The Astrologer’s Vade Mlecum. 
 
 BY 
 Prof. W. tb. Chaney, 
 
 Author of Chaney’s Primer of Astrology, 
 Chaney’s Ephemeris etc. ete. 
 A work 
 on the mathematics of Astrology 
 in which the higher branches of the art 
 are brought within the comprehension 
 of the earnest student. 
 
 OLD SYSTEMS EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED, 
 NEW METHODS INTRODUCED. 
 
 The principles taught are based on the author’s practical ex- 
 
 perience which has extended over a period of nearly forty years. 
 
 EDITED BY 
 Prot. 3. Lawson ball, 
 Student of Prof. Chaney, and Graduate of the 
 
 Chicago School of Psychology. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY 
 Eureka Publishing Co., 
 Baltimore, Md. 
 
 COPYRIGHTED 1902. 
 
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Editor’s Preface. 
 
 
 
 If this work had been published ten years or even five years 
 ago, no editor’s preface would have been written, the author would 
 have preferred taking all the responsibility upon himself. 
 
 Prof. Chaney is a man with a most remarkable individuality, 
 ambitious, aggressive, self-reliant and daringly original, — a born 
 skeptic, — an Iconoclast, — an aggressive and untiring seeker after 
 TRUTH. 
 
 The way he has handled not only Astrology but Christianity 
 and the Bible has won him a few friends and many enemies, he 
 has been reviled by Christians simply because he has assailed their 
 pet fancies, broken their idols and shown the Bible to be of Astro- 
 logical and Mythological origin. , 
 
 He has been abused by his rivals in Astrology because he has 
 fearlessly exposed their errors. He has been true to his principles 
 and honest with the world, regardless of pecuniary consequences, 
 the almighty dollar with him has always been a secondary consid- 
 eration, he never had any capacity for financiering, in his horo- 
 scope there is not a single testimony in favor of wealth, and for 
 lack of sufficient funds much of his best work still remains unpub- 
 lished. 
 
 He is now in his 82nd year and still retains all his mental fac- 
 ulties as clear and vigorous as ever, but physically he is very feeble, 
 his eye-sight has failed, his hearing is not good, and lately he has 
 suffered severely from disease of the kidneys and bladder; Students 
 who have studied the Primer will remember that at his birth he 
 had Saturn in evil aspect to Libra the sign which governs the kid- 
 neys and the house of life. 
 
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Eprror’s PREFACE. 
 
 To prepare even a small work like this for publication is a task 
 which for some time past Prof. Chaney has been quite unable to 
 undertake. 
 
 Ever since I studied Astrology under his tuition we have been 
 close friends, I have gone to him with my difficulties and he in 
 turn has come to me. It was his wish that I should assist him in 
 the preparation of this work, I have done so to the best of my abil- 
 ity although it has been considerable of a sacrifice; I am a very 
 busy man and much of the time devoted to this purpose has been 
 stolen from what should have been my hours of sleep. 
 
 His ideas which are the result of nearly forty years practical 
 experience have been carried out in every particular — I am re- 
 sponsible only for the accuracy of the mathematical calculations — 
 not for the routine of the work. I have used reasonable care to a- 
 void errors and believe that our combined efforts will be apprecia- 
 ted by all earnest students who desire to learn the mathematics of 
 Astrology without the personal instructions of a teacher. 
 
 Astrology is not an exact science and probably never will be, 
 but among all the occult studies it is the most sublime and _ beauti- 
 ful. There is much that is tangible and practical in the application 
 of its teachings to the affairs of every-day life. 
 
 J. LAWSON HALL, 
 July 4th 1902 3200 Forest Avenue, 
 Chicago, Ill. 
 
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The Astrologers Vade Secu. 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 SHEPHERDS were the first Astrologers. Their habit of sleeping on 
 the ground with only the blue canopy of the heavens above them, 
 naturally led to an observance of the heavenly bodies. This was 
 before man had invented an alphabet, and from necessity they in- 
 vented hieroglyphics as symbolizing the signification of the plan- 
 ets, and constellations of the Zodiac. The shepherds were then the 
 most intelligent class, while the hunters were on a lower plane and 
 nearer that of the savage. Hence, like our most learned scholars of 
 to-day, who constitute a class by themselves, the shepherds were 
 the highest caste and they concealed from the lower their secrets 
 of science and philosophy. 
 
 This was the origin of both speculative and practical Freemason- 
 ry. The first Masonic Lodge was not a Fraternity, but a school of 
 science in which Astrology was the chief study. Only the worthy 
 and competent were admitted, and under promise not to reveal to 
 the exoteric (outsiders) what they were taught. In time all the se- 
 ven liberal arts and sciences were taught, but Astrology, the parent 
 of Astronomy, never ceased to be the science adored above all 
 others. It was ‘‘Divine’’ because a revelation from the heavens. 
 
 During the persecution of the Masons in the Dark Ages, when 
 for more than a thousand years they never dared to meet in a buil- 
 ding, they lost a knowledge of the arts and sciences, but in a most 
 wonderful manner were able to preserve their symbols and cere- 
 monies. It was during this dark period that the ‘‘Students of Na- 
 

 
INTRODUCTORY II 
 
 ture’’ grew into the grandest Brotherhood known to man. It was 
 then that they invented signs and tokens whereby they might 
 know each other, though strangers. One sign that is never allowed 
 to be given unless the emergency is great, and which rings in the 
 heart of a Mason like a cry for mercy, is answered by flying to the 
 aid of a distressed Brother, even at the risk of life. 
 
 Though not a Mason, go into a Lodge and look around. Every- 
 where you see the relics of Astrology. If a Mason, listen to the 
 opening and closing ceremonies. Astronomy is the basis of the 
 questions and answers. All this has been preserved by tradition 
 while much of its sublime esoteric meaning has been lost. A whole 
 lecture is necessary to recount what I have learned as a student of 
 Astrology concerning ‘‘the lost arts’’ and while I cannot spare the 
 space for a full explanation, I will give one as an example: 
 
 The initiate is instructed that Freemasonry and Geometry were 
 formerly the same, and his attention is called to the letter G, sus- 
 pended in front of the Worshipful Master, but the full significance 
 of it is not made plain. Without Geometry for describing the arcs 
 and angles in measuring space in the heavens, the Astrologer 
 would have a sorry time in calculating Directions. The early stu- 
 dents of Nature divided the circle into 360 equal parts, because 
 from their imperfect knowledge of Astronomy and Trigonometry 
 they had determined that it required just 360 days for the Sun to 
 perform a revolution around the circle of the heavens, that is, it 
 required 360 days from the time the Sun left a certain star to tran- 
 sit along the ecliptic till it reached that star again. Each of the 360 
 parts was called a degree and was the space the Sun was supposed 
 to move in 24 hours. Thus the 360 spaces constituted a cycle of the 
 Sun and was called a year. Later observations and calculations 
 proved that it required a fraction more than 365 days to make a 
 

 
INTRODUCTORY III 
 
 year, but to avoid fractions in their calculations they adhered to 
 the division into 360° which has never been changed aud probably 
 never will be. Besides, 360 is a multiple of 12, and 12 was esteemed 
 a sacred number. The cycle of Jupiter, the great benefic, was about 
 12 years; hence, 12 divisions of the Zodiac; 12 months in a year; 12 
 patriarchs, 12 apostles and great numbers of 12 found in the Bible 
 and ancient mythologies. 
 
 From careful observations, during many years, it was discovered, 
 in the planetary configurations, that while some angles indicated 
 good fortune, others signified the reverse; thus, an angle of 60° de- 
 noted good, and as 60° made the sixth part of a circle, they called 
 it a “‘sextile’’ aspect. But an angle of 90° was evil and being one- 
 fourth of a circle it was called a ‘‘quartile’’ aspect. Two sextiles 
 made a third of a circle, or “‘trine’’, and two quartiles made an op- 
 position, being half the circle. These angles must not be calculated 
 by longitude because that is measured on the ecliptic which is not 
 perpendicular, but oblique to the plane of its orbit, and therefore 
 must be measured either by right ascension, or semi-arc; I prefer 
 kh. A., the natural measurement. 
 
 Ancient Freemasons had many ‘‘trinities’’ chief among which 
 were ‘‘Wisdom, Strength and Beauty,’’ all derived from Geometry. 
 The letter ‘‘G’’ being the initial, was held in reverence because 
 ‘‘Geometry and Freemasonry were formerly the same,’’ (as was 
 taught in the first Lodges, which were only schools of science, ) and 
 wonderful to state, tradition has preserved that fact for thousands 
 of years, notwithstanding the cruel persecutions for many centu- 
 ries compelled them to change into a Brotherhood for mutual pro- 
 tection, when many of their scientific explanations were lost, such 
 as Jacobs Ladder, the two Covenants, Faith, Hope and Charity, 
 etc. I cannot occupy space to explain the lost Masonic sciences, 
 

 
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 but will give one example by way of illustration. Here are the an- 
 cient symbols for Wisdom, Strength and Beauty, for which mo- 
 derns have substituted three orders of architecture: 
 
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 ted by amonument called an “obelisk.” This is found all over the 
 East, erected during the golden age of Astrology and Freemasonry. 
 Pompey’s Pillar, Cleopatra’s Needle, etc., are specimens. The ob- 
 elisk stood erect, without support-a beautiful symbol of Wisdom. 
 
 The triangle, standing upon two feet, pictured a pyramid, the 
 strongest of all superstructures and the most enduring, defying a- 
 like the storm, the sunshine and the tooth of time. No better 
 symbol of Strength could possibly be devised. 
 
 The third was a circle, a symbol always held in great reverence. 
 Curved lines were always more graceful than angles, and there- 
 fore the circle was adopted as the symbol of Beauty. Here was 
 Wisdom to design, Strength to establish and Beauty to adorn. 
 
 The circle was also the symbol of eternity, for it had neither 
 beginning nor end. Besides, it represented the visible universe, 
 and by placing a dot, (the Hebrews called it ‘‘yod’’) in the center, 
 it represented ‘‘God in the midst of eternity.’’ This was adopted 
 as the hieroglyphic of the Sun, and is so accepted to-day by all en- 
 lightened nations. The old Masons of India said: ‘‘The Sun is not 
 God, but his brightest image.’’ Ancient Greeks and Romans 
 called the Sun the ‘‘God of Day’? and the Moon the ‘‘Goddess of 
 Night.’’ Tle same idea, but in different language, was expressed 
 by the Hebrews: ‘‘And God made two great lights, the greater 
 light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night.’’ 
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 Masons often speak of the symbol of the Sun as ‘‘a point within 
 a circle.’’? Anciently this was done so that the exoteric should not 
 understand what the Masons were talking about. Here is a Masonic 
 secret, and all other so-called secrets are of a similar kind, being 
 the secrets of science which the initiate was not allowed, to teach 
 the non-initiate. Therefore the explanations of science were veiled 
 in allegories, the language being metaphorical. All enlightened na- 
 tions had what moderns called ‘‘Heathen Mythology,” the true 
 meaning of which is not understood by even our best scholars, be- 
 cause they areignorant of Astrology. Ancient Masons did not. be- 
 lieve in the reality of their gods, but the exoteric interpreted the 
 allegories in their literal sense, and thus arose the doctrine of Po- 
 lytheism, which no Mason ever has or ever will accept. 
 
 The word ‘‘god’’ applied to Jupiter has precisely the same 
 meaning as ‘‘planet.’’ The ‘‘planet Jupiter’ and the ‘‘god Jupiter’’ 
 are as exactly alike as ‘‘ English wain and wagon.’ So of Sa- 
 turn, Mars, Venus and Mercury, in the Latin allegories, but 
 which are given different names by the Greeks, where Saturn is 
 Chronos; Jupiter is Zeus, then Deus in Latin and Deity in Eng- 
 lish. The wonderful performances of the gods are the explanations 
 of the astrological indications of the planets of the same name, and 
 Masons all understood this, until they lost their arts and sciences 
 through persecutions, because they could not be made by the most 
 cruel tortures to reveal the secrets of the “Sanctum Sanctorum.” 
 
 The Geometrical symbols for Wisdom, Strength and Beauty, in 
 their various combinations, constitute the capital letters of the 
 Latin Alphabet, the first alphabet in which the form of the letter 
 was scientific; the letters of the Phoenician Alphabet, adopted by 
 the Hebrews, being an evolution from the hieroglyphics. Thus, an- 
 cient Masons invented the first scientific alphabet. 
 
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 Prior to the discoveries of Uranus and Neptune the evil events 
 which they indicated were imputed to Mars and Saturn. This re- 
 sulted in the introduction of errors in the practice, as well as dif- 
 ferences in rendering judgment, among astrologers. Having begun 
 to differ about the correct way of delineating a horoscope, they 
 widened their differences in various ways. The Arabs had perver- 
 ted astrology by employing it in divination, introducing the Dra- 
 gon’s Head and Tail and the Part of Fortune. Next came differen- 
 ces as to how the arcs of Direction should be computed. 
 
 The ‘“‘crepusculine are’’ was popular for a time but yielded to the 
 method of computing by spherical trigonometry, which was at first 
 practised by Commander Morrison, the elder Zadkiel, when he 
 used the old method of converting an arc into time; but before his 
 death he repudiated both methods and computed the arc of Prima- 
 ry Directions in the Zodiac by the semiares of the luminaries and 
 planets, and converted the are into time by allowing one degree 
 for a year, five minutes for a month and one minute for six days. 
 He was firmly convinced that the semiare was the most natural 
 method of computing Zodiacal Directions. 
 
 In thirty-six years’ practice I have become convinced that Right 
 Ascension is the most natural method of measuring any are by Zo- 
 diacal Direction, and although I still instruct my students how to 
 work by the semiarc, I advise them to rely upon Right Ascension. 
 

 
ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 7 
 
 Astrologers have written me asking why Longitude is not as na- 
 tural for measuring an arc as Right Ascension. My answer is that 
 it would be, were it not forthe obliquity of the ecliptic, which 
 causes the changes of the seasons and also causes some of the signs 
 to rise in less time than others, the difference increasing as the la- 
 titude of the earth increases. For instance: 
 
 In New Orleans Aries rises in 1 h. 25 m., while in Alaska Aries 
 will rise in about 17m. In New Orleans Libra will rise in2h. 18m. 
 and in Alaska Libra wiil be about 3h. 26m, in rising. But if the 
 earth’s axis was perpendicular to the plain of its orbit there would 
 be no such differences and each mundane house would contain just 
 30°, eliminating the difference between Longitude and Right As- 
 cension. Hence, to the astronomer and navigator the idea is absurd 
 to think of measuring an arc by Longitude. But few, exept college 
 students, ever study astronomy, and these few are only ‘‘ book as- 
 tronomers,’’ who soon forget the difference between Longitude and 
 Right Ascension, while many professed Astrologers never learn the 
 difference. 
 
 Before any attempt is made to calculate a Solar Return, Progres- 
 sive Revolution, or especially Primary Directions of any kind, it is 
 of the highest importance.that the Nativity should be rectified, no 
 matter how positive the parents may be as to the exact moment of 
 birth. My patrons have often been astonished to learn that their 
 births occurred twenty or thirty minutes earlier or later than the 
 time given them. My mother told me that I was born Sunday mor- 
 _ning, just after midnight, but the dates of the most important e- 
 vents of my life show that my birth was half an hour earlier, be- 
 ing not only the day before, but the week before. 
 
 The date of marriage, or of a serious accident, or of the death of 
 a parent, are the most reliable events by which to rectify. More- 
 
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 over, if some of these events occur before marriage, select the ear- 
 liest event, and do this in all cases. The date of marriage is the 
 most frequently chosen, but if more than one marriage, always se- 
 lect the date of the first. If a person does not marry till past thirty, 
 then I have found that date of marriage is less reliable for rectify- 
 ing. 
 
 In the case of an English lady, I tried dates of death of father, 
 brother and date of marriage, but the discrepancies were twenty 
 or thirty minutes between the time given and the time thus found, 
 though all showed that Gemini was rising. Her mother’s death 
 was the earliest event, and working from that I found the discrep- 
 ancy very slight. She informed me that her father was very parti- 
 cular to note the exact minute of the birth of all his eight children 
 and the minute of birth of each was entered in the family Bible. 
 
 This Nativity constitutes quite an interesting case to the Astolo- 
 ger, for she had a twin brother, born half an hour earlier than her 
 own birth, who died of consumption August 16 th 1874. ‘‘ Then 
 why did she survive ? ’’ the skeptic will naturally ask. Because 
 Taurus was rising when the brother was born and Venus was his 
 significator, but during that lapse of thirty minutes Taurus rose a- 
 bove the horizon and Venus was no longer significator, for Gemini 
 which Mercury rules, was rising. In both cases the Moon was hy- 
 leg, and in almost exact quartile with Mars, having passed the cul- 
 mination but 22 minutes at his birth, yet had passed it 38 minutes 
 at her birth, and the wider the orb of the aspect, especially if sep- 
 erating, the less evil it is. Independent of this consideration, let 
 the student keep in mind that Astrology does not mean unavoid- 
 able destiny. Once I lived past aspects when I should have died, 
 according to the books. At another time an Astrologer near Boston, 
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ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 9 
 
 they did not think I would live till September, 1890. In both cases 
 the chances for living were very strong against me. These, and a 
 score of other cases with which I have met in my practice, con- 
 vince me that a man has the power of choice and by taking care, 
 when warned in advance, may escape many of the evils which his 
 Horoscope indicated, and which would come upon him if he drif- 
 ted blindly, without making the least effort. 
 
 Saturn in Cancer, in that lady’s Horoscope, denotes danger of 
 weak lungs and a delicate stomach, yet by proper care she may re- 
 tard the developement of these ailments and her life be prolonged 
 beyond even three score and ten. But the object of this work is not 
 to delineate a Nativity nor write a treatise on Astrology; therefore 
 we will proceed with the work which the title page indicates. 
 

 
RuLES FOR RECTIFYING. 10 
 CHAPTER I. — Rvutes ror Rectiryine A Nativiry. 
 
 The first step in calculating Directions is to rectify the time of 
 birth to the exact second, in order that the Arcs of Direction may 
 measure up as nearly as possible to the date of the events, for 
 clocks are rarely exactly right, and parents give the birth very of- 
 ten at an even hour or half hour, though it occurred five or ten 
 minutes earlier or later. Besides, solar time and mean time agree 
 but four times a year. I shall therefore first give the rules, which 
 are of my own construction, and then proceed with the work : 
 
 1. When the hour of birth is not known, you must judge from 
 the general make-up of the native, what sign was ascending at the 
 time of birth. This may be quite difficult for one who is not very 
 familiar with the descriptions which the signs and planets pro- 
 duce, but is quite easy for one who has practiced Astrology for a 
 time. In regard to this, I advise those who have had little practice 
 to consider well before forming a decided opinion. Remember not 
 to jump at conclusions, because one is described by Leo, for he or 
 she is not necessarily born with that sign ascending. 
 
 2. Aries ascending with Mars in Taurus will describe one some- 
 what like Libra ascending with Venus in Pisces. Leo ascending 
 with the Sun in Capricorn will describe one of middle height, slen- 
 der, with light hair and many of the Leo traits of character. 
 
 3. When the hour is known, make a horoscope for the approx- 
 imate time of birth. 
 
 4, Find the Arc of the event as follows : From the year, month 
 and day of month, subtract the data of birth ; the remainder will 
 be the Arc of time. Convert this into degrees and minutes by al- 
 lowing one year for a degree, one month for five minutes and six 
 days for one minute. 
 

 
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 5. Study the ‘Indications of Directions’’ at the end of this work 
 and see what direction or directions would indicate the event by 
 which you have decided to rectify. A direction of the M.C. is best. 
 
 6. Find the R. A. of the planet by which to rectify. Always work 
 from the upper meridian except when an opposition to it is requir- 
 ed, then bring the lower meridian to a conjunction of the planet. 
 
 7. Toa Conjunction. If the planet is east of the upper meridian 
 or west of the lower meridian, and its Meridian Distance (M.D.) is 
 greater than the arc of event, the meridian must be moved zodia- 
 cal direction direct, but if the M.D. is less than the are of event, the 
 meridian must be moved zodiacal converse; in either case you will 
 subtract the arc of event from the R. A. of the planet and the re- 
 mainder will be the rectified R. A. of the meridian. 
 
 8. But if the planet is west of the upper meridian or east of the 
 lower meridian, and its M.D. is less than the are of event, the me- 
 ridian must be moved zodiacal direction direct, but if the M. D. is 
 greater than the are of event the meridian must be moved zodiacal 
 converse, in either case you must add the are of event to the R. A. 
 of the planet, and the sum will be the rectified R. A. of the meri- 
 dian. Having found the rectified R.A. of the meridian by either of 
 the foregoing rules, the longitude of the cusp of the 10th house 
 may be found as follows: . 
 
 9. In the tables of R. A. in the first column, which has no lati- 
 tude, find the R. A. next smaller than the given R. A.; move your 
 finger to the left to the column of longitude and take the figure or 
 figures found there for the degree of longitude: At the head of the 
 column will be the sign of the zodiac, and take the sign that says: 
 ‘* with north latitude.’’ Write this sign, and on the left write the 
 figure or figures of longitude thus found. Then subtract the degrees 
 and minutes of the R. A. that are next smaller than the given R. 
 A. from the next degree below; the answer in minutes will be the 
 first term of a problem in Proportion, 60 will be the second term; 
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 the given R. A. and the remainder will be the third term. The an- 
 swer of this problem can be found by proportion or in the Tables 
 of Proportionals in CHANEY’s Primrr or AstroLoay; this answer 
 will be the minutes of longitude to be written on the right of the 
 sign already found, when the degree or degrees, with the sign and 
 minutes, will be the longitude of the cusp of the 10th house, if 
 working from the upper meridian; if working from the lower me- 
 ridian, it will be the longitude of the cusp of the 4th house. 
 
 10. Toa Sextile, Quartile or Trine. If the planet is east of the 
 meridian, add the arc of event to the aspect; that is to 60, 90 or 120 
 degrees, as the case may be and subtract the sum from the R. A. of 
 the planet; the remainder will be the rectified R.A. of the M.C. or 
 subtract the are of event from the degrees of the aspect, and sub- 
 tract the remainder from the R. A. of the planet; the remainder 
 will be the rectified R. A. of the M.C. which must be converted in 
 both cases of this rule into longitude for the cusp of the 10th house, 
 by rule 9. The meridian will move direct or converse in the zodiac 
 according to which portion of the rule had to be applied to the 
 particular case, and according to the distance the planet was from 
 the approximate M. C. 
 
 11. Ifthe planet is west of the meridian, add the arc of event to 
 the degrees of the aspect and add the sum to the R. A. of the pla- 
 net; the answer will be the rectified R. A. of the M.C., or subtract 
 the arc of event from the degrees of the aspect and add the remain- 
 der to the R. A. of the planet; the sum will be the rectified R. A. 
 of the M. C. which must be converted, in both cases of this rule, 
 into longitude for the cusp of the 10th house by rule 9. The merid- 
 ian will move direct or converse in the zodiac according to which 
 portion of the rule had to be applied to meet the requirements of 
 the case and according to the distance the planet was from the ap- 
 proximate M. C. 
 
 N. B. — Remember that the circle of the zodiac, like all circles, 
 contains just 360°, and that when you are to subtract, according to 
 the foregoing rules, you must always go forward in the zodiac for 
 

 
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 the minuend, the same as when finding M. D.; when you cannot 
 subtract, borrow the circle. Also, when you have added, if the sum 
 exceeds 360°, reject the circle; that is, subtract 360 from it and pro- 
 ceed with the remainder. 
 
 In some rare cases it may be necessary to amplify the aboye 
 rules, as for instance. when rectifying by moving the meridian to 
 a conjunction of a planet, the planet being very close to the me- 
 ridian, the are of event very short and the approximate time of 
 birth quite vague, it might be necessary to move the meridian a- 
 cross the radix of the planet, so.as to bring the correct sign and 
 degree on the cusp of the ascendant. 
 
 Aiter a little practice the student will comprehend the principle 
 of the rule, so as to be able to apply it under any circumstances. 
 Remember when rectifying by directing the M.C. to a conjunction 
 of a planet, when your work is completed and the figure made, the 
 meridian distance of the planet must always be exactly equal to 
 the are of event, no matter whether the planet is east or west of 
 the meridian. If your work has been done by directing the M.C. to 
 an aspect of the planet (sextile, quartile or trine) then the merid- 
 ian distance of the planet will always be, the degrees of the aspect 
 plus or minus the arc of event, no matter whether the planet is east 
 or west of the meridian. 
 
 Try the different portions of the rules and work by the one 
 which answers the requirements of the case; if it is evident that 
 the time of birth was pretty closely observed, you must be very 
 careful, as in such a case it would be absurd to make a big change 
 in the meridian, but if the time of birth is not known to within an 
 hour or more, you must work so as to get the right sign and degree 
 on the cusp of the ascendant. See page 10. also notice the aspects 
 between the planets and the ascendant and M.C. and if you are fa- 
 miliar with the characteristics and events indicated by certain as- 
 pects, it will render the work much less difficult for you. Remem- 
 ber it takes patience, practice and perseverance to become expert 
 in the higher branches of Astrology. 
 
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 Mr. Theo. A. Schaefer was born in Baltimore, Md. Lat. 39° 177 
 north, Long. 76° 36’ 45” west, in 1873 July 27th, supposed time 
 ‘about noon, either before or after.’’? The approximate figure from 
 which to work was calculated for noon. 2 §& 56 is on the M.C. the 
 R. A. of which is 125° 14”. 28 = 13 is on the cusp of the ascendant 
 and nearly the whole of m in the 1st house; this could not be right. 
 
 I have never seen the gentleman, but from his photo. and de- 
 scription sent, the indications of Libra predominate largely over 
 those of Scorpio. A serious accident occurred to him in 1882, April 
 13, whereby he nearly lost his life. Mars must have been on the 
 Ascendant at his birth, to indicate this accident. But Mars was in 
 Scorpio and Libra must be on the Ascendant. This complicated the 
 matter very much. He married in 1896, Noy. 11, I found the arc of 
 marriage to be 23°17’ and tried every legitimate aspect of both Ve- 
 nus and the Moon, to bring Libra and Mars on the Ascendant, but 
 none was satisfactory. I next tried to rectify by Oblique Ascension, 
 directing the Ascendant to a conjunction of Mars. to account for 
 the accident, according to the rules in standard works, but with no 
 better results. I was now at the end of all the methods I had ever 
 studied, the work undone, and it seemed impossible. I have never 
 before had such a case and was puzzled. Being very tired, I went 
 to bed, my mind greatly exercised over the subject. 
 
 I awoke a little past midnight, in a sort of dazed condition, only 
 half conscious, with the idea of rectifying by right ascension in- 
 stead of oblique ascension, but am unable to say whether it was 
 suggested by a dream, or asuper-conscious thought projected by 
 the involuntary faculties, over which the wit has no control; but 
 Iam confident it was one or the other. Perhaps the Spiritualist 
 may say the spirit of the great mathematician, Zerah Colbourn, 
 came to me and projected the thought; the Theosophist may con- © 
 

 
ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS, 14 
 
 tend that the thought was of the same class as the ‘‘ astral form,” 
 which means an apparition ‘‘ formed from a star,’’ as my business 
 is related to the stars; but Mrs. Eddy, the ‘‘ Christian Scientist,’’ 
 ‘* Dr.’ Dowie, who is the prophet Elijah, reincarnate, and vision- 
 aries of that stripe so numerous of late, may declare it was a ‘‘ reve- 
 lation.’’ No matter about the origin of the thought. [ at once arose 
 and the following were my reflections, with the work done. 
 
 From time immemorial it has been the practice of Astrologers to 
 Direct the Ascendant in Zodiac, always by oblique ascension, and 
 the M. C. by R. A. Several years ago I noticed a direction of the 
 M. C. in the horoscope of Lord Byron’s daughter, published in 
 “The Grammar of Astrology’’ by Zadkiel, the elder, who was Com- 
 mander Morrison, of the royal navy of England, an excellent ma- 
 thematician and one of the best of modern Astrologers. At Ada 
 Byron’s birth the Ascendant was 8 °° 9 and ¢ was 20 ¥ 26; there- 
 fore 12° 17” below the cusp, measured by longitude. On page 426, 
 Lilly’s Astrology, which includes the Grammar of Astrology, Zad- 
 kiel Directs the M. C., in Zodiac, to a quartile aspect of Mars, thus: 
 “A. R. ofthe O ¢ in (20 VF 26) 292° 7” — A. R. of M. C. 273° 227 
 = the ARC OF DIRECTION 18° 45’.””, Having no teacher, this puzzled 
 me. The R. A. of V§ 3° is 273° 16’ and he has 273° 22’, but on turn- 
 ing back to page 378 I discovered that instead of Vf 3° on the M.C., 
 it was 3 V§ 53’ although in the figure on page 465, he shows only 
 
 *the even degrees, but the point that puzzled me most, was the 
 meaning of the ‘‘R. A. of $ in V§ 20°26’.”’ Now I understand, and 
 what he means is that the long. of ¢, 20 9 26 — 90° (the aspect, ) 
 fallsin 20 V§ 26, the R. A. of which is 292° 77—R. A. of M C. 
 273° 22’ = 18° 45’, the Arc of Direction, From this we deduce the 
 following now obsolete: 
 
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 tude of the planet will fall, for a quartile; (for sextile or trine the 
 same;) and call it ‘‘ the place of aspect.’’ (In this case 20 V§ 26 is 
 place of aspect. ) 
 
 2. Find the R. A. of place of aspect. 
 
 3. The difference between the R. A. of M. C. and the place of as- 
 pect is the Arc of Direction. 
 
 The arc, in this example by Zadkiel, extends over the cusps of 
 the 11th 12th and 1st houses, the longitudes of which are calcula- 
 ted by oblique ascension. The oblique ascension of the 10th is zero 
 and it increases steadily to the 1st, then decreases and is zero at 
 the 4th house. The Sun rises at the cusp of the Ascendent. In sum- 
 mer the Sun rises, in the northern hemisphere, north of east, but 
 mathematically it is exactly 90° from its place of rising to the mer- 
 idian, measured by right ascension. In the winter it rises south of 
 east, yet it is still just 90°, by right ascension to the M. C. The or- 
 bit of the ecliptic, whose diameter is nearly two hundred millions 
 of miles, contains only 360°, while a lady’s finger ring contains an 
 equal number and the angles are the same as those of the ecliptic. 
 Therefore these facts in nature afford indisputable precedents Jus- 
 tifying Zadkiel for his method of employing R. A. in directing the 
 M. C. to a quartile of Mars. In further justification it may be re- 
 marked that if an astronomer discovers a comet in Capricornus or 
 any other sign, he states its right ascension, regardless of the ob- 
 lique ascensions, which vary every degree, over which the arc of 
 right ascension extends. 
 
 From the foregoing deductive reasoning I concluded that when 
 measuring by longitude, from one cusp to another, it might be 
 proper to employ oblique ascension, yet when measuring by right 
 ascension, from, or to, a meridian, the oblique ascension must be 
 disregarded, as is the practice by astronomers, navigators, etc., and 
 
ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 16 
 
 with Nature herself. Therefore it would unavoidably follow that 
 to bring a planet to a quartile of the Midheaven by right 
 ascension, is precisely the same as bringing it to a conjunction 
 of the Ascendant... This fact established, it follows, irresistibly, 
 that Directions to the Ascendant are entirely unnecessary, and I 
 resolved to dispense with them altogether, for they are mislead- 
 ing as much as the dragon’s head and tail, and Part of Fortune. 
 These points settled, we will try to rectify Mr. Schaefer’s 
 Nativity by Directing the Midheaven to a quartile of Mars, 
 Zodiac, according to common sense methods. 
 
 Instead of finding the place of aspect by longitude, making a 
 conglomerate by mixing unknown quantities of longitude and 
 oblique ascension with right ascension, according to old methods, 
 I prefer to make a clean measurement with right ascension. 
 Therefore ¢' R. A. 218° 37’ — 90° = 128° 37’. From this the are 
 of the event must be subtracted, because the cusp of the M. C. 
 is to be moved from Leo, converse into Cancer. 128° 37’—8° 
 43’ — 119° 54’, the rectified R. A. of the M. C., the longitude of 
 which is 27 & 48. 
 
 To find Sidereal Time at birth, divide the rectified R. A. of 
 the M. C. by 15, because 15° of are are equal to one hour of time. 
 
 119° 54’+ 15=7 h. 59 m. 34s. Sidereal time at noon on 
 birthday was 8 h. 20 m. 56 s. From this subtract Sidereal Time 
 at birth, because less than Sidereal Time at noon, showing that 
 the birth occurred before noon. Had Sidereal Time at birth been 
 the greater, I should subtract Sidereal Time at noon from it. 
 
 8 h. 20 m. 56 s.—7 h. 59 m. 36 s.— 21 m. 20 s., and this 
 subtracted from clock time at noon will give clock time at birth, 
 12 h. 0 m. 0 s.— 21 m. 20 s.=11 h. 38 m. 40's. a. m. 
 
 Therefore the moment of birth was 11 o’clock, 38 m. 40 s. 
 a.m. From this we deduce the following correct 
 

 
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ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 17 
 
 RULES TO DIRECT THE M. C. IN ZODIAC TO THE 
 QUARTILE OF A PLANET. 
 
 1. If the planet is east of the M. C. subtract 90° from its 
 R. A., and the are will extend zodiacal converse. 
 
 2. If the remainder is less than the R. A. of the M. C., 
 subtract it from the R. A. of the M. C. and the difference will be 
 the Are of Direction; but if greater, subtract the R. A. of the 
 M. C. from it for the Arc of Direction. 
 
 3. If the planet is west of the M. C., add 90° to its R. A. 
 and the are will extend zodiacal direct. 
 
 4. If the sum is less than the R. A. of the M. C. subtract it 
 .from the R. A. of the M. C. and the difference will be the Arc of 
 Direction; but if greater subtract the R. A. of the M. C. from it 
 for the Arc of Direct.on. 
 
 5. Work by these rules for directing the M. C. to a sextile 
 of a planet using 60° instead of 90°. Or if a trine use 120° in- 
 stead of 90° and so on for any aspect in Zodiac. &# Never direct 
 the Ascendant in Zodiac. Never measure an are in Zodiac from 
 or to a meridian except by R. A. 
 
 Some conservative students may prefer to work by Zadkiel’s 
 rules and find the place of aspect by longitude. For the benefit 
 of such and by way of showing the difference in the Arcs of 
 Direction I will compute this Direction according to the old 
 method. 
 
 The quartile of Mars converse falls in 11 §) 38 the R. A. of 
 which is 134° 7’ taken without latitude. As the distance of the 
 place of the aspect from the approximate M. C. is greater than the 
 are of event I subtract the are of event from the R. A. of place 
 of aspect 134° 77— 8° 43’ — 125° 24’ the longitude of which is 
 
 3 §) 6. Divide the rectified R. A. by 15 and the quotient will be 
 Sidereal Time at birth. 
 

 
ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 18 
 
 125° 24" + 15 =8 h. 21 m. 36 s.— 8 h. 20 m. 56 s.—= 40 8. 
 This added to clock time at noon will give clock time at birth; 
 therefore 12 h. 0 m. 40 s.—11 h. 38 m. 40 s. the true time of 
 birth = 22 minutes the discrepancy. Thus we perceive that had 
 we computed the quartile by the old method mixing longitude 
 and oblique ascension with right ascension instead of the only 
 true measure for ares in Zodiac from a meridian, the Ascendant 
 would not have suited the requirements of the case, the computa- 
 tion would have proved a failure and the last hope of being able 
 to rectify by a legitimate Zodiacal Direction would have been 
 gone. Except a Rapt Parallel, rectifying by a Mundane aspect 
 is not reliable on account of being obliged very often to measure 
 the arc from and to a cusp instead of a meridian and then 
 eblique ascension, a most variable quantity, is an important 
 factor. I notice that the English Astrologers reckon an are as 
 a testimony of a certain event when the aspect does not culminate 
 within five or six months of the date of the event, and perhaps in 
 rectifying, a discrepancy of a few months is not considered im- 
 portant. Or the rectifying may be inaccurate and that would 
 account for the discrepancy. I do not know but they are right, 
 for one must know everything and be able to prove a negative, 
 before he can logically deny a statement, the facts of which he 
 doubts and which are uncertain. 
 
 In the next chapter I shall calculate the longitudes of the 
 cusps of the houses, by Tables of Oblique Ascension, found only in 
 CHANEY’S PRIMER OF ASTROLOGY, which gives the Oblique Ascen- 
 sion from one degree to sixty degrees, covering 120 pages. Two 
 horoscopes are necessary for teaching Directions, and in the 
 second one I will calculate the longitudes of the cusps by Spherical 
 Trigonometry. 
 

 
ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 19 
 CHAPTER II. — To CaLcuLATE THE CusPs OF THE HOoUvsEs. 
 
 THERE are two methods of calculating the longitudes of the cusps, 
 namely, from Tables of Oblique Ascensions and by Spherical Tri- 
 gonometry. By both methods Tables of Houses can be accurately 
 calculated for any desired degree and minute of latitude as far north 
 or south as the obliquity of the ecliptic will permit. At 66° of 
 north latitude I tried to make Tables of Houses and found the six 
 northern signs all on the Ascendant. The reason of this was that 
 none of the six southern signs are ever seen above the horizon in 
 that high, northern latitude; nor are any of the six northern signs 
 ever seen above the horizon in the same high, southern latitude. 
 This explains why the days are six months long at the poles, and 
 nights the same. 
 
 About March 21 st the Sun enters Aries and they have sunrise at 
 the north pole and sunset at the south pole. Then, for six months, 
 the Sun will be transiting through the six northern signs, and will 
 be constantly above the horizon, for the northern signs never set 
 to the observer at the north pole, and the six southern signs never 
 set to an observer at the south pole. Thus we see that at the poles 
 a day and night are equal to one year in the torrid and temperate 
 zones, and they have Sabbath only once in seven years, and then 
 it lasts a whole year. | 
 
 For convenience I rule a Table with columns for the Houses, As- 
 censions, Poles and Cusps, and call it ‘‘ the Little Table.’’ The 
 longitude of the cusp of the 10th house having been computed, I 
 copy it in the Table; also its R. A.; its pole is zero. I add 30° to its 
 R. A. to find the oblique ascension of the 11th house: 30° more 
 for the 12th, and so on. 
 
 The next step is to calculate the poles, which should be done by 
 

 
ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 20 
 
 Spherical Trigonometry. The student who has not learned to work 
 with logarithms can easily learn from some friend who under- 
 stands higher mathematics. The first to find is Ascensional Differ- 
 ence by the following rule and example: 
 
 RULE. 
 
 To the Log. tangent of the latitude of birthplace, add the Log. 
 tangent of the Obliquity of the Ecliptic (O. E.) and the sine of the 
 sum will be the A. D. (Ascensional Difference.) The O. E. is now 
 and will be for the next half century, the nearest minute to 23°27’. 
 At present the obliquity is a few seconds more than 23°27’, but as 
 it is decreasing, and decreases so slowly, it will require many years 
 before the obliquity will be less than 23° 26’ 30” and as we take the 
 nearest minute without working with the seconds, it will continue 
 23° 27’ for more than a generation to come. 
 
 EXAMPLE. 
 Lat. of Birthplace 39.17 tan. = 9.91276 
 + Obliquity of the Ecliptic 23.27 tan. = 9.63726 
 
 = Ascensional Difference 20.47 sine = 9.55002 
 
 
 
 oe > » 6.56 
 $ » 7 18.51 
 4 Ascensional Difference 6.56 sine = 9.08176 
 
 + Obliquity of the Ecliptic 23.27 cot. =10.36274 
 = Poles of the 11th and 3rd houses 15.33 tan. = 9.44450 
 
 2 Ascensional Difference 13.51 sine = 9.37909 
 + Obliquity of the Ecliptic 23.27 cot. = 10.36274 
 
 = Poles of the 12th and 2nd houses 28.53 tan. = 9.74183 
 
 
 
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ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. di | 
 
 THe LirrLE TABLE. 
 
 Houses | Ascenstons | Potes| Cusps | 
 10 119.54 R. A. | 00.00 | 27 o5 48 
 11 149.54 O. A. | 15.33 | O mm 59 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12 |179.54 ,, | 28.53 | 29 m 55 
 1 |209.54 ,, | 39.17 | 23 = 59 
 2 |939.54 ,, | 28.53 | 21 m 52 
 
 3 |269.54 ,, | 15.83 | 23 7 35 
 
 
 
 TABLES OF OBLIQUE ASCENSIONS. 
 
 Tables of O. A. are for converting O. A. into Long. for any given 
 Lat. in the Poles from 1° to 60° inclusive. My Primer gives instruc- 
 tions for calculating Tables of O. A. when the Lat. is given in de- 
 grees and minutes, with Tables for every degree, without minutes, 
 as far north as 60° Lat. Any one who has learned to convert R. A. 
 as given in the Tables of R. A., needs no instruction in converting 
 O. A. into Long., for the rules and methods are precisely the same. 
 But my Primer is indispensable, for no other work extant contains 
 the Tables of O. A. The following brief instructions may enable 
 one to do the work. : 
 
 Find the Pole, for this case, in the Little Table, for the 11th 
 house. It is 15°33’. This means to look in the Tables of O. A. for 
 15° Lat. and convert 149° 54’ of O. A., which is the O. A. for the 
 11th house, just as though the Pole was: even degrees, without 
 
 minutes, for the minutes will be converted later. Next turn to Lat. 
 
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ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 22 
 
 16°and convert the 149° 54’ in precisely the same way. Place the 
 result under that of 15° and find the difference in Long. between 
 the two. The difference will show how many minutes the Long. 
 increased or decreased, in 1° of O. A. Then make a statement in 
 Proportion, thus: 60 is the 1st term; the gain or loss in Long. is 
 the 2nd term, and the 33/ of Pole are the 3rd term. The answer 
 must be added to the Long. of 15° if it is increasing, but subtracted 
 from it if decreasing, and in either case the result will be the Long. 
 of the cusp of the 11th house. 
 
 The O. A. of the 11th house, in the Little Table, is 149°54’. In 
 the Tables of O. A. Lat. 15°, we look for an O. A. next smaller 
 than 149° 54’. It is 148.59. This is the last degree of §| and we sub- 
 tract it from the first degree of ™. 150.03 — 148.59 = 64’, which is 
 the 1st term; 60 is the 2nd. The 3rd term is what the O. A. in the 
 Tables of O. A. is less than the O. A. in the Little Table. 149° 54/— 
 148° 59’ — 55’ which is what it lacks and is the 3rd term. The ans- 
 wer is 52. In doing the work, omitting explanations necessary in 
 teaching, I write it thus: Pole15 Om +55 As 64:60::55:52 
 which are the minutes for 0 ™%. What it lacks of being as large as 
 the O. A. in the Little Table, I mark it + that I may remember 
 that the minutes of Long. equated from the 55’ of O. A. are to be 
 added to the Long. already found. Sometimes it will lack more 
 than 60’ and in such a case one may take the O. A. next larger 
 than that of the Little Table and mark the excess minus, to show 
 that when equated the minutes must be subtracted from the Long. 
 already found. Next turn to Pole 16°, calculate the Long. the same 
 way, setting the result under the Pole of 15° and complete the cal- 
 culation as previously stated. I will now begin with the 11th 
 house and calculate all the cusps. 
 

 
ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 
 
 
 
 Pole 15 = 0 ™ 52 + 5d AS 642° 60 2*°50-: 
 Pole 16 = 1 ™ 04 + 4 ‘Aa’Gs:.. OU... 7 i 5 
 
 As 60 : 12 Gains :: 33 minutes of Pole : 7 
 
 
 
 0 my 52 + 7 = 0 ™ 59, the cusp of the 11 th house. 
 
 
 
 Pole 28 = 29 tr 55 + 62 Ine OS: Oe. - Gara 
 Pole 29 = Same as Pole 28. Therefore 
 
 29 mY 55 is the cusp of the 12 th house. 
 
 Pole 39 = 24 -~ 03 zea As76:60:: 4: 
 Pole 40 = 23 « 50 + 63 As 7b.3-60%7 68.2 
 60 : 13 Loses stead IF ideas: 
 
 
 
 24 ~ 3 — 4 = 23 « 59, cusp of the ist house. 
 
 Pole 28 <= 22.1, 12 + 14 Aniics Go 14 
 Pole 29 = 21 m, 49 + 57 ABETOS OU te 27D fe: 
 
 
 
 
 
 60 : 23 Loses :: 53 : 20 
 22 m 12 — 20 = 21 m 52, cusp of the 2nd house. 
 
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 Pole 15 = 23 7 49 + 55 AR Ge. OO a: -oa: 
 Pole 16 = 23 f 24 + 27 AS G77 00> 27 
 60 : 25 Loses :: 33: 14 
 
 
 
 23 f 49 — 14 = 23 f 35, cusp of the 3rd house. 
 
 
 
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ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 
 1873 July 27 th. Sidereal time, at Noon 
 at 11. 38. 40 a.m. 
 6. 53. 83 Noonmark. 
 + 4.45.07 No. of Hours. 
 
 Data Time before Noon 
 
 Time past Noon 
 Sidereal time at Birth 
 Calculated by 
 
 
 
 
 
 PROF. W. H. CHANEY, 
 57 South 48 th Ave., Chicago, Ill. 
 
 
 
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ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 25 
 
 The work of rectifying is now completed and we present the 
 perfect horoscope, the longitudes of the planets carefully computed 
 by Constant Logarithms according to the rules in my Primer. To 
 the novice in Astrology the rectifying and attendant calculations 
 may seem so great a task that he will feel discouraged from under- 
 taking it, yet I can assure him that it will prove less difficult to 
 master than the cube root, if he goes slowly and carefully observes 
 my rules, explanations and examples. I not only learned it with- 
 out ateacher, but without rules of any kind, for the methods are 
 my own discoveries, the rules, my deductions from the work, and 
 yet I am not very bright. In the Introduction of his Ephemeris for 
 1892, Raphael calls me ‘“‘ the St. Louis whangdoodle, ”’ which I 
 suppose is a technical term in his system of Astrology, though I 
 confess that I am ignorant of its meaning. He also says: 
 
 ‘When Chaney is upset, which happens about every twenty 
 minutes, he goes about the house like a devil on hot irons, that 
 there is no holding him, in short, he boils over with fury. The rea- 
 der may think this language course and unkind, but I assure him 
 it is correct, and that, instead of Chaney battling with his stupid 
 temper, he glories in it, and says he waited seventeen years to have 
 his revenge on a person, and that is how he settles accounts. I am 
 vexed, truly vexed for him, for it is a terrible misfortune to be a 
 fool and not to know it.”’ 
 
 That screed was written by Jim Cross who rejoiced in the an- 
 gelic name of ‘‘ Raphael.’’? Such refined, esthetic, scientific lan- 
 guage could hardly be expected from an obscure Astrologer, though 
 it might seem appropriate to a classic writer like Addison, and we 
 might naturally expect a Newton or LaPlace to call a man a 
 ‘* whangdoodle,’’ but not from the learned Jim Cross who was un- 
 able to calculate an Ephemeris from the Nautical Almanac and had 
 

 
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ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS, 26 
 to pay his rival, Zadkiel the younger, a good round sum to make 
 the calculations for him. Of course Jim did not make that attack 
 on me without provocation, and I will quote what I said of him in 
 my Annual for 1890: 
 
 ‘* But there is another and even more important reason why a 
 new work [on Astrology] is needed. The angelic author of ‘ Talis- 
 mans,’ ‘Book of Dreams,’ ‘Book of Fate,’ and who makes Astrolo- 
 gical merchandise OF CRYSTAL BALLS 
 
 AND BABIES’ CAULS 
 has published vols. I and Il of what he waggishly calls ‘‘ The Guide 
 to Astrology.’’ Lest the reader may think me prejudiced, I will quote 
 from page 206, vol. I, Pearce’s Text-Book of Astrology. 
 
 ‘‘ A most misleading assertion has lately been made by a writer 
 [Jim Cross] viz.: ‘‘the exact moment of birth, (always so difficult 
 
 ’?> The same writer 
 
 to get at) is of no vital importance whatever. 
 also asserts that Astrology does not consist of ‘‘the erecting of a 
 horoscope and the working out of Directions, but the judgment of 
 
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 the horoscope and the effects of the Directions.’’ He deprecates 
 mathematical knowledge, as applied to Astrology, and exalts the 
 judgment of persons of such ‘‘ mean education ”’ that they cannot 
 compute horoscopes, or planets places, nearer than to degrees. He 
 would be a sorry specimen of an Astrologer who should be unable 
 either to cast horoscopes or compute Directions correctly! Argu- 
 ments against the assertions of the writer refered to [Raphael] 
 would be thrown away. Pearce also calls attention to the fact that 
 Raphael has printed aphorisms which were proved false two hun- 
 dred years ago. ’ 
 
 For several years Raphael had been advertising for sale the trash 
 which I mention, and being in an Astrologic:! Almanac which he 
 
 edited, intelligent people in this country, who knew nothing of 
 
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ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. : 27 
 
 Astroiogy and ranked it with fortunetelling, naturally thought me 
 daft for my advocacy of it, and many treated me with contempt. 
 Raphael advertised crystal balls that had been mysteriously charg- 
 ed with some supernatural force, at $ 10 each; though they cost less 
 than a dollar. He advertised ‘‘ baby’s cauls’’ at $10, pretending 
 that they were powerful charms. He told of a sea captain who had 
 worn one for many years, and though his life and ship had often 
 been in deadly peril, they were saved by the charm. He advised 
 all who were exposed to danger to secure a caul, and this kind of 
 rot was called ‘‘Astrology!’’ I was sacrificing the best years of my 
 life and all my possessions except my books, in an effort to popu- 
 larize Astrology and weed out its errors, and here was a man who 
 should have assisted me, doing more harm than a legion of ignor- 
 ant enemies. My lecturing on Astrology in New York aroused such 
 bitter hostility among the supporters of ‘‘Boss’’ Tweed, while he 
 was mayor, that I was arrested on a false charge, accused of teach- 
 ing blasphemy, by his pious friends who shared in his millions of 
 boodle, and cast into Ludlow-street Jail where I was supported for 
 twenty-eight weeks at public expense. Such were a few of the pro- 
 vocations that aroused me to fight back and attack Jim Cross. Had 
 I been a timid dude I could not have done much for Astrology. 
 
 I have stated these events as an object lesson for the benefit of 
 timid students. The task for them to rectify a Nativity will not be 
 one-tenth so difficult as it has been for me. Then the satisfaction of 
 knowing how, will last for a lifetime. Should any one become puz- 
 zled, either the editor, Prof. Hall, or myself, while I live, will an- 
 swer letters and try to make the matter plain. The next step will be 
 to rectify the Nativity of Mrs. Schaefer, in order to lay a good foun- 
 dation for calculating Directions. Unless the horoscope is correctly 
 calculated, Directions, Revolutions, etc. are of but little value. 
 
28 ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 
 
 1873 July 27 th. | ata Sidereal time, at Noon 
 at 11.38. 40 a.m. Time before Noon 
 
 6. 53. 83 Noonmark. Time past Noon 
 + 4. 45.07 No. of Hours. Sidereal time at Birth 
 
 
 
 
 
 Calculated by 
 
 PROF. W. H. CHANEY, 
 57 South 48 th Ave., Chicago, Ill. 
 
 
 
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ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 32 
 GHAPTER- ILI. — Rapr PARALLETS. 
 
 These Directions are said to be very powerful and with the in- 
 struction which I shall give, the student can easily learn to calcu- 
 late them. Zadkiel, in his Grammar of Astrology, says that‘‘Rapt’’ 
 means *‘ carried away by the motion of the earth on its axis, from 
 the places they were in at birth, till they come to equal or parallel 
 distances from the meridian.’’ As I learned Astrology without a 
 teacher, I learned to calculate Rapt Parallels long before I under- 
 stood the meaning of this definition, for I had learned that a horo- 
 scope was a map of the heavens with the radix of each planet 
 ‘‘fixed’’ as though photographed in its place. Then I could not 
 comprehend how a planet could be ‘‘ carried away from its place 
 at birth by the motion of the earth on its axis.’’ 
 
 The approximate time of birth of Mrs. Ida E. Schaefer, wife of 
 Mr. Theo. A. Schaefer, is 1875, Jan. 19th, at 9.15 p. m., at Balti- 
 more, Md. The student can make the horoscope and then under- 
 stand me. Gemini is on the meridian, the Moon. in Cancer and 
 Uranus in Leo. We desire to direct the Moon to Uranus by Rapt 
 Parallel. Suppose we yoke them together so that neither can move 
 without the other moving also. We then hold them so they cannot 
 move except with the apparent motion of the heavens from east to 
 west which is caused by the rotation of the earth on its axis. At 
 birth they were between the 10th and 1st houses, but in a few 
 hours they will be between the 10th and 7th houses, apparently 
 ‘‘carried away’ to the west, but they retain the exact places they 
 were in at birth, in the signs Cancer and Leo. What Zadkiel meant 
 was that they were ‘‘ carried away’”’ from the quarter of the hea- 
 vens which they occupied at birth, by the revolving of the earth 
 towards the east; he did not mean that they were ‘‘ carried away oe 
 
sy 
 
 
 
ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. a! 
 
 from their radical places in their signs, as would naturally be in- 
 ferred. 
 
 I will give the necessary instructions for calculating Rapt Para- 
 llels, and as an example rectify the Nativity of Mrs. Schaefer. 
 
 Subtracting the data of birth which is 1875, Jan. 19th from data 
 of marriage 1896, Noy. 11th shows that she was 21 years, 9 months 
 and 23 days old when she was married, and converted into arc 
 gives 21°49’. When I can, I rectify from date of marriage, by find- 
 ing an aspect of Venus to the Midheaven. I. tried all legitimate 
 zodiacal directions of Venus to the Meridian, but found a discrep- 
 ancy of half an hour or more in every trial. 
 
 When all trials have failed, with Venus and other planets, in a 
 man’s Nativity, we may rectify by the Moon, and in a woman’s, 
 by the Sun, or by Venus to an aspect with the Sun or Moon. In 
 this case the only aspect I could find that came near, was a Rapt 
 Parallel of the Sun to Venus. Both of these are in the lower hemi- 
 sphere and I prefer finding the parallel to the upper meridian. 
 Therefore I move each to its exact opposition in the Zodiac and 
 call it ‘‘ opposition radix,’’ (abbreviated, O. R.) In its O. R. a pla- 
 net will have the same semiare and meridian distance as in its 
 radical hemisphere, but the R. A. will be either 180° more, or 180° 
 less, than it had in its own hemisphere, therefore 180° must be ad- 
 ded or subtracted, according to the condition. If moved from north 
 to south declination, add 180° to the R. ie but if, as in this case, 
 from south to north declination, subtract 180° from its R. A., and 
 in both cases you will have the opposition R. A. Then work the 
 same as though the planets were in their own radices. It makes no 
 difference whether you move both planets or only one, if you ob- 
 serve these instructions. The elements of the Sun and Venus in 
 their O. R. are as follows: 
 
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 Note. These three terms are for a problem in Proportional Lo- 
 
 garithms. The reason we work with one-half of each is that we 
 
 nay nore ¢ é or when the natural num 
 may be more accurate, for when the natural ber exceeds 90° 
 
 or one-fourth of the circle, the logarithm changes so slowly that 
 
 occasionally it will be the same, though there is a difference of one 
 
 minute or more in the natural number. Thus: The logarithm for 
 
 91° 10’ is the same as for 91° 11’. Also, the logarithm will repeat 
 
 when the natural number is less than 90°, and the larger the na- 
 
 tural number the oftener the logarithm will repeat. We will next 
 
 solve this problem. 
 
 As 4 the sum of S. ares 
 
 : ,, ,, difference in R.A., 
 
 224, 9,9. arcofthe©®, 
 
 > 5, 5,@’s 2nd distance 
 
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 0.2283 
 106.25, log. = 9.7717 a. 
 22.36, ,, = 0.9012 
 53.46, ,, —0.5248 
 11.25, ,, =1.1977 
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 =©)’s 2nd distance 22.50 
 ©’s M. D. 44.38.45 — 2nd distance 22.50 = 21°48’ 45” arc of di- 
 rection. Arc of marriage 21° 49’— 21° 48’ 45”—= 15” the discrepancy. 
 

 
 
 
 255 
 
ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 35 
 
 This slight discrepancy of only 15 seconds in the R. A. of 
 the M. C. and the Rectified R. A. shows that the moment of birth 
 was earlier than the approximate time; therefore the 15 seconds 
 must be subtracted from the R. A. of the meridian. 
 
 i. of approximate M,C. 77° 13’ 15”— 15”—77° 13’ as 
 the rectified R. A. of the Midheaven, which gives 18 II 15 for the 
 cusp of the tenth house. Divide the rectified R. A. of the M. C. 
 
 by 15 according to the rule for computing a noonmark: 
 
 15 | 77 18 
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 5 8 52 
 Sidereal time at noon on birthday................ 19 53 53 
 LON AGES Ga ene ees 0 oR 6 9 7 eta i ee aa 5. 8 52 
 
 When the birth is a. m., subtract S. Time at birth from 
 S. Time at noon, to fill the blank line between them; but if p. m., 
 subtract S. Time at noon from 8. Time at birth, borrowing 24 
 hours if needed. In this case we find the blank line 9 h. 14 m. 
 59 s., showing that the lady was born at 9 o’clock, 14 m. 59 s. 
 p.m. This is a most remarkable case, as the rectified time of 
 birth is but one second earlier than the approximate time. 
 
 We will next compute the Poles of the houses. 
 
 EXAMPLE. 
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 Eee PUCLIDEIC fhci 5 ain e siec eA e hn ese a eee o'sle > 23.27 tan.= 9.63726 
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ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 36 
 
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 Los SEAS ee seein are LS 23.27 cot. —10.36274 
 Seer Ores LAL ANG SO... 5.0 6 civ pa or wees 15.33 tan.— 9.44450 
 PRE EERE le ty cley x oso end aon Gale's oc pO 13.51 sine= 9.37909 
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 RULES FOR COMPUTING RAPT PARALLELS. 
 
 1. When a planet in the lower hemisphere must be moved 
 to its opposite radix it will carry its M. D. and Semiare with it, 
 but to its R. A. add 180° if in north Dee., or subtract 180° if in 
 south Dec., for its R. A. in O. R. 
 
 2. Compute the elements of both planets in the upper 
 hemisphere.- 
 
 3. A Rapt Parallel cannot be computed between two pro- 
 mittors; it must be between the Sun or Moon and a planet, or 
 Sun and Moon. 
 
 4. Add the semiarcs of significator and promittor and half 
 the sum will be the first term of a problem to be computed by 
 Proportional Logarithms. 
 
 5. Half the difference between the R. A. of significator and 
 promittor is the second term. 
 
 6. Half the semiare of the body approaching the meridian, 
 when the aspect is formed, is the third term. 
 
 7. When three terms are given for a problem in logarithms 
 always find the A. C. of the first term. 
 
 8. The answer to this problem, when doubled, will be the 
 second distance of the body approaching the meridian. 
 
 9. The difference between the second distance and the M. D. 
 of the body approaching the meridian will be the Are of 
 Direction. 
 
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ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 37 
 
 faving the rectified R. A. of the meridian, we will compute 
 the longitudes of the cusps by Spherical Trigonometry instead of 
 by Tables of Oblique Ascension, which are found only in CHANEY’s 
 PRIMER OF ASTROLOGY. 
 
 Note.—For convenience in measuring the ares of the zodiac, 
 mathematicians have divided the circle into four quadrants of 
 90° each, because in consequence of the obliquity of the ecliptic 
 the quadrants are not of the same size, and therefore specific 
 rules are needed for the calculations that fall within each 
 quadrant Hence, when the result of a calculation exceeds 90° 
 we reject 90 and proceed with the remainder, which will fall in 
 the next quadrant and must be continued by the rules of that 
 quadrant. This explains why, when Angle B has been calculated, 
 using the cosine, and it exceeds 90°, we subtract 90 from it and 
 proceed with the remainder, using the sine. 
 
 A sine, tangent, etc., is the whole are of the quadrant, while 
 the cosine, cotangent, etc., are the complements of each when less 
 than the quadrant: is taken. ; 
 
 If the oblique ascension of the cusp of the house is less than 
 90°, perform the calculations with it according to rule and re- 
 member you are working from Aries direct. 
 
 If it exceeds 90°, but is less than 180°, subtract it from 180° 
 and proceed with the remainder, in which case you are working 
 from Libra converse. If it is more than 180°, yet less than 270°, 
 subtract 180 from it and proceed as before, and you will be work- 
 ing from Libra direct. 
 
 If the oblique ascension of the cusp of any house exceeds 270 
 subtract it from 360 and work from Aries converse. N. B.—If 
 Angle B exceeds 90° see rule 7. 
 
 If the longitude is less than 90, it must be reckoned as dis- 
 tanc2 from Aries direct; but if it exceeds 90, it must be sub- 
 tracted from 180 and the longitude reckoned from Libra converse. 
 Suppose it is 91° 39’, then 180 —91° 39’—88° 21’, the distance 
 

 
ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 38 
 
 from Libra converse. Then 90° —88° 21’=1° 39’, showing that 
 the longitude falls in Cancer 1° 39’, or 1 & 39, being that dis- 
 tance in the next quadrant. When the Longitude exceeds 180° 
 and is less than 270, it will be reckoned from Libra direct; but 
 if more than 270°, subtract it from 360° and reckon the longitude 
 from Aries converse. Suppose it is 272° 12’, it is 2° 12’ in the 
 last quadrant, and the longitude is 2 4512. 
 
 All the points in this Note should be carefully studiec by 
 the student and memorized, else he is liable to become confused 
 and lose time studying the Note again, or he may rush ahead 
 and go wrong. I offer this advice because I lost time and patience 
 in the work, for the books do not make these points plain to a 
 beginner. 
 
 RULES FOR CALCULATING THE CUSPS OF THE HOUSES 
 BY SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY. 
 
 1. Calculate the poles of the houses according to formula 
 on page 3d. 
 
 2. Take the R. A. of the midheaven and add 30° to it for 
 each house and the sum will be the oblique ascension of the cusp 
 of that house, thus: 
 
 R. A. M. C. + 30° = oblique ascension of cusp of eleventh 
 house. R. A. M. C. -+ 60° = oblique ascension of cusp of 
 twelfth house. R. A. M. C. + 90° = oblique ascension of 
 ascendant. R. A. M. C. + 120° = oblique ascension of cusp 
 of second house. R. A. M. C. + 150° = oblique ascension of 
 cusp of third house. 
 
 3. Reduce the oblique ascension of the cusp when it exceeds 
 90°, as previously instructed. 
 
 4, Take log. cosine of the oblique ascension from Aries or 
 Libra, add to it the log. cotangent of the pole of the house and 
 the sum will be the log. cotangent of Angle A. 
 
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 5. If the oblique ascension is less than 90° from Aries, add 
 23° 27’ (which is the obliquity of the ecliptic) to Angle A for 
 Angle B, but if the oblique ascension is less than 90° from Libra 
 the difference between Angle A and 23° 27’ is Angle B. 
 
 6. Then take log. cos. Angle B (A. C.) + log. cos. Angle 
 A + log. tan. oblique ascension from Aries or Libra = log. tan. 
 longitude from Aries or Libra. 
 
 7. If Angle B is more than 90° take log. sine of the excess 
 over 90° instead of cosine, using the A. C. as usual, in which 
 case the longitude will measure from the opposite equinox to the 
 one from which the oblique ascension was taken; if it was 
 direct from Aries it will be converse from Libra, and if it was 
 
 converse from Aries it will be direct from Libra. 
 
 COMPUTE CUSP OF ELEVENTH HOUSE. 
 
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 SS Oe OT Oe 30.00 for one house 
 
 ‘Obliq. Asc. of Cusp of llth house.. 107.13 
 
 
 
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 Obuq. Asc. Con.-from z......... (274, = tose 9AII2¢ 
 BmerOreLIth NOUS. po... ee eee es 15.33 — cot. 10.55554 
 OE LES ENA os Pg er 43.14 — cot. . 0.02681 
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ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 40 
 
 9.97358 
 
 ME PIER AR eal yas aig m spss bo a *'s 19.47—cos 0.02642 A. C. 
 PLS REEN ah ciara = tS go's aha aS 43.14—cos. 9.86247 
 meee. Asc. Con. from ....... 72.47 —tan. 0.50882 
 mera. Con, from 2% ......+ 0: 68.11 = tan. 0.39771 
 
 Long. from Y Teese t,- 111.49, 111.49 — 90 for 3 signs 
 = 21.49 beyond II into 9. Therefore 21 o 49 is on the 
 cusp of the eleventh house. 
 
 . COMPUTE CUSP OF TWELFTH HOUSE. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 2S EE ae 60.00 for two houses 
 Ob. Asc. of Cusp of 12th house.... 137.13 
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 fee ee CON TOM eo cn 42.47 
 pase Con. from 2. .1.......:. 42.47 —cos. 9.86565 
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 —Obliquity of Ecliptic........... 23.27 
 

 
ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. AL 
 
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 Long. from Y 180 — 37.15 = 142.45. 142.45—120 for 4 
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 the cusp of the twelfth house. 
 
 COMPUTE CUSP FOR FIRST HOUSE. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Ob. Asc. of Cusp of Ist house:..... 167.13 
 
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 COMPUTE CUSP FOR SECOND HOUSE. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 ‘Ob. Asc. of Cusp of 2d house...... 197.13 
 
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 RN nacre tA aioe fat B95 ms <9 3 30.1 =cos. 9.93746 
 :: Ob. Asc. direct from ..... tisto— tan. 9.49118 
 pewone. direct "from = 2.2 Noun. 15.17 =—tan. 9.43150 
 
 Therefore 15 «7 is on the cusp of the second house. 
 

 
ASTROLOGICAL DIRECTIONS. 43 
 
 COMPUTE CUSP OF THIRD HOUSE. 
 
 
 
 recreate AN Mc Geil ae oe woos Sv ws Mi Lo 
 hae Tee Enea 150.00 for five houses 
 Ob. Asc. of Cusp of 3d house...... 227.13 
 Peereres (TOM UIE LON 2. .". sat ws 180.00 
 feenec. GiITCCE IFO. =... es ec ee 47213 
 OyeeAsc, direct. from #:........:.+ 47.13 —cos. 9.83202 
 ReteT Ol oO) NOUSE@ ee cs cue 6s ek baneee 15.33 = cot. 10.55554 
 SNe Atay GiGi vis OS Wine de 4 22.14 == cot. 0.38756 
 —-Obliquity of Ecliptic........... ra Berard 
 OSC, ee oe 1.10 
 9.99991 
 RMA RY REGU tes cleans eee) fine +20 8 oo ace'ss 1.10—cos. 0.00009 A. C. 
 MN TOGA ni os eed sway eed eee 2017 == COs: 9.90629 
 o- Op Ase. direct. from ~ ..... 47.13 — tan. 10.03364 
 me onowcdirect {rom aes... os es 45.00 —tan. 0.00002 
 
 45.00 — 30 for one sign — 15.00. Therefore 15 mt 0 is on the 
 cusp of the third house. 
 
 END OF PART ONE. 
 
HNL. 
 
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