The Proper Background

© 2002 WITS Publishing

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Dedicated to my loving wife Michelle.

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 Special Thanks

This work was directly influenced by a number of individuals

who came into my life at the right times. Privacy issues also
limit my ability to give enough credit where credit is due.

Mr. Kory Melby has been with me from the beginning. His
enthusiasm for this material along with his long time
friendship made so much of this possible that I believe it
impossible to ever thank him enough.

James and Mary Tulipana for their continued support over

the years. Kim Tulipana for her enduring spirit and love of
life.

Jim, Kathy and Jessica for their friendship. Jim came on

board early and continues to play a role along with Kathy’s
support.

R from the North, S from East especially for our discussion

on how some elements should be handled, Code named
“A-team”, R from Cali, P from England, H from Aussie, P
from A, C from the CBOT, Jay, H from E; all played vital
mission critical roles.

LB whose continued support made this all possible.

There are other more private individuals which I would like to

give a sincere thanks to, who can not be mentioned but they
are well aware of who they are.

David R. for not only talking me into founding WITS but also
for his continued support within the site.

Finally to my Son for enduring my hours away, may this work

sincerely help others and my time away will not have been in
vain.

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 CONTENTS
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Part 1 Introduction 7
The Signs 12
Planets and Personal Points 16
Aspects 19
Houses and Rulers 22
Combining 25
Planets in Aspect 28
House Rulers 31
Transits 33
Relocation Charts 35
Critical Time Periods 38
The Ascendant and Midheaven 41
What you have learned. 41
Midpoints 42
Midpoints and Transits 43
Solar and Lunar Arcs 44
Solar Returns and Secondary Progressions 49
Synastry 51
Critical Time Periods in Relationships 55
Houses Again 59
Advanced Aspect Structures 61
Advanced Prediction Techniques 63
Conclusion 65
Declination 66

Some old notes along with books that are required for
you to proceed, topics include 68

Arithmetic, Geometric and Harmonic. 70

Booklist 72
Day Rulers 75
Astronomy 76
Tunnel thru the Air 77
Stations, Ingresses and the Moon 78
Mechanics of an Eclipse 80
Sensitive Points 82
Seasons 82

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 CONTENTS continued

Page
Law of Values 83
Arcana 85
Kabala 87
The Great Mutations 89
Luther Jensen 91
Magnetic Activity 92
Heliocentric versus Geocentric 92
Rectification of a Natal chart 93
How to handle a stock split 95
Anatomy of a stock crash 95
Tunnel again 96
Taking the Mountain 96
Epilogue 98

The enclosed charts are randomly placed throughout this part,

however they do contain valuable insights

The following parts include notes by the author. These parts also
contain valuable information.

Part 2 Sepharial Eclipses

Part 3 Sepharial Kabala of Numbers

Part 4 Sepharial Law of Values

Part 5 Sepharial Arcana

Part 6 Business Outlook by Luther Jensen 1937-1947

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 INTRODUCTION

I recall as a young boy around the age of 10 when most children

were reading the comics section of the newspaper I would open up
the market quotes section and get a feeling inside. I can later only
describe this feeling as one of “wanting to be in on the action.”

I began to study markets in depth at the age of 25 having

discovered that people need both time and money. One is useless
without the other.

At the age of 26 I had an investment partnership registered at the

State level. The technique I was using at the time went back to an
old Value Investor known as Benjamin Graham, of whom Warren
Buffet was a student. Although the technique produced results and
I was able to secure returns better than the market, undervalued
companies were becoming extremely scarce. The Dow at the time
seemed to have one direction; up.

Around this time I got my first real break. I was directed to study
the works of W.D. Gann. I was also informed that Gann used
astrology.

After purchasing and studying all of Gann’s books I was stumped

as to which route to take. I began purchasing books from other
authors on Gann and an underlying theme emerged; Astrology. It
was at this time that a fork in the road emerged between
Heliocentric and Geocentric astrology.

In pursuing the Heliocentric side I went down the road now known
as the Cowanites, officially founded by author Bran Cowan. At this
same time I began studying personal Geocentric Astrology. After
years of investigation I can tell you that Heliocentric Astrology
does have its own validity. However I believe this is not where
Gann began. It is my belief that in his beginning years (circa 1909)
Gann was primarily using Geocentric Astrology.

In studying works by different authors on Gann the norm seemed

to be to touch on Astrology then present the authors “system”.
Thus the student is left without a fundamental grasp of the

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underlying tenants of Astrology. I would later find out the reason
for this is directly attributed to one of two factors.
1) The author did not possess such an understanding.
2) The author did understand the underlying tenants.

Authors that Fall into the #2 category can make predictions. Many
such books are on the market, loaded with predictions. Why would
an author under category #2 want to release his method of
predictions? If he did then you would no longer read his books of
predictions because you could arrive at the same conclusions on
your own.

This leaves the student struggling in the dark, having to find his
way through the different techniques.

Today there are millions of books on astrology. Some are good and
others are not so good. The trick seems to be differentiating
between the two. Once this is done the question can be asked; how
much personal astrology is needed and how far do I have to go
with it? The answer to that question comes from astrology authors
around Gann’s time, who were “scientific men”, opposed to current
authors that write more about character traits than science.
Geocentric Astrology when connected with character traits appears
then to be an art form riding on top of a science. It is the science
that the student of financial markets is interested in. While the art
form is valid and one can learn much from its principles, those
aspects will not further the science. In the science we deal with
mathematics.

In looking back I was fortunate to have many good mentors,

especially in a field where wild hypothesis seem to be the order of
the day. One of these mentors made me promise to teach and we
will be getting into that shortly.

While I was studying Heliocentric Astrology I ran across an

individual who changed my life. His name is Cliff Melby and he
has a passion for understanding Geocentric Astrology. I began
writing lessons for him and other individuals. I learned that the
lessons made it possible for the student to more quickly understand
concepts. Not long after the lessons were finished, I made a
promise to a mentor, to whom I am deeply indebted, to teach. This
meant I would have to write more lessons in order to “bridge” the

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student into Gann. The bridge would be “the science.” Then the
problem came of where to locate sincere students.

Initially I began to “dump” information into Yahoo E-group sites

such as Gann’s Ghost. This method, while producing sincere
students, began to backfire as I was attacked by others with their
own ulterior motives. I began to write posts that could be construed
as misleading in an effort to “get around” the harassment I was
enduring.

In order to fend off the harassment a new E-group was created;

Wheels In The Sky or WITS for short. After about three months I
began to loose focus as the site swelled with new members.

I was always careful in selecting new students. The students were

pre-screened to meet certain criteria and were checked as to their
actual identity. These were and are my private students which I
continue to work with. As the time went on I closed the door to
new students. My plan was to focus on trading and continue
support to these students. I failed to take into account that
individuals would continuously approach me for information on
what to study. I would send them off with a list of books to study.
At the same time the lessons in this book were sitting idle, doing
no one any good.

I decided to take a Hiatus and put the lessons into a book form in
an attempt to sincerely help those that wish to pursue this field in a
manner of discovery. It will take time and sincere effort but results
will come to those diligent enough to TEST and apply this
material. I give you my word that I have provided in this textbook
as much information as I am permitted to put into the public
domain. The books referenced MUST be purchased in order that a
full understanding of the presented material is obtained.

In writing the material there were several obstacles that needed to

be overcome, the least of which is that I am not a writer. My
writing style, although unique, takes you directly to the source and
moves on. I do not like so called “book filler” and this book is
meant to be fresh and different from the beginning. It will take you
through the mechanics that others only touch on. At first it will
appear to be insurmountable. Experience has shown that the best
way to tackle it is to read the book once then go back and work

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through each section in the order presented until that section is
grasped. We will be beginning in personal astrology as I believe it
will aide you in knowing your own cycles while building a
platform for understanding of later materials. It is not necessary to
become an astrologer. The goal here is simply to be able to make
distinctions between cycles, planets, houses and aspects of different
charts. From page 55 of Gann’s “Wall Street Stock Selector”, “I
have repeatedly stated that stocks, like individuals have habits and
that to determine the position of any stock you must study it
individually and not collectively.”

The function of this work is to explore this phrase in depth.

This next excerpt from page 35 of Wall Street Stock Selector is one
of my favorites. “Man’s seasonal trend changes just as the market
and he has good and bad cycles. By keeping a record of your own
trades, you can determine when your trend is changing one way or
the other. I have been able to make as many as 200 consecutive
trades without loss. When I started the campaign, I did not believe I
could make 50 trades without a loss, but I did continue to make
perfect trades and close every trade with a profit, until I had made
the 200 trades. This run of luck or up trend that I was in had run for
some time. If I had no way to forecast it, what sign should I watch
to tell when the tide had turned against me and I should get out and
wait? The first indication that something was wrong would be the
first trade on which I made a loss. I remember that it was a small
loss around $100. On the next trade I had a loss of over $500. This
showed that my trend was changing and turning against me,
whether due to bad judgment, ill health, tired nerves, or other
causes. If I had been wise, I would have quit and kept all my
profits. I made the third trade and as most traders do, went into the
market on a larger scale. This trade soon showed a loss of $5,000.
And I did not take the loss quickly. The result was that I continued
to make a series of losses until the banks closed in November,
1907, and I could not get any more money out of the banks. I was
forced to close out all of my commitments with my brokers and
take a big loss, because I was bucking my own trend. My period of
good luck had run out, and I was trading in a period which should
have been for rest, recreation, and gaining knowledge instead of
trying to make more money which I did not need. The banks were
unable to pay currency for several months, and I could not get any
money to speculate with. I put in my time studying and figuring on

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the market and found out what caused my mistake and the losses. I
started trading again in the Spring of 1908, and should have had
some rule to tell me when my trend had turned in my favor.”

Gann was born June 6, 1878 in Lufkin Texas. What Gann found
when he identified the “mistake and losses” is known as a Saturn
return and we will directly deal with this ahead. So there is an
importance of understanding ones’ own cycles.

Many intelligent and well degreed men have spent their entire lives
studying market prices only to come up empty handed. The reason
for their failure lies in the fact that they have failed to take into
consideration the TIME component, which we will be dealing with
here. Unlike most market books, this book is not loaded with
charts; however, a source of Wheat data is provided so the student
can test and work with the underlying tenants. Again this book is
about TIME as price is simply related. The student must have a
thorough understanding of the causes of a market turn before price
can be understood. This work does not deal with the Square of 9 or
hexagon charts so frequently referred to in other works because
again the student MUST understand TIME before the use of these
calculators become clear. Let’s move forward to find what factors
are related to market turns.

If you do not already have Astrology Software your can download

a workable demo from www.Halloran.com

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 THE SIGNS

The great circle in the heavens is divided into 12 equal parts.

These parts are the called “the signs”. Each sign is 30 degrees in
longitude. The 12 signs have characteristics that are unique to each
sign and we will be exploring this.

To better get a feel for The Zodiac take out a clean sheet of paper.
Place a large coffee can or other rounded bottomed can on the
paper and trace out a circle, the larger the better. Trace the circle
onto the paper using a pencil. Once this is done, start at the top of
the circle and draw a line straight down using a ruler. Then go to
the extreme left of the circle. This is the starting point of the
zodiac. Place a small arrow outside the circle at this point. Then
draw a line from left to right of the circle.

At this point you should have a circle with a plus (cross) in it

dividing the circle into fourths. Continue the process until there
are “12 slices to the pie” by using the crosses.

Now that we have “the pie” divided into 12 “slices” we want to

label the slices. Starting at the arrow which is at the far left and
moving in a COUNTERCLOCKWISE direction we start with
Aries.

Labeling the first slice as Aries, the next is Taurus, then Gemini,
Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn,
Aquarius then Pisces. ALWAYS in this order.

Once the slices are named you probably want to add in the
symbols. Astrology deals with symbolism, with associations and
these symbols have meanings.

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At this point you want to be able to look at a symbol and know its
name from memory. This may take a bit as there are usually 2 or 3
Symbols that individuals “mix up”. Now I will give you some
words to write in with each symbol so you can begin to use word
(symbol) association. In the slice named Aries, write in energy
and force. Taurus: building, creating, strengthening. Gemini:
duality, communication. Cancer: emotions, home, security. Leo:
ego, self-expansive, honor, royalty. Virgo: discrimate (in terms of
mental assimilation), exact, precise, refining. Libra: fairness,
beauty (grace), sociableness. Scorpio: control, deep, death and
rebirth. Sagittarius: philosophical, opinionated. Capricorn:
strategy, structure, tightness. Aquarius: eccentric, sudden,
brotherhood (meaning a concern for others). Pisces: cloudy,

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dreamy, illusion, religion. Now these are by no means all that can
be said about these signs but it does provide a “foundation” which
we will be building on! What you want to be able to do is look
only at a sign. Know its name and the keywords in its “slice”.
Keep this piece of paper in a visible area by the computer so if you
need to you can simply glance up at it. This will come in handy.

In the charts we use the “Law of Opposites”. Look at the keywords

for Virgo. Exact, precision and we get the feeling something needs
to be dead accurate. The opposite of Virgo is Pisces which sits
exactly opposite of the “pie”. Its keywords are opposite of Virgo
as well: cloudy, dreamy etc. This works with all signs. Cancer
(emotions) and Capricorn (strategy) are at the polar ends of the
spectrum. One is highly emotional, while the other has an
emotional “tightness” about it.

What follows is advanced. You may want to read over it and put it
aside until much later. I simply needed to put it in here for your
reference when you are reading to expand possibly after future
lessons are read.

The Square and the Triangle form within the circle. The Triangle
ties together 3 like signs. An example is the signs Gemini, Libra
and Aquarius. Simply count 4 signs over, like Gemini to Libra is
1(Cancer) 2(Leo) 3 (Virgo) 4 is (Libra)...this gives you another
sign that is harmonious with the originating sign. These 3 signs
(Gemini, Libra and Aquarius) form a triangle in the circle. This
triangle is known as the Air Trine. What does this mean? These
signs are extremely sociable and talkative much more than other
signs. They are alike in that they have certain characteristics like
sociability which they share. There are other Triangles in the
circle. Aries, Leo and Sagittarius comprise the Fire Trine which is
very impulsive (spur of the moment). Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn
compose the Earth signs, while Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces
comprise the Water Trine. These will be expanded.

For now we need to know that 4 triangles form within the circle. 3
squares are also found in the circle: cardinal, fixed and mutable.
Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces comprise the mutable signs.
They share common characteristics such as they are all mental
signs. The Cardinal Signs are Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.
The Fixed signs are Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius. To get the

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next Mutable sign over from Gemini, we count 3 signs over... 1
(Cancer) 2 (Leo) and 3 is Virgo. So instead of counting 4 over like
we did with the triangles above, we count 3 over.

The Triangles are of a harmonious nature while the squares are

inharmonious. An example of inharmony is the finicky exacting
Virgo trying to pin down the duality of the Gemini. The signs
clash. Cancer is in a triangle (harmonious) with Scorpio. Here the
Cancer need for security finds relief in the take control ways of
Scorpio. Scorpio leads the way, Cancer tags along willingly.
There is support here. There is support in the triangles. Support
leads to harmony.

It is not necessary for you to understand the “inner workings” of

the squares and trines at this point.

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 PLANETS AND PERSONAL POINTS

Progressing through these mini lessons you will be able to better

understand your own needs along with those of others around you.

I need to add information on Chiron and Transpluto. Many

Astrologers to date do not consider these valid planets. They are
and are very important, both in personal and financial astrology.
Transpluto has not yet been “officially” discovered. My work with
Transpluto needs to be accredited to Bonnie Lee Hill who pointed
me in the right direction. On August 16, 2001 the Longitude of
this planet is located at 25 Leo 52.

The planet or asteroid discovered in the late 1970’s called Chiron

was located at 22 Sag. 55 at the above date. Both planets have
influence on markets and individuals alike.

At this point we will be working on identifying the planets by their

symbols. You want to be able to look at a symbol and instantly
know it is Venus or Saturn etc. At first this may seem confusing,
but after awhile, with a little practice it will become second nature
to you.

In addition to the planets, there are several "personal points" that

are believed to be highly karmic by Astrologers. The Ascendant
(ASC.) is found at the far left of the chart wheel. The Medium
Coili (M.C.) is found at the top of the chart wheel. There are also
the "Lunar Nodes". You will want to set your preferences for the
chart if you are working with computer software to "True Nodes",
"Tropical Zodiac" and "Placidus Houses". (Note; all planets have
nodes). In these lessons we will only be addressing the Moon or
Lunar nodes. An explanation of the lunar nodes will be provided
later). In Astrology the Ascendant means "environment", The M.C.
is "self". The North Node means "association" which is binding
while the South Node has a "separating" influence. Note that the 2
are always opposite and form an "axis". (This axis will be dealt
with later.) At this point the reader should be able to identify all
planets and personal points thus far.

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Now I will give you words that need to be associated with the
planets.

SUN: personality and ego, self expression.

MOON: emotions, mother, nurturing.
MERCURY: mind, communication, travel.
VENUS: art, beauty, affection.
MARS: energy, force. (Note the symbol for Mars is male and the
symbol for Venus is Female.)
JUPITER: expansion, reward.
SATURN: separation, restriction, structure, father.
CHIRON: maverick, healer.
URANUS: intensification, sudden change, rebellion.
NEPTUNE: fantasy, illusion, deception, drugs.
PLUTO: drive, power, subconscious.
TRANSPLUTO: definition, refinement, organization.
NORTH NODE: association, groups, community.
ASC: personal projection (how others see you), environment.
M.C.: what one stands for, reputation. Feel free to take as much
time as you need here to become familiar with these words.

Certainly more words could be included; however, the goal here is

to develop a certain "feeling" for each planet. At this point the
reader needs to be able to identify a planet by its symbol. You
should probably make note cards or some other reference so that
you can quickly look up a planet’s key words.

There is a very important point I need to make here. We are using

Geocentric Astrology, which means the planets as they are viewed
from the Earth. Using this system, the planets "appear" to progress
forward. They then slow down and go in reverse, or backwards.
When a planet "appears" to be going backwards, it is called
retrograde. Retrograde motion is indicated in the chart wheel by an
R next to the planet. The ancients knew that a retrograde planet had
different characteristics than a direct planet.

Thousands of year’s later scientists proved this by observing that a

planet in retrograde motion showed a different color spectrum than
when it was direct which means it has a diminished effect at while
it is retrograding. The planet still represents the same keywords but
its potency is reduced. In the Natal (Birth) Chart a planet retrograde
has an added dimension to it as will be discussed in later lessons.

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Planets do not actually move backwards; this is an optical illusion.
The planets move around the Sun in ellipses (circles with
eccentricity greater than zero), moving forward at all times. But
since we are on a spinning ball revolving around the Sun, it does
indeed "appear" that certain planets are moving backwards. If you
found a planet that is retrograding in a chart set for the current time
and went outside to observe it through a telescope, it really
"appears" to be moving backwards. The reader needs to be able at
this point to identify a retrograde planet in a chart.

I want to give you a "feel" here of how these planets move around
the chart. The Sun takes 1 year to make a circle and return to the
same place. This is called a cycle. Mercury and Venus stay
attached to the Sun as it moves around in the chart. Mercury is
never more than 28 degrees from the Sun while Venus is never
more than 48 degrees from the Sun. The rest of the planets along
with the Moon "spin freely" around the chart. The Moon does not
go retrograde; it simply moves forward at all times. The Sun is the
"giver of life" in our Universe. Without it there would be no life as
we know it. Consequently in the charts planets retrograde when
they begin to oppose the Sun. They "bow" to the king so to speak.
Run any chart. If you find a planet even close to an opposition with
the Sun, that planet will always be retrograde. What is meant by an
"opposition"...We know that the sign Taurus in a chart is directly
across from Scorpio. This "directly across" is called an
"opposition". While it is not necessary to memorize the following I
just wanted you to be aware that planets take different lengths of
time to complete a circle and return to the same place. The Moon
takes slightly over 28 days. Mars takes 1.875 years. Jupiter 12
years. Saturn 29.5 years. Chiron 52 years. Uranus 84 years.
Neptune 164 years and Pluto about 248 years. Transpluto 660.This
means that the Moon moves much faster around the circle than
does Mars for example.

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 ASPECTS

Aspects, or angles, indicate how the planets relate to each other.

There are 3 classes of angles.

1) Trines (120 degrees) divide the circle into 3 equal parts.
2) Oppositions (180 degrees) divide the circle into 2 equal parts.
3) Quintiles (72 degrees) divide the circle into 5 equal parts.

Since the numbers 2 and 3 are all that is needed to generate the
Pythagorean music scale, these are the principle angles Astrologers
use. The Quintiles are not considered major and will be omitted
from this lesson; however, for future reference, they relate to
creativity.

At this point one might ask why I keep referring to the Pythagorean
music scale. Pythagoras of Samos lived thousands of years ago.
He was once quoted as saying, “All is vibration.” When I first
came across this saying, my attitude was one of disbelief. Later as
my knowledge grew, I began to see the genius of this man! Music
is Vibration. ASTROLOGY IS VIBRATION. Music has
intervals, frequency and oscillation. Likewise Astrology has this!
Hence Astrology utilizes the scale! All that is needed to generate
the scale is 2 (octaves) and 3 (fifths). Divisions by 2 and 3 in the
first paragraph (above) come from this! An interesting
characteristic of the scale is the simultaneous sameness and
difference of the notes that compose it. Take a guitar chord and
sound it. Now take the chord at its ½ way point and sound only ½.
The note will sound the same but will be higher pitched because
the frequency is doubled. So ½ = 2. Likewise 1/3 = 3. I have
only touched on the subject, however, this was just included for
your information. What follows is really all that is needed to
understand how angles work in the chart.

Taking the primary classes of angles, we further divide these by 2.

Starting with 120 degrees we get 60, then 30. This comprises the
class known as the Trines.

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Starting with 180 degrees we get 90, 45, and then 22.5. Also we
use 90+45= 135. This comprises the class known as the
opposition. In Actuality we tend to call this class the “squares”.

Draw a circle on a piece of paper. Start at the top of the circle and
draw a line to the bottom. Start at the left of the circle and draw a
line to the right. Go back to the left of the circle and put a “0” as
this is our starting point. Mark the bottom (90) the left is (180) and
the top is (270). Then we are back to “0” or 360 degrees which
completes our circle. Then go to halfway between “0” and “90”
this is 45 degrees. Draw a line from 45 degrees THROUGH THE
CENTER to the opposite side of the circle (label this point 225).
Then go to halfway between “90” and “180” this is 135 degrees
and draw a line to the opposite side (label it 315). You have
completed this class of angles.

Now I want to give you the characteristics unique to each of the

classes. The Trine (120) Class is harmonious. 2 planets 120
degrees apart, or 60 or 30 COOPERATE and work nicely together.
Stop and memorize this!

Two planets 180 degrees apart, or 90,135, 45 are inharmonious.

There is tension. The planets do not get along, do not cooperate.
Memorize.

Now each aspect within the classes has its own “nature”. 180
(opposition) creates a “stand-off” between the 2 planets. The 90
(square) creates a different type of tension which through problems
pushes one forward in life. The 45 (semi-square) and 135 (sesq.)
are less imposing then the square. Also keep in mind that if a
planet is at “0” and another is found at “270” we do not say they
are 270 degrees apart. We say they are square (90 degrees) ...
(360-270=90). I do not use the 22.5 in Natal Astrology but this
aspect will be dealt with in later lessons.

The Trine (120) is harmonious in that everything works well and

you can just go to sleep; there is no energy involved. The sextile
(60) requires a little energy, but things again work well. The (30)
semi-sextile is less noticeable within the character (very mild) but
again is harmonious.

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An aspect not talked about is the conjunction. When 2 planets
occupy the same degree of the zodiac, they are conjunct. A
conjunction has the nature of tension in the form of focus. It
“glues” the 2 planets together. The MAJOR ANGLES used by
astrologers are 180, 120, 90, 60 and 0. These are known as the
Ptolemic aspects dating back to Ptolemy. It is best to begin with
these angles. Once these are thoroughly mastered move on to the
minors.

Now we have one planet at 1 degree of Leo and another at 6

degrees of Sagittarius. They are 125 degrees apart. Are they
Trined? (120 degrees) Yes. Astrologers use an “orb” of aspect,
meaning the planets are considered in aspect up to 6 degrees
difference from the ideal angle. Also, there is no set rule among
astrologers about what size an orb should be. Some use 4 degrees
and some use 8. The “pro’s” I followed for years use 6 degrees.
(NOTE: For “minor” aspects of 135, 45 etc., restrict the orb to 2
degrees.)

What all this means is that, when planets are at one of these angles
listed above, there is a relationship (connection) between the 2
planets. The relationship works well and is harmonious in the
Trine class. The relationship does not work in the 180, 90 and 0
class, which causes tension in the individual. So either the planets
are connected in a good way or a bad way when they are in aspect.
More information on angles will be given in following lessons
ahead. This lesson is meant to distinguish between the 2 classes
and allow you to visually identify the angles.

Experience shows that the best way to approach this lesson is to

move on once visual recognition of the angles is mastered.

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 HOUSES AND RULERS

There are 12 areas of life. These areas are represented in Astrology

by the 12 houses. There are different methods for calculating
house systems. You want to make sure you are using “Placidus
Houses,” because we will be using only Placidus houses. Later on,
you will want to test other house systems for their attributes.

House #1 begins at the far left of the circle at a point known as the
Ascendant (rising sign). The houses are numbered from this point
in a counterclockwise direction from 1 to 12. The keywords to the
houses follow:

1) personal power.
2) Self-worth, money.
3) Communications, brothers and sisters.
4) Home, the mother figure.
5) Children, love given, speculation.
6) Work, service, sickness.
7) Partners, marriage, lawsuits.
8) Death and rebirth, sex, money of the partner.
9) Education, law, long journeys, philosophy.
10) Career, father figure.
11) Love received, friends.
12) Secret sorrows, silent suffering and self-undoing.

Before proceeding the reader should be able to identify the houses

visually and their keywords. (NOTE: Again the law of opposites
is used here. House 5 “love given” is always opposite House 11
“love received”. House 3 “communications, your output” is
opposite House 9 “education, your input”.)

The Ascendant is the start of the first house and the M.C. is the
beginning of the 10th house. 2 other points not yet discussed are
the beginning of the 4th house (I.C.) and the Descendent, which is
the beginning of the 7th house. These constitute the 4 personal
points. Notice that each House begins at a particular degree of the
zodiac.

PLANETARY RULERS: Each sign of the zodiac has what is

known as a planetary ruler. Mars rules Aries. Chiron rules Taurus.
Mercury rules Gemini. Moon rules Cancer. Sun rules Leo.

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Transpluto rules Virgo. Venus rules Libra. Pluto rules Scorpio.
Jupiter rules Sagittarius. Saturn rules Capricorn. Uranus rules
Aquarius. Neptune rules Pisces. Note in the above the 2 inner
planets both rule 2 signs. Many “astrologers” think that Mercury
rules both Gemini and Virgo and Venus rules both Taurus and
Libra, but this is incorrect information. Pluto was discovered in
1930 in the sign Cancer. Pluto has to do with underworld and note
Al Capone in 1930 making headlines. When Pluto was discovered,
Astrologers went back and re-read the works of the ancients. It
was from these writings that we learned to correctly interpret the
planet. Not only did the ancients realize the planet was in the
heavens, they also understood it! There are only 7 heavenly
bodies available to the naked eye and Pluto is not one of them.

Sometimes a house has a ruler (degree of zodiac that starts that

house) along with a co-ruler which will be indicated in a chart.
Erect a chart for an individual born on 8-21-69 at 10:34 P.M.
Central Daylight Time in Springfield, Illinois. Now look at the
12th house. Pisces starts the 12th house but the entire sign of Aries
is in it. So this 12th house has 2 rulers; Pisces and Aries. Note
also in this chart that both the 9th and 10th houses start with
Capricorn. Thus both of these houses are ruled by Capricorn and
the importance of this will be presented later.

If we take the keywords for the planet and the keyword for the sign
it rules, we can note the similarities. For example, with the planet
Saturn we get: separation, restriction, structure, and we can see that
they are similar to the keywords for Capricorn (Saturn Rules
Capricorn): strategy, structure and restriction. The reader is
encouraged to continue this process with other signs/planets.

When a planet is found in the sign it rules, it is strongest. This is

its home, its domain. Saturn in Capricorn and Moon in Cancer are
“at home.”

Calculate a Natal chart for an individual born in Springfield,

Illinois at 12:15 A.M. on 1-29-71. The Ascendant is located at 3
degrees of Scorpio beginning the 1st house. Since Pluto rules
Scorpio, in Astrology we would say Pluto rules the first
(Ascendant). The 2nd house starts at 1d Sagittarius. Because
Jupiter rules Sagittarius, Jupiter rules the 2nd house. Continue this
process to determine the planetary rulers for the other houses.

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At this point the reader should be able to determine the house and
its ruler along with all keywords.

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 COMBINING

Before proceeding you will want to make a few lists. Make a list of
the Signs along with their keywords. Make a list of the Planets and
their keywords. Make a list of the houses and their keywords, and
make a list of the angles and the information I gave you on them,
like 120d - harmonious, favorable etc. Perhaps an even better way
is to use note cards, as suggested by a previous reader. Once these
lessons are completed you will have reached a certain level of
Astrology.

A PLANET IN THE SIGNS: A planet in one sign is different than

when it is in another sign. For example the planet Mercury (the
mind) found in Capricorn has a different nature to it than when it is
found in Sagittarius. We are going to form a sentence here. With
Mercury (the mind) in Capricorn, the mind NEEDS to think a
certain way. To identify which way the mind needs to think in
Capricorn, we use the keywords for the SIGN. When Mercury is
found in Capricorn, the mind needs to think in terms of
STRATEGY. Another one; Mercury in Sag. The mind thinks in
PHILOSOPHICAL ways.

Notice what I am doing here. With Mercury in Aries, the mind

needs to think in terms of force, energy. While one could say that
this does not make sense, I have found that with this position the
mind becomes quick-witted; talk is usually spontaneous and
forceful. With this position the individual usually talks first and
thinks second. Mercury in Taurus, the mind thinks in terms of
building, whether it is a relationship, a house etc. With this position
the mind is used to STRENGTHEN ones position. All that is being
done here is the combining of keywords for the planets and the
signs -- putting the sentence together and thinking about how the
combination works. Mercury in Gemini, the mind thinks in terms
of communication (the “talker” position). Mercury in Cancer, the
mind thinks in terms of security. Mercury in Leo, the mind thinks
in terms of ego. With Mercury in Virgo the mind works to
discriminate (assimilate), to refine, to become precise. Mercury in
Libra, the mind seeks what is fair, aesthetic. Since Libra is a
sociable sign, the individual communicates in a pleasing manner
(gift of gab). Mercury in Scorpio the mind works in terms of
control. The mind is "deep". Mercury in Aquarius the mind

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becomes eccentric and leans towards spontaneous change.
Aquarians are often “shock jocks”. Mercury in Pisces, the mind
works towards understanding spiritual meanings and relationships.

The sentence with the Sun is: The Sun gives its energy to (SIGN
KEYWORD). Your Moon is your emotional need. Mars is
energy. With Mars the energy works through the sign holding
Mars. This is not only sexual energy but tells where the
individual’s energies are directed. Lets Say Mars is at 27 degrees
Leo. This is known as being on "the cusp". As it progresses
towards Virgo it takes on more Virgo qualities. At 0 degrees of
Virgo it is said to be in Virgo BUT it will still have Leo qualities
all the way to 3 degrees of Virgo. The way I explain this is at 27
degrees Leo it is 95% Leo and 5% Virgo. At 28d (d=degrees) Leo
it is 80% Leo and 20% Virgo. At 29d Leo it is 60% Leo and 40%
Virgo. These numbers are of course an estimate, as there is no real
way of measuring, this but this is a valid example. Venus is an
emotional and aesthetic need. The need to be loved a certain way.

After mastering your own chart, move on to others that you are in
contact with. This will facilitate understanding. Think of how you
and the people you know "work out" their charts. The goal is to
see how the planets "express themselves" in everyday life. An
example; I have worked with an individual whose Mars is in
Aquarius and in the 4th house. This person is highly sociable, loves
to talk on the phone, PUTS TOGETHER FAMILY REUNIONS
and is always on the go!

Try to make connections on your own. Take for example the "Air
Trine" constituted by the signs Gemini, Libra and Aquarius. These
are sociable signs. Individuals with many planets in these signs are
highly sociable. Individuals who lack any planets in these signs
often struggle when around others incurring such things as "social
anxiety disorder" and now you know why, as their social skills can,
at times, prove highly lacking. With Astrology they can begin to
work with this. Creating patterns that substitute their lack of
sociableness. The Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars are
known as the personal planets. The rest are the outer "generational"
planets. I have counseled an individual who has Mars, Venus, Sun
and Moon all in Aquarius (a sociable sign). No one is a stranger to
this individual. He can "talk up a storm" to anyone about anything.
It flows here. It is natural to him. I know of another individual with

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no planets in the Air Trine and he repeatedly struggles in
conversations!

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 PLANETS IN ASPECT

Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto and Neptune (Neptune to a degree) are

known as "hard planets". What this means is they can create a lot
of tension when in aspect to themselves or other planets.
Astrologers a few decades ago used the term "affliction" when
there was an aspect made by one of the hard planets. In order to
create this tension they must be 180, 90 or 0d apart. The 45 and
135 also cause tension but are less imposing thus we will set them
aside here. Let’s run a chart for 8-21-69, 10:34:09 P.M.
Springfield Illinois, Central Daylight Time. This should give you
an Ascendant of 9 degrees Taurus. Note the Sun is squared by
Neptune, this is tension. Also the Moon is conjunct Mars---again
tension. Can you find any more? Search. You will find Mercury
is conjuncted by Pluto, and both oppose (180d) the North Node.
Let’s work with this one. Here Mercury is strong in Virgo (home),
the mind thinks in terms of mental assimilation, to refine. Due to
the conjunction here all of Pluto’s' power pumps directly through
the mind. This creates an inspector or investigator type of
mentality. This mentality is in opposition to the North Node
(associations) of this individual. Surely we can visualize this. You
are sitting in a coffee shop and in comes the inspector and sits
down across from you. He does the natural thing and begins to
interrogate. You quickly leave. The opposition is a "standoff," the
2 do not get along. Surely in the above we can see the mind
causing problems in associations as no one likes to be interrogated.
There is the tension. Note the lack of planets in social signs! We
begin to see some interpersonal communication problems this
individual will have. With an understanding of Astrology, the
individual can become aware and work with these areas. Going
back to the chart, we see the Leo Sun being squared by Neptune.
The Leo ego is somehow being "brought down" by the illusions of
this Neptune. How did I arrive at this point? There are other
indications in this chart that warrant this deduction and will be
talked about later.

Note also the Trine (120d) between this Venus and Neptune.
Trines are harmonious. These 2 planets work together to
compliment the individual. There is no tension in the Trines.
When a planet makes no major aspect in a chart,
(180,120,90,60,0d) it stands alone. It will have magnified
characteristics. I have observed many examples of this. The Moon

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in Leo is a proud Moon, under a tension aspect from Saturn
(restriction) we get overtones that something is taking away from
the Moon. Later you will discover how to find out what is
restricting this Moon. Remember that the tension aspects create a
cross, 180, 0, and 90 degrees on both sides of the circle. A
planetary build up in one sign of the zodiac will make that sign’s
characteristics pervade the personality. Like 3 planets in Scorpio
there will be a predominance of control to the personality. Add a
couple more planets in Scorpio and we get "control freak", of
course other dynamics will be involved.
The above is easier to verify when the planets in question are the
"personal planets".

Review: In Astrology the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars

are the personal planets, while the others that are slower moving
are the "generational planets" as they can remain in the same sign
for an entire generation. We take the keywords for the planet and
the sign it is in and combine them into a sentence, then think about
how that would show itself in the individual. We use 0, 90 and 180
degrees to find planets that are "under tension" from each other,
while the Trine class represents the 2 planets working and
cooperating with each other.

A planet found in a house will express itself through that house

(area of life).

In any house Saturn is found, there will be restrictions and

difficulties in that area of life. Saturn (restriction) found in the 7th
house of relationships will cause the individual to experience
difficulties and restrictions in relationships. It also tells us the ideal
partner should have “Saturn qualities”. Run a chart for 1-29-1971,
12:15 A.M. Springfield, Illinois. This should give you an
Ascendant of 3 Scorpio. Note Saturn in the 7th (relationships)
here. This woman has always had problems in relationships until
she found this man. Run the chart 1-5-1965, 10:35 A.M.
Springfield, Illinois. This should give you an Ascendant of 20
Pisces. Note that this man is a Capricorn (Capricorn is ruled by
Saturn). Also note that his Saturn is not in major aspect to any
planet. It “runs wild” within the personality, it is strong and
amplified. One may ask how she has experienced restrictions in
her relationships. Her partners have been older (a pattern which is
still intact) and they have been very possessive and abusive.

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Uranus creates intensity and individualism in the house it is found.
Uranus in the 5th (love given) intensifies the sex drive. Neptune in
a house confuses the individual. Mars gives energy to the area of
life (house) it is found in. Venus adds a grace. Jupiter the planet
of “good fortune” gives the ability to expand easily in the area of
life it is found. Pluto gives the individual “focus” in the particular
house in which it is found. Mercury adds communication, and also
a duality will be associated with that house.

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 HOUSE RULERS

In Astrology there are “house rulers”. This is the KEY to working

with Personal Natal Astrology. Let’s say Libra is on the cusp of
the 7th house. Libra is ruled by Venus. Venus is found in the 12th
house of secret sorrows and silent suffering. This would be
interpreted as secret sorrows and silent suffering in marriage. The
ruler of the 7th (marriage) is in the 12th (secret sorrows).

An example that jumps to mind is a chart of a wealthy Doctor’s

housewife. Jupiter ruled her 2nd house (money, self worth) and
was in her 8th (money of the partner). Here we can see that her
money is coming from her partner. Also her self worth is tied into
her partner’s money. Take a moment a see how the 2 examples
work above. Another example of an individual who recently came
to me was a female who is 20 and already has 3 children. Her chart
data is 4-25-1980, 9:20 A.M., Springfield, Illinois. This should
give you an Ascendant of 0 degrees Cancer. Note that her Venus
rules her 5th house of children and is in her 12th house of self-
undoing. Self-undoing with children. 3 children at age 20 and we
can see where this is leading.

In a chart planets can be in tension aspect with each other. As an

example let’s say the Sun rules the 5th house and is squared by
Saturn which rules the 10th house. There is a conflict here
between the 5th and 10th houses! There is tension between
children (5th) and career (10th). This shows you a very important
method here: when 2 or more planets are in tension aspect with
each other the houses they rule (areas of life) will have tension
between them. There will be conflict between the 2 areas of life!
Many Astrologers are unaware of how to synthesize a chart like
this.

There are the parental houses of 4 and 10. Love houses 5 and 11.
Sickness and dis-ease (2 words here) houses of 6 and 12 etc.
Begin making these connections in your own chart.

Note: If the cusp of the 11th house was at 15 degrees Scorpio and
a planet was at 13 degrees Scorpio (appearing to be in the 10th
house) in my analysis, I would delineate it as if it were in the 11th.

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(If it is conjunct the cusp put it in the higher numbered house). I
apply a strict 2 degree orb here.

Two planets up to 10 degrees apart are considered conjunct if a

planet squares or opposes the midpoint of the 2 planets. One planet
at 10 Scorpio and another at 20 Scorpio would be conjunct if
another planet was found at 15 Leo, Aquarius or Taurus.

In delineating charts the above methods are very important.

When we find Gemini on the cusp of a house we can expect a

duality associated with that house. As an example if Gemini was
on the cusp of the 10th (careers) we could expect dual careers.
Probably here a 9 to 5 job and a hobby that is or will earn money.
In this example it would also be possible that there were 2 father
figures (10th = father).

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 TRANSITS

The natal or birth chart is a “snapshot” of the planets at the exact

moment of birth. It is a specific point in time. However, the
planets continue on, moving around the circle (transiting
positions). As they continue they come into contact with the
“frozen” planets in the Natal chart. Each of these contacts has
meaning and indicates the events and time periods of our lives.
Everything that happens to you (I mean everything) can be found
in either transits or Solar Arcs. The Arcs will be addressed later;
here we will be dealing with transits.

The above paragraph is what makes prediction possible because we

know when these “contacts” will occur. What each contact means
depends on the planets involved and the house or houses brought
into the picture.

In this lesson, I will give you the technicals of this method. These
will be expanded later.

Starting off there are harmonious times (everything flows for you)
and inharmonious times (when you feel tension/stress).

We will use the birth data of an individual born 11-29-69, 4:35

A.M. in Springfield, Illinois. Ascendant of 7 Scorpio. Notice
Saturn at 3 degrees of Taurus. The harmonious times for this
planet are when transiting Saturn is 120d or 60d from this position.
The 120 degrees would be 3d of Virgo and 3d Capricorn. The
inharmonious times are when Saturn is in tension aspect to itself.
So we apply the “rose wind” to the 3d Taurus position... 45d gives
(18 Gemini), 90d gives (3 Leo), 135d gives (18 Virgo), 180d gives
(3 Scorpio) Then we do the other half of the circle...45d gives (18
Pisces) 90d gives (3 Aquarius) while 135d gives (18 Sagittarius).
When transiting Saturn “strikes” any of these points we can expect
difficulty (Saturn keyword). The nature of the difficulty is known
by the house transiting Saturn is in when it strikes these points. If
transiting Saturn were in the 7th house when the point was “struck”
then we could expect difficulty (Saturn) through relationships (7th
house = relationships).

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There is orb and retrograde periods here I need to address.
Calculate the above natal chart, and then run the transits for the
date of 5-1-1998. (Time is irrelevant.) Notice Saturn here closing
in on its Natal position. This is Orb. Saturn will be perceptible in
the character at this time (it was). Its effects began to build and
become stronger until the 2 planets were exactly at the same point
in the zodiac. Here on May 1st it is located at 25d Aries. On 6-1-
1998 it was at 29 Aries having moved 4d in one month’s time.
Run the transits for 7-1-98 and it is at 1 degree Taurus, moving
only 3 degrees in 1 month and thus we know it is slowing down.
Stop and think about this concept. THE SLOWER A
TRANSITTING PLANET IS MOVING THE MORE
PERCEPTIBLE AND INTENSE ARE ITS EFFECTS.

Notice in September the planet turned retrograde and began to

move backwards. The time period is over! Once the planet turns
retrograde its effects diminish.

Run the transits for 1-15-99. Notice that Saturn is at 27d Aries and
again is direct and heading for the Natal position. The time period
along with the effects returned. In the 2nd passing, if the 1st
passing was correctly dealt with the 2nd should be much easier. It
is normally in the first passing that one normally “gets the
surprise”. Here in this example the effects are not over until Saturn
passes its Natal position in early April 1999. How did this
“passage” affect the individual? We use the key words for Saturn.
There was restriction, difficulty and separation. The difficulty
occurred at work (notice that the focus here was in the 6th house;
of work.) There was a separation but once the period was over
AND ARMED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE ASTROLOGY
PROVIDES the individual did get back with the person and the
relationship continued. This time period “peaked” (strongest)
about 1 degree before the ideal conjunction while transiting Saturn
was at 2 degrees of Taurus. This is typical with the effects
diminishing once the conjunction passed.

We can take the keywords for the planets and do the same as
above. Uranus (sudden change) hitting one of the above points
would cause “sudden change” in the area of life corresponding to
the house it is transiting at the time. This gives you a powerful
base upon which to build.

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 RELOCATION CHARTS

Ezekiel 1:12 “and each one went straight forward, they went
wherever the spirit wanted to go and did not turn when they went.”
Ezekiel 1:16 “The appearance was as if it were a wheel in the
middle of a wheel”.

You are born, but when you move about on the Earth the “dial of
the houses” turns. If you were born in N.Y. And had a bad build-
up in the 7th house which was preventing you from fulfillment in
relationships (7th), moving to Florida would put that build up in
the 8th, freeing you! Millionaires, successful people using
Astrologers are aware of this! Also when you talk to someone on-
line or on the telephone your chart changes to that location. I have
counseled many women who have had unfulfilling relationships
and can not afford to move. I advise them to meet someone on-line
etc. in order to change their chart, which changes their
circumstances! Again calculate the above chart for 11-29-69, 4:35
A.M., Springfield, Illinois. Then go back after calculating it. Note
that the hour’s difference from Greenwich is 6:00. This must stay
the same… ALWAYS for this individual. Now calculate the chart
for the same date and time BUT for Sacramento California.
Change the hours different from Greenwich back to 6:00 and
calculate. This will give you an Ascendant of 12 Libra. Notice
that now Saturn is in the 7th house and the dynamics of the chart
itself has changed. This concept is applicable if the individual
were on the phone talking to someone in Sacramento. The chart
would be what the person in Sacramento perceives, NOT the Natal
chart! The process above is known as a “Relocation Chart”.
Assume an individual is considering a job opportunity in another
State or one in the home State. Joe Public would not have the
Science of Astrology to draw on, so he takes a “blind leap of faith”
which more often than not leads to misery, as we all know. With
Astrology, we know the effects of the new environment in advance.
ALWAYS KEEP THIS IN MIND.

The Saturn transit above is not only limited to its Natal position but
to all other planets and personal points in the chart. I recommend
a fantastic book for learning how to interpret all of these
configurations. Future Signs (How to make Astrological
predictions) by Maria Kay Simms ISBN# 093512750-X.

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A common theme with some individuals is they do not want to
know what is coming, because it causes them anxiety about the
future. My response to this is 2 fold. If we know what is coming,
we can prepare for the bad times and push our luck in the good
times. 2nd, we can minimize the “bad times” in our lives by
understanding what is happening and act appropriately, which
MINIMIZES the effects drastically. During a Saturn transit to its
natal position, say transiting Saturn square Saturn, Joe Public is
going to walk into this time period unexpectedly and thus receives
a “surprise” when the cycle hits. W.D. Gann could not trade
through his Saturn return as evidenced by page 35 of “Wall Street
Stock Selector”. While you, watching and knowing can understand
when the effects start and END and can apply the rules given in the
“A to Z Horoscope maker and Delineator” pg. 519 and literally
minimize the effects. I will give you an example here and I see this
day in and day out in one form or another. Say in an experiment
that in 1 month you will close on a house. Person B will also close
on a house at the same time. Both you and person B will have
Saturn squaring its Natal position at that time. The rule is
“Purchase nothing new” at this time so you “back out”. Person B
continues with the deal because he does not know and guess what,
he gets the “big surprise”. Saturn will still affect you. Remember
the keyword is restriction (Saturn) and you may feel that restriction
in that you really wanted that house but person B will be getting
the “blunt end” of the transit. This is one example of many I could
give. There is a flipside to all of this that I and others use to get
ahead; the Trines. Under a Trine everything flows along with ease,
so much so that you may feel like “taking a nap in your hammock”
so-to-speak. I use these times to push ahead in life! This is the
time to “push your luck” in the area of life (house) the Trine is
coming from (house holding the transiting planet). Knowing when
these times occur is mission critical, in that you will be amazed at
what you can do under the Trines once you begin working with
them!

A note I want to give you is when a planet is 10 degrees out from

the exact aspect, you will begin to experience its effects. The
effects will grow until the angle is exact, at which point the effects
rapidly diminish. As mentioned above planets slow down before
turning retrograde and are strong when they come out of
retrograde, sit there then go direct.

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An experiment that will give you immediate results follows!

Calculate your Natal chart and run the transits for today. The
outer wheel is the planets (for any time you desire) and the inner
wheel is your birth chart. Note any angles the Transiting Moon is
making (or will make) to planets in your Natal chart. Remember
that a planet is often strongest 1 degree before the ideal angle. So
write down the time the Moon will be 1 degree before the ideal and
the time it will be exact (exact is called partile). NOTE: Keep in
mind if a planet is square another planet in your chart, say Venus is
Square Mars, When the Moon conjuncts your Venus it would also
be squaring your Mars.

On the above write down the “window” that the transiting Moon is
1 degree 15 minutes to 1 degree before a square to your Natal
Moon and watch what happens that causes your “mood change”.
Also write down the “time window” when the transiting Moon is 1
degree 15 minutes to 1 degree of opposing the Natal Moon. This
window will be about ½ hour. Take into consideration 2 factors.
1) The house the transiting Moon is in. 2) The planet in the natal
chart being aspected...which house does it rule? This is an
important eye-opener as it will give you a feel for “tuning into
transits”. I have yet to see an event occur that was not timed by
this method i.e. The Moon is the master timer.

Uranus officially went direct on 10-26-00. Prior to this it was

weak and retrograde. I wish to share something with you that I
have never seen in any Astrology book but which has been
confirmed over and over in personal observations. The effects of
Uranus “sudden change” begin 3 weeks BEFORE it comes out of
retrograde. This period is about 2 weeks for Saturn, 1 week for
Jupiter, and 1 month for Neptune. Markets work differently; often
the affect occurs on the exact day of the Direct or Retrograde, more
on this in another section.

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 CRITICAL TIME PERIODS

We all must pass through certain time periods. With Astrology we

know when these time periods occur. We also know what they will
entail and exactly when they will be over. With practice we learn
how to handle them, we will also know not to trade through some
of them.

Let’s take for example the so called mid-life crises that both men
and women go through. The period of Uranus is 84 years. Half
this amount is 42, so around age 42 URANUS OPPOSES ITS
NATAL POSITION. Its takes Neptune 164 years to go around the
zodiac which means at 41 years it SQUARES ITS NATAL
POSITION. Both of these cause tension and together are the cause
of the mid-life crises wreaking havoc in the unsuspecting lives of
the general public. Men and women suddenly (Uranus) up and
leave their families often later regretting the decision. I have
counseled many who have and will go through this time period.

Run a chart for an individual born 9-26-60, 1:37 A.M. Portland

Oregon. You should get an Ascendant of 1 degree Leo. Now run
the transits for 1-10-2001. Note that transiting Uranus is 4 degrees
from the opposition to the Natal position and closing in while
Neptune is 2 degrees from squaring its natal position and closing
in. This is the beginning of the “red zone” or time period for this
individual. It will last until 4-10-2001. This is a 3 month zone or
window in which the individual will experience major changes.
Note transiting Uranus is in the 8th (Money and POSSESSIONS of
the partner). While Neptune makes the angle from the 7th
(marriage). There will be major relationship changes. Notice also
that while the “zone” is in effect that Saturn (separation) creates a
tension angle of 135 to its natal position from the 11th (love
received) in March. Can you see this coming? In a session with
her recently she suspected her husband of cheating on her. Have
we located a divorce here? Fortunately, with Astrology, I was able
to warn her a year in advance! This brings up a point; when one or
more of the slower moving outer planets are making contacts like
what we have here use the faster moving planets to time specific
events WITHIN THE WINDOW OF THE SLOWER PLANETS.

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When a transiting planet changes houses it corresponds to
CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS IN LIFE.
This is especially noticeable with the outer planets Jupiter, Chiron,
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Transpluto.

Notice that Venus and Mercury stay attached to the Sun as the Sun
goes around the zodiac.

When Mars squares, opposes or conjuncts its natal position it

usually relates to relationship difficulties or issues in the
individuals life. Take the opposition. Get the date and recall what
happened in your life. Then go back about 2 years where Mars was
again opposing its Natal position get the date and you should find
similar events repeated and will again! This can be done with other
points.

Often unpleasant time periods in ones life are timed by the Saturn
cycle. Saturn takes 29.5 years to complete its revolution. The
opposition, square and conjunction occur at about 7 year intervals.
Meaning every 7 years we go through a difficult time. Take your
chart and find when Saturn was crossing these points. Think back
on what was occurring at that time. If anyone close to you has
died, or a relationship came to an end, remember the date and see
what aspect Saturn (separation) was making at that time to its natal
position or other planets/personal points.

Go through your life when events happened and try to locate what
was going on in your chart using keywords on planets and houses.
At first this may seem difficult but with more time and experience
proficiency will develop.

There are also good time periods. As an example around age 26

Uranus Trines its Natal position. This is usually a period of
advancement in life. This occurs again at about age 52. Take any
planet and find when it Trines its Natal position, this will create a
harmonious time period a time to for advancement. Also use the
60 degree (sextile) to find favorable time periods. The slower the
planet moves the longer the good time period will last. With the
Trines things have a tendency of going so well that one often sits
back and lets it roll. Experienced Astrologers use the Trines to
push forward and thus get the most of life.

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At times there will be both a Trine and a difficult time (caused by
another planet forming an inharmonious aspect) occurring at the
same time. When this occurs one can generally expect to receive
help (Trine) in dealing with the inharmonious aspect. Another way
to look at it is that the individual will handle the inharmonious
aspect in a very positive way.

An old adage used in Astrology is “you will not Fall when you
have Jupiter working for you”. A woman Astrologer came to me
concerned about her husband going through the mid-life crisis. I
ran both of their charts and noted that while the cycles were in
effect, the man had Jupiter forming a Trine to its natal position
from the 7th house of relationships/partner. From this single aspect
I was able to deduce that he would receive help from his partner
during this trying time. Interesting in this particular example
transiting Uranus and Neptune were in the 3rd house when they
made their inharmonious aspects to the Natal positions. Since the
3rd house of communications is a mental house I quickly checked
to see if any aspects were being made to the natal Mercury during
this time as I suspected there would be a change in his thinking.
What I found was transiting Pluto (transformation) conjuncting his
natal Mercury. This backed up my initial deduction that there
would be a radical shift in thinking and communicating during this
time. I believe that the Jupiter aspect mentioned in this paragraph
will be the partner/Astrologer understanding what is happening and
actually helping him through this time period.

As with any subject when it is first approached, it can take time to

become familiar with it. These lessons should become a powerful
reference tool for your understanding of Astrology. They explain
the “mechanics” of chart analysis. The more you work with
Astrology the more you will begin to make connections and
deductions on your own. This process may require some time,
however, I believe you will be amply rewarded!

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 THE ASCENDANT AND MIDHEAVEN

These 2 points are mission critical for the analyst to understand. At

the time of sunrise at your location the Ascendant is conjunct the
transiting Sun. At Sunset the Ascendant of your location is
exactly opposed to the Sun. Many individuals believe that mid-
day is Noon when the Sun is directly overhead. This is incorrect.
The Sun is directly over head when it is conjunct the mid-heaven of
the chart set for your location. A chart for New York, New York
on August 16, 2001 has the Sun conjunct the M.C. at 1:04 P.M. A
person standing in New York at that time would notice the Sun
directly overhead or “high Noon”.

WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED

This is as far as the analyst needs to go in PERSONAL

ASTROLOGY. Much of personal astrology is an art form that
rides on top of a science. It is the SCIENCE which is
mathematically provable and thus is the direction we will be
pursuing.

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 MIDPOINTS

For a complete list of all of the meanings of the possible

combination of midpoints you can purchase “The Combination of
Stellar Influences” by Dr. Reinhold Ebertin. ISBN# 0-86690-087-
X. The cost is around 15 dollars.

The technique of midpoints helps to clarify certain aspects of the

Natal chart and also is a vital aid in predictive Astrology. We will
begin with Natal Astrology. You will discover that a midpoint is
the ARITHMETICAL MEANS between 2 plants.

A midpoint is the mean between any 2 planets or a planet and a

personal point such as the Ascendant. Calculate a chart for an
individual born 6-29-1950 @ 1:30 P.M. In Lancaster,
Pennsylvania. (Eastern Daylight Time). This should give you an
Ascendant of 10 Libra. Note the Sun at 7 Cancer and the Moon at
5 Capricorn. The midpoint of the 2 calculates to 6 Libra. The Sun
is at 97 degrees and the Moon is at 275.9 degrees. 97 + 275.9 =
372.9 372.9 divided by 2 = 186.4, this is 6 degrees Libra. If we
wanted the midpoint for Venus and Pluto we would take Venus at
62.6 and Pluto at 136.6 add (62.6 + 136.6 = 199.2) Divide 199.2 by
2 = 99.6 or a little over 9.5 degrees Cancer. Note in this chart the
Sun sits at 7 degrees Cancer. (With midpoints we use a strict orb
of 2 to 2.5 degrees). Here in the chart we have Venus/Pluto = Sun.
To interpret this midpoint we first look up Venus/Pluto which we
find on pg. 146 of “Combination”. Then we move over to pg. 147
for the Sun. Note that the correct way to write a midpoint is in
the equation form Venus/Pluto = Sun or a/b=c. The Sun in this
chart rules the 11th house of love received. So to combine the
midpoint for interpretation we get a peculiar destiny in love
through love received (Sun rules the 11th). With this individual
there is a problem with love received, she seems to attract the
wrong type of partners who look more towards her as a “savior”
than a true “partner in a relationship”. This pattern was actually
traced back to her early childhood experiences through Astrology.
So the midpoint holds true and was actually used by me to trace the
root of her problem earlier last year. What we are doing here is
using midpoint equations to clarify and in some cases fortify our
initial deductions in chart interpretation.

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The Cross; although the Sun sits on the midpoint above we form a
cross to see if any planets or personal points square or oppose the
midpoint. Again Venus/Pluto = 9.5 Cancer. So we would look at
9.5 degrees Libra, 9.5 degrees Capricorn and 9.5 degrees Aries.
This forms a cross. (Again we use a strict orb on these points of 2
to 2.5 degrees). The Ascendant sits at 10 degrees Libra so
Venus/Pluto = Ascendant. To interpret this we again go to pg. 147.

MIDPOINTS AND TRANSITS

At any particular time there are many transits to the midpoints of

your natal planets. The correct way to use them is to fortify
judgment about a particular time window. As an example let’s say
that the transiting sun is in your 6th house and will square its natal
position from the 6th. We can expect to feel “a little under the
weather” on this particular day. To judge this “window” look for
confirming factors of ill health. Take the ruler of the 6th and the
ruler of the 12th. (This is the 6-12 health houses). Let’s say that
the 12th house is ruled by Cancer and the 6th house is ruled by
Capricorn. We would take the Moon (Cancer) and Saturn
(Capricorn) in the natal chart and look at when a transiting planet
would be in this midpoint or the midpoints “cross”. Lets say that
the above midpoint Moon/Saturn= 6 degrees Leo. You note that
on the day that transiting Sun squares its Natal position that
transiting Mars is at 4 degrees Leo and closing in on the 6 Leo
point. Since Mars moves slower than the Sun the “feeling under
the weather” will be in effect for more than just a day. The Sun
will simply be “the trigger” and we will have to wait until Mars
clears the midpoint for the “window” to subside. This technique
can be applied to many areas of life. With practice will come
confidence.

Take the midpoint of the M.C. and the Ascendant. A planet

transiting this midpoint usually brings changes. The slower the
transiting planet is moving the more change is indicated.
Midpoints can also be used in Solar Arcs which you will be
learning about next.

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 SOLAR AND LUNAR ARCS

The concept of Solar Arcs dates back thousands of years. We are

told in the Bible that Christ said “I shall appoint a day for a year
and a year for a day.” The technique was used by advanced
Astrologers throughout the years to fortify prediction. It was not
until the last 100 or so years that books began to surface about the
technique. Today Astrologers are in the main, picking up on the
many uses of this method. Upon completion of this course you
will understand the mathematics along with the technique itself. It
is the goal of this writing to be up front with the information.
Many books that have been read by this author will touch on Solar
Arcs however none have given the exact mathematics in a straight
forward manor.

Essentially what we do is advance all the planets and personal

points forward (in the direction the Moon goes) by approximately 1
degree every year. Meaning at age 25 all the planets and personal
points are approximately 25 degrees from their Natal position. As
this dial turns counterclockwise the planets that are being arced
come into contact with the Natal planets. It is possible using this
technique to time events to within 4 minutes. However, this
requires very precise calculations. Here we will be able to time
events to within 72 hours +/- with the software you are using.
Most Astrology software, which can easily run into the hundreds of
dollars, has a +/- window of 2 weeks. The reason for this is that
the software fails to incorporate a time factor which I have found.
The expensive software uses 365 days as a year. Our Solar year is
actually 365.25 this small discrepancy can throw events off by as
much as 2 weeks as it accumulates over time. At age 25 the
expensive software uses 365 X 25= 9125 days of arc. When in
actuality the Arc will be 365.25 X 25= 9131.25 days.

The Earth moves in an ellipse around the Sun. The properties of

this ellipse cause varying amounts of time to elapse for Earth to
move the same amount of distance during different seasons. (i.e.
The Earth speeds up and slows down at different points). This
means that we use solar degrees in our calculations that are
explained below.

Erect a chart for an individual born 11-29-1969. 4:35 A.M.

Springfield, Illinois. This should give you an Ascendant of 7

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degrees 35 minutes of Scorpio. Our goal is to Solar Arc to age 29.
So we add 29 days to 11-29-1969 which gives 12-28-1969. We
also want to add 29 minutes to the birth time! This takes care of
our problem of that extra .25 every year...simply add 1 minute to
the birth time for each year! Now we have a chart for 12-28-1969
at 5:04 A.M. Springfield, Illinois. Note that the Sun is at
276.5499 in the birth chart the Sun is at 247.0418. We subtract
247.0418 from 276.5499 which gives 29.5081. This means that on
the 29th birthday all the planets will have arced forward by
29.5081 solar degrees from their natal position. By adding all
29.5081 degrees to all the planets along with the Ascendant and
M.C we have the Arc for the 29th birthday.

We can use the Trines and Sextiles (120 degrees and 60 degrees)
but these are really states of mind. To time EVENTS we use 45,
90, 135 and 180 on both sides of the circle.

The Arc for the entire 29th YEAR of life is obtained by calculating
the chart for 30 days plus 30 minutes. Get the Suns position for
that day and subtract it from the 29th year (of 276.5499) we find
that during this year the Sun moved forward 1.0195 degrees. I
move the decimal over 4 places so we have 10195 units. 10195
Units divided by 365.25 days = 27.9123 units per day which is
.00279 degrees per day. (This may be confusing to you but please
bear with me). By this method Solar Arc Mars makes an aspect of
45 degrees with Natal Saturn on 7-29-99. Note that in the Natal
chart Mars (Mars is the planet doing the arcing) rules the 6th house
of illness. On 7-30-99 the subject was diagnosed by a Doctor as
having chronic bronchitis. To interpret the meaning we simply
look up Mars/Saturn in the book “Combination of Stellar
Influences”. At the bottom of page 156 under probable
manifestations is “illness”. There are other definitions BUT we
know that Mars which is the planet doing the arcing rules the 6th
house of illness. So we have a match that fits. 10 years or more
before this date if we ran the chart for the date the same prediction
could have been made and would have been accurate to the day, 10
YEARS IN ADVANCE! This is an extremely powerful method.

There is what I call a “shot gun” approach here. Simply take the
number of degrees between 2 planets and transfer that to years. If
2 planets are 29 degrees apart we can expect the Arc around age
29. If 2 planets are 151 degrees apart one would think there is no

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need to think about them because you probably will not live to see
that. But at age 29 they will be in opposition! 29 + 151 = 180.

MIDPOINTS: In the above chart note that the Natal Mars is at

317.9896 and that Natal Jupiter is at 206.9345. This gives us the
Mars/Jupiter midpoint of 262.46205. Now note that the natal
Venus is at 233.5053 and if we subtract this from 262.46205 (the
Mars/Jup. Midpoint) we get 28.95675. Making the intricate
calculations as we did above we can pin this down to within 2 to 3
days. Actually we could go beyond that and calculate it down to
within 4 minutes if we used enough decimal places. On page 155
of “Combination” we find the interpretation “Fortunate decisions
in love and marriage.” Note here that Venus the planet that is
doing the arcing is the ruler of the 7th (marriage/partners). What
happened on this day? On this particular day this young lady was
asked by an astute Astrologer for her hand in marriage. She
accepted.

LUNAR ARCS: Use the technique above for the Lunar Arcs. If
we wanted to look at the lunar arcs for the 29th year of life we
would calculate a chart for 12-28-1969 @ 5:04 A.M., which gives
the Moons position at 147.8978. Then calculate the chart for 12-
29-1969 @ 5:05 A.M., which gives the Moons position at
159.7687. For the whole 29th year of life the Moon moves
11.8709. Or almost 1 degree a month! In the 29th year the Lunar
Arced Moon travels from 27 degrees Leo to 9 degrees Virgo. At 7
degrees Virgo the L.A. Moon is squaring the Natal Sun. This
Lunar Arc will be in effect for about 2 months. All Lunar Arcs
have their effect for 1 month approaching and 1 month separating.
Their interpretations are listed below. An aspect here is
Conjunction, Sextile, Square, Trine and Opposition. This is the
method L. Jensen refers to in his book “Astro-cycles and
Speculative Markets”.

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DURATION OF INFLUENCES

Solar Arcs that do not involve midpoints build up for 6 months and
scale down for 6 months if the angle is conjunct square or opposed.
For minor angles such as 45, 135 etc. there is a 2 to 3 week build
up and a 2 to 3 week scale down. The center of the time is the date
it becomes exact. So a Solar Arc will be in effect for a year if it is
a major angle. The Solar Arcs which are midpoints are “points of
force” in ones life. These are exact points in time. Lasting only a
few seconds.

Lunar Arcs build up for 2 to 3 weeks then scale down for 2 to 3

weeks. The center is the due date.

The uses of this method are many. Combining this technique with
transits lets one explore on a deeper level, fortifying prediction not
only in the personal life but in financial markets as we will see
later.

I also use this technique to pin down the time of a birth. I simply
find the midpoint using arcs then go back and work to narrow
down the 2-4 day window.

Many times individuals have come to me wanting a reading but not

knowing their exact time of birth. Working this method backwards
will rectify the time. As an example let’s say lady P. had a child on
7-11-91. We find on the solar arcs the midpoint for birth showed
up 4 months later. We simply calculate to “align” these 2 points
which would give the actual birth time. I do, however, test the
rectified time to make sure other points line up correctly.

Solar Arcs and midpoints of Solar Arcs will cluster together during
important time periods of life.

To test this method find the times in your life when the Solar Arcs
were due. Calculate the dates and see what was going on at those
times. Your past is the absolute best way to test this method.

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A SECOND EXAMPLE

It is often good to have a second example on hand. Erect a chart

for 8-21-1969 10:34 P.M. Springfield, Illinois. The natal Uranus
is at 2d 12m Libra which is 182.1933 The Natal Jupiter is at 6d
16m Libra which is 186.264

The natal Sun is at 28 Leo 52 which is 148.8696. To get the Arc

for the 4th year of life we simply add 4 days and 4 minutes to my
birth time and date giving 8-25-1969 at 10:38 P.M. The Sun
position is at 2 Virgo 44, which is 152.7286. If we subtract from
this the natal Sun we get a difference of 3.859 degrees. So on the
fourth birthday all the planets had moved forward exactly 3.859
degrees. On the 5th birthday all the planets had moved forward
exactly 4.8204 degrees. So between the 4th and 5th birthdays the
total arc was .9614 of a degree. Taking this number and
eliminating the decimal we get 9614 which we divide by 365.25
(number of days between the 4th and 5th birthday) and get an arc
of 26.32 units per day.

The difference between the Natal Uranus and Jupiter is 4.0707 We

see that in the beginning of the 4th year the arc was 3.859 so we
subtract this from 4.0707= .2117 So we move the decimal here and
get 2117 and divide by 26.32 = 80.4....this 80.4 must be added to
the fourth birthday which would give an exact date of 11-9-73. So
Solar Arc Uranus conjuncts the Natal Jupiter on 11-9-73.

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 SOLAR RETURNS AND SECONDARY PROGRESSIONS

A Solar Return is a chart erected exactly when the Transiting Sun

is Conjunct its natal position. The conjunction must be exact TO
THE SECOND. The recommended software does this calculation
for you. The erected Return will be in effect for the entire year
(until the Sun conjuncts again next year.) Interpretation of this
chart is similar to that of a natal chart with a few small exceptions.
Emphasis is taken off the “sign” the planet is in. The emphasis is
on the “house” the planet is in.

The Solar Return emphasizes and highlights the themes for the
coming year.

Experienced Astrologers will purposely take “trips” to control the

return as moving about on the globe will have a direct impact on
house placements. As an example Jupiter is due to be in your 6th
S.R. house the coming conjunction. You feel you would be better
off with Jupiter in your 5th house as it would greatly improve your
trading. You would then take a trip to a location which would
move Jupiter into your 5th in the Return chart. You must be at that
location when the Sun EXACTLY conjuncts in order for the return
to be effective,

Some unique characteristics of Solar Returns...because of the

eclipse cycle the Moon is limited to 19 placements in the charts
before it begins to REPEAT. Venus has only 8 placements in the
chart and begins to repeat

Calculate a chart for an individual born 11-29-1969. 4:35 A.M.

Springfield, Illinois which gives an Ascendant of 7 degrees
Scorpio.

The correct Solar Return chart for this individual is valid from 11-
29-00 to 11-29-01. The Ascendant will be 19 Gemini. The return
chart lasts one year…until the next return.

We would simply delineate this chart the same as a birth chart i.e.
Saturn will bring restriction in the house it is found etc. Remember

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the “signs” have little significance and house placements are
crucial.

The Egyptians used a precessed version of this technique (most

software handles this calculation). You should experiment with
both to arrive at the correct method.

SECONDARY PROGRESSIONS

Secondary progressions are similar to Solar Arcs in that both use

the “day for a year” to progress the chart forward. Gann used this
technique in Tunnel and so I am covering it here.

If we erect our 11-29-1969 chart as above with our 7 degree

Scorpio Ascendant and wanted the progressions for the 20th year
of life we would add 20 days to the 11-29-1969 chart, getting 12-
19-1969 with an Ascendant of 23 Scorpio. Notice Pluto here at 27
Virgo 22. In the Natal, Pluto is located at 27 Virgo 07. Meaning
by this method it has only moved 15 MINUTES whereas the “Solar
Arc” method would have moved it 20 DEGREES.

The time when aspect occur (become exact) during the year
represent events in terms of the planets symbolism.

NOTE: In Solar Arcs we take the amount of movement of the Sun

and apply it equally to all the planets. Here in Secondary
Progressions we arc each planet forward AT ITS OWN RATE as
shown. Gann and others would watch transits to these arced
positions. Not all planets produce affects and it is up to the analyst
to determine which ones are profitable.

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 SYNASTRY

Synastry is one of the most important aspects of our lives. It is

how we relate with another individual. The following is my
personal attempt at consolidating what I have read and applied to
hundreds of real life examples along with my personal discoveries.

It is condensed experience that I use day to day.

One of the most important contacts between the charts of 2 people

is what I call “Nodal Contact”. When a planet in person A’s chart
is conjunct, square, or opposed the Node of person B the two are
“tied” together in terms of the planet in person A’s chart.

The way it works is here: Say in the above person A had there
Venus (Love) conjunct the Node of person B above. In this
example PERSON B would have strong feelings of love for person
A which would work to tie the 2 together. The person WITH THE
NODE would be “drawn in” by person B. (Venus conjunct Node)
is the MASTER ASPECT between 2 people. Ironically the
square (Venus square Node, or Venus opposed Node) will have
similar results but with only 75% of the “power” of the original
(Venus conjunct Node).

Remember though the planet does not have to be Venus for the “tie
together” to work. But Venus is the ultimate here.

If the planet were Mars the two would be tied together sexually.
Sun in terms of Ego, moon in terms of emotions, Mercury in terms
of communication/thinking, Jupiter in terms of reward issues,
Saturn in terms of structure, Uranus in terms of individuality (One
would appear very eccentric; the other would admire this
eccentricity). Neptune in terms of religion/inspiration. Pluto in
terms of destiny. Venus is love so the two would be tied together
with aesthetic appreciation. What YOU want is your partners
Node conjunct your Venus. The above is the first thing I look at
between 2 people/charts…it is ALWAYS so revealing. Note: The
square and opposition are inharmonious aspect BUT we must
remember that the North and South Nodes form an axis. Here the
square and opposition along with the conjunction merely “tie into”
the axis and thus are harmonious.

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Time and Time again I am asked “I am an Aquarius what is the
best SUN SIGN for me to go out with”. There is a GRAVE error
here. First off it is NOT the Suns that are the most important
between the 2, it is the VENUS’S. We will use this as I do: as a
point of departure into the mechanics between 2 people. But
before I get into the planets I need to explain the aspects/signs.
Signs are supporting if they are 60 or 120 degrees apart. Like
Beginning with Libra as the base we count 2 signs over or 2 signs
back which would give Leo and the other way would give
Sagittarius for the 60 degrees. For the 120 degrees we count 4
signs over or back which would give Aquarius one way and
Gemini the other way. A Venus in Cancer not in aspect with a
Venus in Scorpio WILL be supporting. Lets look at how. Venus
in Cancer is security. Venus in Scorpio is control.

The individual with Venus in Cancer will gladly give control to the
individual with Venus in Scorpio thus relinquishing control to
achieve security. The person with Venus in Scorpio will gladly
take control over the other and NEVER feel threatened as the
Cancer Venus gladly takes the back seat working for stability in the
relationship. On the flipside counting 3 gives the square. 6 the
Opposition. Using the Venus in Cancer and counting 6 gives
Venus in Capricorn. The Venus in Cancer needs to deal with
emotions. The Venus in Capricorn (ruled by Saturn: restriction)
will have an emotional brick wall, pent up emotions about them
which the Venus in Cancer will find appalling and unacceptable.
An underlying sense of unfulfilled needs will materialize once the
newness of the relationship diminishes. Summing: the above signs
are supporting or non-supporting, regardless of aspect.

When the 2 Venus’s (one in Cancer and one in Scorpio) are within
6 degrees of a Trine (120d) aspect there is a bonus here! There
will be a comfort between the 2.

If we are looking for a long-term relationship the above is

MISSION CRITICAL. You want the Venus’s (120 or 60d). If the
Venus’s are conjunct, square or opposed there will be NO
HARMONY in the relationship. There will be a GROWING
feeling, of an underlying sense of uneasiness. One individuals
Love needs (Venus) will be under tension to the others love needs.
This brings us to the conjunction. In the conjunction the Needs of
the 2 are identical. Thus If both need the exact same way neither

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can fulfill the other. Like 2 people, both starving in Africa neither
can fulfill the others needs because they both seek the same. The
exception here is if the 2 conjunct planets are different planets.

One Venus at 1 degree Libra and another’s at 16 Sagittarius. These

are supporting signs but note there is an inharmonious aspect of 45
degrees. There are 2 points I wish to make here. First this can
also occur with an aspect of 135d (Supporting sign inharmonious
aspect). Second we need to tighten orbs since these are “minor
aspects” to 2 degrees. We then interpret it as there will be support
through tension. Meaning the 2 will accept the tension and
MUTUALLY feel as if the tension actually helps them. But you
do not want this, as our goal here is to seek fulfillment in a
relationship that is non-combative. Our goal is to achieve
happiness in a mutual state of “flow”. The Venus MUST BE IN
GOOD ASPECT for maximum results.

Now after the Venus’s we do the other planets likewise. We

compare in order of importance: MOON, SUN, Mercury, Mars,
Jupiter etc… between the two charts. In the same manner as we
did the Venus’s. This gives clues as to what parts work together.
Remember Trines/Sextiles will support the relationship, while
conjunctions/oppositions/squares will “strain” the relationship.

An Opposition is an aspect that creates a “standoff” between the 2

planets. When 2 planets are opposing each other between the
charts of the individuals it will create problems in terms of the
symbolisms of the planets involved. As an example lets say her
Mars is at 18 Scorpio and his Saturn is at 19 Taurus. There is a
standoff between the 2. Her Mars (energy) works for control
(Scorpio). While his Saturn (ambition) works to build (Taurus).
We can see her wanting control while he needs to build (be in
control) of himself. She is going to feel squashed thwarted in this
relationship. She is going to feel he is extinguishing her energy
(Mars).

From this point I look at what aspects Saturn makes in the 2 charts.
If person A has Saturn Squaring person B’s Mars, Person B will
feel blocked. This is what I call a “tombstone” which in most cases
creates excessive tension.

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My next step is to take a look at the individual charts. I
immediately zero in on the 7th house as it is ALWAYS telling.
Pluto either by Natal or Transit in the 7th is a “tombstone”. Uranus
in 7th the individual will be rash, wanting a quick wedding. Saturn
in 7th is restriction and the individual will need a partner of Saturn
qualities (explained below). Mars in 7th the individual will seek
highly active, energetic, often rash partner. Such is the case with
women bent on dating/marrying only athletes. Mercury rules
Gemini (duality). Often individuals with Mercury in the 7th will
carry on several marriages/relationships etc. Neptune in the 7th
sets up the need for a partner to fulfill other needs (some other real
reason for the relationship). All others are acceptable.

Next I look at the position of the ruler of the 7th. I have counseled
many that have the ruler of the 7th located in the 12th. Interpreted
as; Secret sorrows, silent suffering and self undoing through
relationships/marriage. Hardly conducive to our goal of fulfillment.

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 CRITICAL TIME PERIODS IN RELATIONSHIPS

All relationships are presented with difficult time periods. These

time periods are knowable in advance. The case below is a “live”
working example of just such a time period. The couple as of
today (8-29-00) is in the process of working it out. I have
continuously counseled them through the period. I was also able to
“dangle the carrot” in front of them by knowing EXACTLY when
the end of the period is, which, in this case is mid-September when
Saturn goes retrograde and is no longer able to influence. Let’s
look at the charts. The female was born 1-29-71 @ 12:15A.in
Springfield, Illinois. The male was born 1-5-65 (unknown time;
use noon default). In the females chart we note Saturn in the 7th.
Her partner will probably be older (father/Saturn figure). In the
males chart here we find he is a Capricorn (ruled by Saturn) AND
HIS SATURN MAKES NO ASPECT in his chart. It is his
defining characteristic as it shows in his every move!

His Saturn is located at 1 degree of Pisces. Looking at the

females chart Jupiter, Neptune and Mars are located at 2-3 degrees
Sagittarius (This focus is charisma which gives a spark to the
personality) this is her defining characteristic! But in combining
the 2 charts we note her “spark” is square Saturn. She will feel
Squashed (Fem. Mars square Male Sat.) 3 months ago the
relationship began to have problems. WHY? She moved out a
month ago. What is going on here? Well there was separation
which immediately clues us into Transiting Saturn now, a seasoned
astrologer many months ago would not only have seen this but
would have intuitively noticed that Saturn is slowing down
(intensifying) until it goes retrograde in mid-September. Note
Transiting Saturn is squaring the Natal Saturn in the Male
chart…simultaneously opposing the 2-3d Sag. Buildup in the
female chart! This technique is EXTREMELY powerful! Locate
a major square between the 2 charts and watch what happens when
one of the outer planets Saturn on configures with it by transit. We
can see the relationship is under tension. Their defining
characteristics are being “squeezed”. The female was medically
treated for depression in early August. Depression is a “mental
state”. Notice transiting Saturn is 135d from her Natal Mercury at
16 Capricorn! Mental (restriction/Saturn) = depression!

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When 2 individuals meet they can meet under deceiving aspects.
Transits which fool them into making rash decisions. Sometimes
one can feel “drawn to another”. A female that has a T-square in
her natal chart of Uranus (15 degree Pisces), Venus (15 degree
Virgo) and Saturn at (15 Gemini) will be strongly attracted to a
male that has his Mars at 15 Sagittarius. His Mars completes her
T-square (fills it in). The union will be extremely sexual (Mars fill
in). But the Male will soon learn he is being squashed

By her (Her Saturn squares his Mars). “Tombstone”. Other

attractors are Mars Trine Moon and Uranus Trine Moon.

When meeting or becoming serious with another individual watch

aspects to your Venus. You can blindly find the love of your life
under transiting Uranus square your Natal Venus BUT…when the
Transit ends the “veil” will be lifted. Feelings of love often are
involved with Jupiter Trine/Sextile or Conjunct Natal Venus. Even
here one must wait until the aspect subsides for the “veil” to lift.
Astrology supersedes all of this and thus reveals its true value!

Psychologists tell us the most important issue between couples is

money. Next in importance is sex and sexuality. In Astrology sex
is usually attributed to the 8th house by amateurs. Sexuality really
corresponds to the 5th, 11th and 8th. The 5th is love given, the
11th is love received and the 8th is sex. These 3 work together to
comprise what we call sexuality. Also the planet Venus (love) is
involved in the “sexual attitude”. Venus will be explained below.

I will list here the beginning parameters I use. Saturn (restriction)

found in the 11th (love received) sets up a deeply involved need for
love. Saturn (restriction) in the 5th house of (love given) sets up a
sets up a “tightness” through emotional restriction. Uranus
(intensification) found in the 11th (love received) causes the
individual to demand immediate attention from the partner. When
this need is unfulfilled there will be problems in the relationship.
What is meant by “immediate attention”...the partner must literally
drop whatever he or she is doing and EMOTIONALLY
acknowledge the presence of the other even 10-20 years down the
road in the union. Uranus (intensification) found in the 5th (love
given) intensifies the sex drive. I actually call it “the turbo sex
drive”. Transiting planets through a house will have a “time
period” to them. Like Uranus transiting the 5th will be in operation

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for only 6-8 years. We can expect this “turbo sex drive” if Uranus
squares or opposes the ruler of the 5th. Say Aries is on the cusp of
the 5th house in the Natal. We know Aries is ruled by Mars. If in
this chart, Uranus squared or opposed Mars we can expect the
“turbo elements”. Mercury found in the 8th or Gemini on the cusp
of the 8th communication (Mercury=communication) will be very
important in the sex act.

When Pisces is on the cusp of the 5th we can expect Gemini on the
8th which puts Virgo on the 11th. Let’s explore this. We have the
cloudy, illusional Pisces on the 5th (love given) with the dual
natured Gemini on the 8th (sex act) and the discriminating (in
terms of mental assimilation) Virgo on the 11th (love received).
This can set up a myriad of problems ranging from confusion to
homosexual/bi-sexual aspects. NOTE; in the above Mercury rules
both Gemini. Mercury is duality.

We want to pay attention to the 5th, 8th and 11th houses to paint an
overall picture of the individual sexuality, whether it is a house
ruler or a planet in one of those houses.

Recently I did an experiment. I went into a dominatrix chat room.

For those unaware of what I am talking about these were the
individuals who have created a sexual lifestyle involving, whips,
leather and obedience etc. My goal was to see if there was a
pattern in the charts that indicated this type of lifestyle. I offered to
do everyone's chart for free. What I learned was that over 70% had
Uranus (intensification) conjunct their Venus in the Natal chart!
This is intense/extreme (Uranus) love (Venus). This led me to take
a much closer look at the role of Venus in the charts. What I came
up with was Venus = “sexual attitude”.

A very powerful attracter between 2 people is the midpoint of

Mars/Venus. In an example let’s say person A has Mars at 13
Sagittarius and Venus at 22 Cancer. The midpoint would be 2
degrees Libra. So we would use the squares. 2 Libra, 2 Capricorn,
2 Aries, 2 Cancer. Now person B has their Mars at 15 Aquarius
and the Venus at 22 Scorpio giving a mid-point of 3 Capricorn
which is valid and the 2 were attracted and still are.

Another Attractor is the opposition of the Ascendants tying the 2

together. I know of a male with an Ascendant of 4 Sagittarius.

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The female has an Ascendant of 5 Gemini. This ties them
together. Ironically their first child had an Ascendant of 4 Pisces
which forms a T-Square within the family. Often market traders
are drawn to a specific market. The reason for this is in the
synastry.

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 HOUSES AGAIN

Your favorite Uncle (your mother’s brother) is in the hospital with

what appears to be terminal cancer. Which of the 12 houses
represents your Uncle?

Your Uncle is your mother’s brother. The 3rd house of anyone's

chart represents your brothers and sisters. Provided your mother
played the nurturing role she is represented by your fourth house.
With that in mind we are going to use an artificial overlay. This
overlay is imaginary and it looks exactly like houses in your chart.
We will call this “wheel 2”. Wheel 2 begins the 1st house (1st =
personal power and the other keywords) on the Ascendant and
moves counterclockwise like 2nd house 3rd etc. Placing wheel 2
on your chart so that the beginning of house 1 (Ascendant) is
directly on the beginning cusp of your 4th house (mother). This
represents your mother in relation to you. Now on that wheel 2
count over to the 3rd house which is her brother and sisters. The
beginning of the 3rd house is the beginning of YOUR 6th house in
your chart. So YOUR Uncle is represented by your 6th house.
Because the 3rd house (brothers) of wheel 2 is directly over your
6th house. (Your mother is your 4th house, her brother is the 3rd
house). Always count the beginning house as 1, in our example we
counted house 4 in your chart as 1, house 5 as 2, house 6 as 3).

Transiting Saturn (separation) is due to make a 90 degree aspect to

your natal Moon from your 6th house. Your Uncles life is indeed
in danger.

An easier example. We know that “love given” is represented by

the 5th house. You are married to person X. Person X is your
partner which is represented by your 7th house. So if we place our
wheel 2 so that the Ascendant of wheel 2 starts exactly at the
beginning cusp of your 7th house (partner) we notice that house 5
on the second wheel is exactly your 11th house. Love given by
your partner IS love received by you. We know that in your chart
your 11th house stands for “love received”, proving the validity of
the technique. Take a moment and think of what is going on here.
You receive love from your 11th house while your partner (7th) is
giving love from their 5th.

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Your 8th house is money and self-worth of your partner. This is
figured by placing wheel 2 again on the cusp of your 7th house
(partner) and counting to house 8. Money and self-worth are 2nd
house matters so on wheel 2, the 2nd house is directly over your
8th house in your chart.

Someone at work is being especially friendly to you and you

suspect other motives may be involved. You notice that Transiting
Neptune (the author of plots and schemes) is in your 8th house
making a 45 degree aspect to your natal Mercury
(communications). But how does the 8th house fit into it? The
communications are occurring in the work environment which is
represented by your 6th house. So we place the Ascendant of
wheel 2 directly on the starting cusp of your 6th house. Now you
notice that Neptune is making this aspect from the 3rd house
(communication) of that second wheel...we have just confirmed
your suspicions as we have proof that something really is “other
than it seems”. Look elsewhere in your chart for the reasons i.e.
Upcoming time periods.

Unfortunately from this method, taken by itself, there is no way to

determine the event in advance. Like with your Uncle being
hospitalized with cancer, we could not have known this 3 years
prior when he was healthy. Other techniques must be used to
fortify prediction with this method. Often a student will say “I
have this Transiting aspect happening now and it does not fit with
my life”...the reason is found through the houses 95% of the time
in this manner.

Your mother’s mother is your 7th house. While your fathers

mother is your is your first house. Make sure you understand how
I am deriving these...your partners mother is your 10th house.

Students often wonder about their boss at work. Which house

represents their immediate boss? The authority figure 10th. The
spouse of your boss is represented by your 4th house. Your boss’s
brother is your 12th house. Your partner’s boss is your 4th house.
Your brother/sisters partner is your 9th house.

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 ADVANCED ASPECT STRUCTURES

Students are often befuddled by T-squares, Grand Crosses and

Grand Trines. We will be exploring each one of these here.

A Grand Trine is 3 planets which are each 120 degrees apart. Mars
at 13 Sagittarius, Venus at 13 Aries, and the Moon at 13 Leo. This
creates a triangle within the circle. Trines are considered
“favorable” in charts so one would assume this setup is the “mother
load”. Students have often exclaimed “so and so has a Grand Trine
and are lucky.” Unfortunately too much of a good thing can work
against you as Grand Trines often do. The manner in which a
Grand Trine operates within the person depends on whether the
Grand Trine is in Fire, Earth, Air or Water. (From time to time I
will run across a case where 1 of the planets is in another element,
use the element that has at least 2 planets).

In an example let’s say person X has a Grand Trine in Water. The

emotions will be pulled back or held back from the relationship.
You may have had an encounter with just such a person. In the
middle of a discussion there will be silence. When you ask what is
“wrong” the individual struggles to get the word “nothing” out.
This puts great strain on any relationship as the attitude works to
say “I don’t need you.” What if the N. Node, Ascendant or
Midheaven constitutes one of the points of the Grand Trine? The
structure continues to operate but is less perceivable, phasing in
and out.

A T-square is so called because it is an opposition of 2 planets with

both being squared by another. Mars at 13 Sagittarius opposing
Venus at 13 Gemini with both being squared by Saturn at 13
Pisces. The T-square is interpreted as a midpoint combination,
however it is much stronger. The planet NOT in the opposition is
considered the midpoint of the T-square. In the above example
Saturn is the mid point. Note what house mid point is in. In this
case Saturn will be in our 5th house. The T-square is then going to
“discharge” its energy into the 11th house. (11th house is opposite
mid point). We interpret the T-square as a midpoint, through the
11th house of love received. The individual in our example is
going to have multiple problems in a relationship. Not only is
Saturn (restriction) in the 5th house of love given but the Venus-
Mars Female-Male principle is at odds. Let’s say we caught up to

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this individual and discovered the T-square. We would look at
which houses the planets of the T-square rule...and there we will
find the reason why this aspect of tension is manifesting in the life
of the individual.

An outer planet hitting the open point of the T-square will produce
life-changing events while a swifter planet will produce a “very
bad day or 2”.

A Grand Cross is 4 planets at 90 degrees to each other creating a

square within the circle. It is a T-square with the open arm filled in.
In our T-square example above Pluto at 13 Virgo would fill in the
T-square making it a Grand Cross.

An Angular Grand Cross would have a planet in the 1st, 4th, 7th
and 10th. Note that the parental houses are involved here which
will emphasize the growing up years. Often this individual will
need to marry the mother or father figure that comes along. This
will cause tension within the relationship (7th) as the “parent figure
spouse” fails to measure up.

A Succedent Grand Cross involves houses 2, 5, 8 and 11. This ties

the money (2nd) into the arenas of love received and given. This
individual will find it hard to compliment others and often can talk
down to or about others to boost the self.

A Cadent Grand Cross involves houses 3, 6, 9 and 12. Here

communication and education come into play.

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 ADVANCED PREDICTION TECHNIQUES

Here we utilize and draw on previous parts to fortify interpretation.

I first begin with transits. Saturn through Pluto are critical to watch
in detail as they time most of the significant occurrences in ones
life. In this example we will be using Transiting Saturn Squaring
Natal Saturn which is a challenging time period about every 7
years. (Saturn squares opposes or conjuncts its natal position every
7.5 years.) When Saturn goes into Sagittarius/Capricorn it is
moving especially slow and we can expect the “time period” to last
longer then when Saturn zips through Gemini. In this example
Transiting Saturn is squaring its natal position and we look at 2
main factors. Which house is Transiting Saturn in when it makes
the aspect and which house does the NATAL Saturn rule?
Combining these 2 we usually have a very good idea of where the
tension will be. I would then write on a calendar 3 dates and
connect them. The beginning of the effects, the date Saturn
reaches its strongest point (1 degree before exact) and the end date
when the aspect is exact.

The beginning of the effects for Saturn would be 8 degrees out. If

Saturn was squaring any other planet the effects would start at 4-5
degrees out. A planet is always more potent when it is contacting
its own Natal position. For a more comprehensive study of why
this occurs one needs to intimately understand the music scale. In
our example the beginning date is June 2nd, the strongest point
date is August 8th ending August 31st. Saturn's speed is also
slowing down (intensifying) as it goes into the August dates. Note
it takes 2 months to transverse 7 degrees then it takes 2.5 weeks for
the last degree. Once this Saturn time period has been marked on
the calendar I then go back and work with the swifter moving
planets. If I noticed a Mars square Mars I would write that down
just as I did Saturn within the time period. A mars square during
the time period with a backdrop of Saturn would be more intense
than if it occurred without the Saturn Square. Next are Venus,
Mercury and the Sun. Now I have an outline of the time period.

After completing the Transits I would then check the Solar Arcs.
On Solar Arcs I first check to see if there are any of the larger
squares, oppositions and conjunctions (not midpoints). Because
these larger Solars take time to apply and separate I would check a

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little outside the time period for due dates. As an example if I had
an arc due May 15th which is outside the Saturn period above, may
indicate that the “trigger” on the Saturn period would occur on that
date. I now have more details and am better informed.

I then locate specific points of force (Solar Arc midpoints). I write

these down on the calendar as well. Noting if there are any
“clusters” around any specific date. If there is a cluster I go back
and look at the transiting Moon which will ALWAYS give exact
time and information as in the lessons.

Saturn is a cycle of separation and restriction. I am going to give

you the rules for this time period. 1) Make no changes. 2) Make
no removals. 3) Purchase nothing new. 4) Avoid social occasions.
5) Seek not to gain. 6) Be aware that this time period has a
tendency to temporarily “warp” your thinking, although you think
you are “seeing straight” generally you are not.

The above rules I have laid out for you are gold. They have been
time tested both by me and students. After my “calendar” is set
up I then check the charts of anyone in my immediate circle to see
how my time period will affect them. By doing this I will be better
armed and able to better understand what others are going through.
Also I will fortify my interpretation of the events to come. Here is
an example that actually set up.

In 1995 a mother died of Cancer leaving behind a husband and 4

children. The father had Pluto crossing into his 4th house and
opposing his M.C. Neptune was Squaring his natal Saturn
(breakdown of the structures of reality). Transiting Saturn was
conjunct Venus which ruled his 7th house (partners). The first
child had Saturn (separation) conjuncting her North Node and
squaring her Moon (mother). The 2nd had Pluto opposing her
Natal Saturn while Transiting Saturn opposed her Sun which ruled
her 4th (home and mother). 3rd child had Uranus squaring his
Ascendant. Saturn just entered his 4th house and was squaring his
Moon. 4th child had Pluto conjoining his Moon in the 8th house
while Saturn conjoined his Ascendant and 45 his N. Node.

All of the above occurred at once. The entire family was affected
and it showed in every chart!

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Had there been a need, an astute Astrologer could have picked up
on this 10 years in advance...well before any signs of cancer. This
shows the value of what I call “cross referencing to confirm”. This
is powerful Astrology. It does not have to be a family member. I
usually begin with my own chart in terms of the larger transits and
from there know who to cross reference with. Few Astrologers
will perform this service yet it is so vital to understanding the time
periods.

Spend some time with your chart and the chart of another. Look
for something challenging that you both went through and observe
how it set up in your chart and the chart of the other. Then look for
“similar points” that were simultaneously impacted.

CONCLUSION

Your purchase of this material was probably to enhance your

understanding of financial markets. While the previous pages were
necessary to build a foundation, future parts will be dealing more
with the mathematics. It is in the mathematics that astrology and
its components are raised to a science, taken out of the domain of
interpretive art.

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 DECLINATION

Before this point we have been primarily using Longitude. There

are other important factors and one is declination.

The planets spin around the Sun. At the same time they also move
from North to South and South to North of the Sun. The Earth is
no exception and this is what causes our “Seasons”.

At the Winter Solstice the Earth is as far North as it can go. Thus
the Sun shines primarily on the southern hemisphere at this time.
The Earth then begins to move South (down) and as this occurs,
Spring begins which leads to Summer and the Earth is as far South
as it can go. Thus the Sun shines on the Northern Hemisphere.

Declination is the “measure” of this movement. Because we are

using Geocentric (Earth Centered) Astrology/Astronomy your
software handles Earths movement by telling you that the Sun is
moving North and South. Physically the Sun does not move as per
our discussion.

Your software computes the Suns Declination. The highest North

or lowest South that the “Sun” can move in declination is 23
degrees 27 minutes. It reaches this twice a year. Once in
Summer and once in Winter; June 22 and Dec. 22 with a small
variance. But the exact minute for your locality is when the Sun
hits 0 Cancer 00 (Summer) and when the Sun hits 0 Capricorn 00
(Winter). Running a chart for those moments you will notice that
the declination of the Sun is at its Max.

Spring and Fall occur at 0 Aries 00 (Spring) and 0 Libra 00 (Fall).

Running a chart for that moment you will notice the Sun is going
from South to North (Spring) and North to South (Fall). To put it
another way, the exact moment of the Suns ingress into Aries,
Cancer, Libra or Capricorn officially begins the seasons.

Other planets also have declination which varies and can exceed 23
degrees 27 minutes. We will get to that in a moment.

In a natal chart whether it is a commodity or an individual, each

planet along with the Sun and Moon has declination. It will be 1
of 2 places. North or South, that is all. So a planet either has

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North Declination or South Declination. When 2 planets are both
at 19 degrees North declination they are called PARALLEL.
When one planet is at 19 degrees North Declination and the other is
at 19 degrees South declination. They are called CONTRA-
PARALLEL.

The orb is 1 degree either way and the effect is that of a

conjunction as per interpretation, however, in financial markets this
1 degree orb is greatly reduced.

Let’s take a look at a chart. 6-8-1991, 7:17 am, Springfield, ILL.

Note the following; Mars is at 19 North 43, Saturn 19 South 03,
Mercury 20 North 58, and Venus 21 North 56.

So we can see from this that Mars is CONTRA_PARALLEL

Saturn. (Energy meeting restriction) Mercury is barely
PARALLEL Venus. There are others in this chart. Look at
Neptune!

When a planet or Moon reaches as far North or South that it can go

it is known as maximum North or South. On June 18, 2000 Mars
reached Maximum North around 8:00 A.M. As viewed from New
York at 24d 13m 07s. This is known as Maximum North.

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SOME OLD NOTES ALONG WITH BOOKS THAT ARE
REQUIRED FOR YOU TO PROCEED

You have probably noticed the proliferation of computers and

electronic gadgets over the past 20 or so years. You have probably
also heard the expression “Age of Aquarius”. These Ages last a
little under 2200 years. The decade 1940 to 1950 marked the dead
center of the transition from the Age of Pisces to the Age of
Aquarius. Pisces is a WATER sign. Pisces relates to religion
among other things. Aquarius is an AIR sign. Aquarius relates to
electricity (electronic gadgets). 100 years ago in the Age of Pisces
if you wanted to travel to Australia you would travel by WATER.
Now, if you want to go to Australia you go by AIR. Look back at
the technological advances of the last 100 years and what you are
actually doing is looking at the Age of Aquarius coming in. Many
have talked about the so called decline of moral values which they
have related to the decrease in church attendance. Pisces
emphasized the structure of the Catholic Church as well as others.
Recently the Pope was in the States trying to drum up church
attendance. This shift is actually due to the Age of Aquarius which
emphasizes the “brotherhood of man” over church. The decline in
moral values is actually a shift in moral values. (i.e. the values are
changing to align more within the Age of Aquarius.) Perhaps it
was no coincidence that ENIAC (first computer) was built in 1945.

In 1994 when I was studying Bill Gates I became intrigued when a

journalist asked him what the secret to his success was, he replied
“I was able to see the future!”. It would be a couple years before I
understood what he meant. Gates was an avid studier/researcher of
Napoleon. I began to study Napoleon only to find out that
Napoleon studied and later used Astrology. What is very
interesting is to Use Napoleons birth chart and read a biography
working with the charts transits. This allows you to get inside of
his mind. His date and place of birth are Ajaccio Corsica, 8-15-
1769 @ 10:17 A.M. 42d 08min. North Lat. And 08d 57min East
Longitude. His Ascendant is 17 Libra with an M.C. Of 20 Cancer.

Everything in nature moves in cycles. Making predictions from

these cycles is not only accurate but after the premise or technique
becomes understood, the method appears easy. An elementary

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example of this is the Earths movement around the Sun. If it is
Spring we simply count 365 days to get the next Spring. If we
wanted to forecast a Spring 5 years from now we simply count
(365 X 5) 1825 days out into the future. If it is Spring and we
wanted to forecast Fall we would use Pythagorean Harmonics,
specifically in this example, the octave. (365/2= 182.5). Counting
182 days out into the future will bring Fall. What we have done
here is taken the 365 day cycle and divided by 2. We can also use
the double octave of 4 and counting 91 days out into the future we
can predict the new season. Keep these harmonics in mind. For
everything there is a TIME and a SEASON. Most “Gann experts”
fail to take the seasons into account.

Beginning in 1776 when the US was at war, finally declaring its

independence, and adding the 84 year cycle of Uranus, we get 1860
(Civil War). If we add another complete cycle of Uranus to 1860
we get 1944 (WW2). Adding another period of 84 years brings us
to 2028. BUT before you predict a War keep in mind we are in a
different Age. Do not get me wrong, there will be upheaval BUT
in a different form around that time! The above Wars occurred
while Geocentric Uranus was conjuncting its natal US position.
Keep in mind the planets move in ellipses causing varying amounts
of time to elapse. (The properties of the planetary ellipses work
like this: When a planet is farthest from the Sun ‘Aphelion’ it is
moving very slow compared to when it is closest to the Sun
‘Perihelion’ where it is moving swiftly.) When Titanic sank it
became “anchored” in the time continuum. 84 years later we were
again awestruck by the sinking of the great ship! (There is actually
a part in the beginning of the movie when the 102 year old woman
starts looking back and exclaims “It has been 84 years”.) Recall
from the Lessons that Uranus is “sudden change”. 84 years after
the sinking of Titanic we were again in tears. Perhaps Mr.
Cameron knew something that the Hollywood execs did not.
Hollywood “knew” the film would not make any money.

I also want to give you the US birth chart stats: 7-4-1776, 2:13
A.M. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. E.S.T. This chart has Gemini
rising, however, another popular chart in use has Libra rising. 7-4-
1776, 12:20 PM again Philadelphia, PA.

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 ARITHMETIC, GEOMETRIC and HARMONIC

It took me awhile to learn how to construct a musical scale and be

able to understand the inner workings. I have not seen this in any
book, however it is critical for use with cycles, and is also valid in
financial markets!

Arithmetic. B = (A+C)/2
Geometric. B squared = A times C
Harmonic. B = (2 times A times C) divided by (A+C)

To construct the scale we will start with the Octave of 1 which is 2.

So A = 1 and C = 2.

The Arithmetic Mean is 1.5 or 3/2 (Musical fifth)

The Harmonic Mean is 1.333 or 4/3 (Musical fourth)

If A= 360 and B= 720 then:

The Arithmetic Mean is 540.

The Harmonic Mean is 480.

As in all vibration (Astrology) these scales can be repeated at one

or more octaves above. The ratios would then be halved:

A= 180 B= 360.

The Arithmetic Mean is 270. (270 = 3 squares of 90).

The Harmonic Mean is 240. (240 = 2 Trines of 120).

The planets move in 3 dimensions. The orbit in the zodiac is a 2

dimensional plane figure while the movement from North to South
to North being the 3rd dimension known as latitude, furthermore
Kepler was able to erect the entire music scale by pairing off
planets.

Take a piece of paper out and draw 15 vertical lines each at least ½
inch apart. Make line #1 you’re largest on the left and descending
to the right. Number the lines 1 on the left to 15 on the right.
Number 1 being your largest is the fundamental tone. We then

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take ½ of the fundamental tone which is the Octave and our line 8.
(Label line 8 = 1/2). The next Octave is ½ of ½ or ¼ which is our
line 15. 2/3rds is known as the 5th so we count over 5 spaces from
the fundamental and label line 5 (2/3rds). The Octave of 2/3rds is
1/3rd and line 12 gets labeled as such. (2/3) SQUARED is 4/9ths
which is our line 9. If we doubled the line in length (4/9 X 2) we
get line 2 and label it 8/9. 8/9 X 2/3 (our 5th) is our line 6 at 16/27.
½ of line 6 is our line 13 at 8/27ths. But 16/27 x 2/3 (our 5th) is
32/81 or our line 10. The Octave of our line 10 is 32/81 X 2 =
64/81 which is our line 3. 64/81 X 2/3 =128/243 which is our line
7. The octave of our line 7 = 64/243 which is our line 14. 3/2
divided by 2 is our line 4 at ¾ Line 4 divided by 2 is our line 12 at
3/8. Tones of the scale are gotten by reducing successive 5ths by
the appropriate number of octaves. In our example 8/9 is known as
a tone above C. So 64/81 is known as 2 tones above C. The
reason for this is as you shorten the string length the tones
produced are above the fundamental...C.

Pythagoras believed that 2 was female and 3 male or the odd and
even numbers. His reason for this was that Octaves, POWERS OF
2, do not produce any new tones. The number 3 is needed to
produce new tones. Convert your notes into decimals like
128/243= .526 Do this with all your lines In market studies you
may run across a number or 2. Say you have a number of 1.3333
convert this number into a tone by using the reciprocal. If you had
a move of 10 and found another move of 5...the 5 would be the
octave above the fundamental. Or the 10 would be the Octave
below which is the greater and lesser. THE INTERVALS OF THE
SCALE CAN BE RELATED TO EACH OTHER BY SPLITTING
THE OCTAVE BY ITS ARITHMETICAL, GEOMETRICAL
AND HARMONIC MEANS. Let’s use an interval of 72 & 144
which is the Octave 2:1. The Arithmetical Mean is 1080 while the
harmonic mean is 96. 108 divide the interval into 2 ratios.
(108:72...144:108) reduces to (12:8...16:12) reduces to (3:2...4:3)
96 divides the interval RECIPROCALLY. The combination of the
Arithmetic and Harmonic duplicates proportions within the
interval.

ALL SYSTEMS OF PROPORTION ARE BUILT ON THE

GEOMETRIC SERIES. Because 1/2=2/4=4/8ths we have
double geometric series...1,2,4,8. While the male creates 1/3, 3/9,

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9/27, 27/81, 81/243, 243/729 which is 9 over 2 circles and the
ROOT is 27 which is part of our SQUARE SERIES.

If one was building a house one could take the height to be the
Geometric, harmonic or arithmetic means of the length or breadth.

Ptolemy also derived a scale which uses the Primes 2,3 and 5.
Draw 8 Vertical lines from left to right in descending order again.
Number 1-8 left to right. Line one is the fundamental line 2 is
8/9th 3 is 4/5, 4 is ¾, 5 is 2/3, 6 is 3/5, 7 is 8/15 while 8 is our
octave or ½. While this fancy footwork is valid we will be
ignoring the bulk in this work.

You will need to acquire and read the following before proceeding:

“Astrocycles and Speculative Markets” by Luther J. Jensen 50.00

“Tunnel through the Air” by W.D. Gann 50.00
“The Silver Key” Sepharial
“The A to Z Horoscope Maker and Delineator” Llewellyn George
“Periodicity” Dr. Joseph Buchanan
“Bonnie Lee Hill Tape with Notes” Carol Mull Publishing
“Michelsen Book of Tables” by Neil F. Michelsen
“The Ever Changing Sky: A Guide to the Celestial Sphere” James
B. Kaler

Out of print but very useful and needed.

“Manual of Astrology” Sepharial
“Manual of Astrology” Raphael
“Mundane Astrology” Raphael
“Earth in the Heavens” L. Edward Johndro

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The Dow high before the crash was made on August 25th 1987.
Look at the conjunctions of planets at that time. Indeed, what a
large “trigger”. Note also that there is a 10 year recession cycle.
From 00 to 01 of any decade. The cause for this is that at that time
Jupiter and Saturn transiting are conjunct or opposed. Many of you
will recall the 80-81 recession along with the 90-91 recession but if
you go back in time it is like this for every decade.

Planets changing signs correspond to changing conditions on Earth.

(Sign of Times). This is especially noticeable with the slower
moving outer planets. Let’s look at Neptune (drugs). Neptune in
the 60’s was in Scorpio which is ruled by Pluto. Some keywords
for Pluto are psychosomatic, psychiatry and psychoanalyst etc.
The Drug of choice in the 60’s was LSD. This works in Scorpio
ways to change perspective. In the early 70’s Neptune crossed
over into Sagittarius. An impulse, fire sign, and the drug of choice
became Cocaine. (Jimmy Carter was quoted as saying “A little
cocaine is OK in recreational use”.) Then in the 80’s Neptune
went into Capricorn (restriction) and Reagan declared a “Drug
War” aimed at restricting the import of drugs. At the same time
crack cocaine became the rage. Another term for crack is “rock”
cocaine as it is distributed in rock form. Rocks are structures
which Fall back to Capricorn. Within the last few years Neptune
moved into Aquarius which is a very sociable sign. Police seizures
of the drug Ecstasy quadrupled in one year and are still on the rise.
Clubs, now known as “Raves” where a high percentage of the
people are on Ecstasy popped up overnight. Interesting is that the
users of Ecstasy say it makes them more sociable by letting them
“open up” to others.

Let’s take a look at a very “sociable” Summer dubbed the

“Summer of Love” 1969. Both Uranus and Jupiter crossed over
into the sociable sign Libra and were tightly conjunct through the
Summer! When conjunctions are occurring in the heavens
something is “happening” here on Earth. Spend some time taking
conjunctions and looking at the times where they were in effect.
Take a note of the SIGN the conjunction occurs in the form of its
keywords.

The Great Depression (late 1929 to July 1932 as recorded by the

economic barometer--The Dow) was caused by a transiting T-
square between Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter along with a very

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powerful Eclipse in May 1928. The Sun spot cycle was on a
downward slide from 1928 to 1932 which directly relates to
decreased business activity.

Another method...take the key-word for a planet like Saturn

(structures) and look at the history behind the structures. Let’s take
Boulder Dam a.k.a. Hoover Dam. Construction began in 1931
when Saturn was strong in Capricorn. The plans for the Jefferson
National Memorial in St. Louis were originated in 1935. But it
would be 30 years later (1 complete revolution of Saturn) before
the structure known as the Arch was completed (10-28-1965). The
building of that structure was organized in 1961 when Saturn was
again in Capricorn.

It is not my intention to pull all of history together but to give you

the “tools” so you can make these connections on your own.
ANCIENTS USED ECLIPSES, AND ASPECTS TO THE
DEGREE THAT THEY OCCUR.

On December 24, 1973 there was a large 12 minute eclipse. This

was the longest lasting eclipse of the Century. On that date the
Shaw of Iran announced that the 6 main oil producing nations
(OPEC) in the Persian Gulf will increase the price of oil from $
5.10 a barrel to $ 11.65. This sent Western economics into a
recession.

Eclipse at 8 Cancer on 6-30-73 there was an abortive coup in Iraq

where the defense minister was killed. When Mars squared this
point President Kayibanda of Rwanda was overthrown in a coup.
A good ephemeris that shows eclipse dates is “The American
Ephemeris...1900-2000” Geocentric by Neil F. Michelson ISBN#
0-935127-20-8. You would want to also use a “time-line” that
shows dates of events in history.

On February 5, 1962 Eclipse at 16 Aquarius. Feb. 20 when Mars

was conjuncting that point John Glenn became the first Astronaut
(US) to orbit Earth. May 30, 1965 Eclipse occurred @ 8-9 Gemini.
On 6-3-65 when Mercury was crossing this point Ed White stepped
out of a space capsule and took the first space walk.

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There are many SENSITIVE POINTS in the Birth Chart. One
such point which is commonly used by Astrologers is known as
“The Part of Fortune”. This is the Ascendant + Moon - Sun.
DAY RULERS

Each day is ruled by a specific planet. Sun = Sunday, Moon =

Monday, Mars = Tuesday, Mercury = Wednesday, Jupiter =
Thursday, Friday = Venus, Saturn = Saturday.

Sunrise is defined as the minute the Ascendant crosses the Sun in

that particular location... (Sun conjunct Ascendant). This moment
begins our “1st hour”. The first hour of Sunday is ruled by the
Sun. The Succession is as follows: Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon,
Saturn, Jupiter and Mars. So the 2nd hour of Sunday is ruled by
Venus. The 3rd hour is ruled by Mercury etc.

Sunrise on Tuesday morning. Day ruled by Mars. First hour ruled

by Mars.

Given a birth date or beginning date of 8-21-1969. We would add

8+2+1+1+9+6+9 = 36.The next thing we do to bring this number
to between 1 and 9 is deduce out as many nines as possible. 36-9=
27, 27-9= 18, 18-9= 9. In short this can be written as 36=9.
Looking above we can see that 9 is ruled by Mars, so Mars rules
the above date and all is number.

Many intelligent men have studied markets and met with little
success. The reason for this is obvious at this point. Everyone
“knows” astrology is just a hoax, therefore, failing to TEST this
premise the door remains open for the avid student.

The number one problem facing the analyst is which “chart” is the
actual birth chart. Many analysts will begin with the wrong date of
a commodity or stock, not get a result and scrap the project as not
valid. This is most unfortunate as we will see.

This concludes the section of some of my old notes which are

added to enhance the reader’s perspective at this point. Some of
the examples listed will be later expounded upon. The books
referenced must be obtained by the student before proceeding.
The goal of this work is to work with the planets and leave the

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astrological underpinnings.

ASTRONOMY

When I was working with new students privately, I would always

emphasize the importance of this Chapter. Here, I can not stress it
enough. Gann knew Astronomy and you will need it as well.
Many Astrologers fail in the markets because they do not have the
proper background in Astronomy. At this juncture you are
probably thinking “Oh-great, another field I have to study.” Let
me tell you though, this is a small price to pay for your goal of
understanding financial markets. Please dear student, do not
overlook the importance of this chapter. I can not emphasize this
enough. Do not leave this Chapter until you thoroughly, and I mean
thoroughly understand things such as Right Ascension, Latitude,
Coordinate Systems, etc.

Computers are great tools, however, in this regard, doing charts for
us, teaches us nothing of the underlying principles and
mathematics’ behind the final product of a natal chart. For this we
need a Table of Houses. In putting together this book I searched
for a Table that was available in rather large numbers as to
accommodate future readers of this work. I found the book
“Michelsen Table of Houses” ISBN# 0-935127-60-7. You need to
work through the examples in the book, working not only on your
chart but on at least 3 others that you know. Then use the book to
work through the examples in the “A to Z Horoscope Maker and
Delineator” by Llewellyn George. Once this is complete, go to the
next step below.

For those that can afford it, I highly recommend Starry Night Pro
available at www.starrynight.com for around 300.00. In the long
run this will be money well spent and the program comes with an
e-book.

For those that can not afford the above software I recommend “The
Ever Changing Sky: A Guide to the Celestial Sphere” by James B
Kaler. ISBN# 0-52138053-7.

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In combination with the above book or similar, there are bountiful
websites on Astronomy. A few are listed below. Again you
MUST have a complete understanding of this field.

History of Astronomy
http://casswww.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/History.html

Great site of links to different aspects of science and astronomy

http://www.alcyone.com/max/links/science.html

Glossary of Celestial Mechanics

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/topics/CelestialMechanics.html

THE TUNNEL THRU THE AIR

This is an incredible book. Most serious traders have written the

book off as a bad attempt by Gann at a romance novel. Some have
read it with the feeling that Gann is actually talking about
something else. Some have gone as far to take the time to
understand it in order to successfully trade markets.

This book is your “Bible”. If you find something that works in

financial markets it will be coded in the “Tunnel”. I will give you
an example of Gann’s writing style.

On pages 3 to 7 of “Wall Street Stock Selector” by W.D. Gann he

has a section entitled “Panics from 1814 to 1929”. To the
unskilled reader it appears to be a history lesson, however,
underneath it is much more. Using the natal chart of the N.Y.S.E.
(May 17, 1792. 8:52 A.M. Local Mean Time. New York, New
York) one can see that during the years referenced by Gann we
have aspects to the Ascendant and M.C. by outer planets. Gann
states that there were bank failures in September 1873. Running a
transit chart we find transiting Saturn opposing the N.Y.S.E.
Ascendant. Gann then mentions the 1910 to 1911 Depression as
being caused by the government (Government is a Uranus key-

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word in financial markets) which alerts us to transiting Uranus and
sure enough we can see the opposition by transiting Uranus to the
Ascendant of the N.Y.S.E.

In 1864 we find transiting Neptune conjuncting the N.Y.S.E. Mid-

heaven. In 1890 we find Jupiter opposing the Ascendant while
Chiron later conjuncts the Ascendant. Many more examples can be
found which are very interesting because in 2004 transiting Chiron
will oppose the Ascendant with transiting Saturn later conjuncts the
N.Y.S.E. Ascendant.

Knowledge of the underlying astrology and astronomy is critical to

understanding this man’s work.

Bonnie Lee Hills’ videotape should be viewed several times at this

point.

An interesting oversight by many “Tunnel” readers is that Robert

did not win the war alone; he had the help of Walter. Sepharial’s
real name is Walter Gorn Old and later we will be reviewing some
of his work.

STATIONS, INGRESSES AND THE MOON

As you know by now Geocentric planets move forwards and

backwards (retrograde) then forward again in their course. The
day that the planet changes, either form direct to retrograde or from
retrograde to direct is known as stationary. The planet just sits
there.
A planet going from retrograde to direct is known as Stationary
Direct (SD). A planet going from direct to retrograde is known as
Stationary Retrograde (SR). The degree that the planet goes SR is
important especially if it aspects a natal planet (2 degree orb). The
reason for this is that the same planet must pass over that degree
again.

In ancient times planets retrograding were known to have

“mutative” qualities as opposed to when they are direct. Modern
day science has noted that there is a shift within the color spectrum

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between a direct planet and the same planet in retrograde. Again
both SR and SD days are important and will time changes of trends
in markets if other factors are present.

A transiting planet changing signs is known as an ingress. A

planetary ingress occurred on August 22, 2000 when Mercury left
Leo and entered Virgo. Mercury ingressed into Virgo. Not all
ingresses will affect all markets. There must be another factor
present to turn a specific market.

The beginning astro-economist looks at lunations. New Moon,

Full Moon for change of trend days. We are going to go a step
further.
A New Moon is simply a conjunction of the Sun and Moon. A
chart set for New York April 23 2001 between 10:26 am shows a
New Moon. A full Moon occurs when the Sun and Moon are
opposed in transit. A chart set for New York May 7 2001 at 8:52
am shows a Full Moon.

You may or may not get a market turn at these 2 events.

The point of a New Moon becomes a “sensitive point” as in our
example above this would be 3 Taurus 32. This “sensitive point”
remains in effect until the next New Moon. A planet by transit
squaring, conjuncting or opposing the sensitive point of 3 Taurus
32 should be watched. This is especially true if a larger cycle is
within orb of a turn.
For a detailed explanation of sensitive points refer to Lesson
“Eclipse Points.”

A full Moon where there is an opposition the same applies. The

degree where the Sun is in the opposition becomes the “sensitive
point”. In the above example for the Full Moon the point is 17
Taurus 04.

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 MECHANICS OF AN ECLIPSE

Book needed; “Eclipses” Sepharial

Eclipses account for over 20% of stock market activity. You will
learn that as an eclipse point gets “hit”, news seems to be released
which affects stocks for better or worse, as well as Commodities
and our lives.

There are 2 types of Eclipses. There is a “Solar Eclipse” where the

shadow of the Moon is cast on the Earth and there are Lunar
Eclipses where the shadow of the Earth is cast on the Moon. Your
software lists all eclipses and types.

There are 2 things we want to investigate. One is the point of

Eclipse and the other is the exact duration of effect.

SOLAR eclipses have duration in minutes. Let’s say a particular

SOLAR eclipse lasts 2.5 Minutes (2 Minutes 30 Seconds). The
duration of the effects then lasts 2.5 YEARS. A SOLAR eclipse
lasting 3 minutes would remain in affect 3 YEARS.

Lunar Eclipses also have a duration of affect. Let’s say a LUNAR

eclipse lasted 6.5 minutes. This would equal 6.5 MONTHS (not
years). If a LUNAR eclipse lasted 4 minutes its duration would be
4 MONTHS.

There is a formula for duration. Let’s use the Eclipse that occurred
on June 30, 1935 at 2:59 p.m. New York.

The Sun was at 8 Cancer 05. The closest Node (it does not matter
which) was at 22 Cancer 41.

22d 41m - 8d 5m = 14d 36m divide this number by 5 = 2d 55m

12s. The inverse of this number is .34246 Then we take .34246 X
5 = 1.712 <<<This is our number. The eclipse lasted 1.712
minutes and was a SOLAR eclipse so our duration is 1.712
YEARS.
1.712 X 365.25 = 625.4 days duration.
June 30, 1935 + 625.4 days equals the date of March 16, 1932
In looking at the DOW we can see that this was the same week that
a 5 year up market ended.

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But on the day of the eclipse nothing happened in this market! We
will explore why later.

Formula according to Jensen = Node - Eclipse degree (or eclipse

degree minus Node; whichever one produces a positive value)
divide by 5 get the inverse of this number then multiply by 5=
Duration.

Let’s look at a LUNAR eclipse.

On May 23, 1929 New York there was a LUNAR eclipse.
The Sun was at 1 Gemini 52 and the Node was at 20 Taurus 43.
Sun - Node = 11d 9m
11d 9m divided by 5 = 2d 13m 48s.
2d 13m 48s inverse = .44843
.44843 times 5 = 2.242
So Duration is 2.242 MONTHS or 67.26 days.
Again nothing happened in this market on the Eclipse day.

Let’s look at how the eclipse point is “activated”. On the May 23

1929 eclipse we know it is effective for 67 days or until July 29,
1929.
On July 7, 1929 transiting Mars was at 1 Virgo 52 exactly squaring
the eclipse Sun at 1 Gemini 52. This “activated” the eclipse point!
At the same time this halted the UP trend in the DOW.

Note: To activate an eclipse point the aspect from the transiting

planet to the eclipse point can be either a square, opposition or
conjunction to the eclipse Sun. The planet “activating” the eclipse
point can be any planet.

Let’s take a look at the Dec. 24, 1973 eclipse. The Eclipse Sun is
at 20 Capricorn 40.
On April 24-25, 1974 transiting Mars opposed this point from 20
Cancer 40. On that date the military (MARS) overthrew Caetano
regime.
On May 15, 1974 transiting Saturn exactly opposed the eclipse
Sun. On this day the Palestinian Murdered (Saturn = Murder as per
Sepharial “Eclipses”) 20 children at Ma’ a lot.
On May 31, 1974 transiting Mercury exactly opposed the eclipse
Sun. On this date there was an agreement (Mercury) between
Israel and Syria.

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The list goes on and on but the technique presented here needs to
be mastered.

SENSITIVE POINTS.

Planets that are Conjunct form what is called “sensitive degrees” at

the conjunction Longitude. The sensitive degree lasts until the next
conjunction.

The sensitive degrees function very similar to an eclipse point in

that when hit by a transiting planet forming a square, opposition or
conjunction to that point, events occur.

SEASONS

The Suns entrance into the 4 Cardinal Signs is Significant.

Charts set for the Capital of the Country at the exact minute the
Transiting Sun hits 0 degrees 0 minutes 0 seconds of Aries, Cancer,
Libra and Capricorn time events. This corresponds with the 4
seasons.

Gann would begin his charts from 0 Aries as do astronomers. In

financial markets the Aries and Libra are the most important.

EXACT MATHMATICAL TECHNIQUE:

In Washington, D.C. On March 20, 1929 at 9:23 pm. The Sun hit
the Aries point. Using the Placidus houses the MC. Is located at 14
Leo 22. Let’s get the distance from the MC to the Aries point.
360- 14 Leo 22 (134.4) = 225.6
March 20 1929 + 225 days is October 31, 1929. This misses the
“Crash low” of October 29,1929 by 2 days. Also Note That the
Transiting Sun was at 6 Scorp conjuncting the ASC of the ingress
chart at 9 Scorp.

But if we set the chart for the Ingress at the New York Stock
Exchange (9:23 PM) we have an MC of 17 Leo. Now make the
calculations.

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 LAW OF VALUES

Walter begins by stating that specific countries respond to specific

signs of the zodiac. The United States of America responds to
Gemini. At the time of this writing in 2002 we have the eclipses
Falling in Gemini along with Saturn in Gemini. The current state
of affairs is a depreciation of stock values due to an outbreak of
Corporate accounting scandals and terrorist threats. Russia is
ruled by Aquarius. We find transiting Uranus and Neptune in
Aquarius. Ironically American companies have agreements with
Russia for oil drilling rights and subsequent profit sharing. To date
much of the profits have yet to materialize. We can see this
through the presence of Neptune in Aquarius.

The signs act as a form of a “time period” in which the countries

pass through. The student needs to take the time to test this work.
For the United States we would check to see what the affects of
Saturn in Gemini have produced, not simply in financial markets
but also in U.S. events. What the student will find is that when
Saturn is badly aspected in Gemini by another transiting planet, it
will produce events correspondingly, as will Uranus and Neptune.

Transiting Mars made a conjunction to transiting Saturn on May 4,

2002, shortly after the U.S. had an “outbreak” of the West Nile
Virus. This Saturn and Mars conjunction in Gemini occurs once
every 30 years. It is the objective of the student to go back through
history checking to see if there were similar outbreaks, of different
types of viruses in the U.S. at these 30 year intervals. If there is,
then the student has isolated “the cause”. If not than the student
must isolate another aspect and check it through history.

Walter then goes on to explain the effects of transiting planets to

other transiting planets. Transiting Saturn in Gemini will trine
transiting Uranus on Dec 16, 2002 and again on June 24, 2002.
According to Sepharial the bad affects of Saturn will be suspended
at this time.

The student will find that while Saturn is in Gemini it is dependent

on aspects made by other transiting planets and the presence of
other transiting planets in Gemini.

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Walter then goes on to list ruling degrees of cities. He lists the
New York Ascendant at 14 Cancer. Note that on September 11,
2001 we have transiting Mercury exactly square this Ascendant at
14 Libra.

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 ARCANA

This book is unique not only because it is a sincere effort by Walter

to point the reader in the right direction but for the fact that Walter
required a non-disclosure agreement be signed before the book was
shipped to the buyer.

Here we find Natals on the first page. Notice that the Declination
is also given. Do not use this N.Y.S.E. natal. The correct natal to
use is May 17, 1792, 8:52 A.M. Local Mean Time. New York,
New York. Walter purposely gives you the wrong date here which
also gives you a clue to his writing style. Many readers will
dismiss this book because his examples “appear” to not work in
practice. These same readers fail to genuinely take the time to
work through his examples. Arcana needs to be worked through
very carefully.

Walter uses the Mean motion of the Sun for his Solar Arcs. If this
is the correct method to use then his examples will match his
results.

This book contains valuable underpinnings which will not be seen

unless carefully worked through.

Walter takes us through the 36 Decan rulers using the principle of

7. Turning several pages we find the section entitled “Sign
Rulers”. To complete the “sign rulers” the Sun being in Aries or
Scorpio the Prime Significator is Mars.

The above are not really “sign rulers”. An example is that the
correct sign ruler of Pisces is Neptune, however, Walter has
Jupiter. These are really Prime Significators using the above
principle.

Walter goes on to use midpoints in this work. While the use of

midpoints is valid the application here may be confusing.

In exploring the section entitled “Daily Fluctuations” Walter states

that they “Can only be followed by those who are on the spot and
watching the clock and ticker”. The “clock” here is Planetary
Hours while the “ticker” is cycles. Walter highlights the Part of

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Fortune here as Jensen also does in his book “Astro-cycles and
Speculative markets”.
In concluding the work Walter talks of the May 19, 1928 Eclipse
conjunct the Sun of the exchange. This activated the natal Sun. He
then uses transiting Mars oppositions and conjunctions to that
point. An eclipse may be effective in one market and not another.

Spend some serious time working through every example.

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 KABALA OF NUMBERS

Required book; “Periodicity” by Dr. Buchanan.

There is a definitive link between astrology and numerology.

Kabala of numbers is “The Textbook” on Numerology.

Walter starts off by attributing numbers to planets and signs of the

zodiac. Next, days of the week are assigned planetary and thus
numerical influence. We then come to the section in Chapter 3
were letters which comprise names are given numerical value.
What is interesting here is that in ancient Egypt when an individual
was suffering from one factor or another, he or she would be taken
before the High Priest. The High Priest would change the name of
the individual in order to remedy the affliction. While this
technique sounds absurd to the modern day reader through lack of
understanding, Napoleon changed the spelling of his name along
with his signature throughout his life as have others.

Your house numbers through the Pythagorean Scheme have great

meaning and directly impact your life. When I moved to a new
location the gentleman I purchased the house from was missing his
fingers on one of his hands. I later found out that he had recently
cut them off in his lawn mower. The address at that time was 1233
= 9.

A few years back a young neighbor’s father ran over the young
mans thumb when backing out of the driveway. The thumb had to
be amputated, the address 702 = 9. Over the course of time and
many tests I cam to realize that this scheme is incredibly accurate.
When I changed my own numbers from 1233 = 9 to 1231 = 7, I
immediately noticed improvement. To date I have yet to see an
example between house numbers and its inhabitants that I could
not rationally understand.

I have heard from different “Astrologers” many theories on why

Twins (that have almost identical birth charts) often have such
contrasting personal characteristics. Through my own research I
have deduced 2 things that most “Astrologers” are unaware of.
The minute rulers are different as the twins are born at different
minutes as outlined in the Chapter “Success and Failure” and also

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the names are different. These factors thus have great influence in
our lives as outlined in the Chapter “Law of Values” which we will
come back to.

Walter lists the “22 Tarot Keys” which are found in Chapter 3.
Later in the Chapter “Kabalism of Cycles” Walter adds the age the
individual obtains to the current year of attainment. For example a
person born in 1966 will obtain the age of 36 in 2002. 36 added to
2002 gives 2038 = 13. This number 13 will set a “tone” for this
individual for this year and we can see that an individual born in
1966 will face a Saturn square in 2002. This is of course only an
example.

In the chapter “Names, Numbers and Incidences” we find the

Major and Minor additive, again very important as is this entire
book. Continuing we find “Bodes Law”. I have often wondered if
Chiron would complete the 24 + 4 = 28 in this Law.

The book builds up until a chapter entitled “The Law of Values”.

Once completely understood one can genuinely appreciate the
writings of the enigmatic man. Notice in this chapter Walter has
listed “The cycle of Saturn is 30, Jupiter 12, Mars 15, and the Sun
19, of Venus 8, Mercury 10 and Moon 4. The eclipse cycle is 18
years 10.5 days”. These are not meant to be planetary revolutions
but are planetary “time periods”. Recall what Gann said in
“Tunnel” that Major Motors had reached its 19th birthday and
would have fast moved up and down.

One needs to spend serious time reading and testing this book.
Most experts fail to derive much of anything in terms of
applications from the book simply because it was skimmed and not
thoroughly researched.

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 THE GREAT MUTATIONS

On Page 47 of “Astro-Cycles and Speculative Markets” By Jensen

he lists what he calls “The Great Mutation Chart”. Although he
does not go into detail on its workings we will examine it here.
Initially my work draws heavily from Walter (Sepharial).

In observing the chart we see that Jupiter and Saturn are conjunct at
8 Capricorn 54. We also see that the figure is set for the
conjunction moment in Washington D.C. (The US capital.) This
was the first Geocentric conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in Earth
Signs (Capricorn, Taurus and Virgo). This is why it is called the
great mutation. On April 7 2060 there will be another Great
Mutation when Jupiter and Saturn are conjunct at 0 Gemini 48.
This will be in Air Signs (Gemini, Libra and Aquarius).

Currently the Great Mutation on page 47 is operative timing

events. Notice further that the Radix Sun on that page is listed to
the seconds unlike all other entries. This is for purposes to be
employed by Solar Arcs.

The conjunction is listed in Capricorn. Capricorn is the natural

10th house of the zodiac (Government). Had it occurred in Virgo
the natural 6th house it would be (Food and Clothing). Had it
occurred in Taurus the natural 2nd house it would be (Banking and
Money).

There is an important note that needs to be brought out here. The

exact moment of the conjunction figure MUST be set to the Capital
of the country under investigation and we will see more on this
below.

Walter uses the figure of January 26, 1842, 5:29 A.M. London (51
N 30, 0 W 10). This gives 26 Vir 28 on the MC. He then Solar
Arcs the MC to the conjunction equaling 72 years. 1842 + 72
brings us to 1914.

Walter then uses what Jensen refers to on page 48 as the

“Rotational Conjunction” of Jupiter and Saturn. Note again on
page 48 of “Astro-Cycles and Speculative Markets”. That only the
Suns Longitude is given to the second implying Solar Arcs. From

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this viewpoint Walter sets about erecting the Nov. 28 1901
Conjunction at 4:40 P.M. London (51 N 30, 0 W 10). In erecting
this figure we get an Ascendant of 20 Gemini. Now if we Arc the
Ascendant until it opposes the Mars (War) at 3 Cap 25 we get 13
years. 1901 (Conjunction) + 13 = again 1914.

The effects of the actual Jupiter Saturn conjunction usually wear

off in a little over a year but the rotational remain in effect until the
next conjunction. Commodities are affected as well by 20 year
periods. 1861, 1921 and 1981.

Notice on page 37 of Jensen’s book that he uses points. In setting

the figure of the conjunction to Nov. 28, 1901 at 4:32 P.M. London
(51 N 30, 0 W 10) we see that the Conjunction point of 14
Capricorn (284 degrees) minus the position of the Sun 5 Sag 46
(245 degrees 46 Minutes) equals 38 degrees 14 minutes. Adding
the Ascendant of 18 Gemini to this we get 26 Cancer 14. This
point was directly transited by Saturn (restriction, deprivation) at
the height of the WW1 Wheat shortages. The 1921 point set for
London Sep. 10, 1921 at 4:17 A.M. Has the point at 13 Vir. 30.
While this same figure set for Washington (38 N 53, 77 W 02)
gives the point at 6 Can 21.

Following this same technique set for Washington DC we get

February 15, 1941 @ 1:38 A.M. February 18, 1961 @ 7:03 P.M.
July 24, 1981 @ 11:14 P.M. May 28, 2000 @ 11:02 A.M. It
should be noted that London contains its own financial markets
whereas DC does not.

In 1941 the US was bombed at Pearl Harbor from the Air.

Strikingly in 2001 the US was again bombed from the air.

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 LUTHER JENSEN

Required book: “Astro-Cycles and Speculative Markets” by

Luther Jensen

Most readers will be unfamiliar with the fact that L. Jensen was
able to obtain the same results as Gann. Jensen was not as cryptic
and alluding as Gann. This has been one of my favorite books
from early on. It is written in a scrambled manner. The way to
understand this book is to first master the tenants presented in my
work then move on to piece together the Jensen material.

The following in Part 6 is a compilation of Luther Jensen’s

writings in the “Merchant’s Trade Journal” from 1937 to 1947. It
was included for two reasons:

(1) It shows first hand the power of prediction; and

(2) It is chock-full of dates and events, through which the
reader is encouraged to work.

Since 1932, Jensen had predicted a top in the 1938-1939 time

frame that was to exceed 1929. Within this work he actually starts
searching for the causes which he later explained in his book when
he wrote about “Uranus becoming potent.” Prior to that time, he
was focusing mainly on two planets Jupiter and Saturn in years
prior to 1937, also Neptune plays a factor. After that we include
Uranus.

I need to make something clear here, or you will not fully

understand what I am saying. You will find that, prior to 1937,
Saturn square Uranus will still produce a market turn. But “in a
different scheme” we include Uranus after 1937. This also has
bearing on the effects of the Sun-spot Cycle itself.

Another element used here is the “Combined Index.” This was the
index used in the McGraw-Hill publication, “Business Week.”

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 MAGNETIC ACTIVITY

In 1928 there was a peak in the total number of Sunspots. This

number then declines into 1933. These numbers represent
Business activity as a whole. When the cycle (numbers) are
increasing business activity is expanding. When these numbers are
decreasing business activity is slowing. If you look at the time
between 1928 and 1933 you will see a very clear example of this.
The period was dubbed the “Great Depression”. The numbers
actually reflect angular aspects of planets. The current state of
affairs is most interesting. In 2002 we have an “over-valued”
Stock Market and general business activity on the decline as the
numbers are declining on a global level. Current and past numbers
are available from the N.O.A.A. website. The “juice” behind the
numbers is known as “Total Magnetic Activity”.

HELIOCENTRIC VS. GEOCENTRIC

One of the questions I am frequently asked is whether a student

should focus on Heliocentric or Geocentric methods. While both
methods are valuable they are not, for the most part,
interchangeable. This means that if you took the Heliocentric
system and applied it to Geocentric positions the forecasts would
not meet the same degree of accuracy and vise versa. It is my
belief that in his early years W.D. Gann was using Geocentric to
obtain the results that he did.

A relatively inexpensive book that should be purchased by those

that desire to work with the heliocentric system is John H. Nelson’s
“The Propagation Wizards Handbook”. Nelson was able to
forecast Radio black outs by watching the interaction of the planets
heliocentrically. He obtained results approaching 90% accuracy.
On pages 71-72 of his book he lists a couple of errors. Note the
following; On September 12-13 1957, Mercury was 150 Pluto and

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Neptune while being 45 degrees from Chiron. On Aug. 4 1972
Mars was 135 Chiron and 15 degrees Transpluto.

Heliocentric is beyond the scope of this work. I strongly urge the

student to stick with Geocentric until results are obtained. I am
aware that the debate of which to use is very hot but there is more
information on the Geocentric approach and I believe it will be
much easier on the student.

RECTIFICATION OF A NATAL CHART

There are various ways at various levels to erect a natal of a

financial market. Actually intraday can be used to rectify or
confirm a natal but that is beyond the scope of this work. Here I
will be dealing with long range cycles. The first requirement
which stumps the average individual is the data. It is possible to
erect a natal based solely off 10 years or less of data but here we
will assume the reader has had no experience in this area. We want
data as far back as we can possibly get it. Whether this means
spending time on old CBOT manuals or paying hefty prices for
back data, we must obtain the data. Gann and others have stated
that the farther back the better and I agree 100% with this
statement. 10 years of data and this exercise will prove very little.

Once the data is gathered on the market under observation we take

the extreme highs and lows of every year. Meaning we want at
least 1 preferably 2 entries of every year. We find the exact date
of a high or low and we write it down.

The causes of these highs and lows will not be Mercury or Venus
(although they may time the top or bottom the larger cycles “price
swings” are caused by the outer planets.) We then write down next
to the date the exact longitudinal position of Mars, Jupiter, True
Node, Saturn, Chiron Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Transpluto.
Why Transpluto? I believe Transpluto was operable in the 1661
Wheat market high in England and have noticed its effects in other
markets even to the current day. So we have large cycles and slow
planets. From this we begin to crunch numbers and this is how.

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As an example lets say that Stock or Commodity X made a Low on
10-28-97 and Saturn Transiting was at 15.49 ( 15 Aries 29). We
notice further up our list that on 4-19-99 Stock X made a high
while Jupiter was at 15.51 ( 15 Aries 31). We would then look at
other dates to see if there were any other turns that occurred while
any of the planets were at 15 Aries 30. We use an “orb” of much
less than 1 degree. In the event we can confirm the degree by
getting more hits we begin to test it in the following manner; Take
that position (15 Aries 30) and write down dates that a transiting
planet was conjunct that point. Then compare that with the data.
IF we get turns on those dates when a planet hits 15 Aries 30 then
what we are viewing is a “piece” of the natal chart. This tells us
that in the natal a critical planet or point is located at 15 Aries 30.
If we do not get the additional turns than what we have is
coincidence and we move on. Here the Stock X was BAC.

Walter states that the ASC. MC. Sun and Moon are to be watched
as critical points in the natal. What this would indicate is that if
we have performed the above exercise correctly there will be a
series of hits to a point. Let’s say that you kept getting hits to the
Asc. Of 18 Scorpio 12 of Jensen’s chart on page 51 of his book
“Astro-cycles and Speculative Markets”. You notice over the
course of years this point continues to pop up at highs and lows,
this would indicate a sensitive point in the natal of the market
under investigation. Here we have Saturn at 18 Scorpio 12 on Dec.
6 1660, Retrograde on June 11, 1661 and direct on Aug. 28 1661.
We would need to “confirm” this point by looking at other planets
when they hit this point along with the 29 year revolution of Saturn
(i.e. Follow it back or forward in its effects to this point).

It is strongly recommended that the student not attempt to rectify a

natal until the mechanics of the natal are better understood. Bonnie
Lee Hill maintains a website with various natals at
http://www.webspace4me.net/~blhill/index.html (previously
www.flash.net/~blhill) which I highly recommend. Once there go
to “astroeconomics” then “natal information”. Here we find
Gann’s Wheat natal set at 2-18-1859 at 9:30 A.M. Local Mean
Time. I have actually seen this chart in Gann’s own handwriting.
Bonnie also has a Wheat natal listed which deserves close
attention. Again one must have sufficient data, without the data the
student will be groping in the dark.

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 HOW TO HANDLE A STOCK SPLIT

Geocentrically a stocks trend changes due to a time cycle. Time

cycles occur regardless of price. Meaning that lets say on stock X
you have a turn scheduled 3 years from now, on July 30, 2005.
That stock will turn on that date regardless of any stock splits that
have or will occur. So Time is locked in. Price is another story
depending on how you go about calculating it. If you are squaring
price and time you will need to account for the split. Let’s say that
the above stock X splits 2 for 1 on May 3, 2005 and you are
squaring out the turn on July 30, 2005. You will need to continue
the old price by multiplying by 2 to get your squaring. Again, time
is not affected.

ANATOMY OF A STOCK MARKET CRASH

There are many tides. One such tide is the ebb and flow of the Sun
Spot cycle. After a minimum the numbers begin to rise and
business activity picks up. Profits begin to rise and Wall Street
follows. The rise in the Sun Spot numbers takes years during
which the average trader is lulled into thinking it is a sure bet. The
Sun Spot cycle reaches a maximum and starts to decline. After
many months the signs of slowing profits begin to materialize.
Prices remain high, propped up on stilts, while profits begin to
recede. This is where we are currently in the Summer of 2002. An
aspect or aspect structure sets up in the heavens at which time it
becomes glaringly apparent that something is seriously wrong.
Unfortunately this “fear” feeling hits everyone at once and you get
the proverbial “run for the exits”. With no buyers around prices
have sharp dramatic declines as they come crashing down.

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 TUNNEL AGAIN

It is commonly thought that the “War in the Air” is a reference to

World War 2 and that Gann was simply off by 10 years. The
“War in the Air” is planetary interaction during the “Great
Depressions” and Gann wants you to know this on pages 276 and
300. This is where your understanding of Astronomy is critical
and “Astrologers” fail.

TAKING THE MOUNTAIN

A factor that thwarts those who are sincere in their research is the
data. The proper data must be obtained. Gann studied Wheat
going back hundreds of years. This data was compiled by an
author named James E. Thorold Rogers who spent 20 years of his
life compiling wheat data back in the 1800’s. Although links to
sources of wheat data and some actual wheat data are supplied with
this course, this is not enough, as you need to acquire the James E.
Thorold Rogers data along with any others for that period. Wheat
data is preferred as it goes very far back. This needs to be done
before more recent markets with less data are observed and I
cannot stress this point enough. If this step is skipped there will be
severe holes in your knowledge in regards to “cycles”.

The reader needs to read and re-read this material working to

understand the different parts individually. Help may be obtained
in the Group “Wheels in the Sky”. For the reason that you paid for
this work while others have not such questions posed to the group
should not contain any information from this work as you have
paid for it while others have not.

You should focus your attention on the functionality of a natal

chart. This should be your primary focus early on.

Most astrologers attempting to apply their knowledge to a financial

market will notice that at a certain high or low transiting Venus
was conjunct transiting Mars. Ah ha, they exclaim as they believe
they have located the cause of the turn. They then go back to the

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last time this Venus/Mars conjunction occurred and nothing
happened, going back again only to find no turn, finally they find
that there was a turn at the next conjunction. The conclusion then
is that 50% of Venus/Mars conjunctions produce turns in that
specific market. Your function with this material is to find what is
activating the Mars/Venus conjunctions at turns and is absent when
the market does not respond. There are specific, isolatable reasons
for such occurrences. The Venus/Mars conjunction was used as a
hypothetic example only. It can be any planets or positions.

Serious time should be spent with “Tunnel” after you become

familiar with the astrological and astronomical methods presented
herein. The tools presented in my writings will go a long way in
helping you understand that comments such as “Walter noticed that
something always happened around Robert’s birthday” is really a
reference to Solar Returns.

I approached this material from the viewpoint of “what would I

have wanted to know when I began research in this field?” Having
this book in my possession back then and knowing its implications
I would have cut my time in half.

At the time of this writing I have noticed a trend that was not
around in 1996. The trend seems to be a better sharing of
information within the field. Theories are brought out and digested
much quicker and alliances made much faster through the use of
the medium known as the internet. I strongly encourage you, if
you have not done so, to join the Yahoo Group “Wheels In The
Sky” http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wheelsinthesky which boasts
nearly 1000 members worldwide at this time. I feel I have done
my part.

Good Luck Friend.

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 WITS EPILOGUE

At first this work can seem daunting unless a “game plan” is

hatched. The goal of this work is to give you background so that
you can begin putting certain elements together. I do not want you
to have purchased this book and feel like you did not get your
money’s worth, as I have purchased books only to be “let down.”
Here I want to formulate a game plan for you that will maximize
what you learn from this work.

Begin by studying and understanding the techniques presented in

the Lessons in Section 1. To enhance your understanding at the
beginning, please read “The A to Z Horoscope Maker and
Delineator” by Llewellyn George, available for around $14.00.
This will help you “prepare” for the lessons. Make certain that you
completely understand each technique avoiding the astronomy at
this time.

Next step: Astronomy. Many will skip this section, feeling that it
has no bearing. This would be a SERIOUS error. Please dear
researcher. Please DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP. Visualization is
really the key here. If you can afford the astronomy software, it
will greatly aid you. By visualization, I mean that you understand
certain concepts and can “see” how they work. The terms you
need to understand are Equator System, Ecliptic System, Horizon
System, Precession of the Equinoxes, Perigee and Apogee, Sidereal
Time, Altitude, Celestial Equator, Celestial Poles, Declination,
Elongation, Equation of Time, Hour Angle, Latitude, Meridian,
Nodes, Obliquity of the Ecliptic, Parallax, Proper Motion, RIGHT
ASCENSION, Vertex and Zenith. I completely understand your
hesitation at not wanting to go into astronomy. I would always tell
my students, “If you were preparing to be a brain surgeon, you
would not read a few books, talk to a few people and off you go
performing operations; and believe me; our field has a lot more
perks than brain surgery!” Spend some time in astronomy to
understand the above. It will be time well spent in the end, and I
truly want you to succeed.

Step three. Order and read through carefully the recommended

books. Each book is important. If this step is skipped, you will
miss some of the applications of what you have studied. If I had

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the ability, I would have added the books, or relevant parts into this
work. However, due to copyrights, I am unable to include them.
Absolutely make certain that you get the Bonnie Lee Hill tape from
Carol Mull Publishing, as it sheds much light on a grossly
misunderstood and vital book.

Next comes the data. You need it. Your success hinges on this
element. Whether you are studying weather patterns, the stock
market, IBM or commodities, you must have the absolute best data
you can get. Let me show you how important this factor is in my
work. I actually for a long time have worked with a “team” in this
area. Although we have had to acquire more data than most of you
will require, we always went the long route. We never skimped in
this area. The goal at one point was to get rainFall totals as far
back as possible. One data stream was a yearly set. The goal was
to research Bonnie’s floods. The yearly data set had a problem. In
2002, it was a “normal” year with average rainFall for the locality
in question. In actuality, in 2002 it flooded in the Spring, and there
was drought in the Summer. This averaged out, but it was by far,
not a normal year. What we wound up doing was getting the daily
rainFall back to the beginning of record-keeping for that locality.
This made a world of difference and proved VERY fruitful.

The point is: do not skimp in this area. I will give you another
example. When it was decided to go after the same data set Gann
used on wheat, we tried to purchase it from individuals we knew
had it. We were consistently told that it was not for sale. Price
was never even discussed. Because of this, gathering the data set
became a priority, as we knew there was something in it.

If you are researching wheat, go to the same place everybody does.

Kory, who can be contacted at [email protected], and let him
know you are looking for Wheat Data.

Next step, before you begin researching the data that you have
gathered, read through the other sections of this work. Try to
understand where the authors are coming from. Focus on the
techniques they used to arrive at their conclusions.

Avoid such things as the Square of 9 Gann angles, etc. Hold off on
price until you have reached the point where you can say “a top
will occur here, and a bottom here,” based on your research. When

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only then are you ready to start looking at price.

When you get ready to “put it all together,” I have something that
will help you. Start here. Find out what transiting to transiting
aspects turn your market. Do not attempt to work with the natals at
this point. Take the Major Turns and look at the Transiting to
Transiting aspects. See which planets are turning your market.
Now, astrologers are often perplexed at why an aspect will turn a
market one time and have little effect the next. An example would
be a Transiting Jupiter 45* Transiting Saturn, and you get a nice
low like what occurred in the Dow on October 9, 2002. Then at
another Transiting Jupiter 45* Transiting Saturn, nothing appears
to happen… you get a “two day pop.” The reason for this involves
the location the aspect occurs. The sign, decanate and dwadism
either add to the power of the effect or detract from it. An example
would be to expect maximum power of Saturn at 1* Capricorn.
The reason is that Saturn rules the sign of Capricorn.

Dear student, I wish you the best and want you to succeed. When
you have thoroughly mastered this work, which will take you
months, and feel that you have gone as far as you can, write me at
[email protected].

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