given to Venus. Then
is

finally we come to Kronos or Saturn, having rule over

his day, the seventh day of the week as in his exoteric
expression. Thus the celestial week separated into

is
two parts ruled the one by Zeus or Jupiter, the other
by Hera, and these two, will be observed, are the two
it

pointing fingers of the hand.

The seven sacred signs may best be considered as in
pyramid form, with Zeus or Jupiter at the apex, and we
have before analyzed them across and vertically. Then
again they may be considered as traveling along an
ascending spiral, advancing around Leo, which the
is

permanent sign or shaft, so to speak, round which these

circles move upward and forward. All things move
really in spiral direction in way similar to that which
a

has heretofore been described in the evolution of man

from the ego on to perfected wisdom and unfoldment.
These signs may also be considered under the ideas
as taught by Pythagoras and other great teachers who
attached special significance to numbers, as for instance
taking the number atached to each sign in their order
40 Stellar Palmistry

of the signs of the Zodiac, referring to the seven sacred

signs and placing them pyramidically as before, we will
obtain a table of figures as follows: At the apex we
place Zeus and sign number 9 be
Sagittarius and the
longing to that sign; to the left and directly below comes
Libra and the figure 7; just below Libra comes Scorpio
and the figure 8, being the eighth sign; directly beneath
Scorpio Virgo comes the figure 6;
directly beneath
and
Sagittarius and to the right we place the sign Aquarius
on the same plane as Libra, the figure 1 1 ; directly beneath
Aquarius the sign Pisces, the figure 12; beneath Pisces
the sign Capricorn and the figure 10, being the tenth
sign. Then take the sum total across in each separate
row, and the mean of the lowest row, which are earthy
signs, is found to be one less than the number typifying
Zeus while the watery signs or middle row is one more
;

than the number typifying Zeus ; and the mean of these

two is nine, which is found to be the mean of the num
bers of the top row, which are airy signs, and is the
number of the sacred sign Sagittarius. Then the rows
may be considered vertically; the total of the left row is
twenty-one and the mean is seven, the number of the
sacred seventh sign Libra.
In taking the two vertical rows as given we find the
mean of the total left row to be seven, which is the num
ber corresponding to the seventh sign Libra, and in a
similar way the total sum of the right row will be ob
served is thirty-three. The mean of this number is
eleven, which corresponds to the airy sign Aquarius and
placed opposite in power to Libra. The mean of the
 Stellar Palmistry 41

total sum of top row is nine, the number of the sign

ruled by Zeus or Jupiter; thus the figure nine, which is
the number of Sagittarius and of Zeus the spiritual ruler
of the planetary heavens, is the number to which the
remaining of the sacred seven, who typify the other three
planes of nature, converge, and the number of the sacred
signs — that seven —
is,

here represented by sign Libra

is
the sign of Hera the queen of the heavens. Then the
number nine multiplied by the number seven sixty-

is
three, and will also be observed that this the sum total
it

is
of the numbers attached to the signs of the sacred seven
as whole. Then again will be observed that the num
it
a

bers six and three comprise the number sixty-three by

adding the same amount to nine. The total thus reverts
to the number representing Zeus or Sagittarius and

is
therefore in these numbers, representing the evolution of
unity of spirit into matter into many, and then again
the upward evolution of matter on its return to spirit
and finally to attain unity with the Infinite.
These same truths were taught by the great teachers
Zoroaster and Pythagoras when demonstrating the sacred-
ness and importance of numbers as well as their asso
ciation with life as the basic principle of all. It will
also be observed that the Jewish initiates and teachers in
their Mishna, which part of. the Talmud, attributed
is
a

to the numbers up to the number thirteen qualities which

correspond to the twelve Zodiacal signs. This we have
referred to before and shows that the religious views
existing in the time of Christ Jesus really sprang from
the same source and that this divine science constitutes
4^ Stellar Palmistry

the fundamental principle of religious thought and phi

losophy.
The attention of the student is now called to the posi
tion of the planets in December, 1899, a date which has
much to the student and of which we have
significance
before,

is,
spoken that when the new Moon fell in the sign
Sagittarius and all the planets with the exception of two
were in the sign of Jupiter.
This has not occurred and will not occur again for
thousands of years, and when the dawn of the spiritual
reign of Sagittarius and Zeus or Jupiter was thus pro
claimed in the planetary heavens the ancient story was
related of the recovery of the five invisible planets at the
coming of Zeus to his throne after deposing Kronos from
the rulership, and the subjects we have considered at this
time and emphasized with regard to the sovereignty of
Zeus in the hierarchy of the sacred powers are in keep
ing with the attitude of the people of this land, who are
seeking to establish reign of justice and liberty against
a

resolute attempt to uphold tyranny and subvert the

a

freedom of thought and speech which comes under this

esoteric spiritual sign. Sagittarius, in the sign Gemini,
the third of the pioneer signs, ruling as does the United
it

States, an airy, intellectual, Mercurial sign, together with

England, ruled by the pioneer spiritual sign Aries, shall
lead the way in general contest over the powers of
a

Kronos or Capricorn, and afterward Armageddon to

assist in inaugurating over the world the power of the
spiritual ruler of the sacred seven and representing the
spiritual reign of the Sun of wisdom.
 Stellar Palmistry 43

The victory over darkness can only be established by

and through the higher influences of the sacred seven
under the rulership of this higher esoteric spiritual ruler,
and the ruler of the ninth sign of the Zodiac has called
into action the remainder of the rulers of the sacred seven.
 CHAPTER V.

A Careful Investigation of the Subject Will Reveal the

Truth Character and Destiny Are Marked
That by
the Mounts and Lines of the Hand.

We will now take up the exoteric side of palmistry or

chiromancy, as it is sometimes called. Is character and
destiny marked by the mounts and lines of the hand?
We must answer this question in the affirmative, and if
the inquirer will give careful investigation to the subject
and apply practical judgment there will be no doubt of
the truth of the statement.
There is much indeed in the markings of the palm
for the student to decipher, for the reason
that is difficult
that there is not sufficient tabulation of the many occult
and peculiar lines to be found in studying the markings
in the hands of various individuals, and that this study
is extensive may be realized when it must be considered
that there are no two hands that are marked exactly
alike, though there may be a marked similarity in some
cases, just as there are no two horoscopes the same, al
though in the case of twins, for instance, there would be

a marked similarity in the character and general environ

ment. Thus, for instance, the student finds himself at
fault when some unique and peculiar line presents itself
to his observation and he is at a loss to interpret the mean
ing thereof.
 Stellar Palmistry 45

We may first give an outline of the principal lines and

mounts to be considered. We have already learned that
the thumb is ruled by Mars. The top joint expresses will,
the lower joint expresses reason, thought. If the top
joint is longer in comparison to the lower joint it is an
indication that the individual accomplishes his purposes
more through will force, while if the lower joint is more
massive than the top joint it is an indication that the
individual accomplishes his object more through careful
thought and reasoning. There is much indicated by the
thumb.
We have already learned that the first forefinger is
ruled by Jupiter and especially the mount at the base of
this finger on the inside of the hand. The second finger
is ruled by Saturn, more especially the mounts or de
pressions, as the case may be, as the base of the fingers
are considered to be under the planet's rule ; for in
stance, if the mount at the base of the finger is full and
prominent it shows that it will be prominent in the
affairs of the native and will have an influence in bring
ing good into the life of the individual, while the oppo
site is the case when there is a depression at the base of
the finger. The third finger and mount is under the rule
of the Sun, while the fourth or little finger and mount is
under the rule of Mercury. It must ever be carefully
observed to which of these fingers and mounts the lines
in the palm run to, as it is an indication that the thing
signified by such lines will come to a great extent under
the influence of the planet ruling the finger or mount.
In considering this subject exoterically the left hand is
46 Stellar Palmistry

under the rule of the same planets as the right hand

except in the left hand is to be read the spiritual tenden
cies and affairs of the individual. On the outer edge of
the palm and just below the mount of Mercury is found
the mount of Mars, and just as this mount is prominent
so will the Mars influence be prominent, depending, of
course, as it harmonizes with the lines of the hand. Just
below the mount of Mars and opposite the base of the
thumb is found of the Moon and the same
the mount

is,
judgment is rendered here, that when round and full
the Moon has much influence in the life of the individual.
At the base of the thumb found the mount of Venus.

is
When this mount prominent, round and smooth
is

is
it
an indication that the native is of Venus nature, and

a
obtains much benefit through Venus affairs, and for

is
tunate in all affairs of the heart, while the mount

if

is
crossed with many lines the native may find much annoy
ance or anxiety through those affairs. This also true

is
of the other mounts mentioned.
We now come to the lines as marked in the palm of
the hands. The principal line what termed the line
is
is

of life, and found generally to run from the line of

is

the head downward around the ball of the thumb, and

from the markings of this line the length of life in
is

mortal expression denoted. The line of health starts

from under the mount of Mercury. not the same
It
is

in all cases and runs diagonally across the palm of the

hand and connects with the line of life at the base of the
thumb. The line of the head starts from the base of the
first finger or just below the mount of Jupiter, and runs
across the hand in most instances toward the mount of
 Stellar Palmistry 47

Mars, or it may go to the mount of Mercury or of the

Moon. The line of the heart is just above the line of the
head, and generally runs parallel with it. The line of
Mars starts near the beginning of the head line and runs
close to the ball of the thumb just outside the line of life.
The line of Saturn or line of Fate or Fortune, as it is
sometimes called, has its beginning near the center of
the palm near the wrist and runs upward inclined toward
the mount of Saturn or some one of the mounts hereto
fore mentioned. The line of the Sun is just outside the
of Saturn, more to the outside of the palm and runs
line
upward toward the fingers. The line of Jupiter is gener
ally found between the line of Mars and the line of
Saturn, though all these lines are varied in length accord
ing as the influenceof the planet ruling the line is mani
festing in the life of the individual, and as these lines
converge toward different mounts in the hand, so likewise
will that influence be felt by the individual.
Then, too, particular attention must be given to the
markings of the lines, whether they be clear or rough,
connected or broken, also the color, as this is an indica
tion of the conditions as shown by the lines so marked.
Concerning the line of life, should this line run clearly
round the thumb and no breaks are found therein, then
the life will be to a great extent free from sickness and
disease, while ifthe line is found to be short and broken
in. both hands and no continuing line after the breaks,
then it is to be judged that the life in the physical ex

pression will not be long, but in connection with this line

of life the line of health must ever be considered ; in fact,
the two are ever closely associated. Then again, if there
48 Stellar Palmistry

is a decided break and the line still continues afterward,

clearly defined, a serious illness will come to the native
near the time of life as indicated in the break of the line
though this illness is followed by health and strength,
just according to the clearness and strength of the line
as indicated after the break. The line of the health is
sometimes termed the line of the liver, and by this line is
shown the nature of the illness or diseases to which the
native is most liable to suffer. If on this line there is an
island-shaped marking, and the lines are pale yellowish
color, this is an indication of liver affections and sickness
caused from indigestion, inflammation of the bowels, all
are kindred affections. If the line of health is found to
be pale and weak in its markings, and more especially if
at some points it joins with the line of life and finally
connects or runs into the line of the heart, it is a sure
indication of heart affections and poor circulation, and
when the line of health is found to be disconnected and
broken, and is joined to the line of the head to a marked
extent and seems at times of a high color, changing to
pale, it is an indication of brain fever. This line when
conjoined to the line of Jupiter, Mars or the Sun and
clearly marked, favorable indication of health and
is a
vigor, Sun and Jupiter being more favorable than Mars,
as too much of the Mars influence the native is liable to
suffer from violent fevers, accidents, etc. When the
native is ill this line will be found to be pale or highly
colored according to nature of sickness.
 Stellar Palmistry 49

The Head Line Important in Obtaining Judgment of the

Individuality and General Character.

We will continue taking up the line of the head. This

is an important line to consider in obtaining judgment
relative to the individuality and general character, though
as in Astrology the hand must be taken as a whole just
as the whole chart must be considered as wejl as the
ascendant. The head line in a way corresponds to the
ascendant This line arises between the
in the horoscope.
mount of Jupiter at the base of the first finger and the
thumb generally, and is usually united at its departure
with the line of life, and which it leaves almost imme
diately to advance more or less horizontally, while the
life line, its companion, descends and surrounds the
mount of Venus. The line of the head indicates intel
ligence and intellect, and in accordance with the length or
shortness, clearness or reverse, so will the intelligence
manifest. If this line runs wholly across the palm, intel
lect will predominating feature in the life, depending
be a
to a great extent, of course, at what point it begins, the
part of the palm it traverses and the point which marks
its end. If the head line verges toward the mount of the
Moon, there will be a vivid imagination, a certain con
ception of the occult, mystical and romantic ideas as well
as scientific truths. When the head line is found to join
the life line at its commencement, this indicates the native
is rather quiet and reserved in nature, and, although
capable, lacks confidence in self. When there is width
and breadth at the junction of the lines of the head and
5o Stellar Palmistry

life line, force, courage

and will power will be found.
When the head line is found to be straight and long this
is a signification of good judgment, denotes a lucid mind
and a strong will, firm in their convictions and especially
if it crosses the plane of Mars and terminates on the
mount of Mars. It then advances in calmness and
strength amidst of life without avoiding or
the struggles
fearing them and knowjng well how to use them to the
best advantage. At the same time the line if long and
straight denotes selfishness or at least extreme economy.
This is for the reason that it is excess of reason and
calculation. Then again, if the head line after crossing
the plane of Mars which joins to the mount of Mars and
goes down by the side of the mount of the Moon, then
a less sound judgment will be indicated. To some extent
life will be looked upon more from an artist's point of
view ; fancies will be liable to take the place of realities
and when the line verges strongly to this point it denotes
vivid imaginations, romantic extravagances; in fact, the
qualities of the Moon influence the intellect to a remark
able degree. Then again, there may be a branch running
upward toward the mount of Mars and another toward
the mount of the Moon. Judgment must be rendered ac
cordingly, that is, observe which line is most clear, broad
and distinct, for that line will manifest the greatest power
in the life of the native. When the line goes down very low
into of the Moon, the native has no mind of
the mount
his own, vacillating and shallow in affairs of the occult.
If the line of the head verges toward certain mounts or
if a branch runs upward to certain mounts, the ideas turn
 Stellar Palmistry 51

toward the qualities inspired by such mounts, as if to

Mercury, commerce; if to Saturn, research, meditation;
the Sun, reputation, honor, Jupiter,
celebrity, riches;
church affairs, positions of judgment; to Mars, to war
and martial affairs. When the line is pale and broken, it
indicates a want of circumspection; a line chained or
linked is a deficiency of fixedness of purpose of thought,
and a little colored denotes hesitation. A line cut at the
end denotes a wound in the head or throat and when the
headline is broken into two trunks under the mount of
Saturn and marked by a cross,it is an indication that the
native will be put to death by his fellowmen. When,
round knots appear in the line of the head it is an indica
tion of homicide. If these are pale in color the crime has
been committed; if red, they are yet to be perpetrated.
Red points indicate wounds in the head ; white points show
discoveries in science.
In further consideration of the headline, when this
line is found bifurcated at the end, continuing directly in
one branch and descending to the mount of the Moon
with the other line prominent, it indicates that the indi
vidual will deceive himself and others, and is one of the
signs which denotes that the native is hypocritical. If
the line is found to be long, slender and not very clearly
marked, it is an indication of infidelity, treason and faith
lessness, and if a cross is formed in the middle of this
line it is approaching death or a mortal wound. This
will become more highly colored as the fatal time ap
proaches. A
line cut at the beginning indicates diseased
limbs and feet, falls or wounds. If cut in many places,
5-' Stellar Palmistry

it denotes a short life in the physical or much ill health.

If the headline is accompanied by a sister line through all
its course, it denotes an inheritance or gain through
others' favor. It is considered a fortunate passage.
When the line of the head is not joined to the line
of life, it denotes fantasy, light mind and falsehood;
when disjoined but uniting to it by branches which
cross, it denotes the native is capricious, and if other
significations agree the native will be unfortunate. When
this line is very slender and broken at times it is an indi
cation of diseased liver, indigestion ; morbid fancies, fears
and apprehensions assail the native.
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 CHAPTER VI.

The Heart Line Should Be Clearly Marked and Reach

Right Across the Palm.

We will now consider the line of the heart, which is

the first line placed horizontally at the top of the palm
and runs along at the base of the mounts. It should be
clearly marked, well colored though not inflamed and
should reach right across the palm beginning at or near
the mount of Jupiter, ofttimes just below this mount.
It then signifies a good heart, a strong and honest love.
As the name implies, this line of heart bears record of
the emotional part of the nature. Love and hate, pas
sion and pain, joy and sorrow, all set their seal upon it.
If the line of the heart is overlong, reaching around the
side of palm, jealousy is indicated, while crosses and
squares on this line denote there will be barriers and ob
structions to the desires and wishes of heart. Small pits
on this line denote disappointments in affairs of the heart.
From the greater or less length of the heart line may be
judged the strength or weakness of attachment. If, in
stead of rising from the mount of Jupiter this line begins
at the top of the mount of Saturn, then the love will
be more sensual than that of the heart. If the attachment
be strong but not pure, the line will go to the side of
Mercury, the messenger God who carries the astral
light communicating with matter, while Jupiter is the
54 Stellar Palmistry

supreme ideal. Thus the more this line extends over

the mount of Jupiter,
the more will it indicate a lofty
and pure love with no material alloy. The top of the
line is ideal love, the bottom sensual. Sometimes this
line of the heart will run completely around the hand to
the back. This is an indication of excess of affection
and consequently unregulated. Those who have this
marked clearly may be happy thereby but may also experi
ence much suffering therefrom. A line of the heart broken
in many parts shows inconstancy in love and friendship,
and contempt of the opposite sex is indicated if other
significations agree. A break in this line is ever an indi
cation of weakness, and if the break is abrupt the cause
will be indicated by the nature of the mount under
which it is broken. The cause will ever relate to the
evil influence of the mount, for weakness is error. If
broken under the mount of Saturn, denotes some fatality
or secret spite; when between Saturn and Sun, folly;
under the Sun, infatuation
or pride, egotism; between
Sun and Mercury, sordid avarice; under Mercury, selfish
ness or ignorance. If the line of the heart is chained or
jagged with small lines following its course, it denotes
inconstancy with petty intrigues. A line of red color
denotes an ardent love. The line pale and broad is
heartless debauchery and profligacy. When pale, it shows
lack of power and energy.
In further consideration of the line of the heart, when
the line is too broad, it is too broad a channel for the
circulating fluid, like a broad, shallow river passing over
a bed of mud, and if the line of the heart is found to be
 Stellar Palmistry 55

united between the thumb and the index finger with the
line of life and the line of the head, it is a fatal sign ; a
presage of a violent death when found so in both hands.
If of the heart during its course inclines down
the line
ward to the line of life below it is a signification of evil
instincts. This is especially true if the other lines agree.
It is at least a sign of avarice, that is, it shows the heart
swayed entirely by the head and is joined to the if it
line of the head below the finger of Saturn it is a signifi
cation of a violent death. Saturn is ever the fate planet.
If the line of the heart is crossed by other than the prin
cipal lines, as many misfortunes and disappointments in
the affections may be looked for as there are intersec
tions. Certain red points sunk into the line indicate as
many bodily or mental pains. A line bare and without
branches indicates a cold heart, is without affection and
very seldom receives any. If the line of the heart casts
out branches toward the mount of Jupiter, and especially
if these branches are marked, it shows the native will
obtain favor from this planet and obtain favors and pos
sessions. Even the moderate influence of Jupiter is ever
good. In considering a line that is broken, do not judge
the thing will prove fatal unless the same be marked in
the other hand.
Thus at will be observed that one hand
times it
will correct the faults of the other. This is more often
found to be the left hand that assists in overcoming
the faults of the right hand, as the higher spiritual
forces are manifesting here more distinctly and with the
endeavor to uplift though little can avail unless there
56 Stellar Palmistry

be a proper balance; therefore in rendering judgment

one single indication of a catastrophe is hardly sufficient
evidence that it will be made manifest, and there must be
other indications that concur with signs of fatal results.
One is the warning of danger, the prevention of which
must for among others, or if not, by the in
be looked
tervention of the will guided by prudence. If the line
of the heart is bifurcated at its origin and a branch rises
towards Jupiter, it is an indication of good fortune, and
if the other branch stops between the index and the mid
dle finger it denotes a happy, tranquil life. If the heart
line begins under the mount of Saturn roughly and with
out branches, it is a threat of violence, a short life or
many troubles and afflictions. If this line is divided into
two branches, one of which rises toward Saturn and the
other descends towards the line of the head, it is an indi
cation that the native will often be deceived and experi
ence many losses of Mercurial nature. When white
points are marked on the heart line it is an indication
of love intrigues, and when a hand is found without the
line of the heart marked an indication of
it,

upon
is
it

evil mind, aptness to evil, though strong will shown,

is
a

liable to an early death.

In considering the line of life fully not wise to
is
it

conceal at all times that which found written, though

is

there are exceptions to this rule, and must be realized

it

the will, cannot avoid the fatality can modify

if

that
it

to great extent the effect indicated by the line of life

a

with the exception of the inevitable fatalities, written in

the hand, which may even be rendered favorable by the
 Stellar Palmistry 57

aid of knowledge. All the lines may increase or dimin

ish or even disappear ultimately and the natal lines may
be traced light on the hand, but they may
by the astral
be controlled and consequently modified by the will to
which they submit those influences which it adopts or
rejects just according to its' good pleasure.
In further consideration of the line of the life, which
is a most important line, the will which at every moment
is in direct communication with the hand, and is its
master, the moulder thereof, and stamps upon the hand,
which is the minister and servant of the will, its own
impression and desires ; as, for instance, water dropping
incessantly rock hollows it and alters or perfects
upon a
the first form given to it by the physical manifestation
into matter and the direct influenceof the astral rays, as
they express themselves at that particular moment. This
we have clearly set forth in treating upon the science of
Astrology. When the line of life is long, well formed,
slightly colored and runs down well to the wrist, it is an
indication of a long, happy life, free from ills of the
flesh and is an indication of good disposition and char
acter. When the line is pale and broad it is an indica
tion of ill health and the character is more apt to be
influenced for evil than for good. In judgment look well
to the head line and combine the two influences. Broad
pale lines are not favorable significations. When this
line of life is marked at intervals broad and narrow then
judge that in the narrow and more highly, colored lines
the native's health will be more favorable than when pass
ing the broad lines.
58 Stellar Palmistry

Life Line Divided into Twelve Divisions Representing

Seven Years Each.

The line of life may be divided from its beginning

below the mount of Jupiter to the wrist into twelve
different divisions representing seven years each, and
by this division the student may judge of the different
years of life when the health and general conditions
will suffer or prove most favorable for good. This
makes a total of eighty-four years, seven times twelve,
and the student may also apply these twelve divisions
in this wise: Let each division represent a sign of
the Zodiac and let the sign or part of the sign the
degree be placed beginning of the life line
upon the
and let each sign follow in its order, as for instance, in
one case the eleventh of the sign Pisces would
degree
mark the beginning of the line of life, and then follow
in order the signs Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer and so
on in natural order; or, in other words, it would com
pare favorably with the method as used in Astrology of
following the revolutionary figure or the Sun's pro
gressive movement, though only seven signs would be
marked in the line of the hand as representing the length
of life in mortal expression. When this line is found to
be short and cut off suddenly in both hands similarly,
then judge the native will not remain long in the mortal
form, and if this indication is marked in the one hand
and broken but continued in the other hand, then judge
the native will meet with serious accident or illness that
will bring a radical change into his life. In this judg
 Stellar Palmistry 59

ment look well to the line of Saturn and the head and
heart lines, also the mounts; in fact, the whole hand is
involved in the matter and when the life line is broken
in one hand and no break occurs in the other hand, then
the student safely judge that the native has either
may
met with or will meet with serious accident or malignant
disease that has taken him very near to the higher life.

is,
In judging of the time, that whether has passed or

it
to come, mark off the line as described into seven
is

divisions and mark the divisions in which the break oc

curs. The life then must be read from the line of the
other hand. Another consideration, when the line cut

is
short may branch toward the thumb or inward to the
it

If to the thumb, then judge there no hope, but

is
palm.
toward the palm then there hope, but mark well the
is
if

indications in both hands, for" both agree then judge

if

accordingly. When the life line double and clear and

is

deformed or chained or broken an indication

is

not
it

favorable to the life of the native.

When the line of life very broad and many red points
is

are marked therein an indication of violent temper

is

a
it

and brutal instincts unless this overcome elsewhere by

is

or of the head. When this line

is

the line of the heart

of livid blue and mingled with redness an indication
is
it

that the native passionate and manifesting on the low

is

er plane, the controlled by the lower senses,

mind
is

and when this line of life, instead of having its begin

ning from the back of the hand between the mounts of
Jupiter and Venus, that is, between the index finger and
the thumb, throws one great line or branches out over
6o Stellar Palmistry

the mount of Jupiter so that it seems to have its begin

ning on this mount, it is a certain indication of
favor
from high dignitaries and those in power and
authority.
The native may be raised up to power and
position
through his superiors. It is a very favorable indication
for honors and possessions and the attainment to posi
tions of dignity and trust. If the line of life is cut by
many small lines and the line of health agree, it denotes
many crosses, though if the line
wavers not, but moves
onward, straight and not too broad, the native will easily
overcome these and pass over them without great diffi
culty, though if the line is wavering and almost lost at
times the native's crosses will overcome him.
When the line of life is joined with the line of the
heart and that of the head as well, it is an unfavorable
indication and denotes that misfortune will follow the
native, unless he receives
some strong benefic influence
from Jupiter or the Sun, while if Saturn's influence pre
vails, that
is,

branch connecting the mount of Saturn

is
a

with the conjunction, then the native will surely meet

with many misfortunes and disappointments and will be
melancholy. These significations presage a violent death
or the native apt to take his life in his hands.
is

When the line of life not joined in any way with

is

the line of the head and there found to be quite

is

is a

space between the two lines, signifies the native

it

given to folly, caprice, envy and falsehood. Look well

to the indications as marked in both hands when ren
dering judgment. When the line of life and line of
head separated by space and no lines or
is

great
a
 Stellar Palmistry 61

branches connect them, and when these two lines are

broad and red, it is a certain indication of cruelty, van
ity, love of pomp and display, a narrow intellect delight
ing in cruelty, revengeful, and if other significations
agree, denotes a violent death. When the line of life is
found unequal, not uniform, that

is,
more hollow in one
part than another, an indication of vehement pas

is
it
sions. When the line too narrow, the native apt

is

is
to live in narrow way. This more true the lines

if
is
a

of the head and heart agree. When the line of the head
thick throughout an indication of passionate bru
is

is
it

tality, and when wrinkles are found on the line of life

and line of health, denotes maladies, some chronic
it

affliction. When the line of Mars, which forms com

a
panion line to the line of life and forms second line

a
of life following the course inwardly from the mount
of the thumb or Venus, favorable indication and
is
it

gives strength of life and

and power to the line also

is
an indication that will overcome his enemies,
the native
and when running the full course of the line of life and
red in color, an indication of success in military
is

is

affairs. In many instances the principal lines of the

hand do not show favorable indications on account of
cross lines and breaks but this may be overcome by the
presence of companion lines that are clear and perfect,
thus overcoming the evil, though both show defects
if

there small hope of good.

is

When an orb found on the line of life an indi

is
is

it

cation that the native will lose the sight of an eye, and
two orbs are marked then the loss of eyesight indi
if

is
62 Stellar Palmistry

cated if other significations agree. When circles are

found on the line of life it is an indication that life will
be taken. In these significations look well to both hands
in line of life, and study well the heart line how they
shall agree. When branches part from the line of life
and run upward toward the top it shows violence and
exuberant emotions, and when a cross is found upon the
denotes mortal infirmity,

it,
line where the branches cut

it
though when cross found at the end of the line

is
it
is
a

favorable indication for goodness and capability, though

the native will suffer severe losses at times in his posses
sions. Look well to the line of Saturn, and observe,

if
the two agree, some favorable signification will over
come that. When small black indentions or squares are
found at the beginning of the line the native inclined

is
to be violent tempered, and may in the heat of passion
commit some terrible crime, other significations do not
if

mitigate this influence. When the branches from the

line of life extend over the mount of Mars, an indi
is
it

cation of success and attainment of desires after many

struggles and much suffering.
When lines are marked that have their beginning in
the hollow of the hand, and run upward towards, the line
of life, cross this line and ascend the mount of Venus,
it

denotes some difficulties through females. The native

liable to serious physical injury through the female sex.
is
 CHAPTER VII.

The Line of Saturn or So-Called Fate Line.

When the line of life in one hand is bifurcated at the

base, it is a signification of possible weakening of the
mental forces, which is brought on by severe sedentary
labor, common among literary persons, etc. In render
ing judgment as to time of thing or event, consider the
seven divisions of twelve years each. We have spoken
heretofore of the line of Saturn, which rises or has its
beginning at various points in the hand. It may have
its beginning at the wrist or on the mount of the Moon
or Mars or in the plain of Mars or on the line of life or it
may begin on the mount of Saturn. It is apt to begin at
one of the points mentioned. When it has its beginning
on the line of life it participates to a great extent in the
qualities of the line of life, that is, according as it is
long or short, pale or highly colored, rough or smooth,
narrow or broad, and much is indicated by the point at
which it ends. When it has its beginning in the plane
of Mars, it is an indication of a more or less painful
life, though if this line extends to the mount of Saturn
the native will be more cautious and shrewd for his own
ends. When this line of fate, as it is sometimes called,
has its beginning at the wrist and rises in a direct line
to the mount of Saturn, tracing a deep line in that mount
64 Stellar Palmistry

and has its ending here, it is an indication that the native

finds many barriers to overcome, but will through perse-
verence succeed. When the line proceeds further toward
and contacts the mount of Jupiter, under the first finger,
it signifies that the native will find success more easily,
and the life will be more tranquil. When the line pene
trates to the left of the mount of Saturn into the mount of
the Sun, it is an indication of excessive fatality, and shows
a great destiny for the native, though it mayfor good be
or evil. In judgment, look well to the significations of
the head line and line of heart, as these will indicate
which way the balance will fall. When this line has its
beginning in the mount of the Moon, and goes direct to
the mount of Saturn, it is an evidence of favors from
the caprice of male or female.
To continue this subject will be a stepping-stone to a
consideration of the higher and more important esoteric
side of this science. We on the spirit side must ever
keep in mind the fact that we are contacting conditions
that are of the Earth earthy. I am not speaking, person
ally, but generally, and the importance of the I is ever
prominent among human kind, and ever will be until a
change takes place, and each individual who imagines
he is able to create one new thought discovers that he is
but a struggling mite in an infinite ocean of thought and
wisdom that always has and ever will exist.
In further consideration, when the line of fate or
Saturnian line is found to be long and straight and pos
sesses many branches that seem to flow upward toward
the mounts and fingers, it is an indication that the native
 Stellar Palmistry 65

will ever be able to rise above his environments. Even

though he be born to poverty he will attain honor and
possessions. It is always well to look to the head line,
and observe the strength of will and purpose.
We have already mentioned that much is indicated by
the thumb in this respect. When this Saturnian line has
its beginning in the line of life and flows upward, it is
an indication that position and fortune will be acquired
through personal merit. This is also an indication of a
generous, free heart, honesty of purpose. Observe well
the indications as found in the line of life and the line
of the heart before rendering judgment. When this line
of fate is met or cut by certain other lines at its end,
it is then an indication that the native will find favor
and success to be followed by severe losses or disappoint
ments, though will again find success after a
the native
time, if other significations agree as to ambition, will
power and perseverance. It must be kept in mind that
the more closely this line is associated with the mount
of Saturn, the more prominent will this influence be felt
in the life of the native. Thus, when this line has its
beginning here, it denotes that the early life will be ruled
more by this Saturnian influence, but in rendering judg
ment as to the latter portion of life, observe closely
where this line runs, to what portion of the palm, and
look well to its ending, as for instance, after leaving the
mount of Saturn it branches or curves upward to the
mount of Jupiter, judge that during the latter part of
life the Jupiterian influence will be most pronounced,
though there will ever be an undercurrent of Saturn run
66 Stellar Palmistry

ning through the life. Then, too, if this line has its be
ginning at other points in the palm, that may presage
good fortune, though it runs straight up to the mount of
Saturn and cuts it deeply, then judge the native's life
will be according to the influence as manifested, where
the line begins in its earlier part, but the end of life will
be ruled by Saturn to a considerable degree, and other
significations in the hand must be studied closely in ren
dering judgment whether this influence will be for good
or evil. As in the science of Astrology Saturn's influence
is considered unfavorable, and the deeper this line or any
other line cuts the mount of Saturn the more pronounced
will be this influence. When this Saturnian line has its
beginning at the wrist and flows upward and stops sud
denly at the line of the heart, and if it is violently broken
it is a signification that the happiness and peace of mind
is destroyed by some affair of the heart, and if this line
has a sudden termination at the line of the head, and is
cut off without any continuation by branches or other
wise, it is an indication that the native has lost some
good opportunity to advance his interests through some
false calculation, or it may indicate some disease of the
mind or brain, providing other significations agree. In
this, look also to the line of life.
In further consideration of the line of fate, when this
line rises from the line of the head, and forms a half-
circle or branches upward to the mount of Saturn, it is
an indication of labor, pain, sorrow and disease. Look
well to that point to which this line shall have its ending,
as if the mount of Jupiter, then the intellect will take on
 Stellar Palmistry 67

that influence, and the native will overcome the diffi

culties placed in his pathway more easily and with small
effort. If the line has its ending at the mount of the
Sun, then the mind or thought shall be given to honors,
position, while to Mercury, the commercial spirit will
predominate. If the line be smooth and not broken or
crossed, then judge the native will' be successful in the
affairs as indicated under the mount to which it flows.
When a double line of fate is marked in the hand, when
it is winding and hardly marked or difficult to trace, it
is an indication of selfish motives and purpose, a subtle

cunning, and denotes the end of life will be spent in

much sickness and infirmity; quite apt to be the result
of allowing the will to be ruled by the lower senses.
When the lines are smooth and marked not too broad or
too narrow, and end upon some point in the palm of
favorable influence, then judge the native will find a
more happy life free from the afflictions of ill health.
The life will be more open and honorable. When the
lines are smooth and unbroken and lead to an unfavor
able point in the palm, it is a better indication than if
the lines rough, broken and scarcely traceable, and
be
lead to a favorable point of influence.
When the line of fate is quite straight in its course and
colored at the end, it is a favorable indication of happiness
and comfort in the old age, and if other indications agree,
in the head line and mounts, favorable for inventions,
original ideas, study of the sciences and philosophy. If
the line is branched at the end, it is an indication of suc
cess in agriculture, gardening, etc. When the line of fate
68 Stellar Palmistry

is broken and cut, and detached at intervals, it is an indi

life is very much broken, periods of success
cation that the
followed by periods of depression, ill health and probable
losses.
There are instances where this line is not marked at all,
but in such instances it is an indication that the life will
be insignificant, nothing of importance will come to the
native either for good or evil. This line will be found
wanting in many of the uncivilized tribes and particu
larly among the Esquimaux. When the line of fate sets
out from the line of the head and rises straight to the
mount of Jupiter, and cuts deeply into this mount, it is
an indication of extreme veneration. When it rises
straight to the mount of the Sun with no branches, it
denotes pride, arrogance. When branching out over this
mount, gives favors from those in power and authority,
attainment of position of dignity. When branching over
mount of Mercury, then commerce, science or eloquence.
When branching over mount of Mars, it is an indica
tion of success in martial affairs, in the military, a sur
geon or physician. If over the Moon, then by strange
and peculiar occupations of changeable nature, maybe
writer or traveler. When branching over the mount of
Venus it denotes favors from the female sex, success in
occupations where the native deals with the opposite sex.
In judgment, look well to the line if smooth and
unbroken, and from what point it has its beginning and
judge accordingly. There are many significations to be
considered in rendering judgment as to this line of fate,
and it will be found to be associated with all the more
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prominent lines of the hand, especially is it associated

with the line of life.
There is no doubt but that some individuals may be
really fortunate or happy through fatality, as it is
termed, though in such hands the will is strong and
other indications stand out prominently. Then again,
these lines may often change, as for instance, after some
marked event in the life of the native the lines will con
form more closely and exactly with the events, in the
same way as certain parts of the head increase or dimin
ish according as they are used. This is forth clearly
set

in the study of the head. Then too, lines in the hand,

such as the line of life and the line of fate or Saturn
are observed to change in general form, color, etc., as

the various points on these lines have been reached by

the native, although the lines must ever be taken as a

whole.
In rendering judgment, important
there are certain
markings as in Astrology, such as the line of life,
line of the heart, and line of head and
Saturn, that

must be considered in the same manner as the ascendant

or first house, the ruling planet and the polarities of the

Sun and Moon, and the Sun's progressive place in the
chart of life, which corresponds to the point on the
line

of life that the native has reached in physical expression.

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The Hepatic or Line of the Liver.

We will now consider another line of importance,

though it is not always clearly marked in the hands of
all This is the hepatic or line of the liver,
individuals.
as it is commonly called. This line generally has its be
ginning near the ending of the line of life at the wrist,
and flows upward toward the mount of Moon, Mars or
Mercury, although it may run toward the thumb or mount
of Jupiter. When this line is found long, smooth, straight,
not winding, is well colored, not too narrow or too broad,
it is a most favorable indication of good health, rich
blood and general harmony in the fluids of the system,
and if running well into the mount of Mercury or Sat
urn, gives good memory. The native is retentive, is suc
cessful in his undertakings in the commercial world,
though in this judgment ever consider the will, the line
of life and line of the head, as if these agree, then judge
of great success in the lines mentioned. If they disagree
then judge the success will not be so marked.
When this line is winding and undulating it denotes a

bilious temperament, and the honor of the native may be

■
questioned. When an island is found in this line, it de

notes liver troubles brought on by careless

and indigestion
living. When this line is thin and pale in color and
broken, it denotes difficulty with the heart, weak circu
lation. When this line begins higher in the palm, as in
the plane, of Mars, then judge the events in the life of
the native will be more marked. The absence of this
line does not necessarily indicate disease or sickness.
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Then again, this line may begin in the line of life and
run across the middle of the palm towards the mount of
the Moon or Mars, and parallel with the line of the head.
It is not so favorable to good health and long life when
this line is joined to the line of life.
When this line is undulating, broken, winding and sud
denly ceases at the line of the head, it is an indication of
some of the brain, some trouble of the head.
diseases
When this line is separated from line of life, it is a favor
able indication for health, as, joined to the line of life, it
denotes a weakness of vital organs. When on this line an
arrow-shaped mark found that cuts this line squarely, it
is
is a sure indication of illness at that point in the life.
When this line rises up to the mounts of the fingers, is
straight, smooth and well colored, it is a favorable indi
cationfor good health and a long life, even to the mount
of Saturn. When this line, with the line of the head
and the line of Saturn, form a triangle, it gives an apti
tude in the study of the occult and mysterious, a student
of Nature.
In further consideration of the hepatic line, when it
is found thick, cut and broken,' it is an indication of
chronic complaints. The native will suffer much in the
latter part of life. When this line is found to be very
unequally colored, that is, in some parts very pale and
in others very red, it is an indication of sickness, though
not of a serious nature unless some other indications
assist. When this line is very red on its arrival at the
line of the head, and afterwards becomes pale, it is an
indication of some diseases of the head. If the line is
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pale on its arrival at the line of the heart, then judge

of a weak vitality, and if very highly colored on its
arrival at the heart line, then judge some difficulty with
the heart, liable to apoplexy, etc.
When this hepatic line is found thin and pale in the
beginning and ending, and more highly colored in the
middle portion, then judge the native is liable to fevers
or accidents of a Mars character. In rendering judg
ment as to time, combine the indications shown by this
line with those of the line of life. They will be found
to agree in the main, though the thing may be indicated
more clearly in the one than in the other. When this
line crosses over the mount of the Moon, and runs on
to the percussion of the hand, then judge the native will
be most capricious. In rendering judgment, look well
to the thumb and the head lines in both hands, as this
fault may be overcome by a strong will, a sound intel
lect. When this line is straight and deep it is an indi
cation that the native is emotional, of deep feeling, good
of heart. When found to be broken, cut and discon
tinued, it denotes difficulties of the liver, indigestion, trouble,

with the bowels.

When this line is thin, though well marked and runs
upward toward the finger mounts, especially toward Sat
urn, and just before arriving at the line of the head
branches out, so that it bceomes forked and forms a tri
angle with the line of the head, it is a sure indication
of covetousness, which will
gratified in some possi
be

ble way, even to the loss of friends. When this line is

deeply colored at the same time, it is an indication of
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brutality; the lower animal instincts predominate. In

rendering judgment as to the ultimate conditions after
leaving the line of the head, look well which of the
branches is more clearly marked and unbroken, and to
what point this branch has its ending.
When this line is straight, unbroken and of a healthful
color and has its ending upon some favorable point in
the palm, then safely judge the native will find much
joy and happiness in life, goodness of heart, and pos
sesses the faculty of making others happy ; is one of
those individuals that seem to carry sunshine with them
everywhere they may be, can change sadness to joy.
This indication will be manifested even though the line
of life, of head and heart disagree, though not to that
extent as when the same indications are recorded in other
portions of the hand. Also study well if the line be too
thin, for if so the native will have soft words, but the
intuitions are evil for his own ends.
When this line begins at the line of life and runs
upward, and seems to have its ending in the line of the
head, it is an unfavorable indication. The native is con
trolled to a great extent by the will of others. His envi
ronments have a great effect over his life. This line is
better to run straight upward toward the mount of
Jupiter than if it joins the line of head farther over
toward the mounts of Moon or Mars. When this line
is broken and very highly colored, then judge the native
possesses a morose, sullen temper, and if other indica
tions are shown, as heretofore mentioned in the line of
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life or the line of the heart, the native will commit some
crime for which he will suffer the death penalty.
The circle of Venus is generally found between the
mounts of Jupiter and Saturn, although it may run
over to the mount of the Sun or Mercury, or to the
mount of Mars. It is a line generally forming a semi
circle. This circle of Venus, when connecting with the
mount of Mercury, encloses as in an island, both the
mount of Saturn and the Sun, that is, fate and light,
leaving without guide or counsel the unregulated in
stincts of ambition, falsehood, libertinism and caprice,
which are the evil instincts of the undeveloped Jupiter.
Saturn, Mars, Mercury and Moon, when they are not
enlightened and ennobled by the benefic rays of the Sun.
The circle of Venus indicates its tendencies by its
uncontrolled love, debauchery. The
is,

name, that
is
it

lower passions rule the native's action, and

if

is
it
double or triple and badly marked and broken, and the
same indication marked in both hands, signifies
is

it

a
desire for pleasure on low plane.
a

When this circle or line has its ending upon the mount
of Mercury then knowledge and the will may combat and
overcome these lower instincts by being exhausted in ac
tive employment. It an influence similar to the evil
is

configuration of Mars, Venus and Saturn, as given here

tofore. It will be observed in rendering judgment on
these influences that which are superabun
the passions
dance of life, never lose their native power or energy, but
are in way similar to devastating torrent when skill
a

fully guided, restrained and controlled by the will, their

 Stellar Palmistry 75

power sets in motion other benefic operations that give

good results.

The Line of the Sun an Important One.

The line of the Sun is an important one. It is often

found with its beginning on the mount of the Moon, or
it may be upon the mount or plane of Mars, though it
may have its beginning from the line of life, though
wherever its beginning, it ever runs toward the mount
of the Sun. This line may not be prominent in the
hand, or may not be present at all. It signifies love of
honor, riches, glory, celebrity, favor from those in high
places, love of rulership.
When this line is found straight, quite hollow, smooth,
long and cuts very deep into the mount of the Sun, then
judge the native will be successful in attaining his wishes
and desires, loveof art and the beautiful and grand, and
even those individuals who are not artists will receive
from this line the desire of the beautiful. They will
possess the artistic eye, though they may not have taste
nor soul for art if they belong more to the material world.
Ever look well to where this line has its beginning and
judge accordingly. The Moon, Mars and Venus influence
ever give artistic ability. When this line is placed across
the mount of the Sun or forms a cross with some other
line, then judge there will be some obstacle that will over
come their effort to attain success. Look well to the will,
the thumb and the head line, in rendering judgment.
If two or three lines of seeming equal strength and
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are winding or tortuous, it is an indication that the

native has a taste or cultivation for several branches of
art which dissipates the power and tends to prevent com
plete success in any one line, and if two branches appear
distinctly marked and move in opposite directions, then
judge there is power, but it is neutralized by division,
that is, each force manifests in a different direction and it
indicates a longing for celebrity, though the realization
is never attained. When three branches are marked,
these are considered separately, the desire for glory, for
riches and for talent, but which combated remain only
in desire, though when forms into three
this line
branches, which unite in one line at the instant of cross
ing into the mount of Sun, and especially if it has its be
ginning at the line of the heart, it is an indication of
success, as marked by that branch which comes from the
side of Mercury, glory by the main. or center branch and
merit by the remaining branch.
When the line of the Sun has its beginning at the head
line, or even the line of the heart, runs straight with deep
smooth line, and branches at the end into three equally
large lines, and these all cut well into the mount of the

Sun to the same distance, it is a favorable signification

of attaining glory, renown and fame, honors and posi
tion, favors from those in power and authority. Look
well to those lines in the hand associated with this line,
to discover the line in which the native will attain suc
cess.
Then, too, when there is any connection with the
line of the Sun and lines that flow to the mount of Jupi
ter and these are not marked by a cross or square at this
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junction, and the lines are deep and clear, it is a most

favorable indication for obtaining favor from those in
power and authority, the bishops and clergy.
When this line of the Sun is accompanied by lines that
without really cutting across

it,
seem to bar occasionally
an indication that obstacles will come between the
is
it

native and fame or honor through the envy of others, who

have greater favor with those in power.
We have considered the major part of the great indi
cations of life, fortune and character as marked in the
palm, and will be observed that seven prominent

is
it

a
number in these considerations, as for instance, the
seven mounts and the seven great or principal lines of
the palm, and in these lines well may be observed that
it

in many instances the form or appearance an analogy

is
of the thing signified, as for example, the line of life
may be marked very short, and we find the life in physi
cal expression short. If this line marked long,
is

is

then we find the life in mortal correspondingly long. If

marked in chains the life checkered painful,
and
if
is

pale and badly formed, health languishing, frail, etc.

is

The Square, Circle, the Star, Point, Island and Other

Significations.

There are other significations, too, that we may con

sider at this time, which come to change some of the
original qualities into defects or vices. Let the student
look into the palm, the left hand preferable, with the
is
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outer skin somewhat relaxed, and he will be able to dis

cover, besides the principal lines heretofore mentioned,
various figures or characters traced, which are formed
by the joining of lines or even others that seem to be
added to them.
Theprincipal figures or marks are the cross, the
square, the circle, the star, the point, the island, the
triangle, the branches, the chains and the straight or
curved or broken lines, and the capillaries, also a figure
resembling a gridiron. Each of these possesses a signifi
cation that is original in itself in many instances, but
often imposing some modification upon the principal lines
and mounts mentioned.
It is considered that when a star is marked upon some
particular line, mount or point in the palm, that the
thing or event signified is beyond the free will of the
individual to control, and it will generally be found upon
some one of the mounts or upon the lines. It is asso
ciated with Saturn's influence to a great extent, and
denotes some great fatality or danger in the life of the
native, though it happens at times that a fatality turns
to the advantage of the individual
powerfully it attacks
at first. for instance, a star on the mount of
Thus,
Jupiter is an indication of good fortune, honor, happi
ness, unexpected elevation or promotion and the attain
ment of wishes and desires. A star on the first phalange
of the fingers enters into the divine or esoteric world,
and when this
found upon the second finger above the
is
mount of Saturn it announces an event beyond the fore
sight of mortal man. However, when the star is found
below or upon the lower part of the mount of Saturn,
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it is a sure indication of fatality, probable assassination

or the native may be put to death in some public manner,
be he innocent or guilty of wrong-doing. When a star
is found upon the mount of the Sun it is an indication
of unfortunate riches. The native attains to wealth, but
does not benefit thereby or it may be fortune gained by
chance, and leads invariably to some fatality. A line
and star joined on this mount show celebrity gained
by talent.
When many lines are found on the mount of the Sun
and especially if a star is also found in conjunction, it is
a most favorable indication of the acquisition of wealth
and possessions. •

When a star found alone on the mount of Mercury,

is
without the assistance of any favorable lines, it is an
indication of fraud and dishonor to the native, and when
found so placed on the mount of Mars, without any
favorable indications from other sources, it denotes vio
lence on the part of the native toward his fellowmen.
Look well to other indications in the hand whether they
agree.
When a star is marked on the mount of the Moon,
and no aid is given by favorable lines, then judge hypoc
risy, dissimulation, perfidy, false to friends and will be

tray them. Whenfound upon the mount of

a star is
Venus without any assistance from favorable lines, it de
notes much misfortune to the native that will be caused
by dissipation. When found at the bottom it is more un
favorable to the native than when it is found at the top
of the mount.
When a star is found upon any line or point of the
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palm or thumb or fingers, judge that the thing signified

will be affected by the influence of such a star.
When a figure resembling square is found in the
a
hands, it is an indication of force or power to that thing
signified by its position in the palm, as for instance,
placed upon of Mars it would add power to
the mount
those affairs of Mars nature; if on the line of life, then
force and energy is given. It may be seen that this may
be for good or so-called evil. It is not considered favor
able either upon the mounts of the Moon or Saturn
unless other indications overcome, and it is not favorable
when upon the mount of Mars or Venus. In the case of
being found upon the mount of Venus,* look well to the
head line and general balance, as indicated by the form
and clearness of lines. It is often misdirected when upon
this mount.
When a point is found in the lines, more especially
the life, the heart and fate line, it is an indication of
wounds. A white point in the line of the heart is a
signification that the native will be successful in the
affairs of the heart. When a white point is found in the
line of the head, then it is a favorable indication for
scientific discoveries. A circle, if found marked upon
the mount of the Sun, gives great renown and favor, de
notes great success in all undertakings, and if other sig
nifications agree, the native will rise to the leadership of
men. The circle is not favorable when marks upon
the lines cut it. found in the line of life it de
When
notes loss or- injury to eye, and if other circles are found,
and other significations in the hand agree, judge the native
will lose his sight.
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When island is found upon the hepatic line, and

an
this line runs direct to Mercury, it is an indication
of
theft, fraud and falsehoods, and if found on the line of
life, and this joins or crosses the line of Mars, then
judge there will be great violence,
sanguinary thoughts,
projects of violence will be manifested,
and when found
upon the line of the head without the plane of Mars,
then judge the native will manifest infamous projects,
shameful devices, and when an island is found on the
line of Saturn or fate, denotes good fortune, so-called,
will come to the native by infamous deeds. This island,
marked clearly on any line, is not good. Look well to
the line of heart, the line of head and the will in render
ing judgment. These markings cannot be said to be
predestined evil or wickedenss; they are often found
upon the lines in infancy, and are in the nature of warn
ings, and signify that the thing indicated is apt to ter
minate fatally or in some disgraceful manner. The sign
is awarning of the proneness of such a disposition to
fall into error, and the danger may be avoided by the
exercise of the free will which is vested in every indi
vidual being to use.
The figure of a triangle marked upon the palm is a
very favorable indication to the thing signified to which
it is joined or connected. It ever denotes strong mental
is,

forces and as may be observed, similar to the char

acter as used to designate time aspect of the planets
a

in Astrology or when planets are placed one hundred and

twenty degrees or four signs apart in the natal chart of
life. in the same way in rendering judg
considered
It
is

ment, as for instance, when found upon the line of life

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at its beginning or ending, it then gives strength to the

line of life and adds to the length of life. Thus, in ren
dering judgment in observing the life lines, as. marked
in the palm, the life line in both hands may
be found
quite short or pale and weak, then judge when the tri
angle is found thereon as described, it will tend to over
come this weakness, as indicated by the markings, and
will give force and length to the years of the native in
physical expression. When at the beginning of the line
of life, judge that the foundation of life is good, as
when good aspects are found in the natal chart at birth.
When found upon the line at intermediate point, then
judge the native will obtain good health at that time,
as in the natal chart of birth. When the Sun progresses
to a planet of favorable aspect the native's health is good
even though the natal chart may not show a strong con
stitution, and the same rule applies when the triangle is
found at the end of the line, though it be short and
pale or broken. This is a favorable indication to good
health.
When the triangle is observed upon the line of the
heart it gives strength to this line. Thus, in the same

way judge that even though the heart line may be illy
marked, pale in color and broken, this figure will give
strength to this line.
The same applies to the line of the head and gives spe
cial strength to the intellect, success in inventions, origi
nal in thought, a leader among men, one of great mental
resources, a strong character.
When found upon the line of fate it is a favorable
indication, even though this line may not denote favor
 Stellar Palmistry 83

able results. The triangle marked thereon will tend to

mitigate the so-called evil. The triangle may ever be
considered in an astrological sense as manifesting a Jupi-
terian-Mercurial influence, When
and this is ever benefic.
found upon the mount of Jupiter it is especially favor
able to the native in the affairs that have been heretofore
described as coming under this mount, and upon the mount
of Saturn, especially if high up on this mount, is a favor
able indication for study and research and renown in eso
teric affairs. The native will attain repute in writings upon
this subject. It is also favorable when found upon the
mount of the Sun, being in the same degree of influence
in the life of the native as a conjunction of the planets
Jupiter and the Sun, in a favorable sign and house. When
found upon the mount it is equivalent to a conjunction of
Jupiter with Mercury. It signifies success in affairs of
Mercury in literature, oratory, commerce, etc. When
found marked upon the mount of Mars it signifies success
in military affairs, though liable to be too generous for
his own good. When placed upon the Moon it is favorable
in those affairs, and if the line of the head runs to this
triangle, denotes success in such affairs. When found upon
the mount of Venus it is a most favorable indication, and
signifies This is especially good
success in those affairs.
if a line connects the mount of Jupiter and this triangle
upon the mount of Venus.