Editors Note: This book Lessons in Astrology was written in the early 1900's, I have yet to discover the exact date. While I was publishing the last of the sun signs:- ie. Pisces, I noticed something at the very end of the page which gave me a flutter of excitement. "The whole solar system is moving, but in the opposite direction in which the planets are moving, thus:- the whole solar system has quite recently passed from the sign Pisces into the sign Aquarius, it requires about 2,250 years to move through each sign, and while in each sign the people as a whole are influenced a great deal more by this sign than by any other. While passing through Aquarius the house of Uranus, the world will be more reasonable, charitable and much more progressive, about, 1912 Uranus enters Aquarius, we may expect mighty changes." It is nearly 100 years on and there have been many changes, some good some not so good, but have we made any progress at all?

Introduction

Advice to Students.
To one who is beginning the study of Astrology and is so situated that they cannot receive oral instructions, I will offer the-following suggestions :Begin at the beginning and go slowly, have patience and learn thoroughly as you progress; do not omit any of the simple and what seems to be quite unimportant reading matter.

This book has been arranged for the beginner, and you must not forget that you are learning to read from SIGNS only, and often some slight indication may lead to a vast amount of information. I advise each one to take the lessons in the order that I give them here, commit to memory each one before you pass on to the next, by missing even a small part of each lesson you lnay overlook the most important indications of the horoscope.

Before you attempt to form any opinion whatever from a horoscope, you should commit to memory the nature of each sign of the Zodiac, what planet it is ruled by, what month the Sun is in each sign. Learn how to make the symbols of the planets and signs. The following chart shows all of these. Thus (Click for larger view):- {yuizoom astrochartsm.jpg|astrochart.jpg|Astrochart|Astrochart}

Aries is the first sign of the Zodiac. It is a cardinal, masculine, equinoctial, fiery sign and is ruled by Mars. The Earth enters Aries on September 22nd, each year, and passes into Taurus, the second sign of the Zodiac, on October 22nd. The Sun is in the center of our solar system, but as we look at the Sun, it appears to be in exactly the same degree of the sign opposite the sign the Earth is in, therefore, we say the Sun is in such a sign simllly for convenience. Thus: When the Earth enters Aries, the Sun appears to enter Libra, or, as the Earth enters Taurus the Sun enters Scorpio. The dates given in the outer circle show approximately, or within a few hours when the Earth will enter each sign or the Sun enters the opposite sign of the Zodiac.