This section is from the book "Astrology In A Nutshell", by Charles Henry Webber. Also available from Amazon: Astrology In a Nutshell.
The Lord of each Week Day is given over the name of the day in the outer edge of the Wheel, in the Second Decanate of each sign. The Clock Time of seven places compared with Greenwich Noon, is given in the small clock dials in the corners of the Card.
Note. Learn to associate the Picture, Symbol,
Name. Number and Lord of each sign, as these all relate to the sign, and have similar meanings, only differently expressed.
Learn the method of Character Reading, Reading of the Lordships, How to find the Signs Ruling at present age, and present Year of Life. Also get familiar with the Tables of Planetary Hours so you can tell in a second What planet is ruling at any hour or minute of any day, and then, after that, get such further information as you may wish from the Wonder Wheel Co. There is nothing in life or nature that cannot be revealed by use of this Wonder Wheel, but some, of course, can learn more from it than others. It takes time to grasp and appreciate the greatest of the Wonders and Mysteries contained, but by frequent use of the Wheel they will dawn upon the mind.
The Photo in the centre suggests four things: 1, a place for every owner of a Wheel to insert his own picture. 2, the position of the Sun, heliocen-trically; or the Earth, geocentrically. 3, the 12 divisions of the Earth (or Horoscope) by the black and white alternations in the frame about the photo. 4, the position that each human being occupies as the Atomic Centre of everything that surrounds him. The nostrils are the centre of the circle. Into them God breaths the "breath of life,"upon which every life depends. The nostrils are the gateways of God's Holy Temple, through which the elements of life enter and depart.
Sign Born in. With the Wonder Wheel you may at once tell the sign that any one is born in; also the degree of the sign, the elemental quality of the spirit nature, the lordship (or planet born under), etc., without an ephemeris, by taking a straight-edge and extending it from the nostrils of the photo in centre, outward across the desired date of birth, as found in the Circle of Days. The straight-edge will also pass over one or more of the large tablets which contain prominent words, surrounding the photo, as, "independent,""determined,"etc. These denote the character, in brief, of the person born at such time of the year as the straight-edge is used for. If it passes over two of the tablets then the birth is near a cusp, and the person's character is a slight mixture of both. Persons born in signs with even numbers are "negative"in their spirit force, while those born in signs with uneven numbers are "positive."
Read Character by the Birth Sign Number (see the "Number of the Sign") as follows: If born in sign 1 (Independent) you love to excel, are a brain worker and a thinker, would be a good leader: live to live. Sign 2 (Determined) are of a conquering turn of mind with a business tendency: live to save. Sign 3 (Active) are nervous and subject to extreme ideas, strongly intellectual: live to know. Sign 4 (Domestic) love home or local matters and reading or writing: live to bless. Sign
5 (Lordly) not easily crushed, act from feeling, spontaneously: live to enjoy. Sign 6 (Critical) see into things quickly, are aspiring with self control: live to serve. Sign 7 (Intuitive) Positive, and fond of excitement, quite foresighted: live to love. Sign 8 (Magnetic) great power for good or evik live to heal. Sign 9 (Proud) Executive, fearless and quick: live to worship. Sign 10 (Ambitious) Scheming for good or evil: live to glorify. Sign 11 (Useful) Faithful and devoted: live to please. Sign 12 (Absorbing) fond of accumulating knowledge or goods: live to mourn.
Readings on these lines, as given, are almost without limit.
Business Qualifications as told by the Wonder Wheel. The sphere of greatest usefulness in the long run of life is denoted by the Birth Sign Number.
1. Head work in which the native qualities of ingenuity or mechanical skill may be brought into play, more especially in some manner of leadership or reform.
2. Almost any business sphere or worldly enterprise in which the intuitions and self-will may have play.
3. Art, science, or educational affairs, in which the nervous, restless tendencies may not he annoyed. Teaching or reporting is good.
4. Some occupation not far removed from home or nature. Reform work is good on the intellectual plane.
5. Some occupation which permits a display of power, intellectual or physical.
6. Dealings with food, or mixtures. As social reformers their power is good in connection with food for thought.
7. Fine arts or mercantile occupations. Schools, stage or platform are good choices. Beware of gambling.
8. As doctors, chemists, nurses, or in governmental employ they do well. Make good managers but not so good at the head.
9. These are the speculators generally, a little too impulsive and wavering for conservative lines.
10. Large undertakings with great expectations are the business pleasures of this class. They will not stop long in menial positions.
11. Most anything of a public nature, or in something where they can deal with many.
12. This class is too apt to be in the drudgery lines of life. By continually plodding along they are often successful, but more so with someone back of them to push them. Very faithful generally.
People who partake a little of two numbers by being born about the 20th of a month are of a double nature and may be good in either of the numbers, yet apt to be shifting from one to the other.
 
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