14° S. 44’
11° N. 2’
20° S. 58’
21° N. 31’
NOTE.-The student should very carefully follow these simple instructions, for once the figure for Greenwich is obtained, all maps for different parts of the world can be immediately found by the simple addition or subtraction of the difference in time of the required place and Greenwich from the Sidereal time of the Greenwich figure.
CHAPTER VIII
CONCERNING THE FIRST HOUSE AND THE PLANETS THEREIN.
THE first house is the most important of the twelve, for in every mundane map it represents the People, the general condition of the country, state of affairs in the country, and in a general sense the public health.
If a planet is therein, its position and aspects should be carefully noted, but if no planet is placed therein, then the position and aspects of the ruler of the sign on the cusp of the house should be considered. This applies to all the twelve houses.
If a benefic be in the first house, it denotes that the general condition of the country and people will be good, that affairs will improve, and things generally connected with the internal condition of the nation will be satisfactory. If well aspected, or essentially dignified, the good will be all the more marked, but if afflicted, then the benefit will be lessened, and in that particular matter denoted by the house ruled over by the afflicting planet.