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THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS

Mars, Uranus and Neptune are in onc of the nebulous spots adversely configurated to the Sun or Moon a similar trouble will be experienced. Should a planet like one of the last named be in retrograde motion the aspect is much worse, for when the planet has ceased to retrograde and goes direct in the Zodiac again, it will pass over which ever one of these nebulous spots it is close to a second time and thereby cause an added damage. There may be, however, a compensating side to this aspect, for it sometimes happens that while an evil configuration to one of these nebulous spots, and Antares is the worst, deprives a person of his or her sight, a benevolent configuration awakens in them a second-sight which will mitigate the loss in a degree which only those who have that sight can appreciate.

The Sagittarian must learn to realize his ideals within instead of seeking them without. We are in this school of experience for the purpose of overcoming, and it is not by running away from one place to another that we gain experience. By staying in one place, by doing our very best to attain our ideals where we are, we make our ideals come true.

Capricorn, the Goat

Capricorn rising gives a short, slender, narrow-chested body with a thin neck, thin silky dark hair, a pale peaked face with small blinking weak eyes. The chin pointed and turned upwards, the nose pointed and turned downwards, an impediment in