Baughan’s historical astrology
Mars in Baughan’s astrology
Baughan describes mars as dry and assigns its house or houses to Aries and Scorpio. The relationship gives the planet a particular familiarity with places in the zodiac. The book places its exaltation in Capricorn and its fall in Cancer, distinguishing these positions from its own houses.
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Principal account
TraditionalBaughan describes mars as dry and assigns its house or houses to Aries and Scorpio. The relationship gives the planet a particular familiarity with places in the zodiac.
Further detail
TraditionalThe book places its exaltation in Capricorn and its fall in Cancer, distinguishing these positions from its own houses.
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
Mars is dry in natureOpen 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
Source 2
The Influence of the Stars: A Book of Old World Lore
He is exalted in CapricornusOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Baughan’s historical astrology; active reader leaf 31
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0150-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0150-E001-P0031
- Original scan leaf
- 31
- Recorded leaf number
- 31
- Current Reader position
- 24
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
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Shared source pageThe Moon in Baughan’s astrology
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