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Also figures of a are sympathetic with those of a, friendly
with a and y; hostile to v.
So v symp. y, friendly 4 and y, and host. a: a symp. 4,
friendly a and v, and host.y, v symp. y, friendly v and a, and
host. 4, Again, sign figures are friends to those x or a, and
hostile to those O or in ¢.
CHAPTER VII
OF THE GENERAL METHOD OF JUDGING A FIGURE
REMEMBER always that if % or : fall in the Ascendant, the
figure is not fit for judgment. Destroy it instantly, and erect
a new figure not less than two hours afterwards.
Your figure being thoroughly arranged as on p. 144, note
first to what House the demand belongs. Then look for
Witnesses and Judge in their special table, and see what is
said under the head of the demand. Put this down. Note
next what figure falls in the House required (if it spring into
other Houses, these too should be considered); eg., in a
question of money stolen, if the figure in 2nd be also in 6th
it might show the thief to be a servant in the house. Look
next in the Table of Figures in the Houses, and see what the
figure signifies in the especial House under consideration.
Put this down also. Then by the Table of Aspects (p. 158)
note down the figures x 0 4 and 8, putting good on one side,
evil on the other; noting also the strength or weakness,
friendliness or hostility to the figure in the House required, of
these figures. Then add the meaning of the figure in the 4th,
to signify the end of the matter. It may also assist you to
form a Reconciler from the figure in the House required and
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