or
are oriental between the first and tenth and its opposite quarter and are occidental between the tenth and seventh and its opposite quarter.
Void of course is when a planet is separated from another planet, and does not, during its continuance in the same sign, form any aspect with any other planet. This most usually happens with the Moon. The effect of this is
To face Chapter VIII.
CHAPTER VIII.
OF THE FIGURE OF THE HEAVENS
This was formerly termed a horoscope, but is now more generally called a figure of the heavens. It is simply a scheme, or plan, representing an accurate picture of the heavens—that is, of the positions of the Sun, Moon, and planets, and, in some instances, of the fixed stars also, for the moment at which a child is born. In horary questions the figure is drawn for the required time, which may be the moment of the propounding of a question to an astrologer, or of the occurrence of any event of the result of which astrological information is desired.