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...outer ring showing the location of the signs of the zodiac at the time of birth, and 2) an inner pie chart, divided by "cusps" into twelve "Houses," each representing a different aspect of earthly life. The positions of the signs of the zodiac, and the planets among them, affect the Houses below. Even the angles between the planets are significant...
...characteristics of the planets strongly affect each other when they are in "conjunction" (only 10° or so apart). Their good characteristics strongly reinforce each other when they are "trine" (120° apart) and reinforce each other less strongly when they are "sextile" (60° apart). They represent an obstacle to overcome when they are "square" (90° apart) and possible disaster when two "malefic" planets are in "opposition" (180° apart, at opposite sides of the circle). Even these factors are just a few of the hundreds that can enter into an astrologer's interpretation of the chart...
Though they may place a strain on the University's budget, the decreases in Federal aid are not likely to affect students here greatly, Gunness said. "We'll find alternative sources of funds. "We'll work it out somehow," he said...
Colonel Robert H. Pell, professor of Military Science, said yesterday that the sharp decline in applications may affect the Army's decision on whether or not to remain on campus. "You can't operate a program with no students in it," he said...
Pell denied that the SDS anti-ROTC campaign had any affect on students' desire to join ROTC. He said that the decline in applications was merely evidence that the panic caused by last year's cancellation of graduate deferments had subsided...