H. Spencer Lewis, Astrology And Tarot (1907)

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(Hr %fci*ie iJnKeu niiii H mu #r W irt %eeording to Dr. H. (Spencer Lewia* president o f the New York Instil ill# for Feyohioai the mlaaing fink of ast rol* >gy haa discovered* For many yenra Dr. l^ w si ha* devoted hiinaeif to in* veatigationa of occult n iiec«ii, astrology iw*tng among the number.

**Bill tip to mix or seven month* ago,* attid l>r. Lew*#, *1 had concluded tliat aa* trology urn an ^xftet eoienoo wan * fatkrp. •The trouble haa bw n that in dialing hor<»*rc>pea. aatrologera ruction by the day and hour of birth only. Th ai ia equivalent lo aaylng that two §ier*ona lioru fn the aaine day and hour will have aimitar ahar*ot*re and fortune*, whereaa mm know that twin# born only a few ininutee afmrt* are often entirely opp« In diapoaltion and have pursued widely different m r w i , This vaguetiena iiiui apparent ttioonal»teocy In astrology Ih due to the fact that the name o f every fn w rn really ptaya at* Important part In hiii latroaoope* •When I began to investigate aatrology flip thing which Impressed roe first waa the fo c i ilm t while the ancient Egyptians were acknowledged to have pkoed great im* portance upon a name in easting a boro: scope* modern aatrologer* paid little or no attention to it, Out o f 101* astrologers to whom I sent for readings not one consid­ ered my name in hie computations* "T h e more I studied ther more convinced I became that the system o f connecting name* with birth dates in cutting horo­ scope* known to the ancient Egyptian* m m the miming link whirl*, rediscovered, would change the astrology o f to-day from a thing o f glittering generalities to an ex* act ami tii*efut acienee. **From the Egyptians* you know, we have ait ancient astrological chart, which tiaa Ffon t ted the footi«lmtio» o f m itrm m m modem n&mr mud number a>atenia, In It the letter*

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"Then there aro the famous Egyptian arcuaoe* the relation *>f which to m*mlogy h&H puzzled both &*troiMg*ra and F#gyptologinte WAT *mee they were dkoovered.

^ T lit w are ^ veiity-eigh t of them, twenty* two arcane® and f ho t*aianoe minor. ! mOu m&h ta a hian>glyph or id^igraph, an nefrulogioal aigti, aad a letter, all o f which, it haa btsen nxx>gnixedf muat h ave H*7tne wtiiteoii n with each other, EgypLa% interpreted mime <>f the id eograph It oot difficult to do ; "For etaruple, here m a oopy o f the major an*ane nuiuber tune. It It* tliat o f the : V eil^ l Lamb. 11 iu*w i* that wiudoin has ; to be apt‘ealed to m every eircunmtance o f lift* If warnu one to tie dieereef, Kili»rit and cautious, for cntirai circurnatanoefi art1 at liand, "In the upper riptht liatid corner ia the j o f Leo, in the upper left ia the !#*t t r*r /. which in reckoned to be ffquivaJant It* our 7* ami abo to the sound o f Th, "M inor arr%ne number fit represent* the Biave o f ibf* Hword It warnu you to hewart* of mmte plotting. Below the ig u re are r h v w i e a l mimkm* which represent the third letter o f the alphabet and the mgn o f Aqunrtiia. " ! made a complete mudy of the seventymght aroanee I mattered the interpretatioiiH of their lueroglyphioa» and found junt thrnr c«mnertmn with every letter in the I a!pha***f, and every name that can be given a j w*i\-*on, ‘ H it if w u n 't until some M ven monthe ngo th it I hit n*tmn the ancient eyetem o f ! applying th* w*f*Jo*n o f the areane^ to n4tinloi|ieHi divination* Tiiat w a» the miea* ing tusk which, connecting the arience o f and numb^re with that o f the mar* an i p?anei*. fornipi o f the two a perfect* cof»*H!e:it whole, «H|noe then I hate felted thN ayatem wit?t the tu u*% of* hundreii o f oitien and |N%ople kn*»wn In history,and in not a eingle inatauce ha4 it hm n disproved Not only have event* been oorreetiy in beated in the j horo**opiM rh»i4 form *!, but the m%mt day ! a id hour of their it^ourren^-*. If in reasonable to believe that a nfnt&m which reads the pjMf 1*0^!irately in every instance may he safely afiplted to the future.

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The Sun New York, New York Sunday, March 17,1907 Second Section, Page 7 *1 mill m y right I w , ltnwm*«r, that fr»r the professional a«rro!og£er» who mutta hop>«<*o|*M fi>r $1 each* flu# dncovery will have little valu^, for ?h** wmplp renao.n that ifitvjc with rrm1** a* w*H ;h with bit rh «l # i f a full tiny w required for ra*fin*s a boro* % ** llv* tin* •ty-item event * m r be foretold yeur* in advance. Now I am a!*!!' to make unhesitatingly the following prediction in regard in ilit* central portion o f the I nited Htnfe*

"On the la*t dsy of A**gt**f *1815,at 3 P M . t!i«fcro mil! I*» tmc**e#M*ive lihookp, felt in all rh# iWitro! t o w , Thene qimk**e, <»r 4*' fif n* mill continue !* r nearly a *w k The earth will fin#* and fall, hug** flmuw w i l l *h<>ot upward for hundred* of fe**t> "The «u i* » *>f thin will be th* exploainna of natural *ca?* u*%t*d in th** ntunv mines The trouble will Hfart at a place along the Otii*»fUvi*r,n-**ut fifty raflmlielow Pittaburg. lit*' tintf will i r a ir there at 3 1* M and fh<e hut one ahock, but It will he terrific, cauiting rhe earth to sink nearly 200 feet at one tune. "The return eoverel will include iOO.OOO ainare milm. Pittalnirg wilt mnk 3*0 fe*t# hut *o H|r»wh* that fw lire* will loaf Af the month of the Ohio the ground will mnk hut three feet, “Inside of four ym m tine entire depree* •inn will fill with water* forming a vaat inland am. requiring T^cmoooooo.ooo cubic of wafer, Lotiiaville in f*articuiar will aink auddenly, leaving the building* almoaf it t& *?, Thia great aea will cover many of
*The aurnarne emtnta moat in the boro* poape of an individual, for he receive* ita ehararterlatlea doubly Hfirat* through the i&wa of inheritance* and «*condly on hit awn aoeount, hem u«e the m m * belong# to Silm In hia own right The firnt giren name ia of almost -**qual Im porfm ee t3 the aumame. and mtiat be apelled in full. Middle name* are not to 1m oonaid^ e l at all,

-The meaning of er<mry letter nf the al|»babei, the rliaraef^riaUe it girea ita hmrxr and the influeo^e it brlnga Into hla lifa are ai**wn in the aesventy-elght aratfiM, A paraon will aua^wi h m t if ha haa a nama which aigniflea the obaractariatlca and gifia moat approfj^rtata I# bia profession and state In life ‘ For example I*, according to the Egyn* ttan arcane** aignihee a gtxKl mem *ry for retaining a auooewlon of faota which have mentally claeeiHed in a certain order* K givea power to analyse clearly while aeetng a aubjeet aa a whole; to assemble facta mentally, and mm what part each playa in the entire pfot or oaee* and to Judge ibe relative importam*e of each, *N migniilea originality. O, a good memory^ H, aiubliornneee or doggedneaa. A m m m power of observation and oareful notation A name c*mpoa#i of theee lettem ther^ftire^ - nay l^onora—would be a j^erfeet name for a w©nrnu who wished ta «ticoeed in literature, “But umlen*tam tt I do not mean that by naming a child Lenora one would make tier grow up into a famou* autlmr, unlena it wa* born in a nign which gave her ia«te and ability In that line u rel="nofollow"> begin with. In I ihin m m It would draw aln>uf her all the I Influeiw^ee meet in harmony with her na~ ture and conducive io her happinewn, but j bestowed on one whoee natural inclinations were in an entirely different direction might haw juet the oppoalte effect, *W giree tlie ability of aaieemaoehip* the power to influence and oonvinoe with wordn. Walter would therefore Im a eplen* did name for a lawyer. William, on the other hand* la a name beet fitted for a man of mechaninal or engineering talent.

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in the name doe* not alter their influence on m charact er, though, o f cm irse.it do** on the <«rcer A letter used more than once will double it* lnfluen»*e. and ail the etter* necessarily m odify each other more or lens. "Thus, I Hrtid R signified *fubbornew* Sow. K giv<»* a nature for submitting not to flattery but to reason. Therefore a man with both the** letters in his name, while eitrem ely stubborn when convinced that ho is riffht, will give in Instantly to good reasoning. " I ) ha* a tendency to make a person very susceptible to flattery. B to produce hymerit* and to give a person an exagger­ ated ides of the importance o f a thing; to make one fanatim l O makes a person very preci-*e; if not offset b y quick, active letter*, slow, "John is the name fo r a man who directs large enterprises, not a* an active worker* but as an overseer He has an ability to control men and make them perform properly th«» duties he may not be able to turn hi* hand to. -p give* a fondness for mading, T a taste for mixing chemicals. 7, denote* gen* erostty, Q th*» opposite entire eeiiishno**, amounting to iniHerlme**, “ < ilancing h name will change one’s Hfe, tiecftiise ii will alter the entire |unit ion o f the planete in a horoscope, from the ’ cornerstone o f the char­ acter. It i* only when tnken in conjunction with the date and hour o f birth that a name can t e rvlicd u|>on •In applying rhi* new system it i* first nP,^«.rtary to num ler the letter* o f the nans* consecutively. I, 3, 3. t, Ac., and then m ultiply c.i«’ h number thus given a letter with that which represents it on the nld Egyptian chart. T h i« gives us a new set o f prophecies which belong exclusively to the individual poe»etwing the nanae. From the «um o f the number* thue found we get two new astrological circle* to apply to the horoscope "It. is a long and tedious process, referring constantly from the planets to the name

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and Miking e v e r y letter in a namx info consideration. O n w worked out. however, it if* possible to tell what bu*in*M* a p*m>n will »u<%eed in, what the present chance* of are. what frfenr I^ewi* i« at pr**ent preparing a chart according in hi* *y*tem . which he intend* to pr**ent to the W eather Bureau at Waehington. By mean* o f thi*. he *ay*, the predae weather majr he predicted far in advance and certain knowledge obtained o f a com ing w inter, epring or autumn in ample time to prepare for it intelligently.