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surgery he will become very cruel and unfeeling, ready to operate for the
mere pleasure of causing pain and in consequence or in pursuit of this pas-
sion he will probably take up vivisection and develop and unusual ingenuity
in torturing his victims. With Uranus or Mars in Scorpio or Pisces he will
be underhanded or tricky though he may show a very different front to the
public. In Aries it will make a rattlebrain, in Gemini and Virgo an unusu-
ally quick mentality but quick in seeing only how to trick others. In Sag-
ittarius it will make the person very materialistic, atheistic, or fanatical
against the established religion or society. Thus the planets blend their
individual natures with the sign.
NEPTUNE SEXTILE OR TRINE TO URANUS gives inclination towards the occult
or mystical side of life, and if either is placed in the Tenth House the
person usually becomes a leader or authority in these lines, he wins at
least local recognition and if other testimonies concur his fame will be
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national or international. Such aspects will bring direct touch with the
spiritual world and success in dealing with the inhabitants of that plane.
It is also productive of dreams and visions of a prophetic and inspirational
nature. It strengthens the healing powers and will consequently enable the
person to do a great deal of good for his suffering fellow-men. These as-
pects give a highly developed intuition which amounts almost to
mind-reading. There is a love of travel and exploration of the physical
world as well as of nature's finer realms. Nor are such people altogether
dreamers, they have a strong will with excellent executive and organizing
powers which will aid them in realizing their hopes, wishes and ambitions to
rise in life and be at the forefront of whatever profession they select.
NEPTUNE CONJUNCTION OR PARALLEL TO URANUS are convertible aspects; if the
planets are well placed by sign and otherwise well aspected, their effect
will be similar to the sextile or trine, though not so pronounced, but if
they are cadent weak by sign, and afflicted they are only a little less evil
than when aspected by square or opposition.
NEPTUNE SQUARE OR OPPOSITION TO URANUS brings underhanded, deceptive in-
fluences into the life which aim to undermine the reputation and make the
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person suffer scandal and public disfavor, sudden and unaccountable reverses
in business are met with, or trouble in social affairs. there is the same
love of travel and exploration as given by the good aspects but the person
cannot accomplish his aims with the same facility, or if he does it is to
his disadvantage and brings added trouble. He is also drawn towards the oc-
cult or mystic side of life, but his path is beset by dangers of mediumship
and obsession and all through life he is filled with premonitions of danger
and a vague dread of impending disaster which he can neither account for nor
dispel by will or reason, hence uncertainty overshadows the life as a cloud
and robs him of peace and contentment.
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CHAPTER XVII.
NEPTUNE, THE PLANET OF DIVINITY
As URANUS is the octave of Venus and acts principally upon the love na-
ture, aiming to elevate mankind in matters personal and social, so Neptune
is the octave of Mercury, and altogether spiritual in its aims. As Mercury
is Lightbearer of the physical Sun, so Neptune is Lightbearer for the
spiritual Sun, (called Vulcan by the Western Mystics). Intellectuality,
ruled by Mercury lifted us above the animal and made man, man; the Spiritu-
ality ruled by Neptune will in time raise us beyond the state of the human
and make us divine.
Neptune really signifies what we may call "the gods" commencing with the
supernormal beings we know as Elder Brothers, and compassing the innumerable
hosts of spiritual entities, good, bad, and indifferent, which influence our
evolution. Its position and aspects denote our relation to them; malefic
aspects attract agencies of a nature inimical to our welfare, benefic con-
figurations draw upon the good forces. Thus, if Neptune is placed in the
Tenth House, trine to the ascendant, the person involved will have the op-
portunity to become a leader or prominent in a movement along mystical lines
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as denoted by the exalted position of Neptune. His body will be capable of
receiving the finer vibrations, and of coming in touch with the spiritual
world, as denoted by the trine of the ascendant. On the other hand, when
Neptune is placed in the Twelfth House, whose nature is passive and produc-
tive of suffering, that position indicates that at some time, perhaps under
a square form the midheaven, the evil forces, among whom are
spirit-controls, will be drawn to that person and endeavor to obtain posses-
sion of the body. the conjunction of Neptune with the ascendant will make
the body sensitive and usable for spiritual purposes, as well as the trine.
Given the opportunity afforded by the first aspect mentioned, the man may
become a pupil of a mystery school and a factor for great good in the uplift
of mankind; placed under the affliction of the second aspect, he may become
a helpless tool of spirit-controls: an irresponsible medium.
But there is one factor which is never shown in the horoscope, and that
is the will of man. He is bound at some time in life to meet with the expe-
riences denoted by his horoscope, and the opportunities there indicated will
be placed before him one by one in orderly succession, as the clock of des-
tiny marks the appropriate time; but how he, the free and independent
spirit, meets that fated experience, no one can determine beforehand, and
the man in whose horoscope the first mentioned benefic configuration occurs
may not be sufficiently awake to the great opportunity before him to catch
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it on the wing, it may have flown before he realizes it was there. Yes, he
may never become aware of the fact. On the other hand, the person in whose
life the square indicates the assault by spiritual forces mentioned, may
develop his spiritual muscle by resisting the onslaught and become a victor
instead of being vanquished. Forewarned is forearmed.
Neptune was not discovered until 1846, but we should err greatly if we
supposed the influence ascribed to it fictitious on that account, for as the
person born blind lacks the organs to see the sunlight and colors, so most
of humanity is still lacking the sensibility which makes them amenable to
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