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CHAPTER III.

SIGNS AND HOUSES

SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC

♈︎ ARIES
♉︎ TAURUS
♊︎ GEMINI
♋︎ CANCER
♌︎ LEO
♍︎ VIRGO

♎︎ LIBRA
♏︎ SCORPIO
♐︎ SAGITTARIUS
♑︎ CAPRICORN
♒︎ AQUARIUS
♓︎ PISCES

THE PLANETS

SUN
VENUS
MERCURY

MOON
SATURN
JUPITER

MARS
URANUS
NEPTUNE

THE ASPECTS

CONJUNCTION
OPPOSITION
SQUARE

SEXTILE
TRINE
PARALLEL

ALTHOUGH we are many millions of miles nearer the Sun in winter, its rays transmit less heat than in summer when we are farthest from it, and it is therefore evident that distance has no effect on transmission of heat-rays, but as the Sun rises towards the zenith, be it summer or winter, the heat increases, the greatest heat being experienced in midsummer when sun-rays are nearest the perpendicu-