Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-03-19
READ IN THE HEAVENS.
Stars Foretell Success For New
Administrations.

If the stars are TO be consulted
, the position of the planet:
considered from an astrological
horoscope-the omens are rather
: favorable to President Mckinley
as he enters upon his duties as
Chief Magistrate of the nation.
The ancients thought those
= heavenly bodies, or "belng,
worthy to be wolshipped, WELD
ed arbitrary influence over the
destiny of nations and of men.
The notice of Aristotle, as taught
in the walks of the Lyceum at
Athens, over 1000 years ago,
that the heavenly bodies were
"ensouled," was considered
science even by Kepler and Lily,
the last of the famous astrolog
ers, was called before a COM
mittee of the House of Commons
in the reign Of Charles II. to
give his opinion Of future events.
The method of finding the
fate of any man or enterprise is
to draw a horoscope. represents
ing the position of the stars and
planets, either in the whole
heavens or within one degree
above the eastern horizon, at the
time of the birth Of individual
or the inception Of the undertake
ing. Arbitrary Significance is
given different heavenly bodies
as they appear, s;ngly or i'll con
junction, and according TO these
signihCations the horoscope is
interpreted.
The visible and invisible uni
verse is divided into twelve equal
parts by the horizon, the ineri-
dian and four other circles pass>
ing through the north and south
points of the horizOn and the
points of the equator, which are
at the distance of thirty and
sixty degrees from the meridian.
The spaces are called the twelve
houses of the heavens, and the
circles by which they are cir>
cumscribed are called circles of
position.
The circles are supposed to
remain fixed so that celestial
body is carried through each of
the twelve houses in a day by
diurnal rotation. The first circle
is drawn through the east point,
and the space between it and the
next circle toward the north
corresponds to the first house,
called the asc ndant, or house
of life. The next space, proceed
ing from the east to north, cor
responds to the second house,
called the house of riches, and
so on through the twelve. The
third is brothers, the fOuth is
parents, the fifth is children, the
sixth is health, the seventh is
marriage, the eight is death, the
ninth is religion, the tenth is
dignities, the eleventh is friends,
and the twelfth enemies. Each
one of the houses has one of the
heavenly bodies as its peculiar
lord. The first lord is consider
ed the most powerful. There
are three aspects reconed.
Opposition is considers
ed malignant, the time as pro>
pitious, and the conjunction as
indifferent
The astrological planets are
seven, including the sun and
moon. Saturn, being so far from
the sun, is considered to be of a
cold nature 1t is named the
Great Infortune, and is the most
unlucEy Of all the planets. 1t
is visible now at ) o'clock in the
morning i'll the constellation
Scorpio. Jupiter, or the Great
Fortune, is in the fifth house,
and is propitious- 1t is seen to-
ward the east among the stars
of the constellation Leo. Mars
and Neptune are in the second
house.
While the presence of Mars
means war, yet its conjunction
with the moon so soon after
President McKinley's admins |
tration began lessons the asperity
of the fiery planet. The position