The influence of the twelve mundane houses in connection with national affairs is as follows:-
The first house.-The common people, public health, general conditions of the country, and state of home affairs generally.
The second house.-National Exchequer, Revenue, Stock Exchange, Banks, Commercial affairs and trade.
The third house.-Railways and matters to do with them, traffic returns, stocks and shares; telegraph, telephone and postal affairs, locomotions and means of transit, motors, omnibuses, and the like; Books, newspapers and literary concerns.
The fourth house.-The weather, agriculture, crops and landed interest; mines, public buildings; and the opposition part to the Government.
The fifth house.-Theatres, music halls and places of amusement, children, education, birth-rate, schools, morals and betting.
The sixth house.-Sickness, public health, Army and Navy, Warships; Working classes generally.
The seventh house.- Foreign affairs, and relations with other Powers. War and international disputes. Marriages, divorces, foreign trade.
The eighth house.-Mortality, death-rate, suicides. Privy council.
The ninth house.-Law courts, judges, clergy, religion, Colonial trade and affairs, Commercial powers, Science, Shipping, and matters to do therewith.
The tenth house.-The King, Royalty, Government, Ruling Powers, Aristocracy, Nobility and Society.
The eleventh house.-Parliament, House of Commons, Legislation.
The twelfth house.-Prisons, Workhouses, Hospitals, Asylums, Reformatories, Charitable Institutions; Crime, Murders, Criminals, Spies and Secret Foes.
NOTE.-The strongest houses are the first, tenth, seventh and fourth, then the second, fifth, eighth and eleventh, and lastly, the third, sixth, ninth and twelfth. The first, third and ninth are termed the intellectual houses, because the first represents the minds of the people, the third has to do with newspapers and the like, and ninth represents the religious attitude of the people.
CHAPTER IV
The Sun, Moon and planets have a special significance in Mundane Astrology, as they represent certain classes of the community in every nation and country. It is very essential that these should be carefully committed to memory.
The following are the different classes and particular matters ruled over by the planets:-
The Sun represents the King, Nobles, magistrates, judges and all persons in Authority and of Distinction, Cabinet ministers, and the like. The Moon denotes the common people, women generally, crowds, and all matters of a common or public nature.
Mercury governs the literary world, newspapers, publishers, ambassadors, trade and commerce, and the intellectual world.
Venus has rule over the female sex, artists, musicians, marriage, children, and births.
Mars denotes soldiers, surgeons, noted military and naval men, war, disputes, fire and incendiarism.
Jupiter rules the religious and judicial world, divines, judges, lawyers, bankers, merchants, etc.
Saturn has chief influence over elderly people, land-owners, farmers, mines, coal, and the produce of the earth.
Uranus has special influence over railways, societies and associations, gas and water companies, civic bodies, strikes, rioting, and the like. Aerial navigation and scientific discoveries come also under this planet’s rule, also explorations, anarchy and nihilism.
Neptune rules Socialism, suffragettes, the smart set, plots, sedition, fraud and swindling, all illicit undertakings, bogus companies, and all the lower and more degrading forms of vice and wickedness.
NOTE.-The particular house position of the planets must be taken into chief account in judging the above. For example: Neptune in the tenth would show socialistic agitation against the King and Government. The same planet in the twelfth would represent scandals and unpleasant events in connection with Institutions. It is essential that the house influence and planetary influence should be combined. This will be explained later on.
CHAPTER V
The essential and accidental dignities of the planets is a point of much importance in Mundane Astrology.
The signs are distributed among the planets in the following order, and a planet is said to “ rule over “ a sign.
| ♈ | and ♏ | are the houses of | ♂ | |||
| ♉ | “ ♎ | “ “ | ♀ | |||
| ♊ | “ ♍ | “ “ | ☿ | |||
| ♐ | “ ♓ | “ “ | ♃ | |||
| ♑ | “ ♒ | “ “ | ♄ | |||
| ♌ | is the | house of the Sun | ☉ | |||
| ☽ | “ | “ “ Moon | ☽ | |||
These signs are called the houses or mansions of the planets, because when a planet is placed in a sign it rules over, it is very powerful, and is then “ essentially dignified. ”
The rulership of the signs by the planets is brought into use very considerably, in Mundane matters, for when Aries rises Mars is the ruler of the figure, and the position and aspects of this planet would show the general condition of the people and country at any particular time. The same with the other houses, but particular attention is to be paid to this point when there are no planets in the house under consideration.
There are certain other signs in which the planets are found to be very powerful, though not to the same degree as when in their own houses. These are called the exaltations of the planets and are as follows.
The Sun is exalted in the sign Aries.
The Moon “ “ Taurus.
Jupiter “ “ Cancer.
Mercury “ “ Virgo.
Saturn “ “ Libra.
Mars “ “ Capricorn.
Venus “ “ Pisces.
Uranus is powerful in the Airy Signs, ♊, ♎, ♒.
Neptune is chiefly powerful in ♓.
NOTE.-The signs opposite to those in which the planets have their exaltation are those of their “fall,” and then they are especially weak in power. The planets are also said to be in their “detriment,” when they are placed in the signs opposite to those which are their houses or mansions.