CHAPTER XIX. i Miny axp THE RULING PLsxer
HEN we wish to study the character, disposi-
tion and temperament of anyone we must first realize that the mind is the keystone of the areh of the human personality. But eharaeter, disposition and temperament. do not depend so much upon the quality of mind, whether it is keen, sharp and alert or slow and plodding, as upon what channels it takes for its expression. Intellects of the first magnitude are sometimes put to perverted use to the detriment of the community and the individual who thus misuses his divine heritage, while a slow and very inferior mind may minister to many in lowly but loving meekness and reap sheaves of soul-growth thereby. Thus it is not sufficient to determine the quality of the mentality; we must also ascertain what is the channel of its expression. To judge that or any other matter thoroughly really involves consideration of the horoscope as a whole, separately and apart from its bearing upon all other matters. But im a general way the character and disposition may be learned from the Sun, Moon, Mereury, Ascendant and the ruling planets.
It has become the custom of many astrologers
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