The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-08-09
TRUTHS IN ZADKIEL.
HIS sLMANAc HAS MADE SOME STAR.
THING PREDICTIONS.


Things Which Concern Us More Than
We Are willing to Admit and Which 1t
Isn't Always Possible to Reason About.
There is now in England n publication
known as Zadkicl's Almanac, that has
been for 40 years o favoritc in English
households Of the fairly intelligent class,
as it is too abstruso for the ignorant to
understand. Not less than goo, 900 copies
are sold yearly, and this is purely n history
of the coming year, based on the researches
of judicial astroluRy.
These calculations are made by means
of the sun, moon and stars-tho signs Of
the zodiac and the various aspects and re-
lations Of the planets. In astrology ma
tions, like individuals, are subject to and
are governed by tho planets. The greater
part of England lies under the cardinal
sign Aries, but Gemini rules the west OF
England and the United States.
Some Of Zadkicls predictions arc curl
Gus enough to puzzle Intelligent persons.
For instance, in 1886 occurs this passage;
"Shooks of earthquakes in the seventy
seventh degree of west longitude may be
looked for. Great thunderstorms and
waves of intense heat will pass over the
States There will be great excitement in
America" In 1885 shocks of earthquake
reached North and South Carolina on the
night of Aug. 81, between longitude 76
and rs west, and the heat was intense,
many lives being lost
In 1853 Zadkiel put forth the following
prediction as to the future Of Louis Napo-
lcon
Let him not dream Of lasting honOrs,
power or prosperity. He shall found no
dynasty, he shall wear no durable crown
but In the midst Of deeds of blood and
slaughter with afTrighted Europe trem-
bling beneath the weight Of his daring
martial hosts, he dGscends beneath tho
heavy hand Of fnto and falls to riso no
more"
1t Is undoubtedly true that in three hor
oscopes taken by different men entirely
independent of each other q bloody ending
was predicted for the emperor, but only
Zadkicl forctold the extinction of the dy-
nasty.
In the horoscope of Lincoln and Garfield
the maliflc planets Mars and Saturn ruled
their house of life. When thoir end cnme,
and in "A marked degree the history and
career of the Bourbon family corrcsponded
with the state of the heavens at their
births, according to the theories of astrol-
ogy.
A belief that human events are affected
by the stars was accepted by many of the
ablest minds. Wallenstein died at the very
moment when he thought the danger past
He had the astrologer' reading of the stars
in his hand as he was struck down,
Goethe begins his autobiography with
his Nativity"
"On the Goth Of August, 1740, at mid
day as the clock struck IL, came into the
world at Frankfort-on the Main. My hor-
oscope was propitious. The sun stood in
the signs of the Virgin and had culminat-
cd for the day. Jupiter and Venus looked
on him with a friendly eye, and Mercury
not adversely, while Saturn and Mars kept
themselves Indifferent. The moon alone,
| just full, exertcd the power of her re1ec-
tion all the more, as she had then reached
her planetary hour. she opposed herself
therefore to my birth, which could not be
accomplished until the hour was passed.
These good aspects, which the astrologer
managed subsequently to reckon very au-
spicious for me- may have been the cause
of my preservation, for through the un-
kindness of the midwife / came into the
world as dead, and only after various efforts
was / enabled to see the light"
But this, of course, is dry humor.
In all horoscopes the happy life and for
| tune of the subject depends mainly on the
friendly aspects of Venus and Jupiter,
while the signs Of the zodiac give strength
and disposition.
Tho writer can recall here in this city a
remarkable case In which the nativity Of
| two people was taken and the curious re-
! suit that followed. About 1888 man
named Hague practiced astrology in this
city. He was man of learning and much
respected, having many distinguished pco.
! pie for his patrons. He made the nativity
for two infants, cousins, and although the
time of their birth varied only eight hours
their destinies were widely divided. One
promised to be IA fayorite of fortune, the
others fate was marked by trouble, ap-
parently coming about his majority. One
prospered as soon as he entered life; the
! other was wild and reckless, went TO Cali
fornla and fell in brawl In his twenty
second year, but he was, curiously enough,
the one on whose birth fortune was pre-
sumed to shine, and his cousin falsiiled
his sinister predictions by prospering be-
yond the usual lot Of man.
There is scarcely an intelligent human
being who docs not recognize the element
called luck In shaping our destinles.
There is family In Philadelphia that
has been rich since $780, and the third
generation is now basking in luxuries
won for them by "fluke" as pronounced
as winning in the lottery. There was Il
firm here of three partners, doing II large
western business Two Of thom We're ex-
ccllcnt business men, the other u mero
dead weight, and his partners resolved to
get rid of him. So they dissolved the firm,
and taking the cash and bills receivable
made him take his share in 100 acres OF
land in the northern part Of the town site
of Cincinnati. He kicked but was bullied
into compliance, So they made new
partnership won't on gotting richer and
richer, whilo the other partner was max
ing n poor living trucking on his city
land. Then times changed Lots In Gin
cinnati began to sell; the rich partners
failed and died poor, while their victim
grew into millionaire. No forethought
or sagacity could have under the circum-
stances brolght about such a result,