Student: It seems that the quality of each planet’s energy is quite distinctive, and at least some of their influences are quite constant.
Elbert Benjamine: Yes. In reference to either your birth chart or progressed aspects while the thought-cell energy mapped by a given planet may find a wide variety of expression, the general type of such expression always remains characteristic of the planet.
Student: From what you have said so far in order to ascertain what events are probable under a given progressed aspect I need to study my birth chart to learn the broader trends of my life; know as much as possible about how the thought-cells in my unconscious mind have been conditioned by the events and conditions I have experienced since birth; and be familiar with (a) the things related to each of the twelve houses; (b) the things affected by each of the planets; (c) how my behavior and thoughts may be affected by each planet; and (d) the things of the environment through which each planet tends to bring events into my life. So, could you please provide a list of the alternatives associated with each planet?
Elbert: The most certain and logical starting point for judging what may be expected from a given progressed aspect, is the characteristic influence of each of the planets involved.
The best system in selecting the most probable events, after starting with the three things which are always affected in some measure by each of the planets involved, is to make an appraisal of the events which your birth chart indicates are possible during your human life.
Then, moving on from this appraisal you may consider the alternative ways in which your behavior may be affected by the thoughts stimulated, and the various environmental factors which may contribute importantly to the event. And should your birth chart together with the progressed aspects indicate probable health difficulties, you should consider the more common alternative diseases for which the planets involved in the progressed aspect are the constants.
Sun: In your chart any progressed aspect involving the Sun will affect your vitality, significance and authority. And your behavior will be influenced by thoughts of pride, firmness, approbation, conscientiousness or self-esteem.
The influencing environmental factor may be gold, the government, politics, a person in a position of authority, men in general or an employer.
If health difficulties are indicated heart trouble, high blood pressure, infantile paralysis, pneumonia, or diseases of the spine may threaten if other astrological constants predispose toward it.
Moon: Any progressed aspect involving the Moon will affect your mental attitude, domestic life and everyday affairs. And your behavior will be influenced by thoughts of domesticity, women, your children, the weak and helpless, or music.
The influencing environmental factor may be silver, liquids, the common people, your home, food, commodities, the female sex, rhythmic music or hotels.
If health difficulties are indicated edema (dropsy), stomach trouble, mental complaints, or afflictions to the eye or ear may threaten if other astrological constants predispose toward it.
Mercury: Any progressed aspect involving Mercury will affect your mental interests, facility or accuracy of expression and will increase your cerebral activity. And your behavior will be influenced by thoughts of time, written or verbal expression, calculation, travel, the recognition of size, weight, form and color, or the solution of perplexities.
The influencing environmental factor may be books, railroads, vehicles of travel, periodicals, telephone, (e-mail), agents, or people who are literary or studious.
If health difficulties are indicated nervousness, neuritis, neuralgia, sciatica, hay fever, asthma, mental trouble, or some bowel complaint may occur if other astrological constants predispose toward it.
Venus: Any progressed aspect involving Venus will affect your emotions, social relations and artistic appreciation. And your behavior will be influenced by thoughts of affection, friendships, beauty, art, mirth, conjugality (marriage), or inhabitiveness (living together).
The influencing environmental factor may be flowers, an artistic object, dancing, wearing apparel, fancy goods, confectionery, pastry, toilet articles, jewelry, harmonious music, or people of a social turn.
If health difficulties are indicated trouble with the kidneys, skin, veins, venous blood stream, thyroid gland, female organs or sexually transmitted diseases may occur if other astrological constants predispose toward it.
Mars: Any progressed aspect involving Mars will bring strife, haste and increased expenditure of energy – energized effort. And your behavior will be influenced by thoughts of construction, destruction, initiative, aggression, combat, sex, eating or drinking.
The influencing environmental factor may be war, soldiers, surgeons, mechanics, cooks, machinery, steel, implements of construction or destruction or alcohol.
If health difficulties are indicated an operation, accident, infection, inflammation, burn, or blood poison, rheumatism, kidney trouble, urinary complaint, or contagious disease such as smallpox, influenza, measles, pneumonia, scarlet fever, infantile paralysis, chicken pox or a sexually transmitted disease may threaten if other astrological constants predispose toward it.
Jupiter: Any progressed aspect involving Jupiter will affect you through abundance, increased optimism and joviality. And your behavior will be influenced by thoughts of benevolence, veneration, hope, devotion, selling, good will and generosity.
The influencing environmental factor may be merchandise, ships, judges, church, clergymen, bankers or professional people of some kind, or people of wealth.
If health difficulties are indicated there is always an overabundance of something. The ketosis type of acidosis, diabetes, liver trouble, biliousness, catarrh, auto-intoxication, carbuncles, or fatty tumor may occur if other astrological constants predispose toward it.
Saturn: Any progressed aspect involving Saturn will bring work, responsibility, and economy or loss. And your behavior will be influenced by thoughts of safety, secrecy, acquisitiveness, covetousness (envy), buying, trading, casualty, comparison, worry, fear, greed, selfishness, system, order or persistence.
The influencing environmental factor may be basic utilities such as minerals, hay, grain, coal and building material, or mines, real estate, the land, the weather, business methods and sedate or elderly people.
If health difficulties are indicated there is always deficiency. Cancer, fibrous tumor, acidosis, tuberculosis, pellagra, atrophy or constipation may threaten if other astrological constants predispose toward it.
Uranus: Any progressed aspect involving Uranus will affect you through something sudden, a human agency and bring personal change. And your behavior will be influenced by thoughts of independence, originality, invention, the unconventional, unusual methods or modern techniques.
The influencing environmental factor may be inventions, automobiles, electricity, the latest technology, recent mechanical devices, antiques, astrology, the occult, orators, lawyers, electricians or psychologists.
If health difficulties are indicated paralysis, appendicitis, arthritis, infantile paralysis or nervous disorders may occur if other astrological constants predispose toward it.
Neptune: Any progressed aspect involving Neptune will increase your imagination, increase your sensitivity and attract schemes. And your behavior will be influenced by wishful thinking, fantasy thinking, day-dreaming, apprehension, idealistic visions, living in the imagination, or by thoughts of easy wealth, or promotion (marketing).
The influencing environmental factor may be a promoter, a confidence man or woman, a colonizing scheme, a scheme requiring the incorporation or profit sharing of a number of people, feeling extrasensory perception, oil, gas, drugs, the drama (a stage play or art of writing and presenting plays), films, aviation, mediums, mystics, psychic people or psychic energy.
If health difficulties are indicated there is a negativeness which encourages invasion by bacteria and to the formation of moist pockets of infection which may be quite hidden, and poisoning or psychic difficulty due to negativeness or oversensitivity may threaten if other astrological constants predispose toward it.
Pluto: Any progressed aspect involving Pluto will affect you through groups, subtle force, and will bring coercion or cooperation. Your behavior will be influenced by thoughts of groups, statistics, inner-plane conditions, drastic events, the inside of things, cooperation, coercion, or universal welfare.
The influencing environmental factor may be radio, television, internet, chemistry, inner-plane forces, intellectual or feeling extrasensory perception, racketeers, gangsters, the coercive thoughts of others, or highly spiritual people working for the benefit of society.
If health difficulties are indicated there is a high degree of sensitiveness which encourages invasion by other organisms. Hives, hay fever, asthma or psychic control by another entity may threaten if other astrological constants predispose toward it.
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