Posey’s nativity was exceptionally fortuitous. Jupiter was his significator, and the other benefics were advantageously placed at the hour of his birth. In the delineation it appeared that there were few blessings that would escape him as long as he was kind to friends and not too fond of money. His historical parallel was a certain ancient Persian king, who, after a long and happy reign, was suffocated in a shower of gold.
He would be fortunate in his dealings with all those who had to do with medicines of any kind. It would always be safe for him to extend credit when any of the benefics were above the horizon, and at any time that the sun was in Aquarius, Scorpio, or Leo. It would be a bad time for Posey to ask for money, or to try to collect debts of any kind, when Mercury was in opposition to Mars, when the moon was full, or partially so, when the sun was in Virgo, Taurus, or Aries, or when two or more of the malefics were above the horizon. Persons born under Posey’s planet were tactful and magnetic, had much power over the minds of others and were model housewives. They were proud, dignified and conservative, intolerant of wrong, and well adapted to fill representative positions. Usually they had piercing intellects and triumphed in all things. They were at times inclined to avarice, and to be suspicious of others, and this must be strongly guarded against. There was a dark warning against the acquirement of too much wealth.
In his magic crystal Wattles dimly saw a figure that looked like Posey, but the head was that of some kind of a beast. It sat upon a rock with a big bag of gold, with which it had climbed a weary hill. Beyond was a shady bower among the trees, under which dwelt happy hours. The way was blocked by two black rams, that signified opposition. The figure could not go on, for its fair form had been changed by the winning of the gold.
Far beyond the bower was a wonderful city with brilliant domes. Its towers sparkled with ruby and pearl, and unto this bright city the figure could never go, because of its brutish aspect that betokened greed.
Bill Stiles’s ruling star was Saturn, and his nativity was questionable. The planet’s position, with regard to the moon and Mars in Leo, indicated a Master Spirit, subject to many variations of fortune. The tendencies were modified by the benign presence of Arcturus and Venus in Aries at his natal hour. Two famous Roman emperors had almost identical nativities. Bill was studious, veracious, instinctively noble and imperious. He had an iron will, abhorred deception in others, and was stern and able. He would be warlike and refractory when Mars was in the square of Saturn. When his significator was in Aquarius, he would be liable to serious errors of judgment, and he would have great potency for evil. He would succeed in undertakings that would bring fame. Certain literary work, upon which he was now engaged, was likened to that of the ancient Jewish historian Josephus. At some period when Mercury and Venus were in opposition, and the moon was in Capricorn, Bill would fall to rise no more.
Venus was ascendant in Virgo when Rat Hyatt came into the world, but the watchful eye of Saturn in Leo was upon him. The benign love star was not allowed to monopolize his fortunes. There were three malefics in strategic sectors that betokened danger. The moon was coyly ensconced with respect to Venus, and thus neutralized the dire influences to some extent. Counterparts of Rat’s characteristics, indicated by planetic conditions at his birth, were found in Richard Coeur de Lion and Marcus Aurelius. They evidenced one “skilful in command, ambitious, cautious, strenuous, obstinate, active, yet indolent at times, versatile, inventive, acute and self confident, busy in all things, terrible in anger, intrepid and invincible when roused, loyal to friends and modest, yet fond of applause.”
There were many dark spots in the picture, aspected by the moon, that were fraught with peril, and Hyatt must beware of the angry Saturn. Mars was also an interfering factor. Rat must never go below a certain bend in the river during a waning moon, or in the summer time, and must shun women with protruding teeth. (An obvious allusion to Hyatt ’s friend, Malindy Taylor, whom Wattles admired from afar.)
In a vision in Wattles’s crystal, while Rat Hyatt was under consideration, there appeared a tall skeleton, with a helmet and a fiery spear. It wore a breast plate on which was inscribed “Sent from God.” The bony arms waved the spear, and the crystal was suffused with red.
The interpretation was that Hyatt would be wanted in the near future.
In another crystal vision, a slowly moving figure, with a sorrow stricken mien, and a halo above its head, approached a water’s edge and contemplated men who drew a net. When the meshes came upon the sand the figure stooped, took from them one of the fish, and cast it back into the sea. A darkness then came upon the face of the waters.