THE CONJUNCTION

A very powerful and in some cases dangerous combination. If other influences agree there
may be a distinct danger of unusual psychic suffering. It occurs in the nativities of several victims of
violence (such as Don Carlos of Portugal, and Mrs. Bennett, who was strangled). All Inharmonious
combinations of these planets appear to point this way. In the map of the Empress of Austria the
two planets are in mutual reception. In one case (Conj. In Virgo in 2nd) there was great suffering
from eczematic gout with chronic irritation. In two more instances there were severe burns,
illustrating the marked tendency of this combination to cause injury to the skin, said by some to be
ruled by Saturn as the significator of the limits of the body. Blows, cuts and stabs sometimes occur,
often as the result of falls.
Although this configuration must be regarded as of serious import it is necessary to judge it
carefully, and to give full weight to possible counteracting influences.