Sometimes the birth-time is not accurately known,
perhaps no nearer than the day of the month and year, thus rendering it
impossible to cast the horoscope* (That is, unless the birth-time is determined
from the events of life. This is, however, involves much study and elaborate
calculation. Such as we are not here concerned with…). When this is the case,
the Sun in the signs, will give us an indication of the individual character, though
it is often found that these individual characteristics must be considerably modified,
it then becomes necessary to know what sign the Moon occupied on the day of
birth.
It is quite true that the Sun’s position considerably
influences the permanent or moral character of the native, while the Moon
exercises a considerable amount of influence, according to the sign native is
in, over the personal character, or that part of the consciousness that is
expressed through the brain; so that when the foregoing chapters have been
care-fully studied so as to know that exact value of these solar and lunar
positions, it becomes a simple matter of blending these two influences to
discover the characteristics of those born on certain days.
The following delineations of the Sun and Moon in the
various signs, which may be called soli-lunar combinations, will apply in
general to all persons born on those days, irrespective of the other planetary
positions, though influenced thereby, also (and to a much greater extent) by
the rising sign; these will be dealt with separately in succeeding chapters.
The principle upon which these soli-lunar combinations is
based on the one given above, that the Sun is the positive, primary, and
life-giving element, and the Moon the negative or secondary and formative
element. So, when the nature of the sign is thoroughly understood, it can
easily be seen on the one hand, how far the life side, represented by the Sun,
influences the character; and on the other, how far the form side, represented
by the Moon, affects the personality. It will save much confusion if the
student clearly impresses this fact on our mind – that the Sun represents the
life side, governing the Individual, and the Moon the form side, governing the
whole of the Personal (and physical) characteristics. These two symbols blended
together represent spirit-matter, each dependent on the other for expression.
The above blending of the ‘life’ and ‘form’ principles, or
as we have called them “Polarities,” shall now be carefully studied.
