The Annotated Raphael’s Mundane Astrology

173 Pages·2013·3.83 MB·English

by  Anthony Louis

THE ANNOTATED
RAPHAEL ’S
MUNDANE ASTROLOGY
OR
THE EFFECTS OF THE PLANETS AND
SIGNS UPON THE NATIONS AND
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
(1910)
BY ROBERT T. CROSS (1850 - 1923) Revised, Edited and Annotated with
Extensive Commentary by ANTHONY LOUIS
(2013)
Based on a work in the public domain originally published in LONDON:
W. FOULSHAM & CO.,
4, PILGRIM STREET, LUDGATE HILL, E.C.
Price One Shilling or 25 Cents.
1910.
All Annotations, Revisions, Corrections and Editorial Comments are
Copyright ©Anthony Louis, 2013
All Rights Reserved
Kindle Edition 1.0
September 15, 2013
The original 1910 text by Raphael is in the public domain. It was published
103 years ago and its author, Robert T. Cross, died 90 years ago in 1923. In
the United States a work published anywhere in the world prior to 1923 is
in the public domain. In the UK an author’s copyright expires 70 years after
his death. Raphael’s copyright in the UK expired in 1993.
In this work I have revised and edited Raphael’s original 1910 text,
correcting errors and recalculating charts to improve their accuracy with a
modern computer program.
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Astrological charts were cast using Solar Fire Gold and Janus 4 software.
The book cover contains a “Chart Art” image from Solar Fire Gold by artist
Kay Steventon, used with permission.
All other images are in the public domain.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION by Anthony Louis
PREFACE by Robert T. Cross
CHAPTER I: Mundane Astrology
CHAPTER II: The Planetary and Zodiacal Signs and Symbols
CHAPTER III: The Twelve Mundane Houses, Their Power and Significations
CHAPTER IV: The Signification of the Planets
CHAPTER V: The Essential and Accidental Dignities of the Planets
CHAPTER VI: The Mundane Maps
CHAPTER VII: How to Erect the Mundane Maps for Foreign Parts.
CHAPTER VIII: Concerning the First House and the Planets Therein
CHAPTER IX: Concerning the Second House and the Planets Therein
CHAPTER X: Concerning the Third House and the Planets Therein
CHAPTER XI: Concerning the Fourth House and the Planets Therein
CHAPTER XII: Concerning the Fifth House and the Planets Therein
CHAPTER XIII: Concerning the Sixth House and the Planets Therein
CHAPTER XIV: Concerning the Seventh House and the Planets Therein
CHAPTER XV: Concerning the Eighth House and the Planets Therein
CHAPTER XVI: Concerning the Ninth House and the Planets Therein
CHAPTER XVII: Concerning the Tenth House and the Planets Therein
CHAPTER XVIII: Concerning the Eleventh House and the Planets Therein
CHAPTER XIX: Concerning the Twelfth House and the Planets Therein
CHAPTER XX: How to Judge a Mundane Map
CHAPTER XXI: Example of a Mundane Map
CHAPTER XXII: Eclipses
CHAPTER XXIII: The Effects of Solar Eclipses
CHAPTER XXIV: The Effects of Lunar Eclipses
CHAPTER XXV: Planetary Conjunctions
CHAPTER XXVI: Earthquakes
CHAPTER XXVII: Comets
CHAPTER XXVIII: The Parts of the World Affected by the Signs of the
Zodiac
APPENDIX I. The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
APPENDIX II. William Lilly’s Attributions of Zodiac Signs to Cities and
Countries
APPENDIX III: Charles Carter’s Misgivings about Early 20th Century
Mundane Astrology
APPENDIX IV: Alan Leo’s Prediction of the Second Boer War
APPENDIX V: Pluto in Mundane Astrology
APPENDIX VI: The Bloody Lunar Eclipse of the Battle of Gaugamela
Appendix VII: The First Raphael on Political Astrology
APPENDIX VIII: Rhetorius of Egypt on Eclipses
APPENDIX IX: Evangeline Adams, Symbolic Charts and the Inception of the
United States
APPENDIX X: Ebenezer Sibly and the July 4th Birth Chart of the United
States
INTRODUCTION by Anthony Louis
Mundane astrology (from the Latin mundus meaning world, universe,
humankind) is the branch of the celestial science dealing with political and world
events. Heads of nations have consulted mundane astrologers for thousands of
years. This form of astrology, for example, was a key factor in Alexander the
Great’s defeat of the Persian Empire’s army at Gaugamela in 331 BC.
In more recent times the German astrologer Elsbeth Ebertin accurately predicted
Hitler’s political destiny in 1923, albeit from an allegedly incorrect horoscope
cast for the Sun in the 29th degree of Aries.[1] Hitler’s natal Sun, in fact,
occupied the 1st degree of Taurus when he was born on 20 April 1899. Ebertin
must have erroneously consulted the ephemeris for 19 April 1899, the day before
Hitler’s birth. As often happens in astrological forecasting, Ebertin’s chart for
Hitler “worked” quite well, even though it was not based on historically accurate
information.
Elsbeth Ebertin died in Freiburg at the end of November 1944. Her son Reinhold
later claimed that his mother had foreseen her own death but didn’t want to
relocate out of fear that her abrupt departure would panic her neighbors who
believed she could tell the future. She chose to die in an air raid rather than upset
her neighbors. What an altruistic lady she was!
Mundane astrology can be dangerous to practice. Throughout history, court
astrologers have been executed for displeasing the ruler of the nation with their
predictions, regardless of whether the forecast was accurate or not. In May of
1941 Reich Minister and amateur astrologer Rudolf Hess decided to fly to
Scotland because he and his astrologers believed the stars foretold defeat for
Germany. Hess wanted to negotiate a peace deal with the Allies. In response,
Hitler became enraged and had the Gestapo round up hundreds of astrologers
and occultists.[2] Several stargazers were executed and the rest sent to
concentration camps. The Führer blamed astrology for Hess’ betrayal of Hitler’s
megalomaniacal idea that the German master race should rule the world.
The book you are about to read looks at political astrology as it was practiced at
the beginning of the 20th century. Using Raphael’s 1910 text on mundane
astrology as a scaffold, I have revised and amply illustrated his original text with
copious explanations, clarifications, case examples and modern charts. The
Appendices contain a wealth of supplemental information that fleshes out
Raphael’s 80-page booklet, now in the public domain, and adds historical
perspective to his approach.
During the last two centuries several authors have used the pen name “Raphael”
to write books about astrology. They apparently chose the pseudonym because
the Archangel Raphael is associated with Mercury – a god of magic, divination,
astrology and writing. At the time this text was originally published in 1910,
astrologers in the UK wrote under pseudonyms to avoid being thrown in jail for
practicing the celestial art.
To verify which of the many Raphaels wrote the 1910 version of the current text,
I contacted David Roell of the Astrology Center of America. David kindly
responded with an email in which he explained that Raphael was the pseudonym
of a series of men, starting with the first and most famous, Robert Cross Smith
(1795 - 1832). Cross Smith, the original user of the Raphael pseudonym, was
succeeded by John Palmer (1807-1837), and then by some lesser known writers
(Dixon, Medhurst, Wakeley, Sparkes) and finally by Robert T. Cross (1850 –
1923), the well-known author of the text you are about to read.
Robert Tuck Cross (Aries ASC, Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon) is not to be confused
with the original Raphael, Robert Cross Smith (Gemini ASC, Pisces Sun and
Moon), or with any of the Raphaels in between. The author of Raphael’s
Mundane Astrology (1910), Robert T. Cross, inserted a symbol with the letter
“R” centrally placed within a cross on the title page of his books.
Figure 1 Robert T. Cross: "R" at the Center of a Cross
Figure 2 Birth Chart of Frederick Robert Tuck Cross aka "Raphael"

In an article at skyscript.co.uk, Kim Farnell tells us that this Raphael was born at
Brockley Farm, Worstead (East Anglia), England on 15 May 1850 at 2:35 in the
morning.[3] His birth name was Frederick Robert Tuck Cross. Frederick Robert
was the son of Thomas Robert Cross and Charlotte Rump. He later dropped the
Frederick, perhaps to identify himself more closely with the first Raphael,
Robert Cross Smith, and to capitalize on the original Raphael’s fame. Having
developed a strong interest in astrology at an early age, Robert T. Cross acquired
the copyright to the well-known Raphael’s Ephemeris in the 1870s. During the
period 1877-1879 Mr. Cross published a Guide to Astrology, which became
quite popular. Robert T. Cross died on May 29, 1923 in Worstead, Norfolk.[4]
Robert Tuck Cross was a prolific writer with a knack for explaining complex
astrological ideas in simple and direct language. He appears to have relied
heavily on two 17th century British texts for his information about mundane
astrology: William Lilly’s Christian Astrology (1647) and William Ramesey’s
Astrology Restored (1653). Parts of his 1910 text are copied verbatim from
earlier sources without acknowledgement. Because Raphael’s sources date back