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72 relative to the houses indicate our basic temperament and attitude towards life, and the planets are the messengers of God which by their motion through the houses and signs bring to us the opportunities for soulgrowthsoul growth [sic] which we need for our individual development. It is therefore necessary for one who wishes to learn to read a horoscope to become thoroughly acquainted with these three factors both separately and in their various combinations. The following descriptions may help to convey this knowledge:

As said in the introductory remarks, “the houses are divisions of the earth,” and therefore they are also called “Mundane Houses,” to differentiate between them and the ‘Celestial Houses’ composed of the twelve signs of the Zodiac; but generally they are designated as “houses” only.

It is the angle of the stellar ray which determines its effect in our lives, those which are in the East affect our physical constitution, planets in the South near the zenith are factors for good or ill where our social position is concerned. If a planet is setting in the West at the time of our birth its angle strikes us in such a manner as to draw us to a certain type of marriage partner, and the planets under the earth, in the North, have an effect upon our condition in the latter part of life. Let us suppose for illustration of the point that someone is born