The sun., 1901-03-17
ASTROLOGY MORE IN FAVOR
A BETTER DEMAND FOR HOROSCOPES
REPORTED ~ NEW YORK.
Business Far From Being 40 Good Hero a. In
London and Pari, -Astroio.ers Consulted
by Women About Busines, q. we'll ~ About
the Heart other Glasses OF Customers.

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asked the reporter
The aStrologer looked panied Nothing
else gricvcs your true seer "a does q lack Of
reverence for his art but, in defence Of the
reporter. II may be- said that she had no idea
Of the amount Of information the astrologer
was willing to give for the money She had
never met a master before Clairvoyants
and pamists and crystal readers and tellers
OF fortunes by cards she had known and loved.
but she had meyer dabbled in astral occutism,
and She didn't know its brendth ard depth
/ IF you will give mo four days, I think 7
con have horoscope ready for YOU" said
/ the astroogrr gravcly, but, Of course. II
will not be a complete nativity For how
many years do you want II prepared"
The reporter gasped Evidently no pocket
horoscopes were handed out by this wise
man Being a practical minded young
woman. she went to the root of the problem
How much does II cost"
Three dollars for the horoscope and 81
for the reading Of each year"
| I'll take year" said the reporter. feeling
| as II she had read a restaurant menu, and then
ordered ham sandwich. How will il benefit
me?" she added
The astrologer looked still moro depressed
| The tassel OF his Egyptian fez trcmbed with
emotion and he dropped his his with reck-
less abandon The Egyptian Bow Bells
| combination was \ trife confusing. but still
the my sterious East hasn't any patent on
| occultism and there's no reason why "hushed
| old Egypt" should shut out Tottenham Court
road from sstroiogy yust because she got
To work first
You will understand you Sc f-vour vir-
tues and faults, you tendencies, the a,trolo-
ger said. patiently. You will know how
10 control and direct those tendencies You
Will know what influences are malign and
benefCent in your life. You will be able 10
ioresee and, perhap', ward OF disaster.
You can tell when ntuTe and when To
hold back. A horo cope Is simply invaluable
as guide In life"
DO many y ople use them"
More than voI would Imagine Nowadays
every ono is afraid of being thought super
sutious, and everything occult Is Cla,sed
with superstition. Tn re are 80 many fakirs
and there Is so much charlatnnIsm that the
real truths are discredited But then science
will prove the real. and only the counterfeit
will die. Within recent years 4 new interest
In a+uoloEy has ,prunS up and great many
scientific men nave been admitting thar there
NAV ba something In II.
Horoscope, thai have he n cast for great
men have In good many cases proved aC"ll-
rate ioI know Mr. GtadstonH'S horO scope.
cast early In his career, showed the whole
course OF his public life with especially clear
bearing on his relation to the Irish question.
He didn't believe In asuOlogv. but h" was
Interested in II, and h. had 20 admit the
accuracy Of the horoscope BeaConsfed was
another public man who was interested in
aaItr9logy, b1t he really believed IN II, while
"It's a rather curious fact thai. while
palmi.trv h9d clalrvoyance, HC, are more
% mem ban NV, Women Me' heaye y Nun a.troI6gH ucI NOR
suppose II l. because thorr seems to he a
more definite scientific basis for Astrology
and men aren't 80 strong on matter. Of shoe,
faith and crrdGlIty IA, women are. They
want something that can be reduced TO
hsures, and ther are inclined TO think that
anything mathematical must he erCspectable
You would be surprised II vou knew h W
many men VII M YOU would call n "vd,
h hrd headed business mon, consult their
b rosGorrs IN r., ,r"fIId TO- 'h,lr hq;.ne =, ani
willing to admit even o. Tia nselyr. III It they
do IT, or are Influenced !. II, but th'y ar" al
The SAM, ,and many - th'm mako regular
III wouldn't want their lends to know It
You remember nbout jay Gould, don't you'
He hid complete nativity 'hrt made out
Tor his wh le life, h wing 'h' astral con
dtions A. affecting b life each rcgr and cp,h
day II The year. IN" h 'Io-cope cost him
$3.50 and it took an expert astrologer he
But did NJ" Gould follow IL"
Il don't know HIT h did rroh1bly not on
all occasions, but Nh. d'd h have ~ \
possession and MT be- more or less Innuencrl |
by II. But no hurosc, pc ia going to dl'rct I
man IN all he details # life. lot Of ,ho
thirgs The fake astr, lorers advertise com" 4
IN the same list with love p tIunS ahi harms !
and all that nonsense that's why wnat i |
called horarv astrri"gy has been queerei /
and laws agalnE IT, have been emf reed Stiil. ,
Z 81 L. D. AH IA nd ITn Tnstt tt8ftI
thing
"Flr instance. have mans horoscope. |
He wants to know what his chances for good |
fortune are on "a certain day. eject 'igIIs |
for the specified day and hour. That l.. | |
md the exact position aud relation - tho |
planets at that tine and study them with |
can tell whcth'" the hour i fortunate or IN |
fortunate for him and whit he outcome Il !
certain actions made 10 th At Gr would be.
some asirOiUg,rs r. -og lhtL they ,an not |
only 'eIl Spectator what arc his LUCKY |
and uniucky dayE. but that they can tell hIm |
what stock TO buy, whether to buy long OF |
short and al that sort Of thing Maybe !
they can | don't know that II * Impossible |
b,t personally, ! don't care 10 50 beyond |
scientific facts in regard to which feel lhso- |
lutcly POSITIVE I've known q, great many |
instances in which men followed lch advice. |
with succes-f / res It, hut I'm inclined !
10 think that IN" success was ~ lch a matter |
o. the mans own ludgmeHt and Of ,ou'iGcn.o |
In spired by his hcefIn hie horo,"opr as Of |
40 ~ for CcII,sln nationally, in,t ld OF |
historically. the occult wonlo win roget
The ns;;9-tgI gIr',nn saEG was talking !
leaves in autumn and the fo1 tass"l -rili /
boihed. bat IN" man seemed to be- in earnest,
and vas an ar"nty not posing.
Il take m" own prescriptions continued |
the sage That's rorc than most doctor, /
DO look at this
lie on, ned drawer and pulled ont a. huItv !
roll u stiff paper II we, covered with |
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