The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-04-28
An Astrologist on Horoscopes.

The nativities of the Queens children
all show some individuality and charac-
ter. The second son, Prince Alfred, as
he was formerly distinguished. was born
ut Windsor, August 6, 1874, at 7:50 a.
NJ, with the eighteenth degree of Virgo
ascending. The most notable position
ut his birth was the close conjunction of
the Sun and Mars in the sign Loo. This
denotes q great liability to fevers and
violent accidents. The Prince of Wales,
who with many faults is yet remarkable
for his bon homie. and for the strong
personal regard in which no is held by
his immediate friends and the people in
his domestic establishments. The ia
vorite cpithet applied TO the heir appa-
rent is the word jovial, and the cores
pOndents tell US much Of his affable hob
nobbing with actors, literary men and
others. The Prince of Wales was born
with Jupiter rising thence jovial Is
very correct word. All these words, de-
scriptive briefly, succinctly and graphi-
cally of character, are relics OF tho for
mer general belief in astrolOgy. From
this doctrine we have our words satur-
nine. mercurial. martial, etc. 1t is GU
rious, indeed, to what extent we may
trace In this direction the old doctrine
~. 4. ....:sry influence, even in the most
of ,;,urspfoverbs and common phrases.
He may thank his stars" "his lucky
stars" etc., are examples in everyday
use. and Shakespeare is notably fond Of
such expressions. He speaks of the
''star-crOssed lovers, Romeo and Juliet;
of the happy Christmas time, "whcn no
planet Strikes" of .'the moon coming
nearer the earth than is her wont and
making men mad" and in fifty other
places Of the belief in occult influence.
The same is found in the other old poets.
The unfortunate Princess Alice had
all interesting horoscope. She was born
as Venus was rising and possessed many
amiable and attractive qualities, and
was one of the most popular members
of the family. The Sun was in conjunc-
ton with Mercury and approximately in
parallel with Jupiter. Her mental fac
ulties were very bright, and it was said
that while yet in her teens she was one
of the most highly accomplished young
ladies of Great Britain, particularly fond
of books and art, and with q mind of
wider sphere in many ways than usual.
The Sun was the hyleg, or life-giver, at
her birth, and was afflicted by the ses-
quidate aspect of Mars, the same evil
planet also affecting the Moon by square
aspect. The Sun was in the sign Tau
rus, which rules the throat, and the I'M
fortunate lady contracted that terrible
malady, diphtheria, and fell victim to
it. She caught the infection by kissing
one of her children who was suffering
with the disease. This diphtheria is
strictly martial disease and in the horo-
scopes of those who are stricken with it
the planet Mars will invariably be seen
to occupy some malignant position at
birth, and also to exercise an influence
in the directions nj the time when the
malady appears. At those periods when
he is trayersing the signs Tarsus and
Scorpio thousands of children may be
observed to be swept away by it. This
was remarkably exhibited the last time
Mars made his long stay in Tarsus.-
baltimore Meas.