Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

18!li.] DJ:o:LlNEATION OF CIIARACTJ-:R. ..J.27
le!!!l, perturbed organism : it is difficult for you to keep your mind
centered on any one thing. 'I~he earth in II (Gemini). the moon in
::: (Libra). with W (Uranus) and ~ (Mat·~) in "L (Scorpio), opens
up your interior to the spiritual. Your gt·eat trouble in regard to
spit·itual things lies in the faet that it is 110 difficult for you to hold
your mind to any one subjl'd. especially to what relates to the unseen
world. The influence of ~ (Mercury) in:= (Aquarius) is to open
your sense system to the lower conditions of the world and its mrntality.
You have fine mechanical and arti11tic abilities. If you had
heen eclurated as a vainter. you could have risen to renown in the art,
-of com·sc it would have been necessary to overcoQte that flitting
tenclency in yom· mentality. which you may lu\ve done. You are
natumlly uf a very 111'111111 spit·it, and this add11 to your conditions of
strnggle.
In order to reach any high clt•gree of attainment. it is more imliOI't:mt
for you than for t.he ol'llinat·y num, to t~it for a half hour twice
in the twt>nty-four hours 1md prat•tice the •~oncentration of your mind
on une thought. Follow the iustl'llc~tion:l given in THE EsoTERIC,
Yol. VIII. page 44H. They will aid you in getting control of both
mind ami hmly ; 111111 this will add greatly to your capacity in any
pursuits toward" whidt yon may wish to turn yonr attention. You
have a qnick, hot temper, and >~hould make special effort to ovet·come
it ; for whatever impressions are in yom· mind when you are excited,
berume a reality. and no amount of at·gument will diSl!ipate the hallucinatiun.
You should have but little trouble in C(lllquering the
waste of the seed, unless early indulgence ha.'l weakened you iu that
dire1~tion. If you do have tt·ouble, it \viii be chiefly when the moon
is in Gemini, Libra, or Aquarius ; and there may be danger during
the rising of these signs .
. Mr11. l\I. A. Van. .Jan. 2fi. IR;'i(i. Ill.
$ (Earth) in :: (A1tnarius); the 1\Ioon probably in ::: (Libra).
Aquarius, as the hnsic lll'inciple uf yout· nature, give~ you a very
nel'Vou~ temperament. \V e have not the hour of your birth. and
therefore do not know whet.her the moon was then in "l! (Virgo) or
::: (Libra) : but it was prohahly in Libra. fot· if in Virgo, it
woul1l cleHtl'oy the moral integrity of your charactet·, and a strict
!lense of honot·. If the moon was in Libr11. you will have fine intuitions
and proplwti