It is believed t that the present work will be of considerable assistance to those who serious­ly contemplate an initial study of the science of horoscopy, and although it by no means ex­hausts what is known on the subject, yet it will be found accurate and reliable as far as it goes, and will enable any one of ordinary intelligence to test the claims of Astrology for himself. This is as much as can be expected in the limits of a small handbook. The literature of the subject is considerable, and the present writer only ta­kes credit to himself so far as his own wide ex­perience and practice have enabled him to pre­sent the subject in a simple and brief manner