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THE RISING SIGN AND THE TWELVE HOUSES 45 In the wide column are the figures 7:8, Pisces above and Ascendant at the top, so we place 7:8 of Pisces on the Ascendant.

To the right of the wide column we find the figure 25; Aries and 2 are at the top, so we place Aries 25 on the Second Cusp.

The extreme right hand column has the figure 26 and Taurus is at the top with the figure 3. Accordingly we place Taurus 26 on the Third Cusp.

Having thus filled the six cusps, we proceed to fill the six opposite houses with the opposite signs.

Gemini 18 on the Fourth in opposition to Sagittarius 18 on the Tenth. Cancer 9 on the Fifth in opposition to Capricorn 9 on the Eleventh, and so on. When all the cusps have been filled we count the signs and find that all twelwe are present, hence our horoscope has reached the same stage of completion as the ones previously cast,

These horoscopes of four children born in the same city (Chicago) on the same day and year (Aug. 2, 1909) “but at different hours”, show graphically that people may be, and are, born under all the twelve signs anywhere on any day of the year.

When we compare the four horoscopes we have east we may learn several important lessons. In the first place, we may see the worthlessness of the statements so often heard; “I was born under Taurus,” or “I was born under Scorpio,” which simply means that the person was born in May or November when