It is to be understood that the indications given below refer only to simple cases – they are modified according to the sign in which the planet is situated and according to the aspects which it makes with other planets. As it is, of course, impracticable to give a separate account of all the possible combinations, it has been necessary to put down the single, separate, simple effects of every element of which the configuration of the heavens at any moment is composed, leaving the student to combine them for any particular case, in accordance with his judgment, experience and ability.