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.As with the Leos,they are strong in their likes and dislikes; they will do anything for thosewho have won their affection, but resent any attempt to drive them, and un-der such conditions are extremely stubborn; in fact they are very set intheir mental attitude, and once an opinion has been formed it is not easilychanged.They are so very sensitive to the mental conditions around themthat it affects their physical well being perhaps more than they are awareof for this is one of the most sensitive signs.THE CHILDREN OF PISCESBorn February 20th to March 20thThe children of Pisces are of a marked negative disposition, subject tovarying moods, and are, like the children of Aquarius, very sensitive to themental atmosphere in their environment.For that reason it is of the great-est importance that parents of these children should guard them duringchildhood against the influences of bad companions, for the old proverb[PAGE 138] THE MESSAGE OF THE STARSabout "bad company corrupting good manners" applies with ten-fold strengthto these children, and they will absorb good or evil with equal facility.So until they have learned to choose for themselves the good things, it isespecially necessary for their natural guardians to shield them.They alsohave a strong tendency to mediumship and if they are taken into seancesthere is a great danger that they may become controlled.Moreover, havingsuch an extremely flexible nature they can never exert sufficient will powerto free themselves from the influence when once they have been subjected toit, and it may ruin their whole life.These children are very peaceable in disposition and suffer injury ratherthan fight for their rights, not because they do not care, for they are veryjealous especially when born in the latter part of the sign, but because thePiscean nature is averse to exertion, and generally they do not want to takethe trouble to fight for their rights.In plain English they are lazy.Therefore the parents should see that a certain amount of work is allottedto them during the earliest years, for it is then that the habits are formedand the nature is the most plastic.They can learn to be diligent with mustless effort at that time than during the later stages of life.But once thechildren of Pisces have commenced doing a piece of work it will probably bea surprise to others to watch them and see the methodical way they go at it, making every move count until the task has been completed with seemingly[PAGE 139] CHILDREN OF THE TWELVE SIGNSvery little effort on their part.Honesty is another of the virtues of thePisces children; they are usually dependable and close-mouthed, so that theymay be trusted with secrets in full confidence that they will not betray thetrust.The children of Pisces are generally kind and sympathetic, cordial and.suave in manner, qualities which will of course bring them many friends.They are notoriously fond of good things to eat, they revel in rich goods,and are also prone to be fond of drink.If these tendencies are allowed towork themselves out they will of course ruin the life, and besides bring ona train of disease.Therefore the parents of these children should endeavorby precept and example to teach them the simple life, frugality and controlof the appetite during the years when habits are formed, besides guardingthem against too strenuous exercise which even the children of Pisces willnot shun in childhood when the abundance of life force impels them.Thenlater in life these lessons will not be without their fruit.The changesare that the child which by the help of the parent has learned in childhoodto rules its stars will be both healthy and hearty, respected and loved be-cause of good habits, and will fully enjoy life.In short, these childrenneed a very careful bringing up to save them from their evil tendencies andbring out the good, but that is just what such souls come to parents for.Their necessity is the parent's opportunity to make great and wonderful soulgrowth.[PAGE 140] THE MESSAGE OF THE STARSCHAPTER VIIITHE SUN, GIVER OF LIFEThe Sun, being the center of the solar system, is recognized by all asthe physical life-giver even when they do not believe in anythingsuperphysical; it is patent to everyone from personal observation that thehorizontal ray of the morning sun affects us differently from the perpen-dicular noon ray, and that in summer the rays carry a life-force which notonly brings forth the verdure upon the fields, but also affects the humantemperament, and endows us with vital energy, courage and a hopeful spiritforeign to the dark and gloomy winter months.This gloom is permanently no-ticeable in the temperament of people living in the far north, where the ab-sence of sunlight makes life a struggle that saps the spirit of frolic,while in countries where abundance of sunlight lessens the cares of exist-ence, the temperament is correspondingly vivacious and hopeful and sunny.A Collection of Sacred Magick | The Esoteric Library | www.sacred-magick.com In the horoscope, the angel of each planetary ray at birth determines thedepartment of life it will affect.If the child is born at the noon hourwhen the sun is at the Zenith, the daystar will appear in the 10th house ofthe horoscope and bring preferment professionally.If the child were born[PAGE 141] THE SUN, GIVER OF LIFEat midnight when the sun is directly under the place of birth its influencewould be through the Fourth House, and it would brighten the old age of thechild then born
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