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ASTROLOGY YOUR PLACE IN THE STARS MERCURY IN AQUARIUS IN Aquarius we again find the influence of Saturn decidedly beneficial to Mercury. It is an even better position for the planet than {237} Capricornus, since Aquarius is also air, and does not fix the mind in such stubbornness as the previous sign. We must also reflect upon the good influence of the sign itself. The mind of the native having this position of Mercury tends naturally to science and humanitarianism. Its interests are not so earth-bound and selfish. There is not quite the same faculty of steady application for this very reason. One must not expect any sign to combine all the virtues and exclude all the vices. But the faculty of concentration is admirable, and the mind is ingenious, resourceful, and logical, and that is a much better sense than we found with Capricornus. The logic of Capricornus is too rigid for application to practical affairs. It reigns supreme only in the exact sciences. The native loves truth for its own sake, but more in truth as a quality than in a mere collocation of facts. He understands Newman’s outburst against Huxley, “As if evidence were the test of truth!” It may be said here that there are two general types of minds among men, and this remark of Newman’s is a very touchstone by which to recognize them. To one class, Newman’s remark appears a triumphant refutation of academic precision and scholastic dullness. The other is absolutely bewildered by such a remark. He cannot conceive of any other test of truth than evidence. To him the sentence appears meaningless. And yet he may be subconsciously distressed by the mere existence of any man who can say such a thing. Now, we should not like to say definitely that Mercury in Aquarius would be violently partisan on either side. On the contrary, it is just these people who understand both positions and lean strongly to neither. The antithesis on this point would be Capricornus and Pisces – the former understanding nothing that could not be proved in Barbary, the other contemptuous of all such conventional sources of knowledge. This rule will be found practically invaluable. The native with Mercury in Aquarius is a clever reasoner, but does not altogether disdain sophistry. He consequently makes a dangerous opponent in any argument, but he is amenable to reason and he often pronounces, for the sake of exercising his wits, propositions in which he does not seriously believe. He is usually a good judge of human nature, deriving his conclusions both from intuition {238} and from experience. Where these conflict he is sometimes found at a loss. The weak point of this sign is the absence of artistic impulse. Even where the power of visualization is great, its expression tends to be commonplace. Compare Swedenborg, who had this position, with Blake, whose Mercury was in Scorpio, the writings of both dealing with visions of a character decidedly similar. This sign gives a very pronounced tendency to investigations into the occult, but on lines much less mystical than we found in Scorpio. Besides Swedenborg, we have Proclus, Picus de Mirandola, and Swami Vivekananda. All these possessed immense learning, a strong power of vision, and were accurate observers and devoted students, but not one of them possessed the power of imagination in its highest sense. As common as the capacity for research into these subtler matters of the soul is that for practical invention. In this connection one need only mention the name of Edison. The following well known persons were born with Mercury in the sign Aquarius: Thomas Edison Sir Henry J. Wood Swedenborg Algernon Blackwood Wilson Barrett Richard Watson Gilder Dean Cornwell Horace Greeley Henry Watterson George Washington Luther Burbank Harriet Stanton Black Dr. William S. Bainbridge Colonel George Harvey Emile Coue Jack London {239} For the benefit of those who are not in possession of Raphael’s Ephemeris, or who are not able to interpret the symbols contained therein, the years when Mercury is in the sign Aquarius are as follows: From February 4th through February 21st 1840 January 27th “ February 12th 1841 January 19th ” February 5th 1842 January 12th “ January 31st 1843 February 10th ” March 17th 1843 January 5th “ February 8th 1844 February 13th ” March 11th 1844 February 13th “ March 4th 1845 February 7th ” February 25th 1846 February 1st “ February 17th 1847 January 24th ” February 9th 1848 January 16th “ February 1st 1849 March 1st ” March 17th 1849 January 8th “ March 15th 1850 January 2d ” January 23d 1851 February 16th “ March 9th 1851 February 12th ” March 1st 1852 February 4th “ February 21st 1853 January 28th ” February 13th 1854 January 21st “ February 6th 1855 January 13th ” January 31st 1856 February 16th “ March 17th 1856 January 5th ” March 12th 1857 January 1st “ January 10th 1858 February 14th ” March 6th 1858 February 9th “ February 26th 1859 February 2d ” February 18th 1860 January 25th “ February 10th 1861 January 17th ” February 3d 1862 March 9th “ March 14th 1862 January 10th ” March 16th 1863 January 3d “ January 28th 1864 February 16th ” March 9th 1864 {240} From February 12th through March 2d 1865 February 6th “ February 23d 1866 January 29th ” February 15th 1867 January 22d “ February 7th 1868 January 14th ” January 31st 1869 February 20th “ March 17th 1869 January 6th ” March 14th 1870 January 1st “ January 15th 1871 February 15th ” March 7th 1871 February 10th “ February 28th 1872 February 2d ” February 19th 1873 January 26th “ February 11th 1874 January 18th ” February 4th 1875 January 11th “ February 2d 1876 February 6th ” March 16th 1876 January 3d “ February 2d 1877 February 14th ” March 11th 1877 February 13th “ March 4th 1878 February 7th ” February 24th 1879 January 31st “ February 16th 1880 January 22d ” February 8th 1881 January 15th “ February 1st 1882 February 26th ” March 17th 1882 January 8th “ March 15th 1883 January 2d ” January 20th 1884 February 15th “ March 7th 1884 February 10th ” February 28th 1885 February 4th “ February 20th 1886 January 27th ” February 13th 1887 January 20th “ February 5th 1888 January 11th ” January 30th 1889 February 12th “ March 17th 1889 January 5th ” March 12th 1890 January 2d “ January 6th 1891 February 14th ” March 5th 1891 February 8th “ February 25th 1892 January 31st ” February 17th 1893 January 24th “ February 9th 1894 {241} From January 16th through February 2d 1895 March 4th ” March 16th 1895 January 9th “ March 15th 1896 January 2d ” January 24th 1897 February 15th “ March 9th 1897 February 11th ” March 1st 1898 February 5th “ February 22d 1899 January 29th ” February 14th 1900 January 21st “ February 6th 1901 January 14th ” February 1st 1902 February 18th “ March 18th 1902 January 7th ” March 14th 1903 January 2d “ January 13th 1904 February 15th ” March 6th 1904 February 9th “ February 27th 1905 February 2d ” February 19th 1906 January 26th “ February 11th 1907 January 19th ” February 4th 1908 January 10th “ March 16th 1909 January 4th ” January 30th 1910 February 16th “ March 11th 1910 February 13th ” March 4th 1911 February 7th “ February 24th 1912 January 30th ” February 15th 1913 January 23d “ February 8th 1914 January 15th ” February 1st 1915 February 24th “ March 18th 1915 January 8th ” March 14th 1916 January 2d “ January 17th 1917 February 15th ” March 8th 1917 February 10th “ February 28th 1918 February 4th ” February 21st 1919 January 28th “ February 13th 1920 January 19th ” February 4th 1921 January 12th “ February 1st 1922 February 9th ” March 17th 1922 January 5th “ February 6th 1923 February 14th ” March 12th 1923 {242} From February 14th through March 4th 1924 February 7th “ February 25th 1925 January 31st ” February 17th 1926 January 24th “ February 9th 1927 January 17th ” February 2d 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