Evening star., 1897-02-13


| are better than those after noon. All this.
however, is somewhat indefinite. for many
other influences must be considered, es-
pecially the astrological values Of the
malefics. especially when evilly aspected.
| or In square, conjunction, or opposition
with regard to zach other or the remain
ing planets. Saturn and Mars when thus
| aspected are considered deadly in their
| relation to human existence, the first
| named usually acting through chronic COM
plants, the second more suddenly and vio-
lently. And the conjunction or opposi-
| ton of the sun and moon may be said to
presage a short life. II either occur ex-
actly at the hour OF birth. OF course, it
Is understood that to have his horoscope
cast properly a person must give the as
| trologer not only the exact day and year
| OF birth, but the exact hour of the day.
A miscalculation Of a single hour might
| change the entire character of the horo-
| scope.
| A Complicated Method.
MANY authors have written on methods
| Of calculating the date of death, especially
| In the case of infants; but they differ
| widely among themselves. One generally
accepted rule is That no one dies unless the
sun or moon are afflicted by an evil aspect
| of one of the malefcs, Mars Saturn, Her
| schel or Neptune, or by the moon; and this
| I have found to hold good. In the case of
| Herschel evilly aspected in horoscope 1
| have found 1t to cause morbid fears as a
1
lieved to give a suicidal tendency. 1t Is a
curious fact that even the beaeficent planet
| Jupiter. affecting the sun, invariably tndi-
Gates corrupted blood and q predisposltioa
| to apoplexy.
LAS regards the realization of astrological
predictions, 1t should be said that much de-
pends upon the condition Of life and en-
vironment of the subject. Influences that
would kill a tramp or an ordinary hard
working man or woman, would altogether
pass by some member of a rich or royal
dixrin ffry lot ho1o
| a king as was shown in the case of
Queen Victoria, whose death was put down
| by both English and Indian astrologers for
October, 1891. My own Judgment is that
Queen Victoria will pass through a very
dangerous period in December, 1897. Dur
| ing that month Herschel, Saturn, Mars the
sun, Venus and Mercury will all be in the
zcdiacal sign Sagittarius, in opposition to
| the conjoined sun and moon in the sign of
Gemini the ascendancy of her maJesJy's
| horoscope. All the planets, including the
| sun ard moon Except Jupiter), will also at
| this time have the same declination, which
| is an evil and very unusual occurrence, and
one that gives me further assurance that
her majesty will encounter grave peril at
| that time
Coming now to the more exact science of
medicine, called on DR.. A. H. Grandin,
the New York specialist, who believes that
longevity depends solely upon the action
| of the heart. THE heart" he says, sis the
nearest approach known to man to that
dream Of scientists, perpetual motion. The
NAL stroke has the best chance Of q long
life. Hereditary qualities come next in
Importance, and If the parents are short
lived,a person has a forcwarning of his
own fate.'
For the consolation of those whose ia
theirs or mothers may have died young, 1t
should be said that many authorities MAIN
tain that hereditary tendencies come to a
great extent from the GRANDPARENTS and
even from previous ancestors, SO that, If
there has been good average of long life
IN past generations, the fact OF early death
In the case Of father or mother need not be
or serious consequence.
Sleep One of the Essentials.
One of tine most interesting opinions that
obtained in regard to the chances of long
life came from Nicola Tesla, the inventor
and electrician, who thinks that sleep has
much to do with the matter.
"A man has been given a certain term of
life" said Mr. Tesla, so many hours to
pass on this earth-I mean hours when he
Is allVe, awake; do not count the hours
when he is sleeping: do not believe they
are. strictly speaking, included in his term
OF ll1s. When man really lives he is dy-
ing hour by hour, but when he sleeps he is
accumulating vital forces which viii make
him go on living. In other words, in meas
uring out our dole of hours to each one of
us, the great timekeeper stops his count
Whlie We are sleeping. Therefore, the
longer man sleeps the longer he will re-
main on earth. Nearly all long-lived peo-
pie have been great sleepers. When De
Lesseps was on the ocean he would sleep
twenty hours on stretch. Gladstone is
q great sleeper. and averages twelve hours
a day. l can believe that man who would
live 200 years.
This idea seems little fantastic, but it
should be said that SO great an authority
as Prof. F. w. Warner, in a recent lecture
on Biometry, or the Science of Measuring
Life" includes abundant sleep among the
four essentials to a long life, which are:
!. TO be descended. at least by one side,
from long-lived parents. 2. To be of a
CAIN, contented and cheerful disposition
3. 10 have symmetrical FORM i.e a full
chest, well-formed joints and limbs, with
a neck and head large rather than small
in proportion to the size of the BODY. 4.
To be long and sound sleeper
The professor went on to show that wo-
men are longer lived than men, and that
married women live longer than single wo-
men. The statistics show that few nuns
attain old age, and that monks also die on
the average earlier than men who marry.
Inc primary conditions of longevity
lungs and digestive organs, as well as the
brain. should be large If these organs
are large the trunk will be long and the
llmbs comparatively short The person will
appear tall in sitting ard short in standing
Ihe hand will have a long and somewhat
heavy palm and short fingers The brain
VIII be deeply seated. showing by the
orifice of the ear being low The blue or
brown hazel eye as showing an intermis-
sion of temperament, is favorable indica
ton. The nostril being large, open and
' iree' lnd1cate large lungs. pinched and
lungs VI weak
Having accumulated so much information
ABOUT as the term of mans life, 1 took my
way home, drawing deep, full breathS
which, it appears, is an excellent thing to
oo' CLEVELAND MOFFETT.
Not According .endtsb.