New Britain herald., 1924-12-31
Seeress Predicts 1925 Will Be Year Of Strife And Discomfort
BY LARRY B0ARDMAN
 NEA Service Writer

Washington Dec. 31.--A year of treachery sickness death restessness, and labor troubles
 year in which the people of America will demand their rights, though their fate will lie in the hands of others
 This cheerful pognostcaton for 1925 made by Madame Marcia Washington astroogst famous for her predictions of important events including the death of President Harding
 Madame Marcia explains that the country will start it's new year under the zodiac sign Libra
 Libra stands for justice and balancing of accounts" she explains Tt the sign of the United States and some times called The Eagle.
 Under this sign the minds of the people will revert to the old colonial days and they will demand reduction of taxes such the income tax and repeal of laws infringing per- sonal liberty, such as the prohibition law.
 But their fate will be in the hands of others-govennent officials and foreign nations which try to dictate policies
 Libra also stands for wild gambling and Madame Marcia predicts that millions will be lost and the stock change.
 Mercury To Breed Restessness and Trickery
 "The moon will be afflicted by seven planets she declares Venus Mercury Mars, Uranus Jupiter, Neptune and Saturn, which is particularly bad omen.
 "The influence of Venus will make America a country of kindly and tolerant with good intention toward a Her people will be amable and peasurelovng. This however will be than counerbaanced by the influences of Mer cury, which breeds restlessness and trckery.
 Labor troubles will result from this and would be well to watch eatesuch the disarmament pact-signed with other nations.
 "A government scandal, such Tea Pot Dome is in the offing, due to break this year.
 "The Mercury influence will also make us quarrel with neghbor Canada and Mexico and these quarres may be augmented into wars by the influence of Mars.
 Wars with England and Japan not unlikely though they will probably not come this year."
 Madame Marcia points out that the influence of Neptune for power and money but that this will be offset by the influence of Saturn which will make money tight and tie up the country's finances
 Worst of a" says she lis that the moon and Uranus are in the house of sickness. There will be much iheah troubles of the heart and lungs and other ailments which doctors will be unable to diagnose.
 Sickness and death will visit many of the counrys lead CTS and celebrities.
 There will be many transportation troubles affecting street cars bus lines and particularly railroads All th added to general mental sickness and the restessness of labor will cause turbulence and dissolution.
 Great Leader Will Rise To Occasion
 Out of the dissolution great leader will asea second Washington Lincon-who will put the country back on its feet
 This however, will not be until Libra has its and the zodiac sign, Scolpo, is in ascendence.
 Misfortune will oveTtake President Coolidge some time near inauguration March Either he will be visited by illness or some official he depends much upon will die.
 Financial conditions will be at their worst in January and November In April there will be of either between capital and aOr with foreign country Pos sibly both
 "n January will come partial eclipse of the sum- it's path stretching from California to Buffalo N r. In the eclipse will be devastation and destruction such cyclones, earth Quakes and floods"