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with the benefics it is good, but if the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus or Jupiter are in conjunction or parallel with one of the malefics (Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune), it is evil; the conjunction of two malefics is more so, but the parallel of two malefics is exceedingly strong in its detrimental influence. Conversely, of course, the parallel between two benefics is extraordinarily fortunate.
Axis:
If we were to pierce an apple through the centre with a knitting-needle, that would be the axis of the apple, and on this axis it may be rotated. The earth’s axis is an imaginary line on which the earth rotates, and this motion of the earth on its axis produces the phenomena of day and night. The axis of the earth always points to a certain star in the constellation Ursa Minor, which on that account is called the pole star; the only one in the heavens which seems never to move. It is not quite stationary however, but has an exceedingly slow vibratory motion called Nutation, causing the pole star to change in the course of milleniums. See ‘Nutation’ and ‘Intellectual Zodiac.’
Axis, Inclination of:
The axes of all the planets are inclined to their orbits. See page 8.
Axial Rotation:
All the planets rotate upon their axes the same as the earth, but the time in which they make a rota-
