Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
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Or Herescsps Cestins made Easy.
~ Carletfa De Barsy.
Author Of Dreams and omens." 1.-THE
Book Of Destiny" Etc.
Copyright. 1901. by Cariotta de Barsy)
TweIfth Leson-The Casting Of .
Horoscope.
We have almost reached the end of
our task, and yet the hardest feature OF
the study has not beer touched yet. It
used to be by far the most ~dishearten-
ing part of the work, and remains such
for the adherents of what l have dub
bed Astronomical Astrology." l will
| give you herein a rapid idea of this
medieval method before closing my
series of lessons with the leading prin-
ciples of my systematic only abso-
lutely reliable one. having nothing to
fear from the progress of astrology.
For, as you will notice as soon as you
begin talking Of your astrological stud
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the main objection OF our adversaries
will invariably be expressed as follows:
your astrology is a back number; it
was wiped out by discoveries of Kepler,
Copernicus, Newton and the more
modern physicists and natural philos-
ophers. 1t is now nothing better than
a p%laything or a pretended art used for
fraudulent purposes" Now, let me an
swer right away that discouraging as
this avowal of mine may seem, there
is a great deal of truth in this sweep
ing statement, and if there were no
other convincing argument in defense
OF astrOlogy than that which makes it
a ELECTROMAGNETIC of astronomy,
! l might be disposed to agree in the
main with our scoffing adversaries.
For, although the positive influence
of the heavenly bodies is now accept
ed as a fact by a number of the most
conservative scientists of our times,
the exact nature of this influence and
what share of it belongs more partic-
ularly to this or that luminary or plan
ct, all these essentials of a full astro-
logical reading, remain unanswered 10y
those so-called astrologers who are
satisfied to follow in the footsteps of
pseudo-scientific star-readers. And
this brings me to a brief description
of their mode of operation in casting
a Horoscope. Purposely l leave out a
number Of useless technical express
sions with which these doctors" are
fond Of loading their simplest state
ments.
Everything have taught you in these
lessons, they would accept as part and
parcel of Astrology. But, at the cru
cial point, We diverge radically. Yet,
should you feel inclined to adopt tneir
methods for the casting of a Horo-
scope, you will find my lessons stand
ing you in excellent stead for the
reading of the Horoscope, when cast.
| will suppose that you have traced
a triple circle such as is shown in my
illustration No. 3, and have numbered
the Houses, before placing my Zodia-
cal signs within the twelve compart-
ments where they belong. Knowing
the date of birth of the subject, you
will place the sign under which he is
born in the space marked with house
3, /. e., where the sign of Aries Is To-
Gated when the Zodiac is studied by
itself and nobody's Horoscope in view.
1t will be easy after this to place
the other signs in their regular order.
So far, SO good; both systems agree.
But when it comes to placing the
seven planets where they belong, in
each separate case, the everyday as
trologer has ecourse to tables of
longitudes and books of ephemerides
n to the further help of logarithms,
the mere use of which necessitates a
mathematical training Of no mean
proportions. With all this complicat-
ed machinery he obtains the desired
data and distributes the planets where
they were really to be found on the
day and even on the hour of birth of
the subject. In case a horoscope is
needed for any particular year or day,
the same process Is gone over again
with an equally minute care, and as
Economically, / will admit that every
thing has been done to the kings
taste, provided of course that the
horoscope caster has been able to
avoiI the hundreds of mistakes to be
guarded against at every turn. From
this point on, and with the addition
of a number Of minor scources of in
formation with which j have not en-
numbered this short treatise but the
secondary utility of which l willingly
admit, the reading of character, past
and future events and other astro-
logical revelations will be identical in
the pseudo-astronomical system and
in mine.
Now, candidly, If there were no
other way to complete the casting of
a horoscope than by having recourse
to these most difficult and delicate
operations, would It not be a mock
cry on my part to speak of an easy
method, one that every one of
moderate intelligence and knowledge
could master and practice in his own
home? l answer my own question
with an emphatic yes" and will now
proceed to give you the main lines of
what l am justly entitled to call my
rediscovery of ancient astrology."
The radical error Of the astrologers
of the present day is to treat the art
as an occult science up to a certain
point, and then, h. wing reached that
point, to depend entirely OIL mathemat-
ical calculations for the principal op-
Grafton in the casting of a Horoscope,
i. e., the placing of the Planets where
they belong. In other words. they