THE INFLUENCE OF THE STARS PLYMOUTH WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON PRINTERS [Illustration: WHEEL OF PYTHAGORAS. FACSIMILE FROM AN OLD WOODCUT DATE. 1657. _Frontispiece and Cover._] THE INFLUENCE OF THE STARS A Book of Old World Lore BY _ROSA BAUGHAN_ AUTHOR OF "THE HANDBOOK OF PALMISTRY"; "CHARACTER IN HANDWRITING"; ETC., ETC. _IN THREE PARTS_ PART I. ASTROLOGY. PART II. CHIROMANCY PART III. PHYSIOGNOMY TO WHICH ARE ADDED CHAPTERS ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOLES OF THE BODY ASTROLOGICALLY CONSIDERED, THE MYSTICAL WHEEL OF PYTHAGORAS AND THE METHODS OF WORKING IT FOURTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED BY THE AUTHOR _ILLUSTRATED WITH TEN PLATES_ LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., LTD. DRYDEN HOUSE, GERRARD STREET, SOHO 1904 Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Dialect spellings, contractions and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. Words enclosed by square brackets replace the symbol, as it is not possible to represent the symbol itself in plain text. "Ye stars which are the poetry of Heaven! If, in your bright leaves we read the fate Of men and empires--'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap this mortal state And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That Life, Fame, Power, and Fortune have named themselves a star." Byron. CONTENTS Part I. ASTROLOGY CHAPTER PAGE I. ASTROLOGY 4 II. THE ALPHABET OF ASTROLOGY 12 III. CONCERNING THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC 17 IV. OF THE NATURES OF THE SEVEN PLANETS AND OF THEIR ESSENTIAL AND ACCIDENTAL DIGNITIES 23 V. OF THE INFLUENCES OF THE SEVEN PLANETS 34 VI. CONCERNING THE TWELVE HOUSES OF HEAVEN AND THEIR POWERS 50 VII. AN EXPLANATION OF VARIOUS TERMS USED IN ASTROLOGY 54 VIII. OF THE FIGURE OF THE HEAVENS 59 IX. OF THE INFLUENCES OF THE FIXED STARS 65 X. OF THE EFFECT OF EACH PLANET IN EACH OF THE TWELVE HOUSES 70 XI. ON FORMING A GENERAL JUDGMENT ON A NATIVITY 76 XII. CONCERNING DIRECTIONS AND HORARY QUESTIONS 92 XIII. SOLAR HOROSCOPES 103 XIV. APHORISMS CULLED FROM THE WORKS OF PTOLEMY AND OTHER ANCIENT ASTROLOGERS 120 PART II. CHIROMANCY XV. CHIROMANCY AND ITS ORIGIN 125