Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-02
OCTOBER SKIES.
The stars and Planets and Their
Relation TO the Earth During
tho Month.
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Next to the earth and the sun, the most
important of the heavenly bodies in its
relations TO mankind is the moon. In
her movements we sec p beautiful design
of the Creator for our comforts and hap.
pincss. In her Influence upon the earth
she is really an assistant to the sun, aid
ing him in the work of making the earth
fruitful, and swayng the atmosphere and
the tides, keeping them from stagnation,
putrefaction and death, when sweeping
along in her monthly journey around the
earth, as she constantly disturbs the mag.
netic currents between us and the other
members of the solar system. Here wo
sec another beautiful design of the Gre
ator.-the farther away planet is from
the sun, the greater the number of as
sstants he needs to influence the primary
bodies; thus Mercury and Venus be-
ing so near the solar energies
have u shorter annual motion, and
need no moon. The earth still farther
away, and the solar energies weakened
in proportion, has one moon to assist in
giving it light, and making it fruitful in
the proper seasons. Mars has two, Jupi-
ter four, and Saturn eight. That the
heavenly bodies influence each other
there can be no doubt. In this way,
Adams and Leverrier were enabled to
discover Neptune. Their different colors
Indicate this, a fact evidently well known
to the ancients, from the fact that in the
old Birs Nimroud there are what is known
as the Seven Planetary chambers, each
one of a different color, and designated
for the planets corresponding in color, or
the supposed influence of that planet
upon the earth. As the god Saturn dincd
or brcakfastcd on his own children, his
chamber is painted black; therefore his
influence must have been considered as
evil, such as pestilence, floods, wars and
famine.
Saturn is still regarded as an evil planet
by aStrologers, and astro-moteorolog
always look for sharp atmospheric or
terrestrial disturbances on account of his
high electric condition, when the moon
comes near him, as she does i'll her last
quarter on the first morning of Octo.
Der. On the 3d tho moon will
be nearer Mars, and in pcrigcee,
near the earth, and on the
9Th will pass Jupiter, now moving star.
Passing Uranus and Mercury on the 9Th,
the moon reaches conjunction with tho
morning of the Sth. On the 18th Venus
and the new moon will be seen in the
western sky, if it is not too cloudy. On
the 18th Mercury goes beyond the sun,
superior conjunction, and on the 10Th
Venus is aphelion, farthest from the sun,
and the moon is apogee, farthcst from
the earth. The moon is full on tho 23d,
between , and 3 o'clock. On the 25th it
is near the planet Neptune; on the 2Sth
SDtIIrn and in Nprlppn (nnDr
the earth) and on the evening of the 3st
it is once more near Mars, and together
they will match "the fairies and the
witches" before the dawn as they sport
themselves on Halloween, to the discom-
fort of careless or belated mortals.
The principal features of the month
are the two coniunctions of the moon
with Saturn and Mars, and the two peri
gees of the moon near to the earth)
This in the summer would indicate Il
disturbed condition of the atmosphere of
a highly electric nature, and it is likely
the month will be stormy and unsettled.
A great astronomical event happens
on the 10Th, Goth, 2lst. This is the
perihelion of Saturn, and on one of these
The perihelion near the sun) of this
planet happens once in twenty-nine and
II half years. His rings are open, and he
is well fixed for observation, where he
can readily be seen in the east between
10 O'Clock and midnight, He is in the
zodiacal sign Cancer and tho constella-
ton Gemini, (the twins), and once seen
other star, although Aldebaran in the
Hyades closely resembles him to the
naked eye.
The p6rihelion periods of Saturn are
always regarded with dread, many at
tributing the prevalence of epdemics,
storms, etc, to his influence upon the
earth 1t is true we now have epidcmiCs
in Europe, and something closely re-
sembling one in America, while storm
of more than usual length is predicted
for the time of the month when the
planet reaches its perihelion Is the in
tiuence of the planet black, like the color
of his chamber in tho Brs Nimroud, the
site of the oldest Astronomical observa-
tory in the world?
This dread of Saturn's influence had
been revived to some extent of late by
the great earthquake at krakatoa in 1888,
when the planet was in conjunction with
the moon. That great electric energy is
at work in Saturn there can be no doubt,
the mighty throes of the planet chang
ing it into square shoulder shape, -
its powers must be inconceivable and
such a thing happening on the earth
would sweep away every vestlge OF hui
The meterology of October as given by
Mr.. Walter II. Smith, of Montreal, indi-
Gates the entry of the month as 'cool
and frosty-changng to fine and warm
for the season by the end of the week"
Second ,week-Stormy, unsettled and
high winds in many sections. Fine,
mild weather toward the close of the
week.
Third week-Opens cool and showery
rain, sleet and wind. Showery, south,
snow flurries north-cool and frosty at
the close.
Fourth week-Mild, muddy weather.
rain in south, snow tlurries or sleet in
northern scctions--week is likely to end
co'l and wntry.
Close of the month: Frosts, foggy and
mIsly IN many sections, stormy, unset
tied, with snow and wind--month Is
likely to end fine.
The winter consultations are
now advancing up the eastern