The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
ASTROL0GY LOOKING UP.
Il GROWING DEMAND FOB THE REAL
ARTICLE FELT NoWADAY rs.

Think About Their Anrsirs-Reai Astro'oEcrs
scnrce-tiow Ono OF Ehem got startea IN
hnsiness-euestion ne 10 AsHee 10 nhs"er'
A serious demand for nstrology-the real arti-
ole, not the Sixth avenue brand-has arisen In
the last half dozen years. II may be q develop
ment OF tho popularity of graphology, palmistry,
and other methods OF divination with fixed prin-
clples that have been making their way over
tho country. Those arts have much to recon.
mend them TO those who consult them for the
first time. Whom properly studied, tho formula
is pretty much the same In all OF them.
Now says the operator, IL no possesses the
qualities which command success in his voca-
ton. before l begin 10 read your character l
must warn you that tho principles Of this
science are strictly laid down and l can in no way
depart from them. However serious, however
disgraccful may DO the defects / discover in
your character, I must describe them frankly
and plainly. l may have to utter some very
disagrceable truths. and IL you do not wish to
boar ,hem ,ye had haitian atom ri0ht here Won
wish me 10 go on at any risk very wen. tnen.
acter. hammered by n kind heart and an uporrinR
' -, ns.s,, -, .s,i.,,s
, ,smns %, .osa,'o SnS Ait literary r.s1'y bowers uVer,' Capable SI', Of"
o.,
So tho art of diyination 90 prncticed has fa..
cination for the subject, and several worthy
profcssors OF It have made comfortable incomes
for considerable periods. 1t Is apt to be cloyins
to the subject in the end, though. Ono soon
grows accustomed to the knowledge that ono
has great nrmness OF character an artistic tenn
permanent, and high literary powers. Indeed. it
session of these qualities had alwoys been
Inflammation and ands none. So the great fail.
,N nv I'M nH.anu.aor "a
ing OF paimistry' graphoiosy' phrenoiosy' ana
learn ANYTHING from them that ono could not
49, ,oarnad ins, all ~ hs,,or IN .omo other
nave lehrheu Just as well OF oettor IN sonho o'heE
way, and, above all, when practiced on fixed
nrinrinlcs ,hev say no,binv about the future:
pf'n'.p'es' my ~ "o'ne Wv S.'
do not oven SO much as mention the iight nay
the dark man. and the crossing OF water.
IIor..s NO.. os,roIosv coms In II o,n toll
as much about the character as any OF tho
wns, sdmi, that !, can form a, last mcclure
"Ns
IS to the future. VI course some people are
found who make the Same claim for Spiritual
ism: but there Ia this to DO said In favor of
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not certain that any one has really seen a pook.
Co,so,r.n,Iv os,r,,o,v r.sts On tho .orndsr
conse'uenty astro'osy fes.s on inc 'ouhaes
from Spiritualism W tn that tired feeling think
th.v bar, found In astrolouv what thev have
been looking for.
Real astrologers are scarce. Astrology is a
most comp,i,.atod sc,.nc, The s,ars NAV run
W
along all right SO far as their merely astronohh'
cal duties are concerned, but they have q way
~ o.,,in. ,hs;r i,eu.ross mix.d mn mos,
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oiulcult TO untahgle When one tries 10 mako OUT
what the net result will be to some poor mortal
,bo hnnn.ns IN he nor, dprinv spcb A state ot
-
anairs. Then tho moon makes things doupiy,
trebly worse. The moon deserves all the evil
thi,es ,h.t b.xe has, said n, ber merslv nj, ar
'"'Hs .u"' y
count OF the perpiexity she has caused 10 astroi-
ogers, Some Of the things she does in astroloRy
.ro az i,,oIysd tbat N. word. rs.d IN descrihs
efe -" ". u'eu
her performances are not TO be found In ordina'
~ dictionaries- It REQUIRES much preliminary
,.s.,su, .o,o,.
leaFn'ok W roAu UNDERSTANDING 'hofousneo
ing work on astrology, to say nothing OF extraor-
binary stores OF patience and perseverance.
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se'iousthihaeu 'tio'oSet,' 49,
he II scholar and an enthusiast with a particular
bent- Under these conditions IL in not surprts-
a., ~, .s,r,ior.r. shouIn \. ,..,o.
i" fihnrc o. ~ est ono IN this citS Tn. most
believe in astrology may be the fact that he 10