The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-03-17
ASTROLOGY AS A FAD.
It Seems to Be Gaming Ground
All Over the World.
People who Consult the Planets for Al"
in Solving PerpleNinE Mundane
Problems The Growth
of Spiriti-m.

AstroIogy seems TO be gaining in pop
ularity and many are turning To II Tor
pointers concerning the fate that is in
store for them. MeteorologlSts are con-
shifting the planets in relation to
changes in the weather, and scientists
are seriously discussing the probability.
or even possibility, of the larger plan
cts exerting an influence on the earth
sufficient to affect conditions of life or
health.
Astronomers do not believe in astrolo-
gy, but are willing 10 give the unique
science credit for assisting To develop
the science of astronomy, says the flIls-
burgh Gazette. Long before there was
an interest taken in astronomy therc
were many careful observers OF the
heavenly bodies. The names chosen by
these men for stars and considerations
remain unchanged.
Astrolory may be the fad ere long.
If not the aStrology of the anclentS'
then modern adaptation OF IT. Not
few of the great men of Europe consult
stars. and seek answers 10 grave queS-
tionS in the stars.
II has been stated recently on what Is
said to be good authority that repre-
sentative of the PrusSian government
asked of a French astrologer the proper
time 10 pick "A quarrel with France.
After carefully comparing horoscopes
of high officials he answered: Any
hour in the afternoon. as near aS posi-
BILE midway between the 9th and '4th
of July, 1870.
ON the nth of July William snuhbed
Rencdetti. the French emisSary. and on
the 18th friendly relations ceased
AstrnIopers. like fortune-tellcrS, arc
largely patroniled by those who are IN
love. or who want To he, and by those
who are anxious To get into matrimony
or get out of it. In addition t. thes"
there are not a few business men. spec
ulatorS, politicians and craftsmen VINO
consult them.
The seer of Charing Cross road. Lon
don. was often visited and consulted
saws Edgar Lee in the Arena, hy the
late prince consort, Lord lytt"n
Charles Dickens. George Eliot. Lord
Beaconsfield, and many other notahIcN.
The seer of Kings Gross also be- am
quite famous through his predictions
relating To- the celebration of ths
uuecn's Jubilee in which he f0rctoiG
the failure of the anarchists plots an"
the injuries that bcfell the marquis OF
Lorne.
There are two kinds Of astrolngists-
those who are intuitive and those who
RELY solely on mathematical calcula-
tions. The latter meet with the grratci
favor among educated and thoughtfu
people while the SuperstitouS and un-
reasoning have as much. If not more.
respect for the seer who knows IL simply
because he knows it.
Ruthiel. of Baltimore, who has been
consulted hv So many in this cuInmunl
ty, belongs to the mathematical class
He will not give names, but says hc !.
being constantly consulted by men
who rank high in business. politic".
and social life. While ne docs not say
that aStrology is a science. ne allows II
hits entirely too often to be mere
guess or a coincidence.
What are we coming 10? Never IL
the previous history of the world have
people been confronted with So many
pulling questions. We boast OF our
enlightenment, Of our ability to solve
knotty problems, but the solution cf
one only leads 10 another more difficult
Hypnotism, Spiriti,m. theu~nphy and
many other things pertaining t.
psychology and biology are occupying
the attention of hrainy mcn and women.
We may pooh-pooh these rs much aS we
please the fact remains that they are
steadily forcing themselves on our at
tention.
You can hardly realize the growth Of
spiritism within the last few years, and
if IL were Dopular 10 bn an ;ivuyyed sTir.
itualist you would find them in cvcrE
congregation. not excepting the Romar
Catholic and Presbyterian.