Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-26
Saturday Morning, Nov. 2e, 1881.
zADKIEL,s PREDICTIONS

ZADKIEL's PREDICTIONS.
 Whoever constructs '.Zadkiel's Astrologi- cal Almanac' made some excellent guesses concerning things which have happened dur ing the past year. Among them was the pre- diction of the death of the Czar. In the preface to the Almanac for 1882, which has just appeared in London, the author says |:
 since we last addressed the public have been p'oIifc in the manifestations of planetary in fl ,ence. The most autocratic ruler in Eu- rope, after having escaped the bullets of the would-be assassins for many years, has at last fallen victim to the bombs of the Nj hilists, in the year which we foretold would be his last on earth" It is interesting to notice some of the predictions for the year covered by the new Almanac.
 The position of Mars in the fifth house, in seven degrees and ffty-six minutes of New York's governing sign, Cancer, ''is unfortu- nate for theatres and places of amusement, and the burning of one (probably in New York; is only too likely to take place about the 27th to the 29th of December, 1s81 'tThen because Uranus is in the seventh house and
 in square to Mercury, the lawyers are prom
 ised plenty of work, while there is prospect
 of especially lively times in our divorce
 courts. "At the lunation Mars is in the tenth
 house, which presigniies that taxation will
 press very heavily on the people," the taxa
 ten threatened most probably having refer ence to the advanced price of all kinds of
 provisions. 'sThere will be much violence in
 the United States, and some great man will
 suffer degradation or meet with a violent
 death" At the same time we are assured
 that our railroads will be prosperous. For January, 1882, we are reminded that no less than five large planets, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, are to retrogade at the
 beginning of the year, while the square of Saturn to the sum- nearly coinciding with Neptune's stationary position on the 23d.
 warns coliery managers to take extra precau-
 tions against accidents. s'The Emperor of Germany will feel the effects of Saturn sta tionary on his mid heaven. Socialists will disturb his empire" In the latter part of
 February we are informed that s,great ex- citement will be witnessed in New York; and a great confagration is likely to take place."
 The sun enters Aries on March 24th at about nine o'clock D. m Mars is just risen at the ingress; the sun, Venus and the moon are in the tenth house; Saturn, Neptune and Jupi
 ter are in the eleventh Mercury is in the ninth Uranus in the third. These positions
 presignify much excitement in the States
 alarms of war, turbulence and bloodshed
 Also some vicissitudes, if not panics, in re- gard to railroads. Moreover. we are in- form d that certain portions of this country in March next will be visited by an epidemic of diphtheria smallpox About the mid dle of April "Mars will transmit the ascen- dant of the vernal ingress at Washington
 producing great excitement in the States " The Presidents position will be an unenvia- ble one. About the 18th of April plot will be discovered in Russia in which women will be greatly concerned, and which will go near revolutionizing the political system of that country. On May 17th tho zzzl will Lss psat. ly eclipsed in the sign Taurus, and conse quently 8 bad harvest is predicted for Ire land ''At the entrance of the sun into Can cer on June Fist at about 6:15 in the after noon, Mars is in the ascendant a Saturn
 
 being in the second house. This will be a critical time for the Americans. War can scarcely be avoided. The greatest excite ment will be witnessed in the States. Pan ics and great fall in public securities are sure to take place Shocks of earthquake will be felt in some States. The weather of the quarter will he marked by intense heat and dryness." July will be Q pleas ant month for Americans, but explosions and deeds of violence will be rife in Lon- don," and in India there will be ''mueh ex- citement and bloodshed." We shall also get through August comfortably, and in that month, under the beneicent influence of Ju- piter in Gemini some important measure of reform in the direction of trade and com merce may be expected September contains nothing bad for us, but about the middle of October we must look out for panic or fire. In November the King of Spain will be in danger, and his assassination is to be feared
 The superstitious and the astrological among our readers can cut out the above and paste it in their hats for verifcation- It will be strange if some of the guesses do not hit the mark: