Elements of Astrology

First published in 1898, this is not only an astrological textbook, it is also a survey of the life and times of a working astrologer in America in the late 19th century. Written in a personable and direct style, the author gives practical instruction mixed with personal advice as well as vivid stories of his trials and tribulations. In this book are charts for both Lincoln s and Garfield s assassinations, as well as for the murders for which Lizzie Borden was accused. Included are the natal charts of Queen Victoria, Presidents George Washington, William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, William Henry Harrison and Ulysses Simpson Grant. Broughton read charts primarily by means of houses and at one point neatly disposes of equal houses, in favor of Placidus. There is an extensive section on planetary hours, as well as a most useful perpetual table of them. Broughton s use of planetary hours was both original and innovative. Also in this book, extensive delineations of physical appearance, as well as notes on rectification by means of appearance. This is an enlarged facsimile edition of the first edition, of 1898.