Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1896.] DELINEATION OF CHARACTER. 79
such circumstances, he would do the most erratic things; but
he moves on the tide of human thought and enthusiasm, which
he has the faculty of carrying with him and appropriating.
He is a paradox to those who know him best; for when the
love and emotional nature is excited, he becomes as weak and
spontaneous as a child, and when the antagonistic nature is
aroused, his determination becomes unbendable, 1\nd he seems,
at the time, to be totally devoid of all human feeling.
The Moon in Arie11 accentlfates all the above characteristit's,
but intensifies the will, gives him great love of knowledge and
an admiration for oratorical ability; makes him very subject
to clear, logical, and even sophistical rea11oning.
U r3nus in Capricorn adapts him to his position as the head
of the church, but weakens him as an Emperor, becaust> it fills
the brain with the most weird and peculiar schemes and ideas,
which cause his counselors and the nation to depreciate his
ability as a ruler. This depreciation he feel11 severely, which
militates against· his real abilities in other directions.
Saturn in Gemini gives a great love of the sciences and of
education. The tendency of this position of Saturn is to give
the ability of a polh.hed speaker. It somewhat lessens the inclination
of the basic nature to talk rapidly, and inclines him
to be rather slow and d~liberate in Rpt'aking, and may even
cause a slight im~diment in the speech: if so, it would be of
the character of a he11itancy. He is more inclinell to express
his thought hy wt·iting than by speaking .
• Jupiter in t:he last degree11 of Scorpio imparts a very arbitrary
tenctenny, love of disphy and of making a show of power
and authority. It gives a certain dignity-in short, iu Astt·ologieal
term~.o~, it pnt.'l him undet• the rule of Scorpio, making
him tyt·anni(~:ll, hard. and unfeeling, keeping hi11 wholu
nature on the alert, ready. to take offence, and giving to the
combativeness a keen edge, which is evet· rea(ly to spring
into activity.
Mars in Libra alMo gives a combative tendency, but more in
the way of ba.'lty speech atul an inability to conceal one's feelings.
When he is offende1l. hi11 eyes will fire up and his whole
visage will change, which "ill afford ample and timely warning
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