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.There wasanother of the Moon on January 30th, 1665, which fell in Leo,close to the place of Saturn, in the lower99angle of the City of London radix, and which was followedby the Great Fire, the sign Leo being a fiery sign.There wasalso an eclipse of the Sun on July 12th, in the same year,which fell near the place of Mars in the radix.Then there are the eclipses at Panama and Martinique, whichwere immediately followed by great earthquakes in thoseparts, and which luminously confirm the dictum of Ptolemythat  they operate most efficiously in those places where theyare vertical, or where the chief Significator shall pass bytheir zenith in the time of the eclipse (lib.2, cap.8).By thechief Significator I understand him to mean that luminarywhich suffers eclipse.This agrees in part with the dictum ofCardan, who says that  eclipses operate most particularly inthose parts that are governed by the sign in which the eclipsetakes place, and those also where it is visible.Obviously,therefore, when we find the eclipse taking place in anylocality, and that place is also ruled by the sign of eclipse, theeffects would be most assuredly felt in that part of the world.But an eclipse need not be visible in a country in order toproduce disastrous effects therein, for if it happen in theruling sign of that country, whether it be the meridian sign orthe sign ascending, it will still bring about such disasters asare signified, that is to say, it will signal or portend them.Similarly it is sufficient that an eclipse is vertical withoutbeing in the ruling sign in order to produce marked effects.But this will appear on examination, namely, that when theeclipse falls in the meridian sign of a country or city theGovernment and rulers of that place are effected, whereas ifit falls in the ascending sign, the people are principallyaffected.Also when it is visible in the zenith of a100locality that part of the world suffers a series of physical ills,as earthquakes, storms, tidal waves, eruptions, and otherevils.But we may now turn our attention to the significance ofeclipses in individual horoscopes, these being of moreparticular interest to students of astrology, besides beingmore easily verifiable by reason of the closer scrutiny we aredisposed to give them.In May, 1902, there was an eclipse of the Sun which fell inTaurus 17, in direct opposition to the place of the Sun inKing Edward VII s horoscope (November 9th, 1841), and theSun at his birth was afflicted by the semisquare aspect ofSaturn and the semisquare aspect of the Moon, as well as thesquare aspect of Neptune.It was, therefore, a vulnerablepoint.The king was to have been crowned at the end of June,but from consideration of this portent I was able to say thatHis Majesty would not complete his intention, as at that timehe would be suddenly struck down by an illness, which Iverily thought to be mortal, incidental to the excretorysystem.This I caused to be known to many students ofastrology prior to the event.As events turned out the kingwas suddenly taken ill on the eve of his coronation by asevere attack of appendicitis, which required immediateoperation.It was not until August following that theceremony took place.Prior to this event there had been an eclipse of the Sun, total,in the last degree of Scorpio, which took place on the 22ndNovember, 1900.This was close to the opposition of theAscendant of Queen Victoria s horoscope, the Node beingexactly on that point of the zodiac.Within two months theaged, venerable and much beloved sovereign passed away,death taking101place on the 22nd January, 1901.The death of King Edward, so clearly foreseen and predictedby me in the current almanacs of the year 1910, was dulysignified by the large eclipse of the Sun which took place inGemini 26, in close opposition to the Ascendant of the royalhoroscope and near the opposition of Saturn, which wasrising in the horoscope in square aspect to the Moon.Theking died on the 6th May, 1910, within two or three days of asolar eclipse in exact opposition to the place of the Sun in hishoroscope, the eclipse taking place in Taurus 17 and the Sunat his birth being in Scorpio 17.The same event was duly signified in the Prince of Waleshoroscope, for on the 4th June, 1909, there was a total eclipseof the Moon in Sagittarius 13, which fell in direct oppositionto the place of the Sun in the radical horoscope of the Prince,the Sun being here the natural Significator of the father, asalready laid down in the rules concerning the interpretation ofeclipse influences.On the 26th September, 1912, the Moon suffered eclipse inAries 3, the Moon at that time being close to the meridian ofthe horoscope for London [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]