The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-19

stock which commands surer and better
prices than the ancient works of astrology.
Students seize them eagerly. partly from
curious interest in their vagarles, partly
from the good grains that they believe may
be sifted from tee bushels of chsff they
contain.
Curiosity. if nothing more, in students of
astrology, has also led to tho opening up of
the Hindu astrological system. From the
Brihat-Jataka. Shatpanohasika and other
Hindu works on this science recently done
over into English and now finding large
sale, it appears that the oriental system is
infinitely more elaborate and apparently
empirical than the western, particularly in
the department known as "horary ~astrolo-
gy." in which the western world has very
little confidence. In view of the fact that
a thorough understanding of Hindu ~astrolo-
gy would seem to be almost hopeless for
anybody but u Hindu who could give his
whole mind to it and was sure of a long
life, its popularity among our students will
doubtless be as a fund of amusement rather
than serious use.
In the course of an article on the planet
Venus, III the May Issue of the leading
American astrological magazine, Signs of
The Times, published in Boston, occurs the
following:
Venus is said to be friendly by sympa-
thy. to every planet except the leaden star
Saturn. Indeed, it is his malevolence. es-
peClally WHEN powerfully aueCtluE venus,
that gives us our epidemics of violence to
females and suicides and death from poi
son. Poisonous medicines administered
through mistake, or poisons administered
or taken by inhalation or by way Ct the
stomach, witt murderous or suicidal intent.
always testify to the severity of affection
suffered by Venus from Saturn in the lives
of the victims, but especially in those days
when Saturn is in evil aspect with Venus in
the heavens at the same time. Saturn was
in opposition to Venus in the heavens in the
middle days of April this year, and the
press has teemed with accounts of slaught-
ers of women and children, and wholesale
poisonings. Ih New York Sun, in its
issue of April 81, notes the amazing record
Of murder and suicide and we'll asks the
philosophers to account for the great
crime wave. We have had two poisonings
from the inhalation of gas in the Grand
Union hotel in New York city. and one at
the Parker house in this CITY (Boston); we
have had a Jack the Ripper butchery; the
poisoning of thirty guests at a Louisville
wedding, resulting in the death of b. f.
Guthrie, a millionaire, and dangerous i'll
ness to several others; the poisoning of a
number of laborers in Burlington, Iowa;
and several poisonings in Denver, includ-
ing that of Mrs. Barnaby, which is furnish.
ing press comment by columns at the pres
ent time"
The authors resume of the crimes and
accidents of the specified class occurring
during the period of Venus "at1iiction" by
the opposition of Saturn is meagre and
many more than he has mentioned will
recur to the memory of every read
er of the news, All the books of astrologv
promise those results from the planetary az |
pect mentioned, which has been accepted
as settled facts for many hundreds of years,
SO this particular astrologer-Mr. O. d.
Bragdon-oannot be charged with having
invented his explanation to suit the facts.
Nor can he be justly said to make his pre-
after the events to which they refer
have taken place. since during the past
year he has unQuestionables presaged
several noteworthy affairs-strikes, mobs,
revolts of convicts, marine accidents, etc,
as likely under coming planetary aspects,
and they duly came off according to his
programme.
In this very May number, in his ''Table
Of Celestial Influences for the month
which, as it reached New York subscribers
On May l, must have gone to press in April
he gave the warming:
Let all handling chemicals, or having
'uperlntendenca of explosive or highly COM
materials, look to it at this time
throughout the first half of May: that
care Is had III all their acts and affairs, for in
5heso days 1T Is apprehended there will be
very destructive fires involving unusu-
al losses of human life, both from burning
1ndc crushing, and unusual care and watch
tulness IS suggested to ALL"