Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-06-30
HOROSCOPES TO ORDER
HOW AN OLD kSTRoLOGER MAKES THEM
~- IN NEW YORK.

How to Cast q HOrOscope-hnmuemco oA
the Planets-saturn and Mars OF EVIL
Import-Venus Lucky.
In an old-fashioned dwelling that was
once the home of ex-senator Sage who par
ticipated In the laying out of Central Park,
the bearded student Of the stars busies
himself daily casting horoscopes just as
King Ansols astrologer did. His study
was a suite Of three spacious parlors
crowded with paintings and bric-a-brac.
Books were piled on shelves in cases on
all sides Of him, and big and little tones
musty with age, and full of quaint htera-
ture on astrology and astrologers, were
heaped on tables.
II am aware" he said, that astrology
IL ridiculed by most people; butt is an alb
sorbing study, far more entertaining than
chess, even II it were nothing more than
mere pasttime. To become an astrologer
one must learn something of astronomy,
| and 1t is conceded nowadays that astron-
omy is O science. Therefore he cannot be
| entirely fraud. But I am not going to
defend astrology. You can call 1t humbug
II you like. ] will content myself with an
nouncing this primal claim regarding
horoscopes, as you would call them, or
nativity as they are denominated by
astral scientists. A nativity is a scheme
| or diagram of the heavens Mt the time
| of birth; from this deductions can
1 be made regarding duration Of
| life, sickness, accidents, mental quail
| tiles, disposition, the profession or
| employment most suitable, description OF
person of wife or husband, children, repu-
tation, friends, enemies, wealth, prosper
ity or adversely, honor, &c; and by COM
putting the planetary motions termed
| transits, or arcs of direction, the periods
| are foretold when changes for good or
| evil may be expected, and the various fu-
| ture events of life ascertained. From this
diagram of the heavens the road to health
i and happiness, SO far as attainable in indi-
l vidual cases, can be pointed out. Any
body can become an astrologer, and lots
| Of New Workers are studying with that
| aim, too. To cast a horoscope becomes, in
| time, as easy as to do q problem in multi
plication or division, If one keeps his wits
frightened up"
Then the bearded man pulled from a
| book sheet of paper upon which was
| printed a diagram that looked like wheel
| with twelve spolies. The hub of this wheel
was globe with the north pole tilted to-
ward the northeast.
Now" said the astrologer, this is a
| chart of the sky, and each of what you
call spokes is the boundary of one of the
| twelve divisions of the heavens that as
| trologers make. To cast horoscope all
that is necessary is to fill out the chart,
heavens at the time of the birth of the per-
son whose horoscope you wish to cast or
calculate. This is done by consulting the
astrological almanac. The almanac is
| printed yearly in London, and gives the
position of the planets every day in the
year. 1t has been printed for the last
| quarter of century or more, which
proves that astrology must have hold on
the public, or some part of it, still, for it
wouldn't pay to print the almanacs unless
| there was demand for them.
| when you have filed out your diagram
| 1t is, SO to speak, a picture of the sky at
the moment of your birth. Then you set
to work figuring out how the planets
| stand at the present time. This is done
| by calculating just as an astronomer docs
the progress of tho planets around the
sun. AS each passes q certain spoke of
the wheel it means that a certain influ-
ence will be directed upon your life for
good or evil, according to the planet it.
self. Other data are secured by the posi-
ton Of the spoke over which the planet
passes as compared with the other spokes
and other planets. Lines drawn from the
1 first planet to the hub OF the wheel and
then to another planet that exerts certain
influence may form squares OF oblique
1 angles, and this fact must also be taken
| into consideration in making up your
horoscope. Each planet moves at a diff
|
| taking account of this time you can cal
culate exactly the duration of any good or
evil influence exerted by the planets.
Certain things are established in as
trology as in astronomy, and have been
accepted since the days of William Lilly
and of DR.. Dee, who was astrologer to
Queen Elizabeth. These things are that
Saturn and Mars are planets of evil inn
port, and that Venus Is a lucky planet
L o+h hox, LOT Lo<
influence, but not to such a pronounced
degree. The only bother of the horoscope
making Is to keep yourself from getting
mixed up in your figures, for you have to
calculate with precision or your horoscope
isn't worth cent as representation. II
you keep your figures Strengthened out
though, you will be surprised how accur-
ately you can tell your best girl, or her
mother, or your chum, what has happened
or what is going to happen in the way OF
| good or bad fortune.
The most interesting calculation oil
astrology is probably the method of cal
culating the good or bad experiences OF
married life and the time when they will
| occur. For instance, a man marries the
first woman that is indicated by the planet
that the moon applies to by aspect. AS
pect means the line drawn from the moon
to the earth and thence to the planet un-
, der which the man was born. According
as the line is straight or angular the mar.
| rage will be good or bad. In calculating
a marriage horoscope Of woman the sun
becomes the basis of the calculation"
The astrologer fished up from his hear
Of horoscopes wheel filled full of signs
and numerals. "This is marriage horo
: scope of Lillian Russell, cast some years
ago at the request of Mrs. Leonard, he
! mother. 1t is chart of the heavens a
the exact hour of Miss Russell's birth
You will see that she was born under Sa
turn, and the moon rises over the section
or spoke of the wheel representing a sec
ton of the heavens under which she was
born. Mars is getting in exact opposition
: to the moon, or, in other words, is gettinI
t upon the spoke of the wheel directly CD
posite the one over which the moon is ris
ing, Saturn and Mars being planets o
? l evil import, the chart fortells that tn