70 SIMPLIFIED SCIENTIFIC ASTROLOGY
The position of the Dragon’s Head (☊) or Moon’s Node, and the Dragon’s Tail (☋), have also to be found. The Dragon’s Head for Aug. 3rd., the noon nearest the G. M. T., is found in the ephemeris to be in 13. 44 Gemini. The Dragon’s Tail occupies the opposite point of 13. 44 Sagittarius.
It now remains to calculate the Part of Fortune, and we note the factors in that problem as being:
| Deg. | Min. | ||
Ascendant, the 12th sign
|
Pisces | 7 | 8 |
Longitude of Sun, The 5th sign
|
Leo | 10 | 5 |
Longitude of Moon, The 11th sign
|
Aquarius | 26 | 40 |
We proceed according to the rule given:
| Sign | Deg. | Min. | |
Longitude of Ascendant
|
12 | 7 | 8 |
Longitude of Moon
|
11 | 26 | 40 |
| 24 | 3 | 48 | |
Minus:
| |||
Longitude of Sun:
|
5 | 10 | 5 |
| 18 | 23 | 43 | |
Subtract the circle of 12 signs
|
12 | ||
| 12 | |||
| 6 | 23 | 43 | |
Longitude of the Part of Fortune Virgo
|
23 | 43 | |
