Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-25
Planetary Conjunctions.

A conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
recently took place and those astronomers
who peered through their powerful tele-
scopes on that day say Jupiter and Saturn
were on the opposite side of the sun from
the earth and almost in a straight line
drawn from the earth through the sun.
Far beyond them and approximately IN The
same direction was the great planet
Neptune. On the same side of the sur,
but making large angle with the direction
of the others, was Mercury, fastening TO
get into line with them. On this side Of
the sun Venus could be seen swinging into
line. Uranus and Mars did not Join in the
planetary parade, Mars being nearly at
right angles to the line, while Uranus was
far off in another direction. Still the sun
and six Of the eight great planets were
almost in a row, the earth being at the one
end and Neptune at the other. Before
Jupiter and Venus, however, had joined
the dress parade, the great planets had
already broken ranks to proceed In their
journey around the sun, but thar move
ment is so slow that several days Will have
elapsed before the march may be said to
be fairly under way.
IL astrologers are to be believed dire
events are to follow the conjunction, owing
to its having taken place in Taurus. The
last event of this kind occurred in 11i6,
and was Immediately followed by a crusade
against the Turks, which resulted in the
loss of over 200, 900 men. Ireland, too,
was the scene Of anarchy and civil war.
Similar events are prophesied for the near
future. England, it is said, viii be devas-
tated by civil war, and there will be inter-
national sir;fe at other points on the worlds
surface, especially in the East. Terrific
plaques and earthquakes, according to the
same wise men, will prevail during the
ensuing ten years, together with terrible
storms of thunder and lightning, meteors,
trembling of the earth. eruptions of vol
canoes, tidal waves, unusally fatal colliery
explosions, with general feeling of dread
and dismay among the inhabitants of the
earth. Great mortality among crowned
heads is predicted. For America, however,
the signs favor rising revenue and a
generally prosperous and successful time.
Still, as sage asserts, there will be soLHe
trouble and anxiety on account of enemies,
and American swords will not yet be turned
into plough-shares. Many violent and
sudden deaths will occur, and high rate
of mortality and disease among cattle will
also prevail.
The fact that the conjunction occurred
In the ninth house of the heavens IS also
said to prognosticate great religious changes
this ''house, in the brains Of astrolOgers.
ruling religion and religious persons, more
especially the clergy.
An old writer saws that ga great con-
junction happening in Taurus foreshadoys
ruin of houses and ancient buildings and
divisions and hatred among the clergy"
The second crusade was religious ore,
inspired mainly by The eIoquence of St.
Bernard. Hence within the twenty years
over which the influence of the conjunction
extends the world may expect to see the
Church of England disestablished and the
Christian religion undergo fundamental
changes which will end in many ecclesias-
tical reforms. Singular dogmas will be
promulgated, while science will prosper
and scientific men be held in great esteem
Scientific infidelity, however, will not pros
per.
Raphael, an old English astrologer, does
not agree with the favorable effect of the
conjunction on America as forecasted by
Zadklel's almanac Raphael SAYS that at
the time of the communion at Washington
''Cancer will be rising and Mars will be on
the meridian and the conjunction will take
place in the eleventh house. Herschel Will
be on the east of the fourth and the Moon
in the sixth house. The Moon rules the
figure, and being so placed will give much
sickness in the States, but the chief position
is that of Mars eliminating. This will
cause civil war and the imposition of new
taxes, and the people shall be unruly, and
the Government administer the laws
harshly and with great cruelty. The credit
of the States will be sorely shaken, and a
disruption in the Government may be
expected. Herschel, in the fourth, shows
the confiscation of land and lack of z, nial
seasons for the crops. Terrific tornadoes
and storms will be experienced, and shocks
o: earthquakes, doing an immense amount
of damage"