How Planets Affect You: Philosophy of Planetary Vibrations

Location of the New Planet

For instance, about twenty-five years ago astronomers, noting the unusual perturbations of Neptune, surmised that a body in an orbit beyond it must be causing the disturbance of Neptune; A concerted effort was begun to locate the disturber; Dr. Percival Lowell had an observatory and a 13-inch telescope built at Flagstaff, Arizona, especially to seek out the planet hitherto unseen by mortal means; Unfortunately, he did not live until the planet was photographed by a student astronomer, W. C. Tombaugh, who located it at last near the fixed star Delta Geminorum, that in ancient times was known as Wasat and characterized as being of similar nature to Saturn; The new planet was therefore in the seventeenth degree of the sign Cancer, in the Constellation Gemini.

At about the same time the astronomers were noticing the perturbations of Neptune by means of its variations on their photographic charts, astrologers were likewise noticing otherwise unaccounted for influences in charts which seemed to focus at about the center of the sign Cancer; In fact, it is surprising that a planet was not " discovered " there before March 12, 1930, as it must have appeared on scores of photographic plates; However, the position of the big, fixed star, Wasat, in that location complicated the investigations of astrologers by causing peculiarities to be assigned to it in absence of ocular proof of the presence of another body there.

This, in effect, was parallel to the procedure followed by astronomers; They noted the behavior of Neptune in their charts and plates and from the influence exerted upon it from some mysterious source within the solar system they realized there must be another body beyond, which caused the disturbance; This was when Neptune was in zodiacal conjunction with the unseen stranger.

It is gratifying to those researchers that astronomy has verified the anticipations of astrologers that a planet would eventually be photographed in that sign of the zodiac; It is not taken for granted the planet is a newcomer in our solar system any more than Uranus and Neptune were newcomers at moment of their discovery; Mythology provides plenty of references to justify a belief that the ancients were long aware of their presence; Likewise there are references to ultra-Neptunian bodies and an intra-Mercurial body named Vulcan; Vulcan, however, probably never will be photographed by present-day methods because it is in a spiritualized condition with rarified rays of vibration which do not photograph; It has probably passed through all the stages of evolution which the other planets are now undergoing and is preparing to enter the " bosom of the father " i.e., return into the Sun, after which Mercury will in turn succeed to its state as will all the other planets in the course of time; Astrologers have computed the ephemeris of Vulcan and many have tested its influence to their satisfaction; Astronomers must develop better means of photography before being able to " discover " Vulcan, but the findings of Astrology are a significant indication that eventually it, too, will be " discovered; "

What effect will the newly photographed planet have upon astrology ? At first, because its position is now accurately determined, it will stimulate the older researchers to greater activity and will encourage many new students to undertake a study of its effects in horoscopes; Knowledge concerning the character or quality of its vibrations will eventually determine as to which of the twelve zodiacal signs it most closely corresponds, or resembles, and consequently of which it may be termed a " ruler " for want of a better term, probably the sign, Scorpio.

There will be no new immediate effect except to stimulate investigation as to its influence upon the human, animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms; The stranger may have just been discovered but it has not just arrived; It has long been circling its orbit just as the other planets; But when man arrived at the place in his unfoldment where he could think and believe there were bodies beyond his sight, he also acquired the skill to find them; That does not mean, however, that he suddenly becomes capable of registering and manifesting the influence of its rays.

Uranus and later Neptune were " discovered " when the mind became sufficiently keen and capable of searching for them successfully; The subconscious faculty has always been aware of their existence and has always been susceptible to their influence; But only recently has the mass of mankind begun to consciously respond to those rays; Humanity in general is but beginning to exercise the real force of Uranus; In Astrology Uranus is said to rule the air, aerial navigation, electricity, wireless methods, radioactive elements; Is this not the age of man's conquest of the air ? Neptune is said to rule beneath the waters and in conscious response to the influence of its rays man is exploring the underseas; In the World War, Uranus and Neptune were prime factors in the great conflict through the use of airplanes and submarines.

It did not take very long after the exact location of Uranus was discovered for astrologers to classify the nature of its vibrations, through associating its " aspects " with mundane events or conditions and then finally learn that its " home " sign was Aquarius; Continuous observation establishes this allocation as correct, since its re-discovery in 1781 by William Herschel, English court musician and amateur astronomer---the first man to actually "discover" a planet with the telescope, but he was by no means the first to know about undiscovered planets! Only now is the world of humanity beginning to react to the vibrations of Uranus, the harbinger of the new age of the brotherhood of man; Only a few, comparatively speaking, have thus far been able to adequately respond to its influence, such as Lincoln and Edison, emancipator and inventor.

Neptune, known to ancient astrologers by various names, but mostly as Poseidon, was located through telescopes simultaneously on September 23rd, 1846 by U. J. Le Verrier, in Paris and J. F. Galle, in Berlin; Its influence differs considerably from that of Uranus, the upheaver, the revolutionizer; It imparts a more psychic or subtle vibration to which as yet few are able to respond in true measure; Sir Oliver Lodge and

Conan Doyle have sensed something of its influence as have some other sensitive souls who seem to be gifted with super-normal sense.

Fewer still, then, must there be at present who can register and reflect the influence of an ultra-Neptunian planet; Horoscopes which in the past have been erected for individuals, by those proficient to do the work correctly according to the usual rules, are not wrong because Pluto was not included in the charts; But as interest in the planet grows, as information concerning it is tabulated, children will be born endowed with all that interest and information implies and their reactions can be read in their horoscopes; In the meantime its influence will be observed in mundane, or state, Astrology and in the field of astro-meteorology, and eventually its " home " in the zodiac will be located; At present writing it seems compatible with Scorpio.

Reviewing the discovery of those planets---Uranus in 1781, Neptune in 1846---and the length of time elapsing before mankind began to give visible demonstration of their influence in affairs of the world, it is not unreasonable to believe that it will be many years before mankind is able to demonstrate the influence of Pluto in daily life.

Properly speaking, it may be said that Astrology is the study of life's reactions to planetary vibrations; As a foundation for the study and practice of Astrology the student should be informed in mathematics, physics, astronomy, electricity, radio-activities, astro-meteorology, chromatics, anatomy, agriculture, political, domestic and industrial economy and allied topics which have to do with national welfare and which interpret planetary vibrations with a view to making the correlated information available to practical application in daily life.