CHAPTER XXVII

SPIRIT CONTROL

NO. 16A.--SPIRIT CONTROL

   Male, born April 27, 1868, 6:37 P.M.

   In  the  horoscope before us we consider first the  mental  qualities  as shown in particular by Mercury and the moon.  Mercury has three aspects, the conjunction  with its higher octave Neptune, which occurs in Aries the  sign of the head,  a sextile to Venus in the Mercurial sign Gemini,  and a square to the moon in Cancer.  We also note that Mercury goes before the sun.  This shows a kindly disposition and fairly good reasoning ability, though the native will not employ the ordinary processes of reasoning,  but will use  the Neptunian method in all his mental operations.

   The  moon in the ninth house in the psychic sign Cancer,  its home  sign, and  in conjunction with Uranus gives marked intuition. Saturn  in  Sagittarius, the 9th house sign, trine to Jupiter, the ruler of Sagittarius, will help to bring order into the native's thoughts, with the result that he will be much more balanced than inspirational people  usually  are.  Nevertheless he  will  always  stand out from the crowd for he is marked  as  a  dreamer. Uranus  and  the moon conjoined in the 9th house,  the house of  the  higher mind, will overrule everything else.  But the other  configurations  bearing

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 [                           BIRTH CHART NO. 16A                         ]

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 [ MIDHEAVEN: Leo 13        SUN: Taurus 7:56       SATURN: Sagitt. 4:13R ]

 [ 11TH HOUSE: Virgo 16     MOON: Cancer 14:23     URANUS: Cancer 9:35   ]

 [ 12TH HOUSE: Libra 14     MERCURY: Aries 20:03   NEPTUNE: Aries 15:38  ]

 [ ASCENDANT: Scorpio 5:46  VENUS: Gemini 23:05                          ]

 [ 2ND HOUSE: Sagitt. 5     MARS: Aries 12:17                            ]

 [ 3RD HOUSE: Capricorn 8   JUPITER: Aries 1:42                          ]

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upon this matter save him from becoming foolish and a butt for jokes.

   With respect to his health, we note first that the ruler of Aries is near the  cusp  of  the 6th  house  in conjunction with Neptune. Neptune makes a conjunction  with Mercury,  which will make this man very sensitive and  irritable,  offsetting  in that respect at times what we said  concerning  the kindly disposition denoted by Mercury sextile to Venus.  The moon and uranus in Cancer,  the sign which governs the stomach,  shows that it will be  very difficult to please him with respect to food, and the square of Mars to this configuration  shows that he is likely to have gastric trouble when the  resistance of the system in broken down.  Strong drink will be craved,  and if this desire is indulged, the psychic experiences of delirium are inevitable.

   Spirit  controls  are very apt to take possession of the body of  such  a person  even apart from drink because the square of the moon and  Uranus  to Neptune and Mars favors such a condition, and temporary insanity at least is liable to occur.

   Part of these statements have already been realized, for this patient has applied to Headquarters for relief from unwelcome attention of spirits which he had attracted at spiritualistic seances.   He rebelled very much  against the  diet which was prescribed for him and could not be made to keep up  the weekly letters.   There is considerable hope, however,  from the sun sextile to the moon and Uranus that the Ego will ultimately free itself from outside influences,  though this will naturally cause the native a great  deal  more trouble  than if he had remained on the healing list until cured instead  of doing as he has done and as so many do.

   The  moment such people feel the slightest relief they think there is  no need for further help from others.   That is not a bad attitude to take  because upon the Path of Attainment it is continually held up as an ideal that "if thou art Christ,  help thyself."  There are too many leaners who do not wish to bear their responsibility,  who shirk it whenever they can,  who are always applying for help whenever they have even a toothache; some have even telegraphed  because  of a headache and other ridiculously  small  ailments. Therefore it is always best to encourage patients to help themselves as soon as it is possible,  for in that way they gain spiritually even if physically their progress is more slow.

   In a case of this nature the simplest diet should be prescribed in  order to soothe the nerves:  lettuce if it is at all obtainable, and onions in the evening  in any case.   Such a diet, and exercises to limber up  the  spine, particularly in the lumbar region where Saturn in Sagittarius has a grip  on the sciatic nerves,  will in time restore such a patient to health  provided he avoids liquor and stays away from spiritualistic seances.

NO. 16B.--OBSESSION--TONSILS

   Female, born August 17, 1881, at 9 A.M.

   This horoscope is that of a woman who has the sign of Libra on the Ascendant,  with cardinal signs on all four angles.   The sun in the positive and fixed sign of Leo indicates that she will have determination well developed. This determination,  however,  may be expressed in he form of  stubbornness, for  Mercury is in Leo in the 10th house,  square Saturn and Neptune,  these last  two planets  being in the fixed and stubborn  sign  of  Taurus.   the squares of the above three planets, Saturn, Neptune,  and Mercury,  are from the natural Capricorn or Saturnian 10th house, which is a dominant position, to the 8th house, which is the natural Scorpio or Mars house;  so we may expect  that this woman will be very fixed in nature and determined to  follow her own inclinations.

   Her ideals or desires should have been expressed through Venus in Cancer, conjunction the Midheaven.  Venus is sextile to Saturn, Neptune,  and Uranus and parallel to the moon and Mars.  This gives talent for art or music, also a  love for dress and display,  and Venus being ruler of the  Ascendant,  it should also give a sweet personality coupled with beauty of face and figure. According to the diagnosis of psycho-analysis this woman during the years of adolescence, when the life forces  were  welling  up  and the latent talents were seeking a means of expression, which would naturally be through art and music, was not finding her field.  Her ideals were crushed as a result,  and the spirit felt cramped and restrained.

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  [                         BIRTH CHART NO. 16B                         ]

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  [ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 10   SUN: Leo 24:28         SATURN: Taurus 12:24  ]

  [ 11TH HOUSE: Leo 19     MOON: Gemini 1:23      URANUS: Virgo 12:54   ]

  [ 12TH HOUSE: Virgo 16   MERCURY: Leo 10:37     NEPTUNE: Taurus 16:35 ]

  [ ASCENDANT: Libra 6:43  VENUS: Cancer 12:01                          ]

  [ 2ND HOUSE: Scorpio 0   MARS: Gemini 8:34                            ]

  [ 3RD HOUSE: Scorpio 29  JUPITER: Taurus 24:56                        ]

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   We may here see that Saturn,  the ruler of the 4th house,  indicating the mother,  is restraining Neptune, the ruler of the 6th house, which indicates the service to be rendered.   Mercury in the 10th,  the house of the profession,  is  squaring Saturn and Neptune.   We have here the  proof  that  the mother was not in sympathy with this woman's choice  of  a  profession,  and forced her to express herself through channels where the spirit felt cramped and  the artistic instincts were held in check.   In the case of a weak  and negative  personality this sometimes works to advantage and the person  does not  feel the restraint.   But with a fixed and positive nature such  as  we have in this horoscope,  with five planets in fixed signs and cardinal signs on the four angles, the case is different; when a woman of this type has her ideals shattered,  she finds it most difficult to adjust herself to the will of others.   The impulses thus restrained most frequently find an expression in some other direction.

   In  this case we find Neptune and Saturn trine Uranus;  the psychic  side must then be the means of giving this soul relief from its pent-up feelings. Uranus is square Mars, and the moon is conjunction and parallel Mars.  These afflictions together with those of Saturn,  Neptune,  and Mercury gave  this woman a negative development.  Mediumship was most attractive to her.  For a short time she had the greatest joy for she developed very rapidly, which we may see from Neptune trine Uranus, indicating psychism. But had this  poor soul had a knowledge of astrology and could she have seen the danger signals in  the  planets  she  would not have meddled with  the  negative  phase  of spiritual development.  She would not have forced her development as we have found that she did.   Being a positive character the Invisible Helpers  were able  with her assistance to relieve her in a short time of a very bad  case of obsession, which she had developed through the practice of mediumship.

   The advice given to this woman through Headquarters was to eat lightly of food consisting mainly of vegetables and fruits,  eliminating heavy proteins and starches,  and to keep her mind and body active, not forgetting to pray, for prayer is a wonderful help and a protection against adverse psychism.

   We also find in this horoscope a very helpful lesson relative to  trouble with the throat.  We find Neptune and Saturn in conjunction in Taurus, which rules the throat and larynx, square to Mercury in Leo;  also Jupiter in Taurus  is  square to the sun in Leo,  indicating that the circulation  of  the throat would be impaired at some time.   Whenever we find Saturn and Neptune in  conjunction  there is some difficulty in the development of  the  corresponding  organ.   This woman developed a very bad case of tonsillitis,  and submitted herself to an operation in which the tonsils were removed.