CHAPTER XXIU. PROGRESSION OF THE HToROSCOPE
Fate or Freowiil
HEN a chuin is subjeeted to strain, imperfee-
tions in any of its links become manifest, and the weukest link will break first. Similarly, in the ease of the body, there are certain inherent weak points and these are indicated in the Horoscope. Frem the moment of birth we subject the body to a constant strain, and in time the weakness of the various points become manifest as disease. The moveuent of the planets aiter birth measures the time when any par- ticular link is liable to break. This motion of the planets in the horoscope is called ‘‘Progression,"* Stady and practice of medieal Astrology requires knowledge of how to progress the planets in the horo- scope, and we shall therefore take up that subject in eonncetion with the message of the stars relative to disease,
When the Sun rises in the East the day is young end the labors allotted to each are still before us. Gradually the Sun progresses across the arched vault of the heavens, and marks the time sct for the performance of our various duties, for keeping our appointments, for taking nourishment, rest and recre-
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