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CONTENTS.
PACE
Editor's Foreword.—The "Astrologer's Annual"; A New Satellite:
Competitions and Prizes
Kising Stars : by The Editor 5
The Horoscope in the Hand: by Bessie Leo 8
The Circle of the Zodiac: by Frank J. Merry iz
National Astrology : by the Editor of Modtyn Astrology sS
•' For the Benefit of Others." An Astrological Story; by Philippa Forest 33
A Simple Way of Reading Horoscopes
Facts from an Astrologer's Note-Book 4S
Astrology and Astrologers : by Heinrich Daath 52
Fate and Fortune as Revealed by the Day and Month of Birth jC
What is an Occoltist ? and what is the Relation of Occultism to
Astrology ? (k>
The Weather for Every Day of the Year 1906 6z
A Fable
" Portrait of an Astrologer,"/ir« /i.ixr 32
(Kiutor's Jfaretocrii
This is the first copy of The Astrologer's Annual, although it
appears as tlie one hundred and ninety-fifth monthlyissue of tlie "Astro-
logers' Magazine"—now known as Modern Astro-
The Object of logy—which has regularly appeared on the 27th
"The Astro- eac 1
loger's Annual" ' rnonth for over 15 years, and holds the
unique record of being the only magazine specially
devoted to Astrology which has had so long an existence.
Any such periodical devoted to a special subject must necessarily
have only a limited circulation, and cannot be expected to have a sale
of hundreds of thousands of copies, like some of the popular illustrated
2 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL
magazines, particularly if, as in this case, it is coucerned with Fact
instead of Fiction—even though such fact should prove, as it often
does, to be " stranger than fiction."
The publication of this Annual is an endeavour to bring the
subject of Astrology before those who are not as yet sufficiently inter-
ested in its study to support a monthly magazine which deals with
the matter more or less from the student's point of view rather than
that of the general reader—for it requires more than a personal interest
to study Astrology in its scientific and philosophical aspect.
In this Annual there will be found facts concerning the truth of
Astrology in relation to the prediction of future happenings, and
although these may well cause everyone who has pondered on the
mysteries of human destiny to enquire of himself whether the Science
of the Stars is not worthy of more than passing attention, it is
advisable to point out that this is by no means the only nor the most
valuable aspect of our study. For Astrology teaches us with un-
erring certainty that the forms or vehicles we inhabit and function
through are moulded by the stars, (or rather by the angels of
the planets], and not only this, but that it is our characters that
cause us to appropriate from the sea of subtle matter in which
we live the particular kind suitable to those forms through which
we express our habits, moods, disposition—in short, all that is
generally summed up in the word " temperament."
This is not a matter of " dogma," " doctrine," or " belief "; those
who study Astrology for themselves huow it to be true, and know, more-
over, that there resides in every human being the divine attribute of
Will, which enables them to transmute limitations due to previous
error or weakness into powers for the future. To put it in a phrase :
"The Stars condition, thev do not compel."
* *
To the usual readers of Modern Astrology, who will receive this
Annual as the December issue, I do not think it necessary to offer
any apology for this departure from custom, for they
The Christmas will, I am convinced, appreciate my motives, and
^Modern' moreover it may be to their advantage to have
Astrolocv " omitted from all future numbers the weather predic-
tions, birthday information, etc., which occupied
space that can now be utilised for more important articles. This Annual
THE EDITOR'S FOREWORD 3
will also serve the purpose, so often desired, of being the means of
introducing Astrology to many who would probably be repelled by the
more formidable title of " Modern Astrology," which they would be
apt to regard as of technical interest only.
Again, the issue being complete in itself is removed from the
ephemeral interest attaching to a periodical, and is therefore never
"out of date," but in season all the year round, while it achieves
more or less completely what has been so often attempted—a brief
statement of astrological principles in the simplest and most attrac-
tive manner, with an absence of those technicalities or unfamiliar
expressions which serve to make most astrological writings so diffi-
cult to follow by those who are unversed in its terminology. There-
fore, so far from anticipating displeasure I expect hearty approval,
and it is with confidence that I appeal to all readers of Modern
Astrology for help to make this Annual as widely known as possible.
This Annual may, therefore, be regarded as The First Satellite

to be thrown off from Modern Astrology, and as such contains new
subject-matter suitable for an Annual. It is
A New Satellite hoped by this means to attract a large number
of new readers to Modern Astrology (of which
a new volume commences with the January issue), and in any case
to awaken the interest of those who while favourably disposed
towards the subject, yet consider Astrology in any form too far
beyond their mental powers to attack it seriously. For this reason
the articles published have been selected quite as much for their
simplicity and directness as for their other admirable qualities, while
one or two excellent scientific papers by well-known writers have
been "held over" for the January number of Modern Astrology, as
being rather too ' profound ' for the majority of the very large circle of
readers this aims to reach.
It has long been the Editor's intention to issue an " Annual,"
such as this, in which all articles should be complete, and the publica-
tion as a whole form a condensed representation of current Astro-
logical thought. Should this attempt, then, meet with the anticipated
approval, it will become a permanent feature of the Modern Astrology
publications.
To encourage an outside interest, and to add to the interest of
Competitions and t'16 "Annual" for next year, the following prizes
Prizes are offered. Each article or story must reach
the office of Modern Astrology not later than September nth, 1906.
FIVE GUINEAS For the best Article entitled: "Why the
£S 5 o Study of Astrology should be en-
couraged."
FIVE GUINEAS For the best Article entitled: " Why Astro-
£5 5° logy should NOT be Popularised."
THREE GUINEAS For the best Astrological Story , either pure
^3 3 0 fiction, fact, or fiction founded on fact.
TWO GUINEAS For the best article dealing exclusively with H o ra r y
£220 Astrology, its benefits, abuse and
utility.
ONE GUINEA For the best and most telling Short Astro-
£1 1 o logical Fact that can be verified, either by
witnesses or by the subject of the experience
himself, or herself; to be accompanied by the
nativity or other suitable astrological data.
All matter received in response to this offer and not awarded
one of the above prizes will, if accepted and printed in the Annual,
be paid for at the rate of io^. 6d. per page, but should the articles
submitted in any one class fall below a suitable standard of merit the
Editor reserves the right to withhold the prize. In regard to the
winning articles the decision of the Editor must be accepted as final.
N.B.—All MSS. MUST BE LEGIBLY WRITTEN OR TYPED ON ONE
side of the paper only, and must be accompanied by a sufficiently
stamped and addressed envelope for return in case of rejection—no
exception can be made to this rule—and should be addressed to The
Editor, "The Astrologers' Annual," g, Lyncroft Gardens,\(Vest Hampstead,
N.W.
" A universal knowledge of Astrology would materially quicken evolu-

tion, but meanwhile we would earnestly recommend any who have the
charge of children and do not understand them, to have their natal charts
cast by a competent astrologer, and to get his advice on their training and
management, and last—but most important—follow it! "—Rays of Truth.
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ftising &tars
Stars and planets are ever rising, culminating, and setting—and

human beings are ever being born, at some part of the globe or other,
while these phenomena are taking place. Some of them come into
physical existence at the rising, some at the culmination, others at the
setting, and each one plays his part, great or small, upon the world's
great stage.
Those born with one or other of the ponderous planets* rising at
their nativity are destined to take responsibility—ei ther public or private
—upon their shoulders, and rise in life through merit or personal activity
(a fact that can be easily verified by anyone who cares to take the
slight trouble involved in making the investigation). Those born
with a ponderous planet culminating are destined through heredity
and parentage to fulfil certain missions connected with attachments
or ties formed in previous lives which affect honour, morality or
devotion. Those again born with a ponderous planet setting are fated
to come prominently before the public in some notorious fashion,
either agreeable or otherwise, according to their gifts and talents;
they invariably find themselves associated with others for good or ill,
and rarely escape figuring in some part that forms a dramatic closing
scene in their lives. The more ponderous the planet, the more
significant will be the life's career of such a one—as denoted by
that planet's position by sign or aspect. " And so he plays
his part."
The planet Uranus causes some eccentric or peculiar parts to
be played and generally brings the actor into touch with some un-
popular or original phase of manifestation, invariably figuring promi-
nently at the births of reformers, pioneers, and those who are active
in changing the world's currents of thought («.g., Mrs. Annie Besant).
Saturn produces mystics and those who work silently and slowly, but
surely, to some given end ; that end rarely being fully accomplished
during the acthor's lifetime, its value not being recognised until long
• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
after the player has passed from the scene of activity {e.g., Alan
Leo). Jupiter causes the actor to play some part in philanthropy
or quiet and unohtrusive charitable movements of some kind, the
effective success of that work being more immediate than that of
Uranus or Saturn (p-g,, King Edward VII.). Mars brings forth
fighters, and those who flash like meteors across the horizon with
some heroic and courageous deed—being willing to blaze forth in any
light, rather than not to shine at all. Their actions, although often
ephemeral, have the merit of daring that which others are too slow to
accomplish {e.g., Byron).
Venus brings forth her children in a halo of summer sunshine, as
it were, to brighten the world by mirth and music, or by poetry or
art, according to the temperament and ability. But for the warm rays
of this beautiful planet our own dull earth would too often be dark and
dreary, and we ail owe homage to the fair sons and daughters of
Venus who charm and inspire us with the pleasure and the hope they
bring {e.g., Miss Phyllis Dare).
Mercury is the patron star of commerce, bestowing every grade
of mental ability, ranging from that of the shrewd speculator or
resourceful trader to that of the diplomatic politician, or from mediocre
wit to the subtle literary skill of the journalist or author who instructs
and entertains us with scientific discourse and romantic fiction {e.g.,
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain). The Moon plays a notable part in bring-
ing change and novelty, and always bestows an abundant play of
fancy {e.g., Artemus Ward); and last but by no means least, The
Sun gives glory, honour and a rising fame {e.g., Mr. Gladstone).
The examples given in parentheses are those of well-known indi-
viduals—the first that occurred to the writer—who have the respective
planets strongly aspected and rising close to the horizon. Many
more could be adduced did space and time permit.
Fame
But all these rising, culminating or setting planets have their
light increased or diminished, rendered favourable or otherwise, by
the Signs of the Zodiac in which they are placed, according to their
" tnplicity "—-fiery, earthy, airy, or watery—or "quality "—cardinal,
fixed, or mutable.
The three signs of fiery element awaken and stimulate their
RISING STARS
activity, centralising their power in the organising sign, Leo. The
Airy triplicity refines and purifies their rays, focussing their influence
in the balancing Libra. The three Watery signs energise the sensa-
tional and emotional tendencies, collecting and intensifying the feelings
in the critical sign Scorpio. And lastly, the Earthy signs condition
and limit their forces until they are defined and determined in the
discriminative sign Virgo.
But it is left to the " quality " of the signs, Cardinal, Fixed, or
Mutable, to finally decide how much fame and public recognition
shall accrue from their angular positions (planets are said to be
"angular" when rising, setting or culminating, since they occupy the
angles of the heavens).
The Cardinal signs upon the angles of any nativity will give to
every actor who thus comes under their influence more or less recog-
nition (according to the sphere in which he moves), and the more
planets there are to occupy these angles the more pronounced will be
the fame or notoriety, according to their aspects and the nature of the
said signs.
The Fixed signs give a steady and lasting fame—if fame is shown
—because there is usually more permanent merit in the actor's part
upon the stage of human evolution, and it is therefore the less likely to
be ephemeral, although rarely so pronounced and widely known. The
more planets there are in both Cardinal and Fixed signs the greater
the certainty of fame and public approval—or notoriety and discredit,
as the case may be.
The Mutable or Common signs are those that deny fame, or
limit its expression to narrow and isolated circles, and the more
planets there are in such signs the less likelihood is there of the
actor's part being more than that of the "super" or "dead-head,"
even though the merit be great—the Mutable signs giving lack of
opportunity, or inability to take advantage thereof, often through
indecision, indifference, or a tooretiringnature ; or sometimes through
sheer weakness and incompetence.
Thus some are born to shine, like the stars, with a light of their
own; others again, like the planets, with a reflected light; while yet
others, like the "dark stars" astronomers tell us of, remain unnoticed
among their more brilliant fellows, though not less worthy, perhaps,
than they.
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%\)t ôroSEOp£ in tljfi %anZ>
Few people are aware that the palm is a natural horoscope, and
that the art of palmistry is built upon the ancient science of Astrology.
Thus the mounts and the principal lines each signify a planet,
while the markings on each mount show out more or less the aspects
of those planets in the horoscope.
Now the little pad or cushion at the root of the fore-finger is
called the mount of Jupiter, and when very full indicates that this
planet is very influential in the life, giving a cheerful, happy, social
nature, together with well-defined religious and moral attributes.
While a star, (■#■, or what astrologers would call a sextile—one of
the best aspects in Astrology) when found on the mount of Jupiter,
indicates wealth, position, a good marriage, and gratified ambition ;
on the other band, a square (□ ), or grille (equivalent to the astrolo-
gical sesquiquadrate, q), shows extravagance, reckless generosity,
and even loss of inheritance. Whenever Jupiter's mount is large the
nature is large, bountiful, and merciful, and it counteracts to some
extent the influence of Saturn, especially if the mount of Venus
(cushion of the thumb] is well developed.
The next mount we shall notice is the mount of Saturn, at the
root of the second finger. When this mount is found well defined,
without square, cross or grille thereon—all evil aspects—honour, fame,
and position are marked characteristics in the life, which is generally
one of great responsibility. Saturn, when well placed in the horos-
cope, gives to the character justice, patience, endurance, and capacity
for hard work.
The next mount, or cushion, is found at the root of the third
finger, and is influenced by Apollo, or The Sun. This mount fully
developed, with no evil markings thereon, shows power of will, together
with a keen appreciation of everything beautiful. It denotes a love
of poetry, painting, literature, and all imaginative work, whether one
follows any of these as a vocation or not. When the mount of the
Sun is large it gives creative power, imagination—indeed, to be truly
successful in any art one must have this solar mount well defined.
THE HOROSCOPE IN THE HAND 9
The mount of Mercury rules the base of the little finger, and
when well developed shows intelligence, " smartness," and intellectual
ability. It gives a love of travel, excitement, and change, with a good
power of mental expression. If on this mount we find a square, a
gtilU, or a cross, the intellect will be misapplied, and untruth, ex-
aggeration, and want of rectitude will be found. Mercury is very
adaptable, and thus in a good hand is very good, but when the hand
as a whole is bad the influence of Mercury is very evil, giving great
powers of deception, and thereby bringing about ultimate misfortune
and calamity. Hence Mercury's influence should never be taken
without reference to all the other planets.
The mount of Venus is that found at the base of the thumb, and
when well developed is exceedingly favourable in the hand of either
man or woman, bestowing very attractive magnetism and the power
of pleasing at first sight. The influence of Venus when strong in the
hand gives great politeness, courtesy, affection, and deep sympathy
towards others, combined with benevolence, and harmlessness. It
gives the power to entertain and amuse others, together with a good
eye for colour and an ear for melody—the latter especially, and such
people are therefore nearly always natural musicians.
The mount of Mars is placed on the opposite side of the hand to
that of Venus, half-way up the palm, and when strongly developed
gives that courage and force which can surmount all obstacles.
When this mount is excessive in size a quarrelsome disposition is
indicated.
The mount of The Moon lies on the side of the hand directly
opposite to the mount of Venus, below the mount of Mars. This
mount indicates great sensitiveness, refinement, a taste for romance,
and a love of change, with many varying moods of consciousness.
Novelists and actors to be successful must have a good mount of
the Moon.
Sometimes the mounts lean towards each other, forming a con-
junction. When Saturn leans towards Jupiter it gives the latter its
own love of solemn things, its prudence and stability, etc. When
Saturn leans towards the Sun it teuds to produce more practicalness
and less idealism in the character, while if the mount of the Sun leans
to Mercury, art will influence the business or scientific nature of the
individual. The mounts of tiie Sun and Mercury united together
give magnificent power of expression in either art, literature, or
music.
With this very brief description of the mounts we will turn to
the lines in the palm. Now there are really twelve lines in the palm,
answering, more or less, to the twelve zodiacal signs; six of these are
considered of greatest importance (the remainder being only of
secondary influence in the life), namely :—
1. The line of the Head answering to T Aries.
2. „ „ Vitality „ „ b Taurus.
3. „ „ Heart „ „ SI Leo.
4. „ „ Fate „ ,, Vy Capricorn.
5. ,, „ Intuition „ ,, zz Aquarius.
6. „ „ Health „ „ H Pisces.
The other six lines are of secondary import, and may be left to
another occasion.
Unfortunately few exponents of Palmistry are acquainted with
Astrology, though had they this knowledge they could solve many a
mystery not able to be interpreted by the art of Palmistry.
lu looking at a palm always note carefully which Hue is the
longest, strongest and clearest, for this line denotes the dominant key-
note of the individual. If the longest line is the Saturnine or line of
destiny, which as a rule passes straight up from the wrist to the
middle or Saturn finger, Saturn in that person's horoscope will be
generally found elevated above all the other planets, the dominant
line thus showing the dominant planet.
On the other hand, the dominant mount or mounts nearly always
show the Ascendant, or bodily temperament. If the mount of Venus
be the largest mount, the temperament will incline towards what is
known as the vital; if the mount of Saturn, the motive; and if the
mount of Mercury be the most prominent it will give the mental
temperament. While if the mount of the Moon be the largest mount
in the hand, it will give the lymphatic temperament, which is accom-
panied as a rule by an over-stout body. A good combination of these
mounts denotes a harmonious and well-balanced temperament.
When the line of Destiny, or Saturn, runs wholly up the palm,
starting just opposite the base of the thumb and running into the root
of the second finger, it shows a life wholly under the dominance of
fate. Whether that fate be good or evil will depend upon the other
THE HOROSCOPE IN THE HAND U
lines and mounts. But it nearly always indicates a life in which the
destiny is there ready-made, so to speak, and the person acts and
experiences, rather than initiates, organises or studies.
I regard this line of Saturn as a very vital point in the reading of
the palm, for you find in nearly every hand the head, heart and life
lines, health lines, etc., etc., but not in all hands do you find the line
of Saturn strong and long. When entirely wanting the life will be
quiet and uneventful, though if Jupiter and Venus are well developed
comfort and even luxury may be considered as assured.
When the influence of Saturn is strong in a hand it gives self-
consciousness, the inner life being so very active, moreover, that the
person is singularly receptive to the psychic world.
The line of the Head is the lower of the two that run across the
palm. When long, clear and well-defined it gives a strongly marked
mentality. When found in both hands, combined with a good mount
of Mercury, the intellectual capacity amounts almost to genius. In
this case it will often run across the hand and even turn round the " per-
cussion." The longest head line I have ever seen was in the palm of
Mrs. Annie Besant, and those who are in any way acquainted with
this remarkable woman will know what a powerful intellect is hers,
hardly inferior to her wonderful powers of oratory—the latter also a
gift conferred by Mercury.
The line of the Heart we notice running across the hand above
the head line. When it is long and clear it shows strong power of
feeling and emotion ; especially is this the case when the mount of
Venus is large. But this line over long shows the emotions too
active causing jealousy, with a desire to be considered first before all
others, together with a keen love of sensation.
The line of Intuition forms half a circle on the surface of the
Moon's mount, and has a most occult signification. If a star should
be found thereon Jhere is ability to develop clairvoyance, together
with the power of feeling truth at first hand, being thus often able to
sense coming events even before their shadows appear. It gives an
innate love of the occult and mystical, though there is always an
abruptness in the character, a peculiar brusque off-hand manner, with
a distaste for conventionality and formalism which does not always
make for popularity.
Bessie Leo.
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(KircU of ttje ôbiac
By Frank J. Merry
INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR.
As the " Astrologer's Annual" is intended to appeal to all

classes of readers, for the sake of increasing the interest of this article
to those who have little or no knowledge of Astrology, we have added
the dates of entry into each sign of the Sun, ruler of the grand vital
principle. These dates are the same, or very approximately the
same, each year, and therefore it is only necessary to know the
" birthday " of anyone to determine at once the main general type of
soul with which one has to deal.
Hence the reader needs only to call to mind any friend in whose
character he or she is interested, and read what is here said about the
sign occupied by the Sun on his day of birth, to investigate for him-
self the truth of Astrology—even if only a very incomplete and tenta-
tive fashion ; for he will hardly fail to note how remarkably the
description given applies to the central character of that person, however
much this root character may be modified by mere idiosyncrasies of
temperament superimposed upon it.
It is well at this point, however, to guard against a popular mis-
conception, namely that (for example) " Aries people " are those, and
only those, whose birthdays occur between March 21st and April 20th
in any year, " Taurus people " those only who are born in May, and
so on with the rest of the signs. The following will make this clear:—
Broadly speaking, there are three central points of the horoscope,
Sun, Moon, and Ascendant, corresponding to character, disposition, and
temperamnt; and according to the signs controlling these, so will be the
three-fold nature of the person born : thus, by way of illustration His
Majesty King Edward VII. might be described as having the Scorpio
character, the Libra disposition, and the Sagittarius temperament.*
' See "A Simple Way of Iteading Horoscopes" on p. 42, which may be
conveuiently read in connection with this essay.
THE CIRCLE OF THE ZODIAC 13
Other modificatioDS and interblendings occur in the practical reading
of any horoscope, producing ever-increasing subtleties and complexi-
ties, but all this without prejudice to the fact that the real central
chnractey is always denoted by the sign in which the Sun is at birth—
its apparent " entry " on the dates given being due, of course, to the
revolution of the earth in its orbit round the Sun, whereby the latter
appears to pass from one sign to another.
In order to ascertain the sign occupied by the Moon, which shows
the disposition, the year of birth as well as the birthday must be
known, since the Moon does not occupy the same sign on the same
day in succeeding years.* To find theAscendant, or sign risingin the
east at the moment of birth, the actual time of the latter must of
course be known, and also the birthplace.
With this little explanation we will now leave our author to speak
for himself, but those who feel further curiosity regarding the Signs of
the Zodiac will find a list given, with their symbols and elemental
natures, etc., and the countries over which they rule, in the article
on " National Astrology."
The Circle op the Zodiac
[Author's Note.—In these memoranda there has been not so much
an endeavour to attach labels to individual signs as by treating the Zodiac
as a whole, to show the relation of the parts to each other and the conse-
quent completeness of the circle. By this method certain new points have
been brought into prominence which in detail may have to bear the test of
criticism and further experience, but which will yet be found (it is hoped)
in the main accurate. The object of this treatment of the Zodiac has been
rather to develop the inner judgment than to supply a reference book of the
signs, and while acknowledging indebtedness to previous writers, a constant
endeavour has been made to supplement their conclusions by inferences
belonging to the author's own method and sources of information,.by which
he hopes in course of time to throw light on certain well-known doubts and
difficulties.]
Mar. 21 to Apr. 20 ARIES Mar. 21 to Apr. 20
Aries shows the free soul having no binding karma. It is the
young Ego entering into manifestation—not by taking a subordinate
position in life, however, since as yet it has set going no causes which
can result in imprisonment or suffering. By its innate divine spark,
which is pure fire, it is wholly free. It is the most powerful sign of alla
• A Table of the Moon's place for every day from 1850 to 1900 may be procured
from the Publishers, post free, for is. id.
THE ASTROLOGEk'S ANNUAL
One of the most occult of sayings is that of Jesus which begins :
" The first shall be last." The first which shall be last is Aries.
Aries seeks experience, fearing neither good nor evil, having had
no actual knowledge of either. It does not suspect the deceptions and
illusions that lie in wait for it, and tries all experiences first before
reflecting on them. Courage and energy in Aries do not imply the
overcoming of fear or inertia first. Here action is nothing but the
line of least resistance and of all courses by far the easiest.
By its activity Aries makes karvia very fast. Though its free,
dom may be envied, it quickly assumes heavy burdens which the
negative signs have no power to do. This is a very critical period,
since without the least hesitation it sets the course for the rest of the
cycle.
The considerable intellectual and moral qualities of Aries people
are intuitive, not experimental, and belong to their innate divinity;
but their practical ignorance of the internal nature of things may be
immense, and only to be dissipated by participation in experience.
It is their internal power rather than knowledge which makes them
pioneers and reformers. They are not concerned with the experiences
of others but find it easier to go straight to an object themselves.
While broadly practical and successful, in detail matters never turn
out exactly as they expect and they are easily surprised.
They are likewise intuitively good, and only incidentally do a
great deal of mischief. They never doubt themselves to be right, and
are never really wicked, readily performing wicked acts however
through insensibility, heedlessness, or aggression, and through follow-
ing somewhat conventional ideas of necessity. Thus the Aries
monarch might execute his subjects freely, not so much because he
liked slaughter, as that this was the proper way of dealing with them.
There is always a strong belief in right and hatred of wrong of a very
conventional type.
If Aries people are not all young souls yet they are all relatively
young, and all seeking a new experience of one kind or another. The
least developed will desire this on the outward physical, mental or
emotional planes, and in their horoscopes the majority of planets will
show affinities with Taurus, Cancer and Gemini. In the event
of fresh experience being desired in the higher literary, artistic or
human spheres look for planets in Leo, Virgo and Libra. Older
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souls who yearn for occult experience on the earth blend Aries in some
way with the signs of Saturn and Jupiter. Thus Aries shows the
beginning of something new, by divine right, with intuitive but not
experimental knowledge of the thing sought.
The more developed egos of definite Aries type will not be bound
by past karma, since each cycle is complete in itself. These, how-
ever, will have less of the raw nature of the sign, not so much
meddlesomeness and wanton aggression, and not an entire absence of
the instinct of caution. They will know what fear is, even if it does
not trouble them.
Aries, the fieriest of all signs, yet represents that element in a
very peculiar state. It is a fire which expands, and by disintegration
finally loses its heat. Its symbol might appropriately be a bombshell,
or better still perhaps a meteor.
Aries not only contains the latent elements of all the other signs,
but the initial energy of Aries runs through all the other signs and is
more or less present in them.
Apr. 21 to May 20 TAURUS Apr. 21 to May 20
Here the special characteristics of Aries have become exhausted,

and by the law of reaction become their opposite. The fiery meteor
cooled shows earth; not, however, ashes, since it has not entirely
burnt itself out, but still smoulders within. Instead of the pure
leaping flame we have the stolid, the dull, and the earthy. The
element now solidified cannot change its shape readily as heretofore.
Instead of the virtues and vices of activity are those of inertia and
fixity. The powerful desire nature of Aries has here attained some-
thing it has wished for, but the strong will has fixed this desire only
too surely, and it must be lived out to the bitter end.
External activity having ceased, internal activity begins—the fire
still slumbers within. Hence the deep feeling of the sign ; and
because it yearns for outward physical life it can express what it
feels. It has no interest in the theoretical side of life or of thought
and feeling for its own sake.
Having attained to its object of desire love is rendered possible,
and a measure of content. Yet being also bound it is grateful to that
which can minister to its helplessness, the more intensely because of
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its fast imprisonment in form. As it can make no active return it
can only prove faithful and endure for love.
It indicates a determined stupidity, without the judgment of
Virgo or the egotism of Capricorn. Older Taurean souls may possess
a knowledge of the spiritual, but yet even they show a large concern
for the things of the earth, which are apt to fill their mental horizon
and which afford them almost complete satisfaction.
Sunlight imprisoned in earth and become coal might form an apt
symbol of Taurus. Thus it is earthy, negative, and unfortunate.
Any quality in excess, however, tends to produce its opposite, and
that explains the paradox of its inward power.
May 21 to June ao GEMINI May 21 to June 20

The freedom of Aries cannot be regained, but the intense longing
of an imprisoned soul for liberty gives it an element which is free
indeed, with the freedom of air. The body may not be released,
but a certain activity is possible, that of the mind. This is the
fruit of the Taurus feeling. Now the Aries power of thought was
connected with action, it planned what it was to carry out. Gemini
is thought mainly separated from action, and the beginning of true
knowledge. The smouldering fuel of Taurus is re-kindled in Gemini.
Internal heat produces gas, and this, bursting into flame, lights up the
gloom. The gaseous nature of Gemini is long reaching a state of
purity, being mixed with fumes and smoke, veiling and masking
truth. The light it gives is flickering and deceptive, distorting
images rather than revealing them. Intellect of itself is without
conscience, seeking gain through cunning and trickery. Gemini is a
double sign, which being one thing pretends to be another. It is the
beginning of wickedness, since sin enters with knowledge.
As in the case of Aries, horoscopes belonging to the first part of
the Zodiac are most likely to exemplify the personal and selfish use
of Gemini powers. The middle affinities give the artistic tendencies,
music, literature, and the drama. In connection with the later signs
Gemini people act as intermediaries, uniting different spheres of
thought, or different types of people, by themselves participating in
both. The first two types are mostly concerned with a knowledge of
outward experiences, but the latter incline towards subjective thought,
philosophy and occultism.
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Note to earlier signs.—Since the earlier signs contain the
later ones in embryo, the liability of humanity to its common forms
of error is easily shown. Those experiences which it has passed
through it knows actually, and in these it is not liable to make serious
mistakes. Those things which it has not experienced it also knows,
but potentially or theoretically only. Thus it is confused, because
things actually known turn out very much as expected, while matters
not actually lived through do not. Older egos possess a more com-
plete practical experience and do not often make the same kind of
mistake twice.
June 21 to July 21 CANCER June 21 to July 21
Cancer follows Gemini, for water, the final and most evolved
element in the universe, is the product of air. Physically speaking, it
is a product of oxygen and hydrogen resulting from condensation.
Psychologically, emotion is the memory of sensations preserved and
dwelt upon by the intellect. In its watery state character has reached
a certain wholeness and completeness.
Water is regarded as a sign of weakness, since it gives less
fighting power than the fiery signs, less power of isolation and reflec-
tion than the airy signs, and less resistance and endurance than the
earthy signs.
Water extinguishes fire, and the fire of Aries is extinguished in
Cancer, which is the sign of death. What is the key to the mystery ?
It lies in the fact that here the first renunciation of the personality is
seen. Cancer is the house of maternity, in which the life of the
mother is sacrificed for that of the child. Cancer is the beginning of
sacrifice, though only the beginning. For in Cancer the emotions
may be more frankly egotistical than in the other watery signs. It is
a sign of demonstrated "emotion and tears, rain and all falling water,
geysers and warm springs.
In spite of the weakness of water, for the sake of her child the
mother (representing Cancer) may be more courageous than Aries,
more stubborn than Taurus, and more cunning than Gemini. But
for herself she will show the sign in all its contradictoriness.
As Gemini mirrors intellectually and tells what it has seen,
Cancer reproduces what it has felt. This may be a wider and more
complete memory than the other, since feeling may include a know-
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ledge of the thing felt also. But the Cancer memory is a short one,
since, however vivid at the time, new impressions must obliterate
what was felt before. Cancer is quick to feel, and quick to express ;
thus Cancer people are talkative and cannot keep secrets. Their
interest in life requires continual stimulation, by new friends, change
of residence, and all kinds of mild excitements.
Representing the feminine element, Eve being the rib taken from
Adam's side, Cancer is not self-sustaining, but derives its light and
life from the male element, to which therefore it clings with the whole
strength of its nature. Although in its worse sense Cancer may show
the parasite, in its true nature it exists to receive and to transmit,
retaining nothing for itself, even as the Personality (p) should be but
the vehicle for gathering experience for the Individuality (©).
Cancer, the sign of maternity, and therefore of the origin of life
in its physical sense, is also the sign of the ocean. Science believes
that life originated in the sea, and here we see what a good astro-
logical reason they might have for this belief. For the sea, the
mother and the Moon are one ; here life and death meet. But the
mystery is too subtle for the concrete scientific mind to realise.
July 22 to Aug. 21 LEO July 22 to Aug. 21

With Leo the outer consciousness is supplemented by the inner.
The Ego is now aware of its own nature, as it enters into a nobler
human heritage. While Aries, with its sense of freedom, acts as
though it were divine, Leo is conscious of its own divinity. It acts
by divine right, like a god in his own universe. Hence the Leo
arrogance. It is not ashamed even of its own sensuality. And it
does not ask permission to exist, to think or to do anything it chooses.
May not the god act as he pleases ? Leo is the sign of conscious
liberty, of inner as well as outer freedom.
Leo is a sign of power. Because of its abundance and richness
it can give itself nobly and freely to others.
If wanton, it is not wicked. It remains pure even in excess of
pleasure. It has no consciousness of inner evil, nor can it retain
malice. And having no evil in itself, it believes all things, seeing no
evil elsewhere.
It retaliates quickly and effectively, or else forgives. Its
indignation is righteous. Has not the god the right to punish also ?
Leo's knowledge of its own divinity is yet only intuitive, not
experimental. It has to learn that the world was not made for its
own pleasure altogether. Only in commanding for the nobler ends is
it justified in exercising its omnipotence, and this is its lesson..
Leo may be symbolised by all |kinds of sustaining fire; for
instance, the internal heat of the globe.
Aug. 22 to Sep. 21 VIRGO Aug. 22 to Sep. 21

Virgo indicates the exhaustion of the Leo powers. The magnifi-
cent store of vital energy has gone. The ego no longer feels itself to
be the god, the vital centre of things. It knows itself to be mortal,
it is part of the circumference, and dependent upon something else
for sustenance. Therefore it has no rights of its own. May I do this
or that ? it asks, fearful of overstepping the boundaries. Cancer
showed self-denial for the offspring, but in Virgo denial becomes a
personal question. One must refrain in order to live.
Thus the Virgo individual may be calculating in his pleasures.
He will not at first renounce all joy in life, but will parcel it out, and
partake of so much and be satisfied, making the best of both worlds,
and feeling a little uneasy all the time. Yet there is a turning away
from the delights of the senses to those of the mind—to the dry mental
pleasures, the literary rather than the artistic, until the true Virgo
purity is at last attained.
Virgo is selfish and acquisitive on account of its inner poverty
As Leo feels that it possesses all and gives freely, Virgo is conscious
of its own emptiness, which it endeavours to fill by acquiring every-
thing within reach: and this by smart methods since it has not the
power to demand, nor the energy to labour. But since Virgo has
also a conscience, it sets bounds to its own selfishness and will only
steal a little. Here, then, is the business instinct in a nutshell; there
is the desire to acquire, a petty unscrupulousness controlled by a
genuine conscientiousness which would be horrified at a theft of
any magnitude. Natives of Virgo are thus at the mercy of two
opposing forces, and adepts at the art of drawing the line ; while
other people wonder how they manage to do it. For instance, the
Leo man will not bargain and angle for any trifling advantage; if
he endanger his soul it must be for something worth the while. In
short, he would sooner be hanged for a sheep than a lamb. But the
Virgo person is conscious of the superior advantages of stealing
chickens, or even better, of pilfering eggs. For see, he gets all the
pleasure of acquiring something, while the risks run are slight, and
his conscience is mollified by the circumstance that these are but
little sins. Thus he regards himself as a decent moderate man, not
in the least like the outrageously wicked sheep-stealer.
As a writer, the Virgo person will show astonishing patience in
the collection of details. The sign shows a painstaking author, who
„ may write a good deal. But he will be fond of quotation, and will
write upon subjects already on the tapis. A great reader, he will by
this means discover a wide field of material. He will be accurate in
his references.
Virgo may be likened to all kinds of pure earths, as gravel, sand
and fresh soil.
Sep. 22 to Oct. 22 LIBRA Sep. 22 to Oct. 22
There have been marriages in connection with other signs, but

Libra is the sign of true marriage and real partnership. Here union
is no longer selfish, but a real joining and sharing of interests, where-
in two are in reality made one. Here is pure love, and love on equal
terms. Leo gives love but does not need it, being content with an
object of affection even if that affection be not returned. But Libra
stands for love on both sides. Virgo was conscious of its own empti-
ness and worthlessness. This lesson renders possible the giving of
the self which belongs to Libra. And in this giving it receives the
knowledge of another self, and experiences the mystery of union.
Aries was the sign of number one, and in the first six signs life
has been lived mainly for selfish personal advantage. Even Cancer
has no interests outside the family to which it belongs, and the love
of Leo was conscious mainly of its own joy in the giving. But Libra
is the balance, because here the change is made to union with other
lives, the real union of the two showing the possibility of the uniting
of the all. It is the beginning of the universal consciousness.
Thus also begins the experimental knowledge of the divine, and
the powers of creative art and of occultism. Libra is connected with
the Buddhic plane, giving the feeling of pure love, and the knowledge
of ideal beauty. Libra builds castles in the air, and they shall
manifest objectively in due time.
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Libra is three-sided : conscious of itself outwardly and inwardly,
it knows also the inward desires of others. Here begins the knowledge
of human nature, and of comparison between itself and the other.
It is like the soft evening breeze, laden with the scent of flowers.
Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 SCORPIO Oct. 23 to Nov. 21
Having satisfied itself with the experiences of love, and tasted of

the life of others, Scorpio retires into itself, conscious, however, that
it is no isolated individual, but a part of the whole universe.
It is the negative house and last stronghold of Mars. After
participation in pure human and even divine experiences the ego
withdraws itself to reflect on them, while desire endeavours to regain
its power. The native now knows both good and evil. The dregs of
the character reassert themselves, and when it sins it sins with
knowledge. Hence the wickedness of Scorpio.
Scorpio conceals emotion, knowing desire to be evil. Represent-
ing desire separated from the common life it can hate with power. In
the end the latent evil works itself out, purified by knowledge, which
may be the salvation of Scorpio. Then Scorpio remembers its foretaste
of universal experiences, meditates on the secrets of nature and the
mysteries of life. Even these cannot be hidden from Scorpio, or
baffle its powerful will. In stilling its own nature Scorpio arrives at
a knowledge of magic, both black and white.
Scorpio represents water sinking through the earth. Purified as
it filters through, it leads naturally to the next sign.
Nov. 22 to Dec. 20 SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22 to Dec. 20
Magicreaches out to a consciousness of the divine. Here begins

the return to God and the spiritual life. Sagittarius, the sign of
aspiration, first shows a turning away from the things of earth and
all distinctively human. This is the rebellion of the sign. Its love
of nature is simply the rejection of the artificial surroundings built up
by humanity. And in the peace and purity of nature lies the
possibility of inspiration, communion and prophecy.
Sagittarius does not imply experience of the divine, so much as
the internal consciousness of the existence of God, so powerful as to
amount to a certainty. The God believed in has yet to be sought
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and found. Hence Sagittarius is not without superstition, since that
believed in has yet to be experienced in practice. But this sign
supplies all necessary stimulus in the direction of religion and its
experience.
Its bias towards the divine makes it definitely unpractical, and it
loves sport because this is the opposite of the usefulness which it
disdains.
It is a very complex sign, adding to a knowledge of itself and of
humanity a knowledge of the divine and spiritual.
Has Sagittarius any affinity with Neptune ? From this point
onwards the influence of both the Sun and Moon are on the wane,
and something is needed to take their place. Moreover, influ-
ence is necessary to account for the higher qualities of Sagittarius—
prophecy, inspiration and the like—in reference to which too much
reliance may be placed upon Jupiter.
Much of the influence of Neptune as a malefic may be due to its
negative influence in the watery sign Pisces. But this is just the
way in which Mars acts in Scorpio, while being just the opposite in
Aries. A watery sign cannot express the positive side of any planet,
and Pisces, the house of misfortune, must express the worst side of
everything connected with it. There is good reason for suggesting
that the evil power of fascination and destructiveness exercised by
Neptune in Pisces is balanced by a constructive and prophetic power
in Sagittarius, its positive house.
Sagittarius signifies incense and sacrificial fire. It is the sign of
the archer aiming at the stars.
Dec. 21 to Jan. 19 CAPRICORN Dec. 21 to Jan. 19
Now is earth, melted in threefold fire, hardened by intense pres-

sure upon all sides, become rock. By the power of its basic rock the
mountain stands, the grandest monument of earth, crowned in eternal
snows. Here earth attains its most solid and substantial form, aud is
capable of no further evolution.
Capricorn is the sign of government, hence its stability. Govern-
ment may make mistakes and do wrong in detail, but this need not
matter. For, above all, government must stand, unshaken by every
wind, impervious to temporary flood. It must keep a stiff back,
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rather than be accessible to every passing shade of opinion. Capri-
corn ■will stubbornly go through with what it proposes. Even though
this turn out in the end to be the opposite of what was first intended,
it will not budge. To it belongs a strong, practical, cynical common-
sense.
Capricorn people may be egotists so extreme that they do not
even suspect they are selfish. With knowledge, however, they can
be determined and hardened in evil.
It is a sign of solitude, it is sufficient for itself. Its head is
exalted in the snows. It can endure all extremes proudly, silently.
When the Sun gilds its tops its ruggedness is softened into a
commanding beauty.
As Sagittarius was specially a religious sign this by reaction
shows a turning away from devotion—or rather, devotioiuilnsss—into
practical life. As Scorpio was the last stronghold of desire, this is a
consummation of the ptysical and earthy, in ambition to rule, to
possess, or to achieve. Yet the ruler, politician, or man of estate has
aforetime learned to go to church, and will continue this custom now,
though many may wonder why.
In contradistinction to the person of Virgo type that of Capricorn
will now steal on a grand scale—in fact he will " annex." But he
has also a large sense of responsibility, and what he steals he will
administer judicially and for the public good. Thus if he acquire a
palace, either by force or by subtle legal methods, he will admit
his equals, entelrtain them ostentatiously though not generously,
and even perhaps open his grounds to the public upon specified
days.
Since the mountain is formed of rock and cannot be affected by
ordinary influences it must therefore be overthrown by the more
dreadful forces of nature, the earthquake and the lightning. Capri-
corn may therefore be considered the negative house of Uranus.
Under his lightnings the mountain may fall.
The politician is displaced by sudden changes of government.
Look to the position of Uranus before concluding judgment on the
Capricorn horoscope.
The outer hardness of Capricorn hides and protects an inner
subtlety which is truly occult. Here are deeps below deeps. In the
end, Saturn produces the ascetic.
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Jan. 20 to Feb. t8 AQUARIUS Jan. 20 to Feb. 18
Aquarius is the sign of the thinker, and contains within itself the
possibility of arrival at the state of true wisdom. The ego has tasted
the joys of earth to the uttermost in Capricorn, and proved them
illusory. They are held no longer, and the stubbornness and solidity
of that sign must now be replaced by a freedom correspondingly
unbounded. Thus the Aquarian is the person mentally free, though fate
may yet oppress him. This is because he has ceased to have part or lot
with the things of this world. Heseeks Truth. His mind is dedicated
to that end, and must not be used for any personal advantage. So,
like the bird, though on the earth he may seem halting and feeble yet
in the air is his wonderful freedom exemplified.
Solomon said : " Be not wise overmuch, for why will ye destroy
yourselves ? " This is the paradox of Aquarius. The very gifts of this
sign prove the greatest stumbling-block to what the world calls success.
The native of this sign sees too quickly and too clearly for the rest.
While others fumble round the surface of matters, the Aquarian
eye pierces straight to the centre. But mankind does not want
to know what lies at the centre of things, believing truth to be
situated immediately beneath the surface—and thus the Aquarian is
unappreciated.
The Mercurial thinker is much more popular than the son of
Uranus, although a dunce by comparison. The native of Virgo may
laboriously describe his search after a truth, filling a huge volume with
a mass of irrelevant detail but never finding what he sought. Still
the book sells, and the writer becomes a famous man. The Aquarian,
brooding over the same problem, sees the whole solution in a flash, yet
has little to show for it because he has the whole matter in a
nutshell and has no instinct for " padding" ; he is voted a ' crank.'
When, however, the Aquarian condescends to be useful, to invent
something which can be turned to commercial account, or to treat
some popular subject in literature or art in his illuminative way, he
is a great success. But as a rule useful or common things do not
interest him.
For the inertia of the sign several reasons may be adduced.
With the Sun in Aquarius there is of course poor vitality. Yet this
is in a sense necessary, since only when the blood is cool can the mind
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possess that true calm preceding the pure mental experience. But
pre-eminently the inertia is due to this : the Aquarian has few positive
illusions, and it is the illusions of life which are the usual incentives to
action. Yet, if thought be activity, the Aquarian is not inert. It is
rather the absence of tangible result which tells against him.
Yet while so many sources of personal gain are denied him the
virtues of Saturn, so impossible to others, are easily his. Self-denial
pleases him. Solitude he desires more than society, since these are
the conditions of the pure mental life which above all things he most
desires. And against the true Saturnine virtues the frowns of fate are
themselves powerless.
The Aquarian qualities, valueless on the market, may be highly
prized by persons coming into personal touch with them. Hence the
gain through friendship. A general disregard for number one may
equally enlist sympathy.
The inventiveness of the sign is easily traceable to Uranus, of
which this may be considered the positive house. Herschell's light-
nings can bring about no physical catastrophe here. But if the air
grows stagnant, and the mind contented in error, the storm will come.
There can be no final peace or rest in Aquarius until Truth is reached.
Here the clouds of error are shattered as fasUas they form.
But the positive qualities of Uranus enable the Aquarian to build
mentally. He is not bound by ordinary tracks of thought—can go
round, behind, or through any obstacle—think backwards or forwards.
More than this, he can reduce all things to their original mental
images, remould them to his will, and reproduce them in unexpected
form. The art of Aquarius is symbolical and related to the platonic
ideas of truth.
Feb. ig lo Mar. 20 PISCES Feb. 19 to Mar. 20
In the last sign of the Zodiac the ego pays off all its debts. For
that reason it is considered an unfortunate sign—and indeed, few
enjoy the paying. Yet some are glad to be out of debt, for with
payment comes release, and that is the advantage of being born in
Pisces.
The fortunate signs of a horoscope possess freedom, but it is the
freedom to do evil and lay up a store of bad Karma. The unfortunate
signs must needs perform'the tasks allotted to them, but they clean the
slate instead of adding to the score upon it.
Pisces people have to square their account through service: by
taking all the back seats in life, and bearing the expense of all its
losses. Somebody must fill up these awkward coiners of existence,
and Pisces people have been selected to do it. They may feel that
they are neglected and forgotten by fortune, and the powers that be ;
but it is rather that, on the contrary, they are definitely chosen as
buffers, since they are fitter than others to bear the shocks and
strains.
Natives of Pisces are by no means necessarily undeveloped
beings, but, on the contrary, may have reached the highest stage of
humanity—that of devotion. They possess all the other qualities
without the power of turning tliem to account. In the fiuidic state
they may not harden themselves to the point of self-expression. Here
is the most complex of all signs, giving a complete range of the whole
gamut of feeling, and inner memory of every variety of experiences,
without the necessary leverage for giving it vent. Hence the
hopelessness of the sign.
It was noted that the positive quality of Aries would be found to
underlie all other signs, and an important question with Pisces is how
much of the Aries desire to rule remains. Those natives of Pisces
who still retain a portion of the Aries desire nature are liable to fret
and fume against their fate, enduring only because they are forced to.
But those who are at last freed from the instinct of Aries accept the
inevitable, and serve willingly, and from those who have thus pierced
its secret the joy and peace of the sign cannot be withheld.
The least developed of the Pisces egos are in their earlier cycles.
They are subject to misfortune and express sympathy in its lower
stages. When their accounts are settled they are free to return again
by way of Aries for a new cycle.
The more developed egos of this sign are the men of genius, the
saints and mystics, who express the higher service, working for pure
love of humanity. These do not so much express their own qualities
but are almost purely inspirational, being mediums through which the
higher forces work. This completes the saying of Christ—Pisces is
the "last" which is "first," the "greatest" who "the servant
of all."
Water excels by its purity. Clear and still it becomes a mirror
of the heavens. Hence the occult powers and prophetic gifts of this
sign, revealing the things seen in visions. As Cancer symbolised
falling water, Scorpio water underground, so Pisces becomes the
fountain, reappearing pure and clear out of the earth, and in flowing
upwards seeming to conquer the inherent weakness of its own nature.
There is one mystery of the two latter signs which may be touched
upon here. It has been said that "The meek shall inherit the earth."
When the day arrives for their full manifestation, the glory of Aquarius
and Pisces will be seen, as now their weakness is most evident. The
active signs which have already manifested have impressed their
characteristics upon the world, the brutal and selfish qualities are
easily recognised and readily valued, the battle is still to the strong.
But as the passive signs manifest, the milder virtues will rule.
So in the latter eras, when these last two signs respectively
manifest, their own qualities will appear as active, positive and noble
as to-day they are thought to be useless and despicable.
The physical condition of the earth may certainly be less desirable
then than now, although at the present time we are passing through one
of its comparatively barren periods—which, however, this is not the
moment to discuss. Nevertheless, the geological disturbances at or
before the age of Aquarius will render residence in the air safer and
more desirable than on earth, and it will be pre-eminently the day of
aerial navigation. The presence of an abundance of electrical and
similar powers, or probably the discovery of the magnetic equilibrium
which will temporarily annul the force of gravitation, will render this
mode of existence quite natural.
So the physical earth in the day of Pisces may be in a state of
decay, its harvests poor, its mineral treasures exhausted, the means
of life the least desirable kind, and vitality low, the general condition
being one of cold dampness and floods. Yet the occult forces avail-
able will be considerable, and the methods of protection from so
undesirable a physical condition result in one of the most wonderful
civilisations the world has seen.
But the true glory of Pisces will be its inner life, and the relation-
ship men will bear to each other. For them, service will be more
honourable than self-aggrandisement, devotedness will be esteemed
at its highest worth, and love beget love.
Rational Astrology
By the Editor of " Modern Astrology
The horoscope of a nation is first represented by the nativity of

its King, Queen, President or other nominal head, the ruler thus
typifying the centre of force through which those who guide the
world's evolution send their streams of influence radiating through
the government to the people. All the members of the government
are to a greater or lesser extent in harmony with, and obedient to,
the wishes and desires of the Sovereign. In apparent opposition to
these come the lesser, unorganised and unformed wills of the people;
and although it is certainly their voice that sanctions the return of
duly elected members of that government, yet to a considerable
extent little beyond party feelingor mere prejudice is often responsible
for the return of the various representatives—in short, the people are
representative of those ephemeral national tendencies well summed
up in the phrase " popular feeling." The horoscope of the people,
therefore, is ever changing and is indicated by the Sun's entry into the
cardinal signs of the zodiac, new Moons, eclipses, etc., whereas the
Ruler's nativity is always in a sense fixed.
Broadly speaking, in Great Britain the King and the House of
Lords represent the fixed and permanent government, corresponding
to the Sun in a nativity, while the House of Commons and the voice
of the people represent the changeable and impermanent " popular
verdict," corresponding to the Moon. The Sun's entry into Aries on
March zrst, the commencement of the astronomical year, is taken as
the horoscope for the ensuing twelve months, and the various figures
erected from time to time during that year denote the changing
phases of the popular mind, these various figures, new Moons, etc.,
being, however, always subject to the figure for the Vernal Ingress
above alluded to.
But these details are dealt with each month in the pages of
Modern Astrology, and it is not intended to bring any more technicalities
NATIONAL ASTROLOGY
into this Annual than are absolutely necessary, but instead to give as
clear an idea of National Astrology as possible, to those who are not
already students of the subject.
Each nation is under the definite rule of one of the Twelve Signs
of the 2odiac, that particular Sign being the field or focus through
which its ministering angels can distribute their influence to the
nation they preside over.
For the sake of those to whom the subject is new, a table of the
signs is here given, with the respective nations over whom they rule.
The small italic letters shew the " quality " or elemental nature of
Sign Decanate Nation Sign Decanate Nation

(30° of earth's (third of a0 or (30° of earth's (third of a or
orbit circle) sign or ro ) Country orbit circle) sign or 10°) Country
1 T ARIES (/) T-il-? England 7 =* LIBRA (a) Japan
2 » Taurus f«) Ireland 8 m Scorpio (kj) Dl-X-® Turkey
3 n Gemini (a) n- ~ America 9 f Sagittarius (/) /-T-a Spain
4 <a CANCER (if) South Africa 10 V3 CAPRICORN (e) V3-«-n>! India
3 LEO (jr) iW-T France 11 ss Aquarius (a) —-D-^s Russia
0 ttp Virgo (t) ttt-VJ-a Switzerland 12 H Pisces (w) X-aa-lil Portugal
each sign, Jiery, earthy, airy or watery, while the Cardinal signs are
distinguished by capitals, the Fixed by small capitals, and the
Mutable or common by italics. The " decanate " is a sub-division of /
each sign into three equal parts, of which the first is of the same
nature as the sign itself, the second is of the nature of the next sign of
the same element, and the third is of the nature of the last sign/
thereof.
It is in connection with this matter of " decanates " that a very
remarkable feature of the mutual interplay of the various leading
nations of the world may be noted.
It has been established that Great Britain is under Aries, the
first sign of the zodiac, and it is interesting to look back a century and
realise the prominent part the three decanates of that sign played in
the world's1 history when Nelson won Trafalgar. For then France,
governed by Leo, the second decanate of Aries, and Spain under
Sagittarius, the third decanate of that sign, were actually engaged
in fighting for supremacy, and the result turned the scale in.favour of
England—Aries.
The world's attention has just been drawn to the signing of the
Peace Treaty between Russia (jk-) and Japan (ii), and a map of the
heavens has been drawn for that time* as follows.
THE HOROSCOPE
The signing of this treaty caused much disturbance both in

Russia and in Tokio, the capital of Japan; for although the rulers of
both nations were agreed as to the terms of that treaty, it being in
accordance with their own plans and harmonising with their respec-
tive nativities, the people, as represented by the above map, were not
equally satisfied, and gave expression to their feelings according to
their respective national characteristics in a way that astrologers can
well understand as appropriate to their ruling signs Aquarius and
Libra. In Japan the national spirit quickly adapted itself to the will
and mandate of their ruler, and order was speedily restored, but this
was not the case with the Russians, who internally were thoroughly
• This map has been drawn for the time as given by the Daily Ttlegraph,
vis., 3.47 p.m., 5/9/'05 : the editor of Zadkul's Almanack writes of the signing of the
treaty at 3 27. but does not state the source of his information. Whichever time is
correct, the discrepancy is not serious enough to make any material difference in
the deductions to be drawn from the figure.
NATIONAL ASTROLOGY 31
disturbed, and through strikes and revolt showed themselves to be out
of sympathy with their rulers.
In a very singular manner the Drama in the East is a reflection
of Britain's critical fate a hundred years ago, and it is very interesting
to Work out relations subsisting between the three " decanates " of the
signs governing Russia and Japan. This time, observe, it is Libra,
the opposite sign to Aribs, that is responsible for the course taken.
England, France, and Spain, are under the fitry signs, while the
Russians, Americans, and Japanese are governed by the opposite airy
signs.
Russia is under the sign Aquarius, Japan is under Libra, ruler
of the third decanate of Aquarius, and America is under Gemini,
ruler of its second or middle decanate.
Now it was due to American intervention that the Peace Treaty
was signed, and it is exceedingly interesting to note the part played
by America when we consider the nature of the sign Gemini, a dual
sign coming midway between Aquarius and Libra. It is the third
sign of the zodiac, and governs the mind, and is hence especially
connected with treaties, and all matters pertaining to diplomacy.
A very little knowledge of Astrology will convince anyone that
this is no mere coincidence, and when National Astrology is looked at
from this point of view it becomes highly instructive. The Peace
Treaty of September 5th was not signed at the best time for such an
undertaking, and it does not look by any means promising. It does not
indicate a permanent peace between the two nations, and but for the
timely renewal of the treaty between Great Britain and Japan, which
may prove equal to the strain that will be put upon it, it would have
been better in the end that it had never been signed.
Besides the Signs of the Zodiac, the planets themselves play a
very prominent part in the destiny of nations. Mars passing through
a sign stimulates, energises and arouses the spirit of the nation
governed by that sign. If the nation is an undeveloped one,
especially, he stirs into activity the passions and warlike tendencies
of that nation and prepares the way for war and strife. Saturn
passing through a sign consolidates and conserves the energies of the
nation governed by it, and when that nation is undeveloped and
unwise it afflicts it with trouble and drives the people to extremes,
which in time causes them to think and finally to act with a view to
remedying the prevailing national evils. The conjunction of Mars
and Saturn in the sign Aquarius at the close of 1903 was a very evil
omen for Russia, but the next conjunction which recurs in the same
sign on the 25th of this month (December, 1905) is exceedingly evil
for the Russian nation and denotes a conflict that must either produce
a revolution in that country, or bring disasters of such a nature as to
draw the attention and sympathy of the whole world. The national
interests will then clash with those of its rulers, and temporary
anarchy will be the result.
In the pages of Modem Astrology during 1906 this subject
will come in for much greater study by its various contributors.
One of the articles will be entitled "The Next European War."
Total Eclipses of the Sun

,1
Under certain conditions, a total eclipse of the Sun, according to astro-
logical tradition, has a very powerful effect ; especially when falling near the
position of the Sun in the Zodiac at birth, or birthday, in ordinary parlance.
InZadkiel's Almanac for 1865, p. 48, the following passage occurs: 'We find
the great eclipse of the Sun on October 19th close on the place of the Sun at
his (Lord Palmerston's) birth. This, if he overcome the earlier evil influence
this year, will, I expect, put an end to his power, and endanger his life.'
Lord Palmerston died on October iStb, 1865, or within a few hours of the
eclipse. In this year the only celebrities whose birthdays (not with similar
effects, we hope) fall near the celestial phenomenon are the late Speaker of
the House of Commons, born August agth, 1835; the Queen of Holland,
August 31st, 1880; and the Crown Prince of Japan, August 31st, 1879; in
this latter case the importance of the crisis is evident.
In Total Eclipses of the Suit, by M. E. Todd, p. 101, we read (the italics
are mine), 'Two famous eclipses occurred in Europe, 840 and 885 a.d. In
the first totality lasted five minutes in Bavaria, probably causing the death
from fright of the Emperor Louis.'
Bacon, who included a reformed astrology in his inductive philosophy, had
the awkward habit of always fainting at a lunar eclipse ; and a Bishop of
Langres, Charles D'Escaro, was similarly affected and ultimately died during
one.
In Dreyer's Life of Tycho Drake, p. 55, the great Danish astronomer's
belief on the point is quoted. 'Generally speakiug, kings and princes are
more affected by eclipses than private people (as I have observed myself),
because the Sun and Moon are the princes among the planets.' He proceeds
to give some recent notable instances of this iu the deaths of Charles
V. and Christian III., of Denmark.
Thucydides relates that the Athenians, starting one day on a naval
expedition, were surprised by a solar eclipse, so that the superstitious sailors
were unwilling to leave port. Whereupon their leader, Nikias, holding his
cloak up to the Sun's diminishing disc, said to them, ' What effect has
this shadow ? none whatever, and the Moon's shadow has no more!' Re-
assured and fortified by'common sense ' they continued their enterprise;
and, wc must add, were handsomely beaten by the Lacedemonians.—H. M.
Light, g/q/'oj.
33
" fat tbe IBenefit of ©tbers"
By Philippa Forest
Long hot summer days spent in a stuffy City office are not
conducive to a fresh and healthy appearance, as everyone will
agree. Therefore I was not particularly surprised when my friend
Dr. Kelly took me to task after the extremely trying months of July
and August a few years ago.
"You spend your days poring over ledgers in an atmosphere
poisonous enough to kill a cat, and your nights over brain-splitting
horoscopes and musty books of star lore, until you look as pasty as
a half-baked loaf and as thin as a pipe-cleaner! " Kelly always had
an extraordinary wealth of simile at his command. " Leave it all for
a bit, and come up to Yorkshire with me. We'll have a walking
lour over the moors—that'll blow the cobwebs away, and make a
regular Sandow. of you as regards muscle."
It sounded deliciously inviting on a glaring September day, with
a heat mist over London that you could cut with a knife. I thought
of the cool wind blowing over the moors, and the scent of the
heather—but still, business must be attended to—no, I couldn't
conscientiously—
Then my wife struck in and settled the question in ten seconds.
" Of course you'll go, Miles; it will do you no end of good! No !
don't make any objection," as I tried to give voice to a feeble
disclaimer. " Besides, it's just what you wanted; you know you
told me that you particularly desired to keep in touch with Dr. Kelly
this month."
" Eh ? what's that Some astrological hocus-pocus ? " said
Kelly, looking from one to the other suspiciously.
I gave Nora a frown that stopped any further disclosures, aud
plunged into a discussion of trains, probable routes and kit that
effectually engaged his attention—and left me irretrievably committed
to the proposed trip.
" You shouldn't have said that," I remarked to Nora reproach-
fully, after he had gone. "There's no use in foretelling disaster
when one cannot point out any means of avoiding it."
" I'm very sorry, dear," penitently, " but you didn't tell me that
it was disaster you feared; you only said a few weeks ago that this
month was a very momentous one for Dr. Kelly, and that you wanted
to keep in touch with him."
"Well, so I do, and on the whole I'm very glad this plan has
turned up. I shall be on the spot now whatever happens."
"What do the aspects indicate, Miles—tell me."
" An accident of some kind, and grave danger. You know
enough about astrology to understand the significance of Mars pro-
gressed to the sesquiquadrate of Uranus, don't you, particularly when
Uranus afflicts the Sun at birth; and the Moon going to the con-
junction of Uranus, too. Eh ? Oh, yes, with Jupiter in parallel to
the Sun, Michael Kelly has had a very fortunate and prosperous
time so far, and there is more happiness to come for him, with honour
and glory too, when he has won through this ! Bnt I don't mind con-
fessing that I wish the next three weeks were well over for both of
us, in spite of the fact that they are to be spent a-holidaying."
Nevertheless, our first fortnight in Yorkshire passed off without
anything to mar our enjoyment. The weather was glorious; the
sunshine, which miserably intensified the close sultriness of London,
was delightful up on the breezy open moorland, and we tramped
every day for miles under unclouded skies. Kelly was in splendid
form and spirits, he seemed as fresh at the end of the day's march as
at the beginning, and used to chaff me unmercifully about my stiff
and sore muscles. But that discomfort soon wore away, and in a
little while I could step out with an ease and speed equal to his own,
and the pasty appearance which he had derided had given place to a
deep healthy tan of which I was inordinately proud.
We were getting near to the end of our holiday when the
weather broke. Dodstone, a small and rather squalid looking village
on the edge of the mining district, was reached in a steady downpour
of rain, and though it was still early in the afternoon we were so wet
and hungry that we decided to put up there for the night, instead of
pushing on to Barnford, a goodly sized town six miles away.
In spite of the apparent poverty of the village the inn at which
" FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS " 35
we put up was clean and comfortable, and the hostess proved to have
a very complete and satisfactory idea as to what was meant by " a
good tea." We were fed royally.
Now Yorkshire ham, tea cakes, and new bread and butter,
followed by a rich and delicious compound known in the vernacular
as " pound ca-ake," are very pleasant at the time of eating, but they
are apt to turn one's body into a sort of battlefield afterwards, and to
fight out their various differences in a disconcerting manner!
Consequently; sleep to me was an impossibility that night, and
after some hours of restless tossing and turning I got up and betook
myself to my favourite study. In Kelly's horoscope I knew there
were " afflictions,"—he was born during the first few minutes of the
28th of October, 1852, at a little village in Suffolk,—but when brought
up to date it fairly made me gasp.
I tried to think it all out calmly and scientifically. The Sun, his
ruler, was on the cusp of the fourth house at birth, afflicted by the
close opposition of Uranus from the tenth, and applying to the
opposition of Saturn; the Moon was slung in between these two
malefics and in opposition to Jupiter, the latter being in conjunction
with Mars. Fancy being bom under such a double affliction ! What
innate strength of character the man must have to have endured the
strain and worked his way onward as he had done ! A weakling
would have ' gone to the devil'; so many planets in fixed signs, with
Mars and Jupiter together, showed that utter fearlessness of con-
sequences which displays itself either in wanton extravagance or
unparalleled heroism.
So much for his nativity, and the disposition it showed. Now
for the ' directions." Mars, ruler of the fourth and dispositor of the
Sun, had progressed to the sesquiquadrate of Uranus, the planet
afflicting the Sun at birth. And now the Moon had arrived at the
conjunction of Uranus, and was applying to that of Saturn ! On the
other hand, the Sun was making a close application to the conjunc-
tion of Jupiter and was approaching the square of Neptune, the latter,
however, being in sextile to Uranus and in trine to the Sun at birth.
Let me think. How would such a combination of influences be
likely to act ? Something unforeseen, surely, very sudden, and quite
unescapable by any ordinary foresight. Something Uranian, that
was certain. But what ?—a railway accident ?—electiccution ?—bcmb
explosion ? We were far enough in this out-of-the-way place from all
danger by electricity, at any rate; in fact, in those days I doubt
whether the telegraph had so much as been heard of in Dodstone,
while electric traction was still but a dream of inventors. Even the
line of rails which served to carry the product of the miners' toil to
Barnford would hardly have been styled a railway in any ordinary
sense. And as for bombs, why—oh, how stupid I was to be sure!
Of course, Uranus in Taurus must mean something to do with
the earth—why not mines ? Michael was saying only yesterday
(confound his enthusiasm !) how he would like to do a two or three
days' spell as an amateur miner. But no, Dr. Michael Kelly,
consulting surgeon »« prospccbi, and baronet in posse, not a single mine
do you descend while I am with you, if I have to break a limb to
prevent it. Rather will I play " old soldier " for the whole of the
rest of the trip, and keep you dancing attendance on me all day
long.
Phew! how close it was. A peculiar sultry atmosphere hung
about the place like a pall, and I seemed to feel a presentiment of some
impending doom. I became thoroughly uneasy, and resolved to be
doubly careful on the morrow to restrain him from any of his impetuous
enterprises. Happy thought! I would look up the ephemeral influ-
ences and see which day was the most to be dreaded. Forewarned
is forearmed.
A moment's calculation showed that in my friend's daily horos-
cope the place of Uranus had reached the ascendant, while that of
the progressed Sun and Jupiter was in the eighth house. A glance at
the current ephemeris showed the Sun to be afflicted by both Saturn
and Uranus. The day had arrived!
I was extremely disquieted. It is true Jupiter promised us
his support, and I had an intuitive conviction that while my
friend was called upon to go through some great ordeal yet he
would come out of it safely. But something very terrible must
surely be going to happen, and that immediately, or my hitherto
infallible guides were wrong for once. But could they be ? I did
not think so. I sat for some time poring over the ominous figures,
studying every aspect closely, but I could get no other result. Danger,
unforeseen, sudden and grave, coming closer with every moment that
passed. Danger, yes, but 'not death, thank God! that was the only
"for the BENfeFIT of others" 37
gleam of comfort that I could see; the help of Jupiter would surely
prevail against the onslaughts of Mars and Uranus. And yet that
forbidding square to Neptune ! Could it mean that deliverance would
be withheld at the last moment ? Surely not, when both Sun and
Moon were in good aspect to that planet at birth. " No," I exclaimed
at last, " Michael will certainly be "
Great Heavens ! What was that ?
I sprang to my feet in alarm as a dull muffled roar like distant
thunder shook the house to its foundations.
Was it an earthquake ? I almost thought so, as for a moment
the ornaments on jny chimney-piece rattled like castanets, and the
pictures on the walls swung violently to and fro.
In an incredibly short time doors were flung open, and the village
street rang with shrill voices of fright and terror as the people poured
out.
" It's t' pit! eh, run lads 1 it's t' pit! "
" Eh, an' my man's down there ! "
" Ay, an' mine's on t' night shift too 1 "
"An' mine," sounded in women's agonised voices.
The next moment Kelly rushed into my room in a state of wild
excitement.
" There's an explosion at the pit; you heard it ? I'm going up
to help; you'll come too, of course ? "
In a few minutes we had joined the running crowd outside, and
like them, were tearing with all our might in the direction of the pit.
It was a weird scene that the dawn revealed; men and women in
every stage of undress were crowded round that black yawning mouth,
and their faces looked blanched and awful in the dim light. And
no wonder! for probably everyone there had some dear one down
below, and no one better than they could picture what was taking
place in those terrible underground shambles. Yet there was no
panic observable. Some of the women were wringing their hands
and crying bitterly, but for the most part those sturdy Yorkshire men
and women showed a fortitude and self-control in the face of heart-
rending anxiety that would have done credit to an army of seasoned
fighters. And those who look upon the miner as a selfish, discon-
tented, quarrelsome brute, never happy except when he is drinking,
or at a dog fight, should see him as we saw him that morning,
struggling fiercely for a place in the rescue squad, which was being
formed even as we reached the scene.
" Nay, lad," we heard one man say'toayouth whoused his elbows
vigorously in his effort to reach the central figure of the group of
volunteers—evidently the manager, for he looked like a person of
authority in spile of the fact that be was attired only in pyjamas and
a dressing gown, " Nay, lad! tha's not goin' if I can help it, and
thee on'y wed last week! T' boss woan't tak no married men on
this job, unless he's bahnd. Thee get back—there'll be plenty tha
can do up 'ere by an' by."
Kelly touched the man on the arm.
"Can you make a way for me to the manager ? I'm a doctor."
The miner dealt him a joyful but powerful blow on the shoulder.
"Eh! Ah can that!" he said heartily. "Comewi'me."
A doctor! the word flew through the group like wildfire, and
the men made way gladly with something like a cheer.
" You're a regular godsend," said the manager, holding out a
welcoming hand ; " unfortunately our own doctor is away for a couple
of days; of course he'll come as soon as he hears of this, but
meanwhile there's no time to be lost. You'll come down with us of
course ?"
" Of course," said Kelly briefly.
Then for the first time since the explosion occurred I remembered
those ominous signs! But 1 knew it was useless to try to hold him
back from his errand of mercy, even had I wished to do so, and when
1 looked round at the grief-stricken, anxious faces that surrounded
us I had no desire to attempt it, in spite of the warning the stats had
given me. I did feel, however, that I might justly give a word of
caution, and I drew him on one side.
" Well, it isn't for me to laugh at your predictions," he said
soberly after he had listened to what 1 had to say,—a wonderful con-
cession from my sceptical friend—" but if you told me it was death
I had to meet instead of danger I'd still have to go." He pointed to
the women near us. " Look at them, and tell me, wouldn't I be the
biggest coward unhung if 1 refused to do all 1 could to take that look
off their faces ? "
After that of course I could say no more.
* *
"for the benefit of others" 39
The time dragged very, very heavily after the rescuing party had
descended to their perilous work. As hour after hour went by large
crowds from the surrounding villages and towns gathered on the pit
bank, for the news of the disaster spread rapidly, and there were soon
plenty of willing helpers to bring up mattresses, blankets, bandages—
all the things that sad experience had taught them were necessary.
The mining sheds and offices were quickly converted into temporary
hospitals. It was a gruesome sight in its suggestiveness—those
empty beds awaiting their occupants: one could not help picturing
them with mutilated bloody forms stretched stiffly out on their empty
surfaces. I turned away, feeling sick at heart; what a nerve-racking
ordeal this time of waiting was !
At last the clanging of the great chain at work announced the
arrival of the first victims. Slowly, very slowly and gently, the cage
ascended, and a sob went up from the waiting crowd as the prostrate
forms it contained came into sight. After that first load they came
fairly quickly, and the band of doctors and nurses—who had arrived
on the scene as if by magic—were kept fully occupied. Presently
the word went round that all the injured were up; yet twice more the
cage descended ; this time, however, it brought up stiff forms that
were covered from sight and bore no sign of Kelly's handiwork in the
shape of temporary bandages or splints. These were laid reverently
in the engine room, and from thence soon came pitiable cries of
lamentation as the women recognised those still, sorrowful figures.
About three in the afternoon we were told that the rescue
work was over, and the helpers were coming up. A subdued cheer
went up at this announcement—but before it died away it turned
into a shout of horror. For once again out of the bowels of
the earth rose a dull crashing roar. A second explosion, and the
rescuers still underground !
Soiltai was the meaning, then, of that square of the Sun toNeptune !
It was like the inexorable nature of that strange and terrible
planet to declare its fell purpose just when it had seemed that the
worst was over, and the brave men who had risked their lives
for others had successfully accomplished their task 1 For a few
minutes a veritable pandemonium reigned, as the people on the pit
bank rushed to and fro in an agony of fright and horror, while as
for myself, for the moment my heart was full of bitterness. Why
should those who had shown such unselfish compassion for others be
themselves'shewn none? Truly the ways of God were mysterious
and His purposes past finding out.
If I live to be a hundred I shall never forget the time that
followed. Those two days and nights when we waited—and the
whole country waited with us—for a sign, a sound, to tell us that
somewhere in the black depths those brave souls still lived. Those
two days seem on looking back like one long terrible nightmare.
Yet all the time I felt sure, absolutely sure, that my friend still lived;
and that conviction helped me to give unspeakable comfort to his
distracted wife, who had come down immediately on receipt of my
telegram.
" He is not dead, Mrs. Kelly," I reiterated over and over, " and
this is an astrological conviction, remember, 1 will stake my reputation
on it. You must not lose heart."
At last—on the third morning—the men who were feverishly
boring their way through the entombing walls heard a feint knocking;
at that they worked as if they were possessed, and in a few hours an
opening big enough for a man to crawl through was made. Our long
waiting was at an end.
They were brought up speedily, those eight brave fellows, and the
great crowd that was waiting for them doffed their hats reverently
as each unconscious form was carried past; the cheering would
come later when they knew how they had won through their ghastly
ordeal.
Well, my faith in the stars was justified once more. Though
when I first saw Michael's livid face my heart sank, for it seemed
impossible that he could ever again open those sunken eyes and that
blue contracted mouth. But how they worked, those splendid doctors
and nurses, and their efforts to kindle again the almost extinguished
spark of life were rewarded at last by a feint sigh and a feeble flutter
of the eyelids.
He slept that night in his bed at the inn, every breath watched
by his devoted wife and a tearfully admiring landlady. He awoke to
find himself—much to his disgust, be it said—a national hero !
Everyone will remember the wave of enthusiastic admiration that
was evoked by the publication of certain entries made in his pocket-
book during those awful hours of imprisonment. " For the benefit of
"for the benefit of others"
others " ran the heading in large type, on the first page of the leading
newspaper in the land. Then followed the notes, painfully written by
the dim light of a miner's lamp as long as consciousness had lasted. . .
" For the benefit of others I will try to describe the symptoms
of poisonous suffocation, for the deadly fire-damp is rising quickly,
and we are almost certain to perish before help can reach us.
Then came a minute description—evidently written at intervals
—of his symptoms,—headache, lassitude, drowsiness, etc.
The handwriting became faint and indistinct as the fumes did
their deadly work, and the last words were almost illegible.
"No pain—there is no pain it must comfort
they die without pain."
And for that superb message from the threshold of death, can
you wonder that the nation gave him grateful homage ?
A Curious Instrument
In an extract from the Chicago Record-Herald of March 5th, too long to
give here, quoted from The Theosophist iu reference to a new instrument said
to transmute the light of the stars into sound, the following descriptions are
of interest:—
" . . When the instrument is aimed at Arcturus sounds of contrast
are heard. At first it sounded tome like an ear-splitting hurricane;
then like the roar of a thousand Niagaras; then soothing, like a
melodious whispering, exquisitely soft, singing a low, lingering
sound. Sirius, or the planets above, I would judge from the
instrument to be in a state of despair. Hideous noises, unearthly
in their weird horror, like mournful spirits in agony, bereft of all
eternal happiness, come from this celestial region. The sounds
of shrieking, nerve-racking disharmony remind one, as nearly as I
can give an earthly comparison, of the insane in a mad house.
There are brighter stars which sing sweet music. . .
It is certainly worthy of remark that these descriptions should accord so
closely with the nature of these stars as generally described by the old
writers, and one would like to hear more of the apparatus used, whichis said
to condst essentially of a polished steel plate (which receives the ray of light)
attached to " an electric circuit containing a microphone or telephone ear-
piece."
42
Simple Mag of fleabtnp horoscopes

Illustrated by reference to the Nativity of His Majesty
the King
The calculation of horoscopes is now a fairly easy matter, in the

majority of cases at all events, and in a little manual lately pub-
lished, What is a Horoscope and How is it Cast, it has certainly been
reduced to the very extreme of simplicity.
But the " reading " of a horoscope is quite another thing, and
beginners are often so utterly puzzled as to where to commence even,
that they often despair of ever completing a systematic study of any
one single horoscope—-whether their own or anybody else's. It is hoped
that the following method, which is the result of the writer's endeavour
to make an astrological lecture understood by a non-technical audience,
may be of real help to all students, and especially to beginners.
You are, I suppose, all of you fairly familiar with the charac-
teristics of the various signs, fiery, earthy, airy and watery, cardinal,
fixed and common; and you have also, no doubt, a fair idea of the
natures of the planets themselves apart from the signs they may
occupy. If not, I must refer you to Astrology for All, Part L, in which
book you will also find a description of the influence of each planet
in every one of the twelve signs which is invaluable both for study
and reference.* At any rate, I will take this for granted and
proceed.
First of all let us grasp the fact that there are three prime factors
in a horoscope, Planets, Signs and Houses. The Planets, per se,
indicate mind, or the mental tendencies, inherent mental attributes
* Those just commencing the study of Astrology will perhaps find Evevybodv's
Astrology better to begin with, as it is more condensed. (Raphael's Key to Astrology
is extremely bandy for ready reference and is a valuable little book, though
the information regarding the signs is necessarily less full than in either of the other
two mentioned, since it covers a very large field in a very small compass.) They
would, nevertheless, do well to leave all horoscopes severely alone until they have
assimilated the first two of the Series of Astrological Manuals ("Introductory''
and "No. I ") (see f>. vi. of Supplement).
This article may be very profitably studied in connection with the excellent
paper entitled " The Circle of the Zodiac " which appears on p. 12.—Ed.
A SIMPLE WAY OF READING HOROSCOPES 43
present as the result of previous activities in past lives.* The
Signs of the Zodiac on the other hand show the innate feelings;
tendencies to respond to particular emotions, love, joy, anger, fear,
grief, etc. And lastly, the Houses of thf. Horoscope indicate the
senses, or the matter of this physical planet of which our bodies are
built up.
Thus we have the familiar trinity of " spirit, soul and body,"
though differently expressed. The planets themselves and their
aspects may be regarded as epitomised in, or synthesised by, the Sun
(0), the motive power; the planets, as manifesting through the signs,
may be typified by the Moon (5), the receptive focus; and the
houses, as influenced by the signs, by the Earth (©), the neutral
centre. Again, just as the twelve houses of the horoscope may be
regardedas focussed in the ascendant, so the signs may be thought of
as focused in Aries, the " first house " of the Zodiac, and the planets
in 1}, the 'convertible ' planet. It will be useful perhaps to tabulate
these, thus;
Planets per se represent Afinrf and are synthesised in The Sun Q
Signs „ „ Feelings „ „ „ The Moon J)
Houses Senses The Earth ffi
The centre of consciousness (so to speak) of the Planets is in S
„ .. » 11 Signs „ V
„ „ 1, Houses „ Ascendant
Having well grounded ourselves in these fundamental ideas, we
may now proceed to examine some particular horoscope and see how
we can first analyse it into its various factors, and then synthesise
the ideas we have gained so as to arrive at a clear understanding of
the character and fortune signified. We will take the King's horos-
cope as a suitable example; His Majesty was born, according to the
official bulletin, at 10.48 a.m., November gth, 1841, at Buckingham
Palace. Here again we have three essential factors—date, time and
place; a progressive order of limitations. The date shows us the
zodiacal position of the Sun and planets ; the time, the position of the
Moon ; and the place the position of all these in relation to the
celestial "houses." Let us examine them in order.
• 0 Aspirations and desire-thoughts become capacities. Repeated thoughts
on anyone line become tendencies; wishes to perform, actions." experiences
wisdom; and painful experiences, conscience."—Karma. (T.P.S., 161, New Bond
Street; i/-.)
(i) The Date. The Ephemeris shows us that, from o.o a.m. to
12 p.m. on November gth, 1841, the planets were placed as follows ;—
O D $ S '4 h $ W
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This alone tells us a great deal, but we must remember that it
will all apply to any person born during the twenty-four hours, and
01
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A Zodiacal Arrangement of the Horoscope
on any part of the globe. We therefore proceed to study the second

limitation.
(2) The Time. At 10.48 a.m. G.M.T., on the date in question, we
find the planets as in the annexed diagram, which has been purposely
drawn with Aries in the place of the ordinary " first house," Taurus
occupying the second house, and so on. This diagram gives us
a far better idea of the relative sign-positions of the planets, and of
their aspects to one another, than any horoscope drawn in the ordinary
way. It shows the planetary and zodiacal influences focused upon
the earth as a whole (irrespective of any particular place), at the
precise moment we are considering. The first thing we notice is that
A SIMPLE WAV OF READING HOROSCOPES 45
all the planets are " above the Earth," so to speak; that is, in the
latter half of the Zodiac. Next we see that both the Moon and
Saturn are just on the "angles " of the map sCcO0 and Vyo0 (and there-
fore in square to one another), two other planets being also " angular,"
two of the four, S and f? , being in their own houses, and one
" exalted." This is all testimony of a marked destiny, and of a
The Nativity of His Majesty the King.

public position of some kind. The Sun is strong in Scorpio, a fixed
sign—the fixed signs being sympathetically related to the Sun, as
stated on p. 58 of T/ie Raliotmh of Astrology—and is moreover in trine
to Uranus, a planet of power, indicating a strong character who will
have great sway over his associates ; the sextile of Mars supports this,
so that the square of Neptune, a baneful influence, is weakened and
rendered less harmful. All the planets "above the earth" (so to
speak) is evidence of power and influence in the native's own sphere
and of opportunity of exercising sway. No planets are in Aries, the
"personality" of the Zodiac, but Libra, the "individuality" (Higher
Self)* is tenanted by Venus, its ruler. Hence we deduce that the
* Ret. p. 33. Manual II,
native is not restricted in his views, but broad-minded and sym-
pathetic towards others; this conclusion is corroborated by Jupiter,
representative of the Higher Mind, at home in the " ninth house " of
our symbolical horoscope.
All this, however, we must remember would be equally true of
anyone born on any part of the globe at the moment in question, and
is therefore not peculiar to our august subject. Nevertheless, it gives
us a very fair idea of what, for want of a better word, we must still
call the " individuality " of any person born at this moment. And we
will therefore now proceed to determine how this " individuality " is
likely to be expressed through the personal mould indicated by the
Houses of the Horoscope. This leads us to our third and last
limitation, namely;—
(3) The Place. The second diagram shows a map of the
heavens calculated for this same minute at Buckingham Palace.
Now, in deciding how far destiny will permit of expression in this
physical world of the attributes we have deduced from the Zodiacal
Horoscope, we first turn to the " angles " or cardinal houses of the
figure—houses 1,4, 7, to—which, as we know, are concerned more
particularly with manifestation. Here again we find planets " angular "
—three—all of them strong, ((? in own house; <? exalted; © in a fixed
sign * J and A$) and therefore able, we may judge, to overcome
the afflictions to the Moon and ruling planet (!)□ •? 18 ^ : 4 D ^J, d) ;
these three last, j), if and ^, being hidden away in succeedent [fixed)
or cadent (mutable) houses. We see that the nature is fairly evenly
balanced between ©, I? and J, all angular, while the influence of
Jupiter, the ruling planet, is largely weakened by its position in
the twelfth, a negative and receptive house. This position is, never-
theless, favourable for bringing to naught the malice of enemies, and
is potent for deliverance from trouble; but it largely impedes the
general good fortune of the royal native. This same remark will also
apply to the position of f and ^ in the second house. Venus, lady
of the ninth in the ninth, and in trine to Neptune, indicates the good
fortune and peaceable ministrations attendant on foreign travel, of
which we have had such abundant instances during the last year or
two.
Enough has now been said, I think, by way of illustrating the
application of the method I have proposed to the study of any particu-
A SIMPLE WAY CF READING HOROSCOPES 47
ar horoscope. The important thing is to bear in mind the progressive
series of limitations imposed by the three factors of date, time, and
place. Sixty people or more are said to be born every minute, on
an average, and, therefore, 86400 per day. Hence the particulars
furnished under " date " will apply, more or less, to 86400 people!
The limitation " time " immediately reduces this number to about
300, if the time is accurate to five minutes or so, or even less than
sixty, if quite exact. While the final limitation, " place," brings the
number down to one or two, since it must be rarely indeed that two
people are born in the same place during the same minute—if it ever
happens at all.*
And in just the same way, the generalised character deduced from
the sign and decanate position of the planets, aspects, luni-solar
polarity, etc., etc., must be considered as compressed and forced into
the particular mould indicated by the houses of the horoscope, and
the planets and signs which rule them. Thus there is often "war"
in a horoscope, so to speak—owing, for example, to Jupiter, natural
ruler of the ninth house, being placed in the third, say, and yet in his
own sign, Sagittarius. Such a person would be likely to employ his
mind in matters relating to the form side of religion, such as the
writing of sermons, pamphlets, etc. But his real religious attitude
would have to be inferred from the condition of the ninth house, and
the positions and aspects of Mercury, its ruler.
Instances might be multiplied, but every reader will be able to
make his own examples, and will, indeed, learn more by so doing. I
will therefore conclude, as these are only intended as hints, and I have
already occupied all the space allotted to me.
Natu Minimus.
Ultra-Neptunian Planets.—Mr. G. E. Sutcliffe, in the Indian Times

of tglgfos, points out that the earthquakes in India on April 4tb, and in
Calabria on September 7th, are very significant when viewed in the light of
the statement that two as yet hypothetical planets, moving in orbits outside
that of Neptune, are calculated to be now just about the equinoctial points
<y> and and that consequent lyjthe Earth's'position on those dates was with-
in a few degrees of the line joining them. He anticipates similar violent
disturbances on some part of the globe about March, tgo6.
* Even in the case of twins there is usually a greater lapse ol time between the
two births than this.
Jarta from an âtrologrr'a |Jotc-38ooIi
An upholsterer living in Hampstead called on an astrologer in

great distress of mind; his boy was lost—he had strayed out of the
district with some other boys and could not be found. A " horary
figure" was cast, and it was seen that the child was safe and well, and
that he would be found in the North-east of London within twenty-
four hours. The father at once started for the Islington Police Station,
where sure enough he found his son, quite safe, and contentedly eating
a bun ! The mother's anxiety upon hearing the judgment of the
astrologer was at once relieved, as she had had previous experience
of the truth of Astrology. But " how it is done " is still to her—as it
is to many others—a deep and impenetrable mystery.
This wonderful science was the means of bringing about a mar-

riage that at one time seemed highly improbable. A Dutch gentle-
man was in love with an English girl whose parents objected to the
engagement and tried to keep the lovers apart. Nevertheless, on
consulting an astrologer, the gentleman was told that he would marry
in September, 1905. During the summer of that year the parents of
the girl sent her away to a small town in Surrey, so that a meeting
between them seemed a very unlikely event.
The astrologer before mentioned, 'however, became acquainted
with the young lady's address, and when the lover paid him a visit
took him (without breaking faith with his informant) for a cycle ride
through the town where his sweetheart was staying. Without pre-
meditation or intention the cyclists missed each other, and the Dutch-
man, losing his way, crossed a field, in which, to his delighted amaze-
ment, he found his sweetheart with a party of her friends. The
wedding took place in September as predicted.
An old man, ninety-six years of age, lay at the point of death

suffering from a severe attack of thrombosis—a clot of blood in the vein
of the leg. A well-known doctor in Southampton gave no hope of his
recovery. His daughter wired the facts to an astrologer, who cast a figure
FACTS FROM AN ASTROLOGER'S NOTE-BOOK 49
for the time, and stated emphatically that the patient would recover and
live for several years. To the surprise of the doctor and all con-
cerned, in a few weeks he was restored to health, and he is still living
at the present time.
* # * *
A gentleman who had failed in business found himself in London
penniless and without friends. After various "misadventures and
heartbreaking disappointments he applied to an agent who required
an assistant, only to learn that someone had been engaged and was
to commence work on the following day. For a time he was in
despair, then he suddenly remembered that an astrologer had once
told him that Saturday was his lucky day. The next day being
Saturday, he went again, found that the man engaged had not turned
up, was given the post, and afterwards rose to a good position as
agent.
* * * *
A farmer, who was also a cattle dealer and butcher, was in the
habit of calculating the influences operating during each year of his
life, and sending them to an astrologer for verification. During one
of these years he foresaw a great deal of trouble arising from a woman;
but being a person of solitary habits and a thorough misogynist, he
was at a loss to see how it could happen. Still, he determined that
year to be unusually careful. All in vain, however, for a barmaid at
one of the inns where he was in the habit of calling, had apparently
made up her mind that it was her mission in life to convert him to her
views of marriage. His moroseness and sulky avoidance of her had
no effect beyond deciding her to bring matters to a crisis. This she
did by asserting that he had made her a promise of marriage. This
barefaced proceeding so alarmed the farmer that he became confused,
lost his temper, and was soon the centre of an excited group of men
who—disliking him on account of his very saturnine manner—took
the barmaid's part, and eventually assisted her to bring an action
against him for " breach of promise." The newspapers at the time
made a great deal of' copy ' out of the case.
* * * <c
The daughter of a pilot in the South of England consulted a
lady palmist—the same one, by the way, who obtained the Certificate
of Merit in the competition conducted some years ago by the Editor
D
of Borderland—who told her that she would be twice on the eve of
marriage, but would not marry on either occasion, the first love
affair having a tragic termination, and the second ending in a fiasco.
These predictions were literally fulfilled. The young lady's first
fianc6, who was chief mate on a yacht, was killed in a moment by
the falling of a crane, just a month before the day fixed for the
wedding. The second, a wealthy man, was found to be a confirmed
drunkard, and the marriage was stopped by the girl's parents. The
time of her birth was given to an astrologer, who confirmed all that
had been so correctly foretold by the palmist. The horoscope and
full particulars of this interesting confirmation will appear in the
January issue of Modern Astrology.
% * Sji
Mr. C, W. Leadbeater relates a story of an astrologer who,
having carefully calculated the influences operating on a certain day,
and finding they clearly pointed to an accident, took the following
precautions. He decided to spend the whole day in his study, and
gave instructions to his servant that he was not to be disturbed on
any account. At dusk he rose to put some coal on the fire, but found
the scuttle empty. He rang the bell, but receiving no answer,
opened the door and went outside, intending to call over the
banisters. In doing so he fell over a scuttle of coals placed there by
the servant, went headlong downstairs and broke his leg, thus fulfilling
his own prediction! This astrologer was the well-known John
Varley, the author of Zodiacal Physiognomy, a book which is now very
rare and valuable.
# # *
One of the most remarkable facts on record, testifying to the
value of Astrology, is that connected with the son of Mark Heslam,
late of Dunster Gardens, Brondesbury, N.W. His boy Herbert
was struck on the leg by a cricket ball, and the injury being neglected
developed into a very dangerous wound. A doctor pronounced the
case to be far too serious for him to undertake, and advised that the
lad be taken to the hospital at once. Mark Heslam, being a great
believer in Astrology, on hearing this consulted his astrologer, and
was advised not to let the boy go to the hospital as the surgeons there
would probably wish to amputate, and there was no reason why the
leg should be lost. On returning home he found that the boy's
FACTS FROM AN ASTROLOGER'S NOTE-BOOK gi
mother, becoming alarmed, had herself conveyed young Herbert to
the hospital. The father went at once in great alarm, but was not
allowed to see his son until the following morning, when he found to
his horror that a great slice had already been taken out of the leg—
uselessly as it seemed, for he was assured that amputation would
have to be resorted to. This, however, Mr. Heslem would not sanc-
tion, and after considerable difficulty he succeeded in removing his
boy,'^being curtly told by the hospital authorities that if the youth
died he himself would be charged with causing the death.
Having taken Herbert home his father then requested Mr. David
Younger, the well-known magnetic healer, (since deceased) to undertake
the case, and after several months of his treatment the wound healed.
The whole of the facts of this remarkable case have been published
in a pamphlet issued by the " Alofas" Company of New Oxford
Street, and there are many witnesses living to testify to the truth of
the foregoing statements; chief amongst them being the youth himself
who is now over twenty years of age, and who until recently resided
at " Belle Vista," Forest Hill, S.E.
* * 'At
The last anecdote of this series may fittingly deal with a well-
known and generous friend to the cause of Astrology—Lady Malcolm,
As many of our readers may know, she took a great interest in
Modern Astrology, and it was owing to her help that the magazine
was enabled to turn a very critical corner some years ago. Lady
Malcolm rarely arranged any social function without choosing an
auspicious day for the occasion, and her parties were always brilliant
and interesting. She had great faith in Astrology, and often invited
astrological experts to defend her pet subject when she included
amongst her guests a hard-headed sceptic. On one occasion a well-
known author (whose birth-time was known to her) was present, and
also an astrologer, unknown to the author. During the evening Lady
Malcolm produced a beautifully drawn map of the author's nativity,
and, banding it to the astrologer, begged him to read it, stating that
it was the horoscope of one of her guests, but whose, none knew but
herself. The readings© startled the man of letters that nothing would
induce him to believe that it was not a statement of the events of his
life obtained in some surreptitious manner.
("Facts from an Astrologer's Note-Book" will be continued in the
January Number of Modern Astrology.)
iXstroIogg ants Astrologers
Claudius Ptolemy, who flourished at Alexandria in the second

age, is the star-gazer's classic. Much of what he had observed and
gathered from sources now lost in the mists of antiquity, is substan-
tially subscribed to by his modern disciples. Much, on the other
hand, remains dark and not understandable. Among his works we
find such subjects treated of as astronomy and geography in addi-
tion to stellar lore. The Tetrobiblos recommends him chiefly to
astrologers, and in this work and others upon the genethliacal art, he
sought to tabulate all the imperative points regarding the manner of
drawing out and giving judgment upon schemes of birth.
Johannes Schonerus, a German professor of mathematics at
Nuremburg in the sixteenth century, wrote a book on judicial
astrology and became famous for his astronomical tables, published
after those of Regiomontanus, another celebrated astrologer.
James Gaffaral, a highly learned man, a good orientalist, besides
being skilled in languages in general, was noticed chiefly for his
astrological and cabalistic skill. Cardinal Richelieu made him library
keeper, and sent him into Italy to buy up all the best works he could
meet with on the subject. But perhaps the most prominent figure at
this epoch was the great Morinus. He studied philosophy at Aix,
and physic at Avignon. Becoming casually acquainted with astrology
through a Scotchman named Davyson, he gave himself up to its study
in so extensive a manner so as to impart a scientific method to the art
of stellar prevoyance. His magnum opus, Asirologia Gallica, was the
labour of thirty years, and is written in Latin. It lies before me as I
write, and is a wonderful example of method, patience and deep
learning and research. The clients who fell to his share included most
of the prominent contemporary personalities; among others, Richelieu,
Mazarin, Louis XIII., Tronson, and Marie de Medicis. Morinus
served in the capacity of physician-in-ordinary to the Duke of
Luxembourg, and employed his leisure in writing works on geology,
natural history and astronomy. He was installed in the chair of
mathematics at the College Royal in 1629. His predictions drawn
ASTROLOGY AND ASTROLOGERS 53
from the stars were both numerous and accurately fulfilled, as the
records of the time go to show. It is interesting to remark that these
two men, Davyson and Morinus, were both dissatisfied with the state
of their respective professions, and that they, curiously enough, made
a mutual exchange, each afterwards becoming famous, Davyson as a
physician, Morinus as an astrologer.
Placid us de Tito was an Italian monk, and the discoverer of a
method of mathematical computation still used among astrologers of
the present day, and bearing his name in our text-books.
Lilly, who predicted the Great Plague and Fire of London, must
not be forgotten, although Nostradamus had more than a century
previously presaged the latter event in these verses :
" Le sang du juste a Londres fera faute
Bruslez par fen, de vingi ct trois les six."
Lilly was born in Leicestershire in 1602, and came to London
from Ashby-de-la-Zouch school in 1620. Here, after some preliminary
skirmishing in the mantua-making business, he engaged himself as
book-keeper to a master of the Sailers' Company, whose widow he
ultimately married. About 1632, he fell in with a Welshman named
Evans, from whom he learnt the rudiments of astrological art,
subsequently attracting a large practice and being consulted by very
notable people, Charles I. among others, although that unfortunate
sovereign neglected his advice. Who knows how differently history
might have been made had the astrologer's counsel been followed 1
Yet again, according to the principles of stellar science, the monarch's
nativity is portentous of his end, and the end could not be avoided
without discountenancing the stars.
In the Asbmolean Museum at Oxford is the original picture of
William Lilly, who, though regarded as an ignorant impostor by
ignorant people, was a well-read man, and came of a good yeoman
family. All the great astrologers are noticeable indeed for being
cultured mathematical or classical scholars. Lilly himself tells us that
he learned the following authors at school, to which he was sent at
eleven years of age : Cato, Corderius, /Esop, Tully, Ovid, Virgil and
Horace. Also Camden's Greek Grammar, Theognis, Homer's Iliad
mastering in addition Udall's Hebrew Grammar. In his eighteenth year
he was keeping school himself.
S4 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL
The astronomer Vincent Wing; George Wichell, Astronomer of
the Royal Academy, Portsmouth ; Flamstead, first Astronomer Royal;
were all well-known astrologers of their time. The latter leaves
among his MSS. preserved at the Royal Observatory, a map of the
heavens for the moment of laying the foundation stone of the Green-
wich Observatory. The time is entered as August 10th, 1675, at
3.14 p.m. Jupiter is rising, the Moon is forming a conjunction with
the Sun, and the other bodies, with the exception of Saturn, are
occupying the eighth and ninth houses of the scheme.
The Rev. Dr. Butler, who set out to examine astrology for the
purpose of refuting it, came to these conclusions: " r. That there
is an astrology in the Heavens. 2. That this astrology, man (in the
state of corruption) may attain in some measure to understand.
3. That this understanding may be lawfully and fairly compassed by
natural means without any diabolical help." Lord Bacon said we
must "receive astrology as a part of physics," and that "we are
certain the celestial bodies have their influences besides light and
heat," while Kepler wrote: " A most unfailing experience of the
excitements of sublunary natures by the conjunctions and aspects of
the planets, has instructed and compelled my unwilling belief."
Coming to recent times, probably the late Commander Morrison
(Zadkiel I.), did most to substantiate the claims of astral science. He
was highly cultured, and an excellent mathematician. His articles
and books deserve respectful consideration.
Most people are aware of the antagonism existing between the
rival almanac makers, Zadkiel and Raphael. This feud seems to have
existed from the commencement, and to have been duly kept in
fighting trim by their several successors. Such a vendetta might easily
be attributed to commercial jealousy, but the true basis was the
incompatibility of methods. The wordy wars of this couple of
prophetic firms would make an interesting chapter in disputational
history. These tussles, often vulgar, certainly served no good purpose
to either the combatants or their supporters but anyone curious, who
can compare the works attributed to the twain, will see what was set
up as the stumbling-block to a mutual agreement. The present
Raphael is the fourth, while Zadkiel is, we believe, the third of that
ilk.'
Raphael is a successful agriculturist. Nothing, however, he
ASTROLOGY ANt) ASTROLOGERS 53
says, succeeded with him like astrology. According to phrenology,
be has an excess of amativeness, inbabitiveness, combativeness, con-
structiveness, approbativeness, firmness, conscientiousness, ideality,
sublimity, individuality, imitation, form, size, causality, comparison,
human nature, and agreeableness; and is deficient in continuity,
acquisitiveness, weight and eventuality, the other organs being normal
His ascendant is Aries.
It would be unwise to make individual mention of present-day
astrologers, but it can offend the susceptibilities of no one of them to
express the opinion that modern astrology is indebted, for wba
amounts almost to a reconstitution, to the editor of this Annual-
Alan Leo. And none knows and appreciates better his whole-hearted
devotion than the present writer.
Heinrich Daath.
A MATRIMONIAL PUZZLE.
One of the most remarkable marriage tangles ever known has just been
presented at Toledo, Ohio, where Edward and Fred Metzgar, twins, made
application for licenses to marry sisters, also twins.
According to the Boston correspondent of the Evening Standard and St.
James' Gazette, when the clerk was preparing the papers it was learned that
Albert Metzgar, an elder brother of the male twins, had, in May, 1904,
married an elder sister of the prospective twin brides. While the people in
the court were having a good laugh over this, Edward spoke up and said :
" Let me tell you something that will set you thinking deeper. Our father is
the husband of the mother of the girls." LewisC. Metzgar, when he married
Mrs. Christina Miller Metzgar, had three sons, two of them twins. Mrs.
Miller, at the same time, had three daughters, two of whom were twins, by
a former marriage. Now the daughters become the brides of her husband's
sons. Mrs. Metzgar has been four times married. Her second marriage
was tc the brother of her present husband, but by that union she had no
children. In spite of the puzzles in relationships growing out of this queer
matrimonial mix-up, the complication is entirely legal, because there is no
blood relationship between the contracting parties.—The Daily Telegraph,
September 26th, 1905.
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of Birtb
Birthday Fortune
All persons born on a Sunday will have affinity with those born
on a Monday (also to some extent with those born on Tuesday and
Thursday), but little or none as a rule with those born on Saturday.
They have usually some latent pride, but generally have high moral
standards and are able to gain most fortune in government employ, or
as their own masters. They succeed best where authority or dignity
of position has to be maintained.
Should their surnames contain more than two vowels they will
rise in life, and improve their fortune every tenth year of their lives.
The number 5 or its multiple will generally be their fortunate
number.
All persons born on a Monday have affinity with those born on
Wednesday and Thursday, but have less affinity with those born on
Tuesday or Saturday. They have more or less eventful lives, so far
as extremes of fortune go, and they are usually changeable and in-
decisive. They succeed best in the employ of others, and generally
follow common or ordinary occupations, such as buying, selling, and
general dealing, and rarely have a definite trade or calling for any
length of time.
Their most fortunate period is, of the year, the changing of the
seasons, and of the day, the evening. Should their surname consist
of less than two vowels they require experiences that will awaken them
out of indifference.
Their number is 4, and its multiples up to 28, beyond which it
becomes less fortunate.
Those born on a Tuesday have affinity with all born on Friday,
especially those of the opposite sex. They have very eventful lives,
the first half being less fortunate than the latter part. They are
resourceful, enterprising and persistent, and usually rise through
energy and courage. They are, however, apt to overstep the mark
FATE AND FORTUNE 57
and lose position and good fortune through impulse or through some
precipitate action, but they are as a rule irrepressible and rise once
more to the surface, generally treating troubles lightly, and forgetting
their sorrows in new joys.
Those born on a Tuesday should have the letter R in either their
Christian or surname; without it they have less chance of success.
Their number is i, and multiples of 8.
Those born on a Wednesday have affinity with those born on
Monday or Friday; those born on Thursday they usually treat as
superiors. They are very adaptable,^but are often kept back by over-
sensitiveness. They have literary ability, and are quick to appreciate
and respond to new methods. They succeed as agents and inter-
mediate workers. Their lives are full of small events and rapid
changes of fortune, which usually promise greater results than are
actually realised. They are fond of travel and learn more through
details than by ideas. They are capable copyists and imitators, and
often succeed through their tendency to renovate or re-present old
things in new forms.
Those whose names contain more than two vowels are orators,
or clever writers.
Their number is 3, and the multiples of 6.
Those born on a Thursday have affinity with all born on Friday
or Sunday, and with those born on Monday when the latter are
their inferiors. They rise in life, as a rule, and generally have good
fortune. They are usually moral, or have some religious bias, and
endeavour to act on the square with all. They succeed through
social interests, and often have many friends. They sometimes meet
with good fortune abroad, or through foreign interests, and are com-
petent to undertake big schemes or enterprises. They make good
book-keepers and accountants, and know how to appreciate money at
its true value.
Their names should have a full and mellow sound, the vowels I
and O predominating.
Their number is gand its multiples up to 45, after which it begins
to lose its power.
Those born on a Friday have affinity with all born on Tuesday
and Wednesday, and with elders born on Sunday. They experience
good fortune in the early part of the life. They are inclined towards
art or music, and prefer refined and genteel occupations to those involv-
ing hard effort or labour. They pass through life with many blessings
and have less anxiety than those born on the other days. They have
a full capacity for enjoyment, and love to take pleasure in a harmless
and beneficial manner. They have the ability to amuse and please
others, especially if their early environment has been refined and
elevating.
Their names should end with a vowel. They usually have more
than one Christian name.
Their number is 7, and its multiples up to 35. Every seventh
year should bring a beneficial change.
Those born on Saturday have affinity with those born on
Monday, if inferiors, and with those born on Wednesday if equals,
and only with those born on Thursday if they are superiors. They
almost invariably have some spells of misfortune, or pass through
some critical stages. They are not very fortunate in the first half of
their lives, but often succeed after much labour and industry, reaping
the reward of their labours at the close of life. They are often the
victims of some tragedy, or misplaced confidence, and frequently
suffer through want of initiative or the power to rise to an occasion.
They are capable of taking responsibility, but frequently shirk it, or
fail to achieve the desired end.
Their names should be common ones, few, and not too idealistic ;
the less vowels they contain the better.
Their number is 6 up to the age of 45, when it changes to 10.
Affinities
All persons born during the first ten days of January have a
reciprocal affinity with those born during the same period of May and
September, and vice versd. There will always be an inner sympathy,
in spite of any personal differences.
All born in the first ten days of February have similarly affinity
with those in June and October.
All born in the first ten days of March, with those in July and
November.
And thos born in the first ten days of April with those in the
same period of August and December.
FATE AND FORTUNE 59
Those born between the 10th and 20th of the above months are
in affinity also—January with May and September, February with June
and October, and so on. Tins applies also to the last ten days of the
month, from the 20th to 30th, in a similar way.
Those born in the opposite periods may marry advantageously,
January with July, February with August, and so on.
Those born in the first three weeks of January, April, June,
August or October have small affinity with each other. The same
with February, May, July, September and November; also with
March, June, August, October and December.
Fortunate Gems.
Those bom under the Solar influence as follows, should wear the
following precious stones to aid them in their personal fortune.
Month. Sign. Birth Stone.
March 21 to April 20 T Amethyst, or Diamond.
April 21 ,, May 20 8 Moss Agate, Emerald.
May 21 June 20 n Beryl.
June 21 ,, July 21 OS Emerald.
July 22 ,, August 21 SI Ruby, or Diamond.
August 22 „ September 21 115 Pink Jasper.
September 22 „ October 22 Diamond.
October 23 ,, November 21 "I Topaz.
November 22 „ December 20 f Carbuncle or Turquoise.
December 21 „ January n White Onyx.
January 20 „ February '2 18 = Sapphire, or Opal.
February 19 ,, March 20 K Chrysolite.
All persons born under Saturn have small affinity with those
born under Mars or Mercury, and vice versA.
All persons born under Mars have affinity with those under
Venus and the Sun, but very little accord with those under Jupiter
or the Moon.
Those born under the Sun have generally affinity with all;
those under the Moon with few.
Egeria.
Definition of a Crank.—" A crank is a person who will persist in try-

ing to convert me to bis way of thinking, instead of letting me convert him
to mine."—Quoted in Light, n/ii/'os.
6o
tSRbat is an ©rruUist? an5 ?)6!bat is tbe delation of

Orcultism to ^.strologji ?
We often hear someone spoken of as an "Occultist." Many

such are self-styled—few, indeed, realise what it is that constitutes
an Occultist, or how that description can be rightfully merited.
There is a very great difference between the " Occult Arts" and
" Occultism," and there is often a wide gulf between the professor of
the occult arts and the occultist.
A fairly satisfactory definition of an Occultist would be : One
who seeks to learn and to understand the Hidden Laws of Nature.
But there are many engaged in the search after Nature's hidden
secrets who are not exactly Occultists, though they may be psychics,
mesmerists, spiritualists, magicians, or psychical researchers. As a
general rule they have not yet undertaken the strenuous task of
preparing to become true Occultists.
Who, then, an Occultists ?
Different aspirants would give different answers to the question ;
but all must know and inwardly realise the first requisite ; the first
and most essential requirement of those who would become Occultists
is the Conservation of Energy—to conserve Nature's Forces, first
physically, then emotionally, and finally mentally. No physical force or
effort should be wasted ; all the physical organs should be under the
power of the will, and none of the bodily power wasted in actions
that are fruitless or unnecessary. This ensures physical purity, and
this conservation of the vital forces brings about the establishment of
sound physical health.
The feelings will be purified by wise sympathy and devotion,
and sensation of all kinds will be avoided, the feelings being allowed
to harbour no resentment, jealousy or envy, and all desires being
transmuted from personal longings into individual aspiration. Then
will the would-be Occultist begin the conservation of mental energy,
guiding and controlling thought and turning it into the one channe
which flows into the mighty ocean of Wisdom.
WHAT IS AN OCCULTIST ? 61
Is there any particular type of horoscope.into which an Occultist
must be born ?
Yes, there are planetary conditions under which all true Occultists
are born, and besides these there are several planetary positions and
influences from which the first germs of occult thought may spring.
Three of the twelve houses or divisions of a nativity are what are
termed occult and psychic bouses, these being the twelfth, eighth and
fourth. The Twelfth House is known as "the House of Self-Undoing "
—that is, in other words, the house wherein planetary influences give
the opportunity for failure, or isolation, and hence for the conservation
of psychic forces. It is frequently termed the House of Occultism,
governing as it does a function in nature that is equivalent to the
first two-hour period after dawn, when the magnetic currents of the
earth are most fully charged with electricity, and vitalised with solar
strength of a peculiar character. It is the chamber wherein the
" feet " are taught to walk in the path of self-abnegation.
The Eighth House is known as the Chamber of Death, for it
represents a department of nature allied to the two-hour period mid-
way between noon and sunset, when the magnetic currents of the
earth are charged with that special energy which is the glory of the
regenerated physical organs of procreation, whereby the conserved
and purified vital fluids may be used to strengthen the will and charge
it with the power to carry the consciousness beyond the physical
plane into that of the. astral world.
The Fourth House is that which represents the hour of midnight,
when the Sun is at the Nadir and the crygoesforth—"Itisfinished."
To know the full import of these ' occult' houses is the especial
work of the Esoteric Astrologer, for each house has a spiritual, a
psychic, and a physical meaning ; and those who would save time in
quickening their evolution, and make more easy their unfoldment,
may learn much by means of a study of astrological teachings, which
they will find of very great help in aiding their progress. To none is
this study more helpful than to would-be Occultists, whose primary
care is to so conserve their forces that they may work in harmony
with God's laws, and thus understand how to command and make use
of Nature's finer and more subtle forces.
62
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Jandary Febrdary March April
1 Fair, rain." 1 Misty. 1 Windy. 1 Fine.
2 Stormy. 2 Mild. 2 Mild, fine. 2 Windy.
3 Mild, fair. 3 Fair. 3 Fair. 3 Showery.
4 Fine, windy. 4 Fair, rain. 4 4 Cold, rain.
5 Rainy. 5 Fair. 5 Cold, wind. 5 Rainy.
6 Fair, colder. 6 Colder. 6 Showery. 6
7 Fair. 7 Rain. fair. 7 Fair. 7
8 Rainy. 8 Fair. rain. 8 Breezy. 8
9 Stormy, snow. 9 Cold, windy. 9 Mild breezes. 9 Showers, wind.
10 Fair. 10 Windy. 10 Fine. 10 ..
11 i. n Stormy, frost. 11 Stormy. 11 Mild. wind.
12 12 Snow. 12 Gusty, rain. 12 Fair.
13 Frosty. 13 Fair. 13 Unsettled. 13 Cold, rain.
14 Rain or sleet. 14 Wet, stormy. 14 Stormy. 14 Heavy showers.
15 Windy. 15 Windy. 15 Fine. 15 Fair.
16 Unsettled. 16 Snow. 16 Fair. r6 Cold, rain.
17 Windy, fine. 17 Milder. 17 Frost. 17 » ..
18 Fine. 18 Fair. 18 Fair. 18 Windy.
19 Misty or fog. 19 Stormy. 19 Rain. 19 Squally.
20 Unsettled. 20 Colder. 20 Sharp frost. 20 Mild.
21 Stormy, mild. 21 Fair. 21 Snow or rain. 21 Variable, windy-
22 Snowfall. 22 Snow. 22 Rain. 22 Mild breezes.
23 Fair. 23 Wet. 23 Fine. N.W. winds. 23 Cold winds.
2
4 tp 24 Stormy. 24 Variable. 24 Fair.
25 .. 25 25 25 Variable.
26 .. 26 ,, 26 Windy, unsettled. 26 Showery.
27 Mild, windy. 27 Stormy, frosty. 27 Unsettled. 27 Cold showers.
28 Fair. 28 Fair, rain. 28 Fair. 28 Fair.
29 Stormy. 29 Showery, 29 Changeable,frosty.
30 Mist. 30 Stormy, colder. 30 Mild breezes.
31 Hail storms. 31 Cold air.
Moderate tempera- Much snow, and March will main- The first half of April
ture will prevail during stormy weather pre- tain its record as a will be wet & showery.
January, and the month vails during this windy and unsettled Much rain is shown for
will be fair on the month. Onthe whole month. this month.
average it will be a very un-
settled and unreliable
month.
May June July Augdst

1 Fair, mild. 1 Variable. 1 Some rain. 1 Fair.
2 .. .1 2 Showery. 2 Fair. 2 «.
3 Muggy. 3 Showers. 3
4 Cloudy, colder. 4 Windy. 4 Fine. 4 Overcast.
5 Fine. 5 Fine. 5 Fair. 5 Cloudy.
6 Fair, breezy. 6 Thunder. 6 6 Fair.
7 Variable. 7 Unsettled. 7 Gusty. 7 ..
8 Threatening. 8 Variable. 8 Thunder, showers. 8 Fine.
9 9 Gusty. 9 Sharp showers. 9 Fair.
xo Fair, 10 Fine. 10 Fair. 10 Fine,
ix Fine. 11 1. ji Unsettled. ir Breezy.
12 „ 12 Cloudy. 12 Fine. 12 Variable.
13 Some rain. 13 13 ♦♦ 13 Fair.
14 Colder, showers. 14
1
Showers. 14 Heat. 14 X?ine.
15 Windy. 5 15 » 15 Cloudy, showers.
9
N.B.—If two states of weather are mentioned the 6rst is before noon, the second for afternoon.
THE WEATHER FOR EVERY DAY FOR X906 S3
Mav—continued ]uke—continued Jdly—c ontivu cd A ug usr-T-roit//
16 Fair. 16 Thunder. 16 Heat. 16 Fair.
17 Some rain. 17 Fine. 17 Fine. 17
18 Thunder. 18 Breezy. 18 18 Variable.
19 Fair. 19 Showery. 19 Fair. 19 Thunder.
20 Much wind. 20 Cool showers. 20 Fine, heat. 20 Fair.
21 Fair, windy. 21 Fair. 21 M 21 Showers.
22 Fair. 22 Thunder .showers. 22 .» .. 22 Variable.
23 Changeable. 23 Fair. 23 Thunder. 23
24 Fair. 24 Thundery. 24 .. 24 Thunder.
25 Fair, showers. 25 Windy. 25 Fine. 25 Fair.
26 Windy. 26 Fine, showers. 26 Thunder storms. 26 „
27 Fair. 27 Thundery. 27 27 Thunder, showers.
28 Variable. 28 Rainy. 28 Sharp showers. 28 Heat.
29 Changeable. 29 O vercas t, u n set tied 29 Fine. 29 Fine.
30 Windy .changeable. 30 Windy. 30 30 Thunder, showers.
31 31 Some rain. 31 Thunder storms.
May will be a variable June will be a very July will not be a A good summer
month, unsettled in the fair month, with some good summer month, month generally, al-
latter half. fine summer weather it is likely to be some- though the weather
during the middle of what unsettled and will have a tendency
the month. in no way fixed for to be variable and not
fine. permanently settled.
. September October November Dece mber

1 Breezy. 1 Windy 1 Fair, colder. 1 Cold, rain.
2 „ 2 Fine, warmer. 2 Breezy. 2 Snow.
3 Fair. 3 Rainy. 3 Fair. 3
4 Showery. 4 „ 4 Fine, warmer. 4 Stormy.
5 Cold rain. 5 Wind, showers. 5 Doubtful. 5 Unsettled.
6 Stormy. 6 ,, ,, 6 Windy. 6 t>
7 Cloudy. 7 •• it 7 Unsettled. 7 Cold and windy.
8 Variable. 8 Rainy. 8 Stormy. 8 Probable snow.
9 Fair. 9 Variable. 9 Rainy, cold. 9 Stormy.
10 Windy. 10 Fair, 10 Fair. 10
11 II fI rr Unsettled. 11 Unsettled.
12 Showery. 12 ,, 12 Cold. 12 Mild.
x
3 Windy. 13 ,, x13
Unsettled. 13
I
Rain.
14
I
Wind and rain. M
x
Fine. 4 Gusty. x4
Rainy.
5 Fine. 5 Windy. *5 Rainy. 5 Very stormy.
16 ,, 16 Showers. 16 Milder. 16
17 17 Showery. 17 Gusty j 17 Unsettled.
18 Cool, rain. 18 18 Mild. 18
19 Hail or rain. 19 Windy. 19 Rain. 19
20 Fair. 20 Cold. 20 Stormy. 20 Snow or rain.
21 ,, 21 Rainy. 21 21 Windy.
22 ,, 22 ,, 22 Fair. 22 Wet.
23 23 Cloudy. 23 Colder. 23 Colder.
24 Variable. 24 24 Changeable. 24 „
25 25 Windy. 25 Fair. 25 Fair.
26 High winds. 26 Fine. 26 Mild. 26
27 Thundery. 27 ,, 27 Dull. 27 Mild.
28 Unsettled, cold. 28 ,, 28 Misty. 28
29 29 Gusty. 29 Stormy. 29 Damp.
30 Windy. 30 Fair. 30 Rainy. 30 Close.
3i Unsettled. 3i Stormy
September will be October will be an November will be December will tend

fair on the whole. uncomfortable month. very unsettled and to be mild but very
with much rain at variable. unsettled.
certain periods. W
|L fsbh
A certain prince wandered a whole day in a vast wood ; and

as it drew near to dusk, he came upon a beautiful maiden.
He was smitten with love for her, and he said " What is your
name, fair maiden ?"
And she replied, "My name is Beauty. But some call me Love."
And he said, " I have never seen you before, yet there is
something strangely familiar about your face. What can it be ?"
And she answered, " I was your mother."
" My mother ! But you are younger than I, surely, far younger,"
he said.
" Nay, only that when thou wast young," she rejoined, in a
far-off voice and reverting quaintly to the second person, " thou
didst not see me as I am. Therefore said I, I was thy mother. In
those days they called me Truth."
" And who was my father, beauteous mother ? " enquired the
prince.
" Wisdom," replied the maiden.
" And what, then, is uiy name ? "
"You are called Fact. But you yourself are invisible. Only
your garments are seen of men."
Good and Bad

Who looks, who sees,
Who stands, who flees,
Who sings, who weeps,
Who serves, who sleeps—
Who trades, or fights,
Or war incites,
Who rules, obeys,
Or saves, or slays—
All, all are gems
In Heaven's crown,
Which flash by light
Lent, not their own I

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A8TR0L0BT /VW RI8IH0 STARS

THE WEATHER FOR EVERT DAT OF THE TEAR 1906.

PRICE ONE SHILLING—(30c.)

First Year] NEW YEAR, 1906 [of Publication

This Annual may, therefore, be regarded as The First Satellite

" A universal knowledge of Astrology would materially quicken evolu-

Stars and planets are ever rising, culminating, and setting—and

%\)t ^oroSEOp£ in tljfi %anZ>

(KircU of ttje ^obiac

INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR.

As the " Astrologer's Annual" is intended to appeal to all

Apr. 21 to May 20 TAURUS Apr. 21 to May 20

Here the special characteristics of Aries have become exhausted,

May 21 to June ao GEMINI May 21 to June 20

July 22 to Aug. 21 LEO July 22 to Aug. 21

Aug. 22 to Sep. 21 VIRGO Aug. 22 to Sep. 21

There have been marriages in connection with other signs, but

Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 SCORPIO Oct. 23 to Nov. 21

Having satisfied itself with the experiences of love, and tasted of

Nov. 22 to Dec. 20 SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22 to Dec. 20

Magicreaches out to a consciousness of the divine. Here begins

Dec. 21 to Jan. 19 CAPRICORN Dec. 21 to Jan. 19

Now is earth, melted in threefold fire, hardened by intense pres-

Jan. 20 to Feb. t8 AQUARIUS Jan. 20 to Feb. 18

Feb. ig lo Mar. 20 PISCES Feb. 19 to Mar. 20

By the Editor of " Modern Astrology

The horoscope of a nation is first represented by the nativity of

Sign Decanate Nation Sign Decanate Nation

The signing of this treaty caused much disturbance both in

Total Eclipses of the Sun

" fat tbe IBenefit of ©tbers"

Simple Mag of fleabtnp horoscopes

The calculation of horoscopes is now a fairly easy matter, in the

A Zodiacal Arrangement of the Horoscope

on any part of the globe. We therefore proceed to study the second

The Nativity of His Majesty the King.

Ultra-Neptunian Planets.—Mr. G. E. Sutcliffe, in the Indian Times

An upholsterer living in Hampstead called on an astrologer in

This wonderful science was the means of bringing about a mar-

An old man, ninety-six years of age, lay at the point of death

Claudius Ptolemy, who flourished at Alexandria in the second

|Fate and IFortune as Hebealed bji tlje Bag and jHontb

Definition of a Crank.—" A crank is a person who will persist in try-

tSRbat is an ©rruUist? an5 ?)6!bat is tbe delation of

We often hear someone spoken of as an "Occultist." Many

®(l£ tSSeErtljir for <Eir£rjr 53 ag during il;£ ^rsr 1905

May June July Augdst

. September October November Dece mber

September will be October will be an November will be December will tend

A certain prince wandered a whole day in a vast wood ; and

Good and Bad

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