will be in 19° 36′
, or about the middle of the 7th house. And note that the number of degrees of a sign on the cusp of any house shows that that sign commenced in the previous house. Supposing the
had been 1° of
, we should then have placed it in the 6th house, a little below the cusp of the 7th. When a planet is Retrograde (shown in the Ephemeris thus, R.), we add the amount to the longitude when the event is before noon or a.m., and deduct it from the longitude when the event is after noon or p.m. The mode of giving the judgment on a horoscope will be shown farther on.
CHAPTER IX.
OF THE INFLUENCES OF THE FIXED STARS
The fixed stars are so called because they appear to keep at the same distance from one another in the heavens. All of these stars have their respective influences analogous to those of the planets. The following table of the principal fixed stars, with their several magnitudes and natures, will be found useful. It is only those of the first and second magnitude which much affect us; the influence of those stars marked as of fourth magnitude is very slight. The time of the rising and setting of the fixed stars varies according to the latitudes of the places of observation. Their longitudes increase at the annual rate of 50 seconds, but their latitudes vary very little. The right ascension and declinations of the numerous fixed stars are given every year in the Nautical Almanack.