Baughan’s historical astrology
Cancer in Baughan’s astrology
Baughan associates Cancer with the breast and stomach and the colour green and russet brown. These are parts of her account of the sign when rising at birth, rather than observations about everyone born in a calendar month. Her scheme assigns Cancer as a house of the Moon. The sign therefore participates both in a bodily correspondence and in the relation between the zodiac and the seven recognised planetary powers.
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Principal account
TraditionalBaughan associates Cancer with the breast and stomach and the colour green and russet brown. These are parts of her account of the sign when rising at birth, rather than observations about everyone born in a calendar month.
Further detail
TraditionalHer scheme assigns Cancer as a house of the Moon. The sign therefore participates both in a bodily correspondence and in the relation between the zodiac and the seven recognised planetary powers.
Context & interpretation
This entry records Rosa Baughan’s nineteenth-century account of the older astrological system and its symbolic correspondences. The classifications and asserted influences are attributed to that book; the entry describes its interpretive vocabulary rather than diagnosing a person or establishing a physical effect.
Original passages
Source 1
The Influence of the Stars: A Book of Old World Lore
It governs the breast and stomachOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Baughan’s historical astrology; active reader leaf 26
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0150-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0150-E001-P0026
- Original scan leaf
- 26
- Recorded leaf number
- 26
- Current Reader position
- 19
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
Source 2
The Influence of the Stars: A Book of Old World Lore
Cancer for the MoonOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Baughan’s historical astrology; active reader leaf 28
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0150-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0150-E001-P0028
- Original scan leaf
- 28
- Recorded leaf number
- 28
- Current Reader position
- 21
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
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