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ASTROLOGY:
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America's Prophet of Astrology
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Incredible as it may seem, astrology was persecuted earlier this century
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in the Western World. England's Alan Leo had to pay œ30 in fines and court
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costs in 1917 (ca. $1,500 today). But an American contemporary fared much
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better.
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It all started in 1899, when with Saturn and Uranus transiting her M.C.,
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Jersey City born and Boston resident Evangeline Adams decided it was a good
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time to move to New York City. She read the chart of the owner of the hotel
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she planned to stay in on March 16 and predicted imminent disaster. On St.
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Patrick's Day Warren Leonardi's Windsor Hotel burned to the ground. He
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admitted she had predicted it; the press headlined it; Ms. Adams was on her
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way to fame.
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That was too much for the skeptics, and she was summoned to court on
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basis of an old state law equating astrologers with those "who pretend to
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tell fortunes."2
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She refused to have the case thrown out of court. Judge Freschi gave her
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the data for a chart to interpret; she accurately read the personality of
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his honor's son, and the judge cheerfully admitted that "the defendant
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raises astrology to the dignity of an exact science."3 Astrology now became
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legal in New York, then the nation's "trend setter." The defendant rejoiced:
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"I have Mars conjunct my natal Sun in the 12th house. I will always triumph
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over my enemies."4
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She now began to make a host of famous friends. Her Carnegie Hall studio
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in the heart of the city was visited by English royalty and the likes of
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Enrico Caruso, Mary Pickford and J. P. Morgan. In 1930 she started a thrice
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weekly radio program; mail poured in at the rate of 4,000 pieces a day. She
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surprised her public by turning down a travel tour for the fall of '32. Did
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she really know that she would then depart this plane?
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Her chart contains two patterns, indicator of an advanced ego, as also
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the fact that two of her New Age planets are angular.5 It is a Seesaw, two
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groups of planets separated by sextiles. She could view things from all
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sides. This is underscored by this also being a Full Moon map, bringing
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added awareness. All the more since the two lights are drawn even closer
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together by belonging to a ring (mutual reception of more than two planets)
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with Uranus, "patron planet" of the celestial science.
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Straddling the Ascendant is a cluster of seven planets compressed within
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94 degrees. This is the natus of a talented person uniquely drawn to the
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public. The Sun may be in the "weak" 12th house, but one way or another it
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is connected with all the other planets.6
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This is also a bucket Ä one planet at least a sextile from all others.
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It is Saturn, on the 9th cusp of the higher mind, dominating the entire
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chart, also co-ruler of the Sun sign and in a critical degree.7
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Ms. Adams was a highly disciplined lady. We must never lose sight of the
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fact that one's capacity for discipline reflects one's progress on the
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Path.8 Students of astrology must be truly disciplined, from within, for
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there is no control over them from without. Anciently, they were
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"regulated"; Daniel was a "master of. . . astrologers."9 But today, the
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astrological community prefers to regulate itself, but as newsman Paul
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Harvey repeatedly reminds his listeners regarding mundane matters: self-
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government without self-discipline won't work.
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There are diverse kinds of discipline. Our Lord in the Sermon on the
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Mount spoke of a discipline consisting of activity whose "rewards were
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wholly in secret. He spoke of prayer and giving,10 but the principle also
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applies to those who would use the wisdom of the stars to serve mankind. To
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do the utmost good, astrologers must continue to labor at perfecting their
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skill even if inclined to think they could "get by" with less, that "nobody"
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would know the difference. Not on earth, perhaps.
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But rivalling Saturn's strength in her chart is Neptune Ä ruler, final
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dispositor, in a critical degree, cardinal sign and angular house. It is
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also lord of the most occupied sign, Pisces, with three planets and the
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Ascendant, and natural ruler of the most heavily tenanted house, the 12th.
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Its sign is also that of the sign signature, indicating compassion,
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sympathy, and understanding. It is noteworthy that at her funeral the
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preacher did not dwell on her skill or fame; he "commented on Miss Adams'
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'love and understanding' of her fellow man."11
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Dale Carnegie, in his classic "How to Win Friends and Influence People,"
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claimed that sympathy and understanding is "what everybody wants."12 Of
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course it is no substitute for skill in reading the stars, but a necessary
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adjunct. The identical facts can be presented as encouragement or the very
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opposite. An author once admitted he felt better after a certain publisher
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rejected his manuscript with profuse apology than after another accepted the
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same grudgingly!
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Ms. Adams not only knew the planets and their screeds, she also
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understood people and their needs. In comparing her chart with that of her
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country we find that the two closest planetary links are her Neptune and
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Jupiter in Neptune's sign to the U.S. Sun; too, her Part of Fortune is in
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the same sign and degree as the U.S. Neptune. Her sympathy as well as skill
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made her what she was. p
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1. America's "Dean of astrologers" called her a "prophet" because "astrology
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to her was not so much a profession as a cause." The Guide to Horoscope
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Interpretation, Marc Edmund Jones, p. 84.
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2. My World of Astrology, Sydney Omarr, p. 73.
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3. Sydney Omarr, op. cit., p. 75.
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4. Astrology, Louis MacNeice, p. 196.
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5. Astrology: A Cosmic Science, Isabel M. Hickey, p. 130.
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6.In midpoint configuration with Mercury and Jupiter; nonagen (40 degrees)
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to Venus; conjunct Mars; in ring formation with Moon and Uranus; sextile
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Neptune; disposited by Saturn; square Pluto.
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7. Saturn's closest aspect is a challenging square to Mercury, which is
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widely conjunct Jupiter of expansion and growth, both in the sign of
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intuition, in the house of ferreting out secrets. Truly she was queen of her
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art.
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8. The Astrology of Human Relationships, Sakoian and Asher, p. 40.
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9. Daniel 5:11.
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10 Matthew 6:l-6.
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11. Louis MacNeice, op. cit., p. 198.
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12. How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie, pp. 189-195,
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paperback edition.
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