This section is from the book "Astrology In A Nutshell", by Charles Henry Webber. Also available from Amazon: Astrology In a Nutshell.
Each birth point, except about March 21 and Sept 23, has some declination. It is very important (yet. often neglected) to note what declination your birth point is in, for when any planet is in the same declination it is a strong testimony for good or evil, regardless of aspects. Also, when the Sun or Moon, in their yearly and monthly revolutions or progressions, come into the declination of a planet, the effect of that planet is very apt to be strongly felt We herewith present a ready means for telling when the sun sphere of your life will be affected.


This is a design for finding the Rising Sign on a Mathematical Wheel. A table elsewhere is more simple. This gives the Features of the Houses.
Having learned from an ephemeris the declination of your planets l,ook down the first column of the above table and find the number of degrees the planet is in. On the same line you will find the date in each year when you are very likely to be affected for good or ill, according to the nature of the planet. Remember that "One swallow does not make a summer." If it did we would die "every time each year" that sun gets to a declination of the planet Saturn. Our lives are like a game of chess, when good or evil points are reached, other factors are at work to modify. Nevertheless we always feel, to more or less extent, the good and bad influences of every movement of our planets. and that is why we have our "up and down" conditions.
 
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