Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-21
MODERN NAsTRoLoqY
D. oEOR0D NOx MCCAIN


A FRIEND who keeps IN touch WITH
"A affairs occult and unusual tells me that
there are astrolosers In philadelphia.
They carry on the work privately anS
their names are In no wise CONNECTED Win
the ancient profession.
sands Of people who believe in astrolosy.
They believe that the planets Of our so!ar
system exercise IN influence. on Their indl.
vldual lives and the lives OF all humanity
This ie evidenced IN the numbe! Of mefa.
print so.caiied Horoscopes for their readers.
There was q College Of Astrolosy IN Lon.
don prior to the war that hourishsd sue.
"A %sss:in. devoted to ii. eu1. has a.
K library Of modern astrological work.
would make fair showing on book shelf
Just me same, there are tens Of thousands
who who laugh at these devotees and call them
Eminent astronomers and scientists OF
every. degree either sneer at Its pretensions
or refer to It as q "pseudo science" or else
give It the vitreous eye and pass quietly By
on the other side.
VET these same erudite gentlemen write
-. = entertaininsly about the infuencs Of
the moon upon the waters OF the earth.
That, however, is science.
They express convictions that great eartH:
quakes are caused by the Conjunction" OF
certain planets with the sun or moon. :.
.Ccnjunetion" is a cant phrase OF the
The scientists discuss the pull" Of the
moon and its power to heap the oceans up
into vast tidal waves.
II was one Of these waves, said to be 100
fset high, that wiped out uncounted lives
A NOTED seismolosist, Father ]. 3.
"A Ricard. Of the University Of Santa
Clara. Calf. IL the author Of this decia.
ration, anent the Chilean quake:
IT cannot be denied that the moon acts
at an angle Of 45 degrees, where, unopposed
Hy ssavity' II fts M not not only the waters OF
This opens assures in the sea bottoms,
where the water, filtering in abundance, 10
turned into superheated steam and explodes.
thereby lifting enormous masses Of solid ma.
tier tssia Thsh begin to Oscate and that '
If all this Is true. why''-and the ques.
ton was put as an interrogatory Of curl
ostty-"do they deny that the planets are
without power to influence the lives and
gentleman who suggested the subject.
RAB9LoN1A was the birthplace Of a..
Those old stars .gazers had knowledge Of
the planets Of our system.
They even made calculations Of their
movements and positions that gave rise to
astrology. ind. IN comparatively recent ages,
to the science Of astronomy.
Every potentate of the ancient world had
an official astrologer connected with his
court or on his string.
It wasn't until the seventeenth century
that a line Of demarcation was drawn
OF hnfNNAnn nd
For nearly two hundred years now as.
trology has been an outcast where once Il
reigned supreme.
A MATEUR astrolosers dabble in these
a mysteries Of the stars as a relaxation
from the humdrum cares Of life. I am told.
They do not practice 1t for profit, and
they shun publicity.
There are hundreds Of other so called
astrologers scattered over the country.
They make living at it. They are ig.
norant takers of the cheapest type.
Near rly every large municipality has laws |
to punish them rs swindlers.
They're In the same class as Quack doc.
tors and spiritual medium impostors. |
It requires brains to become an amateur |
astrologer. One must have knowledge Of |
astronomy and be a mathematician Of some |
attainments. |
" A sTRAL SCIENTISTS, a. a.trologers
"A are known among their followers, |
least n nativity" to determine the dangers |
or benefits that impend in any individual
case. Malign or benefcent Influences.
This Is done by complicated series OF |
arithmetical and astronomical calculations,
predicated on the exact hour and minute OF |
the individuals birth.
manac that Is printed in London.
It gives the position Of the planets every
day in the year.
have been known as planets Of evil in.
fuence.
Venus Is the planet Of good fortune.
All the other stars have relatively good
and bad influence according as they stand
in relation to the others. but not to such
The greatest danger in casting a horo.
scope IL in getting the. figures mixed.
without precision in this the horoscope
isn't worth penny.
scientists,;and thousands Of others who
can lay no claim even TO an ordinary edu-
cation--say they're not worth a penny
under any circumstances.
THE famous British astronomer, Prof,
i Richard A. Proctor, was one Of the bit.
terest modern antagonists Of astrology.
Just prior to his death, almost his last
word was to denounce It as humbug, and
its practitioners as chnrlatans.
And yet some remarkable predictions were
made during the closing years Of tho lat
century by astrologers.
Edward Pearce, a very fine mathematician
and a careful astrologer. predicted months
before the very day, Of the forced abdication
Of Prince Alexander Of Bulgaria. which
World War infamy. on the throne.
A year in advance he predicted the Bra.
xilian revolution by which that country Be.
came a republic.
T LILLIAN RUssELL's horoscope wa.
IL cast BY New York astroloRer In 1887.
II was q marriage horoscope made A. the
request Of her mother. Mrs. Leonard,
Mis- Russell was born under the malsvo.
lent Saturn, with the moon rising,