Applying this magic of the number nine to some of the deeper problems of human experience, we may profitably examine the symbolism of the asterisms, which are twenty-seven in number, or three nines. The Hindus have a period which they regard as the sum of life, extending to 108 years, which is twelve times nine. From this we may draw the conclusion that the Moon remains in one sign for nine years and that this sign reflects nine others. The system is connected with the Ashtottaradasha system to which reference has already been made, and of course, with the navamshas or ninefold divisions of the signs of the zodiac. We have already seen that the ninth part of a sign of 30° is 3° 20´, and that each such part corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac. This may be seen in the Navamsha Table already given. Let us suppose, for instance, that the Moon was in the sign Leo 22° 43´ at the birth of a person. By our Table it is seen that this corresponds with the sign Libra, which navamsha extends from 20° 0´ to 23° 20´ of the sign Leo. Then in order to find at what age Libra navamsha expires we say— As 3° 20´ is to twelve months so is (23° 20´-22° 43´) 37´ to the answer. Now 3° 20´ is equal to 200´, so that if we multiply 37´ by twelve and divide by 200, we shall have the months required, namely, 2·22 months or two months seven days nearly. Therefore we know that the Moon is under the influence of Venus during the first two months of the life, and from Libra it passes to Scorpio, when it comes under the influence of Mars, and then to Sagittarius navamsha, where it is under the influence of Jupiter. With this navamsha the limits of the sign are reached, and the Moon in passing into the sign Virgo comes first under the navamsha of Capricorn which is ruled by Saturn, and from Capricorn it goes into Aquarius navamsha and is still under the influence of Saturn. And each navamsha is one year, so that we know that the period from two years and two months to four years two months is evil, for Saturn is privation, loss, darkness and death, and by the cyclic order of things this will recur every twelve years, since nine goes into 108 twelve times. Now it is a fact that in the case cited the cyclic recurrence of this influence of Saturn brought about at four years the death of the father, at fifteen the death of the grandfather, at twenty-seven the death of the mother, at thirty-nine the loss of all property. Similarly by this system of the cycle of nine twelves, at the Moon’s occursion into the navamsha of Cancer, which is the lunar influence disposing to changes, and which occurred at 8, 20, 32, and 44, there were radical changes in life and surroundings.