Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1896.] DELINEATION OF CnARACTER. 87
therefore his powers are always available,-he i11 ever ready
with an answer (when he wishes to give one). Uranus unites
with Saturn to give quick, fine mental intuitions; but it must
be remembered that Saturn and Uranus are in the first part of
the sign, therefore with qualitit'a always passive to the Aries
inclinations.
His external life and inclinations are controlled by .Jupiter
in the last half of the sign Aquarius, the sign of the people,
which makes him a natm·al pnlitician. This position, with
AriE-s, Saturn, and the rising sign Taurus, gives him almost
unparalleled self-eonfidt>nce. This self-confidence creates in the
man what might be termed in the magic realm, •• faith'' in his
own abilities. This enables him to produ".e in the feelings aud
consciousness of tho!le with whom he comes in contact a feeling
8.11 of being in the presence of a superio1·. This faith or selfconfidence
has enabled him to dominate· and even coerce the '
whole. of the United States Congress, and through them the
country. as no otlu~r P1·esident has boon able to do.
The moon in the 11ign Leo gives him the inclination to tht•ow
that feeling of self-confidence and self-sufficiency into eve•·y
Wtll'll that he speaks, and into eve•·ything that he does. Thi,.
g•·E>atly exagge1·ates the powe•·s above referred to, and creatP.s
in the minds of those with whom he Msociates an irresi11tihl~
eon fidem~ ia hiK integrity autl ability. Venus being also in
Leo imp;u·ts a gentlen~ss and elegam~e to his manner and tu
hiK wnnl>~, so that., untwithKtantling theil· domimmt inclination
aml power, tlwy tin nut nfftHHl his n.~!mt~iatt's. The position of
Venn,. in his polat·ity an•l that of U •·ann>~ pas11ive in Vi1·go enable
!tim to intuitively pt•ojet~t a psychol•1gical inflneuce which take"
J>IIKKPS>~ion of the feeliugf4 of othei'K, anti cause him to ev~r n11e
that peculiar power which the W