, 1875-11-27
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| sue FI!eseH Nhoe theif celestial ObHerVa
| tons. What We know Of Oriental natioaH
teaches US that nothing ican than tI.e
| hope OF grnat benefit to them. Gives would hayn
led tho monarchB Of Ae8yrsA aud Of o1t,c. Egvni
/ to make such lavish FrovIson Of monay and Ia
Dor for erecting Groat astronomical obBerynto.
res: And just - nowadays aosnc ASTRONOMERS
| IN England promise that II only flno olscrya
tory Ia erected tor ttem, aud Tine aalary pald
| them. they vii lnd out low, By soiar osaarys.
tion. to predict tls weather: 80 no doubt tho as
trologers Of old per.aal,d the monarch vhotu
they served that II q sufficient outlay Was made
| upon them thay would Ind out h1w 10 pretlct a
events ~ studying the s;ect OF the hoaveuB
That this was tne object Of the whole s5etcn L
clearly shown, inIead, bY tho fact TIM. AsttoIo.
gels pretended aftar.ari to dedaco tuat such a
ncbsmc Of prediction. For ages tho scheme was
| accepte1.
The lecturer ne1t considered tho influences
aacrs1ed 10 The heavenly bodies. lie frat showed
hoy tho hours and daTs came to be regarded ~
| each ruled over by particular planet. DiYjd,pe
the day into twenty-faur hours, anil regarding
these ~ ruled over In SUCCESSION by the p,1ness
u tha order OF their distances (accordinz to the
o!d tEstenl. viz, Saturn, Jupier, Mass the SIM.
that IL the 1rst hour Of one day DO ruled by the
Sun tho dret hour Of tho next will bp ru]si br
tho Moon, tho first hour OF tto next by Mars, oi
tne next ~ Mercury, tho next By Jupiter, taen
Sun again Hence the order Of she sovon dass.
tho Suns day. the Moon's dag, Mars div liz
F1cnch Aards), Mercuty's day (lfe7ved,j j.
!oye's Joy s1 d.v Jeaai,. Fenns d.y tpsnd'edt).
saSh..,s sad sa,9tps y, ~ d. Saturday. or .ho
Egyptians, hecanso an untucRy day Cor any sort
OF work ~ ,uled over bv the n1atefc planet Has-
urn. The lecturer nctt proceeded 10 Indicate
tue way IN which natisit'es wero cast according
to the old sys!cm OF ptolemY. Tho aspect Of
the heavens At tbs moment Of the uatigo'y birth
was 10 bs notea. SO far .: leaak as tho zodiacaI
zono VAS CONCERNED, and few cancellations
close By it wore concerned. Tho part OF the
zodiac tust rising above the horizon 1t tho mo-
ment EaFe the cusp OF tho ascendant, and the
zodiac vas divided iuto twelve "houses. "
starting from that part, proceeding from vest
70 east, frat descending bolow tho not1on %
the northern meridiau thon ascending to tie
southern meridian, aud 10 round to The oas.
again. Tho twelre houses in order ne, o those
OIL. Life and Health; 2. Riches 8, Hundred
sna Short ygurnoyB 1nberitances j.; s. Chi.
na; ffen ,1snaus = s,ehnees i, Marriage; Death 3
Euenios. Tho planets IN theeo various houses
aE tht moment OF BIRTH indicated the FORTUNES or
tho native. For instance. Mas in the eighth
house indicated 4 viuient death Saturn in the
third. misfortune to kindred or du1ng uhort
tonrueya.
Tho inf1uonces attributed to tho ra.io1s p1ap-
cts wc1o described ss follows: Saturn was tho
greatest 1nsoituuo. Disease, trouble aud dan.
ger beset through life tho unfortunate who hps
saturn 10 tue aEcendant q. tho time Of birth, 1t
least II no other planet o1est through soue
lucky position corrective influence. Ju5lter
was. On the contrary. held to ba tho most pro.
pt.ous Of al tho planets, and cAlioa tha Greater
Fortune. He MAS eliminating when tho p1eseut
Queen Of England was born, md as.rolocers 40.
sure us that abe was bound to be fortunate
through life ln consequence. 50 also thor asseft
tlat Jupiter Was In tho ascendant when Ne ling
ton was born, but It has beeu remarked tbat
since nesthoF the sime Of We!llngtou's birth nor
fu ~ n{ft1tf 1.rN1 .oto
must bare something Of paniers akllt,
who could not ony interpret anothcrs
dtoam but recall It to his mind. However,
there vou zee tho horoscope of tile Iron Duke
thoee Of George Ill. nod ~. Queen Caroline,
the Pr1ncess Charlotte, tho present priuco OF
Wales and others. AstroIogers wera not yery
lucky With Albert Edward. it seems. He was 70
iuskness. (which believe, though have ney-
9! seen him, nor particularly, care IT," scarcely
Of horaos and desel wing Of respect" be vas "to
be parrish to mart!ne AFFAIRS and win nam!
without much military glory At present. He was
70 haro "great wealth through inheritance"
which seemed not altogether unlikely when tile
nativity was cAet seeing that both Abort
and hsn vito we're pFovdont people, Atnnz-
Ing to relate, the prophet was 30 skillfnl as
to foreaee That Mr. Guelph would marry Priu-
cosa Of high birth aud not updeeeryiny OF his
kinaoe8s The year Of lis marriage waa to be
1862. lis was dllatory. 1t aeema, seeipg ho did
not marry I'LL 1863; md he again forgot to show
rFopsr respect for the assroioEers BY ou,istng to
rscolvo ~ injury from a hogdc III alay, 1870,
when 6atnrn WAS stationary in tho ascending dc.
gree; nor did ho then got blow OH tho Left aide
Ct tho head. noas the ear, astroloGess had pre-
dicted. Tho house OF sickness showed dfspo-
Elton to fever aud to epsptio nstac1s AMI hs
mas IN a special manner to avoid l}sussels India
Greece, MD1ico. Persia, tue Orkney 1zlantis aud
oxford. Aia character py0Hllscd to be rather
yarieRAtod no less than seventy clarac ctcristIcs
being assigned to h1u,. including such ineoneru,.
ties ~ '.amlable, austcro avafclous, generous
candid. dtHcrce., envious. foad af glory, ptu-
dent, raah, te'nnersteI unsteady, violent, wily,
volatile, aud wotGY,F
The general subject Of superstition vss then
dealt with. Tho lecturer remarked that mort
aupersttlona rslatoi either 10 tho anticipation OF
the future OF to tho auppositson thst in soma
wsy tie future might DO modified. He showed
tho lava Of probabilities layo bonn bascd. aud
spparcne cotnclaoncea frosn which various super
stitlons hAyo had their origin. The great d.fti-
culty in attempting to destroy any superstition
resides in tho general cageIosdnesa OF people az
to tho lAHs Of cnusat!on. M uasn who Thought
naonont about the way in wltch--for example
at whist arc obtained, could be 40
foolish ~ to suPposo that be could hAvu
b better chance OF good hand IL ho |
ut in particular seat or obeyed so,no OTHER
supors.itiou Of Tho cari.t.blo. IEuna OF luck
WeEo then reforrod to. ~ among tho most pro-
ao Of all tho BourceB OF gambling suDeipti- |
iona and 1t WAS shos Il how tleY sro an ahso. |
uta!9 nocos.ary consequence OF the lawn OF |
that plar could not 70 on to tho |
'1tent 1t does without such cnses arising After
several curious illustrations OF the
apparent fullilment OF predictions, astrological /
and otherwise, tho lecturer showed how these |
:on's statement that "mon mark when thoy but. |
lut ppYcr mark Hlcl tleY mia" I.astlv |