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Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might,

and the beginning of my strength, the

excellency of dignity, and the excellency of

power: Unstable as water, thou shalt not

excel; because thou wentest up to thy

father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went

up to my couch.

Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his

men be few.

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Aggressive, willful, powerful, assertive;

enthusiastic about whatever interests

you at the moment, focused in short

bursts, unlikely to sustain interest in

the long term; ego expression;

adventurious, pioneering; Warrior-type

energy; impatient with having to

cooperate with others, works best

alone or in leadership role;

unconcerned with approval or

acceptance; lacks persistance and

stamina; honest and forthright, "what

you see is what you get", not given to

airs or pretenses; the first expression

(or incarnation ) of spirit within a new

cycle on the physical plane.

Who is rich with an abundance of fleecy

wool and, when shorn of this, with a fresh

supply, will ever cherish hopes; he willl

rise from that sudden shipwreck of his

affairs to abundant wealth only to meet

with a fall, and his desires will lead him to

disaster; he will yield his produce for the

common benefit, the fleece which by a

thousand crafts gives birth to defferent

forms of fain.




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Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments

of cruelty are in their habitations. O my soul,

come not thou into their secret; unto their

assembly, mine honour, be not thou united:

for in their anger they slew a man, and in

their selfwill they digged down a wall. Cursed

be their anger, for it was fierce; and their

wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in

Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and

thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou

didst prove at Massah, and with whom

thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

Who said unto his father and to his

mother, I have not seen him; neither did he

acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his

own children: for they have observed thy

word, and kept thy covenant. They shall

teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy

law: they shall put incense before thee,

and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the

work of his hands: smite through the loins

of them that rise against him, and of them

that hate him, that they rise not again.

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Talkative, communicative, sociable;

loves to interact with others (at least

on a superficial level); unemotional,

impersonal, ruled by "rationality";

requires great mental stimulation,

curious to a fault; playful, the Trickster,

the Devil's Advocate; changable,

inconstant, attention easily drifts to

something new, seeks novelty.

From the Twins come less laborious

callings and a more agreeable way of life,

provided by varied song and voices of

harmonious tone, slender pipes, the

melodies inborn in strings and the words

fitted thereto; those so endowed find

even work a pleasure. They would banish

the arms of war, the trumpet's call and

the gloom of old age; theirs is a life of

ease and unading yourth spent in the arms

of love. They also discover paths to the

skies, complete a survey of the heavens

with numbers and measurements, and

outstrip the flight of the stars; nature

yields to their genius, which it serves in all

things. So many are the accomplishments

of which the Twins are fruitful.




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Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments

of cruelty are in their habitations. O my soul,

come not thou into their secret; unto their

assembly, mine honour, be not thou united:

for in their anger they slew a man, and in

their selfwill they digged down a wall. Cursed

be their anger, for it was fierce; and their

wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in

Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

His glory is like the firstling of his bullock,

and his horns are like the horns of

unicorns: with them he shall push the

people together to the ends of the earth:

and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

and they are the thousands of Manasseh. S

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Sagittarius look fairly large, well

shaped skull, broad forehead as they

are born under one of the luckiest

zodiac signs. A Sagittarius person is rich

in many ways. They are very true

friends. They love to take chances and

go to extreme. Like the zodiac symbol,

a Sagittarius always aims high. A

Sagittarius can be quite matchless

when he gets down to doing what he

loves. Sagittarius always likes freedom.

He likes to attempt transcending the

limits that most people accept.

Sagittarian is quite spiritual.

Sagittarians are always straight

forward in all manners. They possess

great love for nature.

But they whose lot it is to be born under

the Centuar of double form delight in

yoking a team, in bringing a fiery horse to

obey the pliant reins, in following herds

which graze all over the grasslands, and in

imposing a master on every king of

quadruped and taming them; they soften

tigers, rid the lion of his fierceness, speak

to the elephant and through speech adapt

its hugh builk to human skills in a variety

of displays. Indeed, in the stars of this

constellation the human form is blended

with a beasts and placed above it;

wherefore it has hordship over beasts.

And because it carries a shaft poised on

drawn bow, it imparts strength to limb

and keenness to the intellect, swiftness of

mevement and an indefatigable spirit.




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Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall

praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine

enemies; thy father's children shall bow

down before thee. Judah is a lion's whelp:

from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he

stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as

an old lion; who shall rouse him up? The

sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a

lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh

come; and unto him shall the gathering of

the people be. Binding his foal unto the vine,

and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he

washed his garments in wine, and his clothes

in the blood of grapes: His eyes shall be red

with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

And this is the blessing of Judah: and he

said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and

bring him unto his people: let his hands be

sufficient for him; and be thou an help to

him from his enemies.

L

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Ego, self-centered, arrogant; fixed,

stubborn, persistant; artistic or

creative expression as a vehicle for

revealing "who I am"; needs to be a

center of attention, requires

acknowledgment and approval, likes to

be noticed and appreciated ("ego-

strokes"); personal integrity, true to

self, honorable, trustworthy; kingly,

self-assured, confident.

The lion ever devises frest fights and fresh

warfare on animals, and lives on spoil and

pillaging of flocks. The sons of the Lion are

filled with the urge to adorn their proud

portals with pelts and to hang up on their

walls the captured prey, to bring the

peace of terror to the woods, and to live

upon plunder. There are those whose like

bent is not checked by the city-gages, but

they swagger about in the heart of the

capital with droves of beasts. Their

temper is equally prone to fitful wrath and

ready withdrawal, and guileless are the

sentiments of their honest hearts.




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Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea;

and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his

border shall be unto Zidon.

And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun,

in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy

tents.They shall call the people unto the

mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices

of righteousness: for they shall suck of the

abundance of the seas, and of treasures

hid in the sand.

P

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Mysticism, escape into the One; sees

the unity, fails to make "normal"

distinctions, often weak ego; victim,

martyr, servant; tends to escapism,

fantasy, drugs (especially alcohol),

religion; very receptive, sensitive, even

psychic; co-dependency, care-taking;

withdrawn from the world; release

from the world.

The folk engendered by the two Fishes,

the last of the signs, will possess a love of

the sea; they will entrust their lives to the

deep, will provide ships or gear for ships

and everything that the sea requires for

activity connected with it. The consequent

skills are numberless; so many are the

components of even a small ship that

there are scarcely enough names for

things. There is also the art of navigation,

which has reached out to the stars and

binds the sea to heaven. The pilot must

have sound knowledge of the earth, its

rivers and havens, its climate and winds;

how on the one hand to ply the mobile

helm this way and that, and brake the ship

and spread apart the waves, and how on

the other to drive the ship by rowing and

to feather the lingering blades. The Fishes

further impart to their son the desire to

sweep tranquil waters with dragnets and

to dislay on shores which are their own

the captive peoples fo the deep, either by

hiding the hood within the bait or the

guile within the weel. Naval warfare too is

of their gift, battles afloat, and blood-

stained waves at sea. The children of this

sign are endowed with fertile offspring, a

friendly disposition, swiftness of

movement, and lives in which everything

is ever apt to change.




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Issachar is a strong ass couching down

between two burdens: And he saw that rest

was good, and the land that it was pleasant;

and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became

a servant unto tribute.

And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun,

in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.

They shall call the people unto the

mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices

of righteousness: for they shall suck of the

abundance of the seas, and of treasures

hid in the sand.

T

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Earthy, grounded, in touch with the

body; sensual, pleasure seeking;

stubborn, fixed, stands their ground;

focuses and concentrates energy, gives

it concrete expression, practical,

provides stamina and persistance;

slow, steady, methodical; fertile,

productive; unreflective, content to

simply be; spirit becoming involved

with the material world.

The Bull will dower the countryside with

honest farmers and will come as a source

of toil into their peaceful lives; it will

bestow, not gifts of glory, but the fruits of

the earth. It bows its neck amid the stars

and of itself demands a yoke for its

shoulders. When it carries the sun's orb

on its horns, it bids battle with the soil

begin and rouses the fallow land to its

former cultivation, itself leading the work,

for it neither pauses in the furrows nor

relaxes its breast in the dust. The sign of

the Buill has produced a Serranus and a

Curius, had handed over the rods of office

amid the fields, and has left its plough to

become a dictator. Its sons have the love

of unsung excellence; their hearts and

bodies derive strength from a massiveness

that is slow to move, whilst in their faces

dwells the boy-god Love.




D

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Dan shall judge his people, as one of the

tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the

way, an adder in the path, that biteth the

horse heels, so that his rider shall fall

backward. I have waited for thy salvation, O

LORD.

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp:

he shall leap from Bashan.

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Intense, passionate, brooding,

magnetic; stubborn, unyielding, driven

by emotions; stands up for self, usually

covertly, manipulates power;

understands deeper layers of the

psyche beyond the ego, unable to

communicate this well leading to

misunderstandings; intrigued by the

"dark side" of life; the underground,

people whose job involves going

beneath surface appearances;

sexuality, especially the transformative

power of the orgasm; self-mastery,

breaking free of illusory limitations, the

Hero.

By virtue of his tail armed with its

powerful sting, wherewith, when

conducting the Sun's chariot through his

sign, he cleaves the soil and sows seed in

the furrow, the Scorpion creates natures

ardent for war and active service, and a

spirit which rejoices in plenteous

bloodshed and in carnage more than in

plunder. Why, these men sprend even

peace under arms; they fill the glades and

scour the woods; they wage fierce

warefare now against man, now against

beast, and now they sell their persons to

provide the spectacle of death and to

perish in the arena, when, warefare in

abeyance, they each find themselves foes

to attack. There are those, too, who enjoy

mockfingts and jousts in arms (such is

their love of fighting) and devote their

leisure to the study of war and every

pursuit which arises from the art of war




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Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he

shall overcome at the last.

And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that

enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion(ess),

and teareth the arm with the crown of the

head. And he provided the first part for

himself, because there, in a portion of the

lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with

the heads of the people, he executed the

justice of the LORD, and his judgments with

Israel.

V

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Service, helping, self-effacing;

perfectionist, always seeking to

improve, efficiency; practical,

functional, interested in crafts and

projects; true to self in a simple,

unassuming manner; reacts to defeats

and setbacks by pulling back and

altering approach, lacks confidence in

the face of opposition; lives up to

duties and responsiblities; interested in

maintaining the body as a fit vehicle;

diet, exercise, herbs, etc.; aware of

conflicts with others, of the give and

take required by life.

The temperaments of those whos span of

life she pronounces at their birth Erigone

will direct to study, and she will train their

minds in the learned arts. She will give not

so much abundance of wealth as the

impulse to investigate the causes and

effects of things. On them she will confer

a tongue which charms, the mastery of

words, and that mental vision which can

discern all things, however concealed they

be by the mysterious workings of nature.

From the Virgin will also come the

stenoggrapher; his letter represents a

word, and by means of his symbols he can

keep ahead of utterance and record in

novel notation the long speech of a rpaid

speaker. But with the good there comes a

flaw; Bashfulness handicaps the early

years of such persons, for the Maid, by

holding back their great natural gifts, puts

a bridle on their lips and restrains them by

the curb of authority. And (small wonder

in a virgin) her offspring is not fruitful.




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Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he

shall yield royal dainties.

And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed

with children; let him be acceptable to his

brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. Thy

shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy

days, so shall thy strength be.

C

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Mothering, emotional and physical

nurturance; experiences and

imprinting during infancy and

childhood; family, ancestors, heritage,

relationships to the past; belonging,

feeling "at home"; maternal love,

caring; feeling supported by the world,

that your needs are provided for;

insecurities and fears if your needs

haven't been fulfilled; possessiveness,

"twisted love", inability to nurture

others are negative expressions.

Shining at the hinge of the year by the

blazing turning-point which when recalled

the Sun rounds in his course on high, the

Crab occupies a joint of heaven and bends

back the length of day. Of a grasping spirit

and unwilling to give itself in service the

Crab distributes many kinds of gain, and

skill in making profits; he enables a man to

carry his investment of foreign mercangise

from city to city and, with an eye on steep

rises in the price of corn, to risk his money

upoin sea-winds; to sell the world's

produce to the world, to establish

commercial ties between so many

unknown lands, to search out under

foreign skies fresh sources of gain, and

from the high price of his goods to amass

sudden wealth, With heaven's favour he

also sells seasons of idleness at rates of

insterest to his liking, wishing the swift

passage of time to add to the principal.

His is a shrewd nature, and he is ready to

fight for his profits.




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Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly

words.

And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali,

satisfied with favour, and full with the

blessing of the LORD: possess thou the

west and the south.

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Serious, determined, disciplined,

focused; needs to play more; fathering,

disciplining love; authority figures;

seeks certainties in life, wants things

"cast in concrete"; the Businessman,

concerned with the practical

relationships to support yourself within

society; not interested in "blue sky"

ideas, needs to bring theory into

concrete reality; "knowing the rules

and playing the game"; making a niche

in the world.

In her shrine Vesta tends your fires,

Capricorn; and from her you derive your

skills and callings. For whatever needs fire

to function and demands a renewal of

flame for its work must be counted as of

your domain. To pry for hidden metals, to

smelt out riches deposited in the veins of

the earth, to fold sure-handed the

malleable mass- these skills will come

from you, as will aught which is fashioned

of silver or gold. That hot furnaces melt

iron and bronze and ovens give to the

wheat its inal form, will come as gifts from

you. YOu also give a fondness for clothes

and wares which dispel the cold, since

your lot falls for all time in winter's

season, wherein you shorten the nights

you have brought to their greatest length

and give birth to a new year by enlarging

the daylight hours. Hence comes a restless

quality in their lives and a mind which is

often changed and floates this way and

that; the first half of the sign is the slave

of Venus, and that with guilt involved, but

a more virtuous old age is promised by the

conjoined fish below.




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Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful

bough by a well; whose branches run over

the wall: The archers have sorely grieved

him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his

bow abode in strength, and the arms of his

hands were made strong by the hands of the

mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the

shepherd, the stone of Israel:) Even by the

God of thy father, who shall help thee; and

by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with

blessings of heaven above, blessings of the

deep that lieth under, blessings of the

breasts, and of the womb: The blessings of

thy father have prevailed above the blessings

of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of

the everlasting hills: they shall be on the

head of Joseph, and on the crown of the

head of him that was separate from his

brethren.

And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD

be his land, for the precious things of

heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that

coucheth beneath, And for the precious

fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the

precious things put forth by the moon, And

for the chief things of the ancient

mountains, and for the precious things of

the lasting hills, And for the precious things

of the earth and fulness thereof, and for

the good will of him that dwelt in the bush:

let the blessing come upon the head of

Joseph, and upon the top of the head of

him that was separated from his brethren.

His glory is like the firstling of his bullock,

and his horns are like the horns of

unicorns: with them he shall push the

people together to the ends of the earth:

and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

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Even though ideas are often far-

sighted, they can be held and

expressed in rigid, dogmatic fashion

(this is a fixed sign, afterall!);

"everyone should be free to be just like

me!"; idealistic, utopian; derives sense

of identity from groups and their goals,

tends to dominate them; impersonal

thinking, detached from emotional

considerations; produces

"humanitarian without compassion";

friendships based on common goal.

The youthful Waterman, who from

upturned pot pours forth his stream,

likewise bestows skills which have affinity

with himself; how to divine springs under

the ground and conduct them above, to

transform the flow of water so as to spray

the very stars, to mock the sea with man-

made shores at the bidding of luxury, to

construct different types of artificial lakes

and rivers, and to supoort aloft for

domestic use streams that come from

afar. Beneath this sign there dwell a

thousand crafts regulated by water. Why,

water will even set in motion the face of

heaven and the starry habittions, and will

cause the skies to move in a novel

rotation. Never will the sons of Aquarius

grow tired of the works which come in the

wake of water and follow springs. They

who issue from this sign are a gentle sort

and a lovable breed, and no meanness of

heart is theirs; they are prone to suffer

losses; and of riches they have neither

need nor surfeit. Even thus doth the urn's

stream flow.




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Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the

morning he shall devour the prey, and at

night he shall divide the spoil.

And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of

the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and

the LORD shall cover him all the day long,

and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

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Partners, marriage; learning how to get

along peacably with others, treating

others as equals; "I vs. You", conflict,

enemies; art, beauty, harmonious

surroundings; distressed by stressful,

inharmonious interactions; intimacy;

people in counseling professions.

Balancing night with the length of day

when after a year's space we enjoy the

new vintage of the ripened grae, the

Scales will bestow the employment of

weights and measures and a son to

emulate the talents of Palamedes, who

first assigned numbers to things, and to

these numbers names, fixed magnitudes,

and individual symbols. He will also be

acquainted with the tables of law,

abstruse legal points, and words denoted

by compendious signs; he will know what

is permissible and the penalties incurred

by doing what is forbidden; in his own

house he is a people's magistrate holding

lifelong office. Under no other sign would

Servious more fittingly have been born,

who in interpreting the law framed

legislation of his own. Indeed, whatever

stands in dispute and needs a ruling the

pointer of the Balance will determine.

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