. The astrologer of the nineteenth century . CIRCLE IV.—SECT. XIII. FIGURE OF THE HOROSCOPE, OR TWELVE HOUSES OF HEAVEN. These twelve houses are each distinguished by their respectivefigures, and are either angular, succedent, or cadent. The angularhouses are four, called the ascendant, mid-heaven or medium-cceli,the seventh house, and the fourth or bottom of the heaven; theseare deemed the most powerful and most fortunate houses. The suc-cedent houses are the eleventh, eighth, and fifth, and are ranked inforce and virtue to the angles. The third class, or cadent house, isthe third, twelfth, n
. The astrologer of the nineteenth century . CIRCLE IV.—SECT. XIII. FIGURE OF THE HOROSCOPE, OR TWELVE HOUSES OF HEAVEN. These twelve houses are each distinguished by their respectivefigures, and are either angular, succedent, or cadent. The angularhouses are four, called the ascendant, mid-heaven or medium-cceli,the seventh house, and the fourth or bottom of the heaven; theseare deemed the most powerful and most fortunate houses. The suc-cedent houses are the eleventh, eighth, and fifth, and are ranked inforce and virtue to the angles. The third class, or cadent house, isthe third, twelfth, ninth, and sixth ; and is considered of the leastefficacy of them all. \ 293 ILLUSTRATION, No. CIRCLE IV.—SECT. XIV. DIRECTIONS FOR ERECTING A FIGURE OF THE HEAVENS,AND PLACING THE PLANETS IN THE HOROSCOPE. Authors differ in opinion with respect to the division of the circleof the heavens ; but the method of dividing it by oblique as-cension, as recommended by Ptolemy, and followed by Placidus, isthe most rational and correct way, and is now universally adopted. The best way is to erect a figure by the globe, but for those whoare not in the possession of one, or who do not understand its use,we shall explain the usual method of doing it, by a table of houses,calculated for the latitude of London, In erecting a figure of the heavens for any nativity, question, & three following things are to be attended to :— First, the year, month, day of the week, and the hour and minuteof thatcfay, either at the birth of a child, or a question , to observe, in an ephemeris of the same year and day, therue place of the 0un, moon, and planets (which are given f
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