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THE ASTROLOGER'S STUDY; Being Predictions of the Chief Events from Week to Week.

THE "merry month of May" is ushered in with some beneficial aspects, foremost amongst which will be recognised the irradiation of Aries by the benefic Jupiter, bringing joy to commercial enterprises, and many unexpected boons to private individuals, who are affected by the wanderings of that planet through his position at their birth. Yet is this but brief, for the baneful Mars is hastening to conjunction with Saturn in Aquarius, and many changes, particularly in legal matters, may be safely predicated. One who has long ornamented the judicial bench will feel the force of these impending influences, and bow to the decrees of his destiny. Heavy rains, and probably great inundations, will occur abroad, and on the continent the fall of some old building will create alarm and regret. The eclipse of the Sun on the 6th is an event that hath ever been deemed of moment in astrological predictions, and a full judgment will be given in our next. Never is the great luminary dimmed by the lunar shadow, but those in high station and of powerful influence suffer for the obscuration. There will be many to warn, and much to guard against.

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FRIDAY, May 2nd.-Changeable. Travel, and undertake new occupations.

WHAT IS LIFE?

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If there be one subject more universally interesting to the human species than another, it is perhaps that which suggests an inquiry into the very principle of our existence; that principle by which we live, move, and have our being, and which in animals and vegetables preserves their form, and produces in them the phenomena of growth, nutrition, and motion. It is true, indeed, these phenomena are governed by the same laws, but these laws are differently modified in every individual body. With vegetables, for instance, their laws are physical, and they cannot resist their vital functions. Provided air, warmth, and nourishment are afforded them, they cannot help living; and even if an animal should terminate his organic life, it is by moral, not physical impulse; and this renders the difference between living and lifeless matter so great. It is now our intention to inquire what is the cause of this difference. During the life of a body its identity is preserved; it grows, moves, emits heat, and so on; but as soon as death takes place, these phenomena cease, the body decays, and becomes subject to the laws of inanimate matter. This manifests the departure of something, which something we agree to call life; proved to exist from the impulse it lends to our bodies, by the manner in which it preserves those bodies from dissolution and decay by promoting their growth, nutrition, and reproduction.

The vital principle indicates design in both animals and vegetables, and this design is manifested by the process of growth, reproduction of parts, and many other vital phenomena. In the inferior orders of creation, a whole limb, or even the whole head, will be reproduced. In the division of earth-worms it has been found that every piece will produce a perfect worm in a few weeks; and polypi, as is well known, require only to be cut to pieces to increase and multiply. The result of these experiments, then, seems clearly to prove that life is a general thing, capable of being divided and multiplied, reduced and increased, precisely in the same manner as any other species of matter. If life were an unity in every individual body, how could one body be multiplied into two bodies, and each of these become as perfect as the slips being transferred to the soil, one tree shall be multiplied original ? This is equally apparent in vegetation, where, by to a great number of trees. During the whole life of bodies, this phenomenon of design goes forward. When a body is perfect,

SATURDAY, May 3rd.-Fair, but cooler. Physicians may be nothing but growth and nutrition go on; but as soon as a member consulted. Avoid quarrels.

SUNDAY, May 4th.-Cloudy at night. Woo thy love; old folks will favour thee.

MONDAY, May 5th.-Warm and showery. making experiments.

Dangerous for TUESDAY, May 6th.-Genial growing weather. Very evil for

all matters.

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or other part of the body is removed, another member or part of the same kind as the original is produced in its stead. Nay, in some cases, as when polypi, worms, and zoophytes, are divided, nature, through the agency of the vital principle, finds it easier, or more conducive to her purposes, to multiply the pieces into animals or vegetables of a similar kind, rather than merely endow the original body with its former perfection. It is worthy of remark, however, that the properties of life are subject to different modifications, the life of one animal being different from the life of another, animals being different to the life of vegetables, and so on; for if this were not the case, and if the vital principle did not possess the power of preserving its own identity, and, consequently, the identity of the body, horses might become flies, elephants toadstools, sheep mulberry-trees, and man himself might become a black-beetle. This modification depends upon its elementary constitution and adaptation to the body into which it is infused; a constitution that was probably determined at the without a change first taking place in the vital principle; but if that be changed, a change in the body seems to immediately follow. This change constitutes a pre-disposition to disease or to health, and the operating causes of the change may be food, air, or climate. Hence we find, in different countries, men and animals, all of one common stock, so different in their present aspect, that it is difficult to trace in them any of their former features. Life, then, is differently modified in different beings.

THE ULTIMATE PERFECT.-If, when pondering upon human discoveries and inventions-the excellence of human wisdom-creation. Nothing like alteration can take place in the body the power and capacities of the human mind, and on the strength of the human intellect-we can think how incomparably superior is the divine, and can see all things tending to a common centrethe ultimate perfect; if, as the human soul labours and longs for final bliss, and the human mind thirsts for further information, as we toil and groan in the acquisition of human knowledge, and as we contrast the ignorance of human wisdom with the omniscience of the Omnipotent, we can look steadily forward with the eye of an unwavering faith towards the high destinies of our being-thus piercing the veil which slows the future from the gaze of mortal ken-we shall assuredly catch some glimpses at least, how faint soever they may be, of that consummation of wisdom and happiness which shall fill the soul to overflowing in the regions of immortality.

Our being able to exist in atmospheric air is not a proof that air is the supporter of life, for it is not beyond the pale of possibility that heat or light may be that supporter; but when we consider that the atmospheric air is universal, and that heat and light are not constant, it amounts to a probability that it is the supporter of life, because every living being lives in it; going

further, if we find that the absence of atmospheric air invariably destroys life, we have an absolute proof of its being the supporter of it. The exhaustion of the vital principle may take place from two causes-first, from an obstruction of the atmosphere in the body, and secondly, from a want of power in the vital principle to convert the vital elements into life. Life is the principle which is preservative of the body, and the negation of this principle is death.

But let it not be supposed, that in attempting to bring the principle of life down to a tangible substantiality, we have wished to advance or uphold the cold-hearted doctrines of materialism. Far from it, we have only endeavoured to throw out a hint that might be more voluminously and successfully followed up for tracing pathologically the sources of such diseases as afflict the human frame. No one has calmly gazed upon the dead form which once he called his friend, without feeling that the clod of earth that rang upon the cloth covering of the coffin tolled a knell that shut out everything but thought None but a fool or a madman would deny the glorious immortality of the prisoned soul. But to inquire into the means by which we live surely cannot be presumptuous or profane. Let us wander forth into churchyards, where the heaving turf around us is instinct with what once was LIFE, and see now how low lies ambition-how pulseless is theheart that once throbbed with the dearest attributes of affection-how cold is the hand we once pressed in ours. Where is the spirit that once warmed that clod of earth? Gone to that bourne whence, indeed, no traveller returns. The wife, whose presence inade our home a paradise, is here without aught save a memorial, engraven as such memorials should be-in stone-to bring her again to our imagination. The etherial spark has fled, the veins are now collapsed, the eyes lustreless, the once warm bosom food for the grovelling insects of the soil. Shall we look for her here? No! let us gaze upon the blue expanse that stretches from horizon to horizon above us. There shall we find her in a home beyond the stars-"where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest."

Truly, indeed, has the poet described life as a brief-for some, alas! too brief-a period.

"Between two eternities,

That comes we know not how, and goes we know not whither;
Held without thanks, and given when oft we know it not.
A thread extended whilst we sleep; and valued least
When most required. A dream of mingled hope
And cankering care, that guiles us for awhile
With pleasing visions, till it snaps itself,
And breaks off in the midst."

The fact is, we treat Death, who is our best friend, as if he were our greatest enemy. We clothe him in imaginary terrors, and talk of him as a being who is to be shunned; make him the bugbear of our existence, and then wonder why he is so revolting to the mind of man. The bony fragments of humanity, the grisly scull, and broken jawbone, have no more to do with us, alive or dead, than the coat we pulled of on Saturday night to put on a better on Sunday morning. And yet these are called, forsooth, the images of death. They are no more entitled to be called so, than the walking stick we clutch in our finger is entitled to be called a tree, because it once formed part of an oak. The etherial spirit, the vivifying element is gone, exhaled, evaporated; the coarser clod alone remains, dull and insensate, with which living humanity has no more right to be identified, than it has with the senseless marble beneath which it lies. Let death be feared less, and let our lives be feared more.

LOVE.-Love is the rose of flowers, the diamond of gems, the honey of sweets, the nectar of wine, the sun of light, the melody of sound, the bliss of feeling, and the life of life.

PAPER AND PRINTING.-The discoveries of the modern arts of paper-making and of printing have created a moral revolution throughout the universe, whose effects already experienced we cannot regard without amazement and admiration, and whose future consequences, in the enlightenment of the mentally darker portions of our globe, and in the promotion of the highest happiness of the human family, it were impossible that we should predicate without presumption.

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atmosphere, caused by a separation of the latent heat from the
CLOUDS are collections of aqueous vapour suspended in the
progress that science has made, the remote cause, or first prin-
water of which the vapour is composed. Notwithstanding the
ciple, of the formation of clouds still remains a matter of doubt.
potent agent in all the great operations of nature; and we have
It is now generally admitted that the electric fluid is a most
the authority of Beccaria for saying that to this fluid the forma-
tion of all clouds, whether of thunder, rain, hail, or snow, may be
attributed. Even this learned author, however, admits that his
theory cannot be strictly and fully proved, nor has the severest
scrutiny of scientific experiment, up to the present day, thrown
that clouds contain an immense mass of electric fluid, and that
any satisfactory light upon the subject. Certain it is, however,
from hence arise those terrible and destructive phenomena which
we so commonly witness in the shape of thunder storms.
uses of clouds are to refresh and fertilise the earth by means of
rain, without which the whole surface of the globe would be a
earth from the scorching rays of the sun, which, even in spite of
mere desert. They also form a kind of screen to protect the
their intervention, we often find so powerful as to destroy every
kind of vegetation.

The

the most certain prognostications of the weather; and, although
We find, from the science of meteorology, that clouds afford
it would be extremely difficult, and perhaps, impossible, to make
such a classification of these prognostics, as to include the various,
the subject, still there is no reason why it should not be more
and oftentimes fanciful, opinions that have been entertained upon
rationally treated, and so rendered both entertaining and in-
structive to the general reader. As the proximate cause of rain
or snow, clouds have in all ages been regarded as affording the
most certain and direct intimation of approaching changes,
and there are, perhaps, few persons, from the scientific to the
most ignorant, who are not conscious of having frequently looked
to the appearance of the clouds, in order to form some opinion or
conjecture respecting the future state of the weather. The cele-
brated philosopher, Howard, after devoting many years to the
study of this subject, at last formed a nomenclature of clouds,
indication of weather; thus :-
with their various forms and modifications, and affixed to each its

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I. CIRRUS.-A cloud resembling a lock of air, or a feather. of their increase. This cloud, our author observes, is always the Parallel fluxions, or diverging fibres, unlimited in the direction least dense, and generally the most elevated modification of clouds

sometimes covering the whole face of the sky with a thin transparent veil, and at other times forming itself into distinct groups of parallel threads, or fluxuous fibres. Its height is from three to five miles above the earth's surface. It is generally found to be an indication of wind. When formed into horizontal sheets, with streamers pointing upwards, it indicates approaching rain; with depending fringe-like fibres, it is found to precede fair weather.

II. CUMULUS.-A cloud which increases from above, in dense, convex, or conical heaps. This cloud is generally of dense structure, appearing after a clear morning, increasing from above, tude, a pile of irregular hemispherical clouds. This takes place where its surface is convex; and forming, at its greatest magniearly in the afternoon, about the time of the greatest heat; and this case, it is an indication of fine weather. gradually diminishes towards evening, when it disappears. In

III. STRATUS.-An extended, continuous, level sheet of cloud increasing from beneath. This cloud is of moderate density, and comprehends those creeping mists which arise from valleys and lakes in calm evenings. It frequently disappears in the morning, and is then an indication of the finest weather.

IV. CIRRO-CUMULUS.-A connected system of small roundish clouds, placed in close order or contact. This is formed by the

descent of the cirrus, the oblique, denser tufts of the latter changing into the spheroidal form, when the cloud assumes the appearance of a ball of flax, with one end unwound or flying out. The cirro-cumulus sometimes consists of distinct beds, floating at different altitudes, the clouds appearing smaller and smaller till they are lost in the blue expanse. It is most frequent in summer, and, when permanent, affords one of the surest indications of increasing temperature and fine weather.

V. CIRRO-STRATUS.-A horizontal, or straightly inclined sheet, attenuated at its circumference, concave downward or undulated. Sometimes we may see whole groups, or patches of clouds, having these characters. The cirro-stratus assumes various appearances, from its being frequently connected with other modifications. By itself it is always an attenuated sheet, or patch of an uniform, hazy continuity, when viewed over head, and of great apparent density towards the horizon. In this state it gives rise to the phenomena of halos, mock suns, &c., and indicates depression of temperature, wind, and rain. Sometimes it alternates with cirrocumulus, and then the prognostic is doubtful. It is frequently seen resting on the summit of high hills, and in this state has been long regarded as foreboding rainy weather.

Lastly, says Mr. Howard, there are two modifications which exhibit a compound structure, viz.

VI. CUMULO-STRATUS.-A cloud in which the structure of the cumulus is mixed with that of the cirro-stratus or cirro-cumulus, The cumulus flattened at top and overhanging its base. It is that fleecy cloud which is sometimes observed to settle on the summit of a cumulus, while the latter is increasing from beneath. It usually prevails in the completely overcast sky, and apparently without regard to temperature, as it is found to precede either a fall of snow or a thunder storm. Before the latter, it is frequently to be seen in different parts of the horizon, rapidly swelling to a great magnitude. Its indication is doubtful, and must be determined by the prevalence of the other modifications that accompany it.

VII. THE NIMBUS.-A dense cloud spreading out into a crown of cirrus, and passing beneath into a shower. The nimbus generally appears in the form of a dense inverted cone of cloud, the upper part of which spreads in one continuous sheet of cirrus to a great distance from where the shower is falling. When the total evaporation of the cloud that remains after the shower takes place, it is reckoned a prognostic of fair weather. When the nimbus appears by itself, it generally moves with the wind, but when formed in the midst of cumuli, it sometimes moves in a contrary direction. This is often the case with thunder showers.

It is from the inequalities of the light and shade, displayed by clouds, that we derive all our notions respecting their apparent dimensions in space, and also of their great irregularities of form. Composed probably of vesicles capable of interrupting, in some degree, the passage of light, the manner in which they are disposed, as different circumstances of temperature and humidity prevail, must necessarily produce masses of very great diversity of form, and as the causes themselves are for ever varying, their figures must be perpetually changing; and hence it is that the most expert artist, when endeavouring to delineate a beautiful cloud, finds its figure and very character altered in a single instant of time, and whilst he is seeking only to catch the general attributes of a cloud, the shadows and brilliant points it displayed are totally changed what was light is become darkened, and parts that were shrouded in shadow are now adorned by the rays of a glowing sun. All these phenomena are to be classed, however, among the illusions which the atmosphere so constantly presents. The face of the sky, the ærial landscape which delights us with its lovely forms, its snowy palaces, and its torrents of light, is, indeed, at best, but a deceptive picture, and should be contemplated somewhat in the spirit of geometry. The same cloud which to one spectator may be glowing with light, to another may be enveloped in shadow. That which appears to be its summit may be only a portion of its anterior edge, while that which seems to be its lower bed, may really be a portion of its posterior border.

To the foregoing prognostications we may add the following additional results of observation and experience :-A red sunset without clouds indicates a doubt of fair weather; but a fine day may be expected after a red sunset in clouds. A watery sunset, diverging rays of light, either direct from the sun or from behind

a cloud, is indicative of rain. After a dull, black sunset, rain may be expected. The changes of the moon produce greater effects than at any other period. With a clear, silvery aspect, fair weather may be expected. A pale moon always indicates rain; a red one is the forerunner of wind. Much lightning in the night, especially if it be of a pale colour (either with or without clouds), announces unsettled weather. The Aurora Borealis is most likely to appear in changeable weather, from good to bad, and from bad to good.

Thus much relative to the clouds as prognostications of weather, a subject which we cannot dismiss without remarking that, however sceptical some persons may be respecting it, the remarks and observations we have made and quoted are founded on the most careful scrutiny and experience; and, therefore, such observations should not be rejected as the emanations of a fanciful brain, simply because we are not wise enough to discover the hidden secrets of nature from which peculiar appearances, or other phenomena, may arise. The world are somewhat in nubibus in all such speculations, it is true, but that is no reason why we should shut our eyes to the sunshine that may be thrown upon this subject by "cogitations concerning clouds."

THE ORACLE OF DESTINY.

In which all Questions from Correspondents are answered gratuitously, in accordance with the true and unerring principles of Astrological Science.

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TO OUR QUERISTS.-This department of our work involves the solution of "horary questions," so called from a figure of the heavens being erected for the hour in which the question is asked, and from the indications manifest in which the corresponding answers are derived. It will, therefore, be absolutely necessary for all correspondents to specify the exact hour and day on which they commit the question to paper for important feature of the starry science will necessarily occupy considerour judgment, and the replies will then be given accordingly. As this able time which he is willing to devote, without reward, to benefit the public, THE ASTROLOGER hopes that the liberality of his offer will profrivolous subjects, or who are merely actuated thereto by motives of idle tect him from the correspondence of those who desire adjudication upon and foolish curiosity. All subjects on which they may be really anxious, can be solved with absolute certainty; and the election of favourable periods for marriage, speculation, or commencing any new undertaking to week. All communications addressed to "THE ASTROLOGER" will be with advantage, will be cheerfully and readily pointed out from week considered as strictly confidential, and the initials only given in the oracle.

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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

NOVICE.-There is nothing in astrology, if properly investigated and understood, at all at variance with the received doctrines of revealed religion. The same attractive power which draws towards it the waters of the globe, and bids the ocean follow the courses of the sun and moon, will equally influence all other fluids, and particularly the susceptible medullary matter of the brain. The slightest protuberance of the one is evidently to be traced to the same cause that forms the inequality of the other. Tidal influences are daily exemplifications of the way in which the brain is formed at birth, and philosophers must at last fly to astral operations as the only clue to the different dispositions and endowments of individuals. Phrenology is but the daughter of Astrology.

JAMES SN.-Had affection been all that was required, you would have wedded long before this; but matrimony will ultimately be your lot, when it will be accompanied with advantage to yourself. The tax imposed by correspondents on our time is considerably lessened by the transmission of such letters as your own. THERESA B.-Your second letter has been just received, and it is only noticed here to afford us the opportunity of disclaiming all intentional neglect. Astrological deductions are derived from intense study and careful calculation, and consequently are works of time. Every communication is delivered, with seal unbroken, into the hands of the Astrologer, whose honour and secrecy may be confidently relied upon, and, therefore, no hesitating doubts can possibly arise.

A READER AND DISCIPLE.-The horary scheme indicates much good to the querist from the intended application. Lawyers will ever be the chief sources of your anxiety, and you should shun their influence. Regrets, though unavailing, seem in one quarter to have followed the malevolent attacks to which you have most unjustly been subjected. VERAX. There is a speculation afoot in which you either have been or soon will be solicited to join. By so doing you will reap immediate fame and ultimate profit.

LAWRENCE.-Advertise, and you will obtain one, though not directly through that source; it is but the means to an end. Speculations are not advisable. You would mar rather than make your fortune by gambling. See notice in our last.

J. S. SANDERS.-A commercial enterprise, entered into with caution and governed by prudence, would appear, from the figure, most likely to increase your resources. Any purely agricultural investment would fail; and do not build, or the loss of all must ensue.

S. WALL.-The result of the action at law will be in favour of the plaintiff, but we can hold out no certain hope of success in the other. IMUN. The tattered state of the nativity has caused some difficulty in deciphering the directions, but we judge that your pecuniary embarrassments are now approaching a termination, and that satisfactory arrangements will be made, although not unattended with much delay and difficulty.

J. X. Q.-The letter was received after the answer had been given, but future wishes shall not remain ungratified. The recovery of the property will take place after considerable trouble and anxiety, but it will be ultimately ceded to you as the right owner.

A. M. A.-You are silently adored by one who is an eligible suitor, but your disposition is too fickle for any attachment to be permanent. J. H. J-Your future life will be much happier than the past, but do not throw on one side those opportunities of bettering your condition which you have done. Changes of residence will be frequently your lot, and matrimony will lead to a better prospect of advancement in

life.

THOMAS D.-You will not only be continued in the same capacity, but an increase of emolument may be anticipated in the course of the ensuing summer.

SAMPSON.-You have been the object of envy as well as hatred. Be wary of forming new friends or forgetting old ones.

W. R. H.-You will be very shortly in a superior position, arising from interest that has been taken on your behalf, and which will place you in a mercantile establishment, where attention and industry will be all required to destroy all fears for the future.

INGRAM. Yes, you will have your wishes gratified, and, by the end of May or beginning of June, may anticipate a settled abode.

The

C. HARVEY.-You shall not be forgotten. The difference of one hour in the birth will materially alter the time when the directions fall, but twins have invariably the same predispositions for good or evil. course of events will be in each case influenced by the same causes, but in one instance they will fall later than the other. THE WANDERER.-You have given the day but not the hour of birth, which it is necessary to have before all the questions can be answered. Your artistic qualifications, if perseveringly improved, would bring immediate profit to the purse, but no ultimate prosperity. Do you know anything of the art of engraving on wood? It would be best suited to your tastes.

E. SPOONER.-You have mistaken the tendency of some of our remarks, particularly those alluding to the influence of names. If our correspondent would take the position of editor for one week, he would readily find valid excuses for what seems apparent neglect. "THE ROSICRUCIANS" will appear in the next number. The pamphlets have been perused with pleasure.

R. J. In the multiplicity of our correspondence, the first letter has been mislaid, but we will seek it anew, and give the remaining solutions our earliest attention. The two monthly parts have been now published some time.

T. C.-Your future fate will be manifestly more propitious than the past, but you will owe no benefits to relationship. Matrimony will link you with a fair girl, blue eyes and light hair, of pleasing manners, and amiable disposition.

Y. Z. A.-The prize will be gained. The success of the second matter is problematical, but unquestionable honours will attend the third and legal question. A private communication could only answer the last.

I. T. S. (Southsea).-The answer was written for our ninth number, but omitted for want of room. It was to the effect that we entirely concurred with the judgment you had yourself formed. No application of the kind mentioned could be considered as an intrusion.

J. A. A.-The subject would be one not suited to our columns, and, there. fore, we must decline, although in the spirit of the articles proposed we fully concur.

AMICUS.-The Astrologer much regrets that he cannot fully comply with the requests contained in the letter, for the daily-increasing demands upon his time materially abridge the extent of his courtesies in length, although in space they are diffused throughout the kingdom. You shall, however, in this instance, have any particular question satisfactorily decided.

Many letters have been received with signatures of such a complicated and carelessly-written character, that it has been found impossible to decipher them after the solution has been calculated, and conse. quently the querists have only themselves to blame for their want of egibility.

RECEIVED.-SILVESTER (Yes, if you avoid temptation).-ISAAC W. (Hope to the last).-SAGITTARY [Brighton] (Accept the proffered service. You will remove).-AMINTUS (it is doubtful).-S. MORGAN (See our early numbers).—FLORENCE (expect it not).-EMURE (we have received the tattered fragments of a nativity. For what object were they sent ?).-A. M. Z. (No).-H. G. B. (Within a month).-LEORA G. (You will see him again, but another attachment is forming).-SUSAN KING (You are not anxious enough).-EMILY BURGESS (Yes, but not so ardently as you wish).-SUSAN HARRY (Your inconstancy will forbid it).-S. A. CLARENCE (It is doubtful).-M. P. W. (Cannot say).— MARY JANE M. (Wait and learn).-HoмO (A. S. S.).- KIRK (We will consider the request).- A REGULAR SUBSCRIBER (You will succeed through a friend).-A. B. (At most of the metropolitan minor book. sellers).-- AMATOR (She does not) -Eco AMA (Your project would be attended with moderate success, but we cannot look upon it as advisable) -J. DOVE (We will give the figure attention).-WM. DE GREENWELL (Send us the article. It is our intention to publish the intelligence forthwith).-Wм. K. G. (Wait, and wiser grow).-E. BOND (We will calculate and communicate).-M. Y. (The party alluded to appears to be otherwise engaged, but her nativity alone could decide). -W G. C. (A mechanical employment). C. F. (Time of birth required).-E. H. (It is, but an unexpected circumstance will alter the result).-MARIANNE E. (It would be advantageous, but do not trust too far).-E. D. (You will have some time to wait).-MATILDA RICH (Write for an explanation).-H. H. C. (The darkest of the four mentioned). -MARIETTE B. (It would seem to portend estrangement from his affections).-MARY (The chancery cause is not worth renewal, but increase of property will result from relationship).-M. H. Y. (You must wait a few days).-V. E. J. (When you leave, another situation will soon be offered).-ANN (You have a husband in view at the present moment, but do not marry until circumstances improve, which will be the case before long).-M. CG (The answer is in course of calculation).-H. V. S. (No pecuniary benefits will be derived from the source anticipated).- A. H. (One question at a time we should think sufficient). --W. T. B. (The journey will be attended with success. The love is not returned).—S. S. A. (Yes).-CONRAD (You and your friends must have patience).-E. E. (You will hear from him again).—JANE BRIGHT (He will deal in wood)-MARIAN CLIFFORD (In your twenty-seventh year). BIANCA (You will live single).-Others in our next.

The great increase in the number of letters we now receive weekly, renders it imperative on the "ASTROLOGER" to remind his corre spondents that real anxiety, and not frivolous curiosity, must prompt the questions. A little delay is necessarily occasioned: but all querists may rely upon being answered in their turn. The trifle charged for this work is, we need not say, wholly unremunerative, and it is only by recommending it to their friends that our querists can repay us ultimately for the time bestowed on their letters. The congratulations and good wishes we daily receive will stimulate us to increased exertions; and to the rapidly-increasing friends we are gaining throughout the country, this general acknowledgment of their kind courtesy and co-operation must be held sufficient. All subscribers should hasten to complete their sets without delay, as the great demand for back numbers will soon cause a reprint, when an extra price must be charged. Any newsvender or bookseller will obtain them, if ordered, and, should any difficulty occur in getting them, all applications to our Office, as below, will be promptly and punctually attended to. Numbers 1 to 11 are now ready.

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MESMERIS

JA STROLOGY

IN the imperishable and immutable essence of the human soul there exists a power of ideality which
seems to have escaped the notice of metaphysicians generally. It is that power of re-creating, as it
were, the forms and images that have ceased to come tangibly before the eye of the experimentalist,
and which appear, under certain favourable influences, as mental apparitions of the Past. There are
two different phases of dreams: one, in which objects and ideas are indiscriminately, and oftentimes
absurdly, commingled; and the other, when a distinct object, or idea, is palpable alone, without
extraneous interruption occurring. The first invariably takes place at night-that mysterious time
when the senses are either wholly benumbed or but half-awakened, to bewilder the brain with their
semblance to reality; and the second in the broad noon of day, even under the full glare of summer
sunshine, when events and images that have excited us "long, long ago," play a new part in the busy
drama of remembrance. It is to the latter that we would chiefly turn our attention. He who has
truly loved-he who has now throbbing in his blue veins the tumult of a first affection-will be at no
loss to conceive how vividly the portraiture of one dead or distant will flash upon the mind with
lightning intensity, when the remembrancer is lost in reverie. Aye, even though tottering age has
crept on, almost unperceived, with grey locks and faltering pace, the thoughts will return to the hot
youth of life, and evoke the passions of the past with a vividness of colouring that might almost make
us cease to regret the loss of the Rosicrucian's restorative elixir. The vermeil hue of the moist, rosy
lips, we pressed so fondly and fervently to our own; the chestnut locks of hair that clustered in
flowing curls around the ample brow; the full, large, lustrous eyes, that beamed our love-gaze back
-these, and a hundred other associations connected with the one adored return-the pole-stars of our
memory-to assure us that a mirror still lies latent in our hearts to reflect the bright and beautiful of
the bygone. We love, and the object loved remains-an undying creation; entwined with our
existence, and probably-might we not add certainly ?-passing with us into futurity. Now urging
us to achieve fame in the field of laudable emulation, now consoling us under the hard trials of
misfortune, and anon soaring with us into the realms of a higher and purer world, where Love is the

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