♅ 21°41′ S.
♀ 10°36′ S.
♆ 21°45′ N.
The ingress takes place in the tenth house, and the Sun being in good aspect to Mars denotes a strong Government, increase of popularity to the King, and a favourable time for nobility. The Moon ruling the Ascendant, and in sextile aspect with Jupiter, will bring many benefits to the people, but, as the Moon is in parallel with Mars, there will be a martial tendency, and some unrest in the land. The financial state of the country will improve, for the Moon is on the cusp of the second house, in sextile to Jupiter. Exchequer returns will be above average, but, as the Moon is in parallel with Mars, there will be heavy expenditure in Military affairs. Mercury ruling the third house, and placed in the ninth, in trine with Neptune, will benefit railways and the post office, and some alteration will be likely in relation to Colonial postage. Jupiter in the fourth benefits the landed interests and agriculture, and the weather will be propitious for crops. Mars ruling the fifth house, in parallel to the Moon, is not good for children, denoting much mortality; wile fires are likely in theatres and music-halls. Jupiter ruling the sixth, shows that the general health of the people will be good. Uranus on the cusp of the seventh house, in square to Saturn in the tenth, denotes unexpected troubles in foreign affairs, and
the Government (tenth house) must be careful or serious complications will arise. Venus in the eighth house is an indication of mortality among females, and ruling the eleventh house (Commons) may bring matters to do with the death duties to the front. Mercury in the ninth is favourable for Colonial trade and Commerce, and shows scientific discoveries and new inventions. Mercury in trine to Neptune will make psychic matters very prominent. The Sun’s position, close to the meridian, we have already noticed, but on this point we further say that, whatever difficulties the Government may have to meet arising from the other positions in the figure, they will triumph over them, particularly as Mars is in sextile to the Sun. Mars in the eleventh in this figure is a contradictory position, for while it shows much disputation, fiery speeches and wrangling in the Commons, it indicates much discussion on military affairs, and success in military projects, as Mars has the sextile of the Sun. Neptune may be considered as rising in this map, and shows much agitation among certain classes of the community, increase of Socialism, and unrest.
CHAPTER XXII
ECLIPSES.
Solar and Lunar eclipses are prominent features in Mundane Astrology, for they indicate most important and far-reaching events, and their period of influence extends over some considerable time. The figure for each solar eclipse should be erected for the time of the ecliptic conjunction of the luminaries, and that for each lunar eclipse, for the ecliptic opposition, and not for the time of central eclipse. The times of the ecliptic conjunction and opposition are those of the New and Full Moon.
Eclipses have most effect in those countries where they are visible, and more especially where they are on the meridian at the moment of central eclipse. They also affect the countries and cities ruled by the signs in which they are placed.
In eclipses of the Moon, it has been found that the effects commence almost immediately, but in those of the Sun it has been generally observed that some months elapse before the greatest effects appear, and also that the greater or lesser effects of each eclipse will be in proportion to the magnitude of such eclipse, or, in other words, the more total the eclipse the more powerfully will it operate upon the earth and its inhabitants. Also, that eclipses which are invisible are found to have no peculiar or perceptible influence over that region, city, or country in which they are invisible.