The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE TANK spiritual does not destroy their reality and the truth of their mutual relation, but rather confirms it. Shallow thinkers always seem to be obsessed by the stupidity that if anything is a shadow, dream, illusion, it ceases to exist. The rules of dreams are just as rigid as the rules of mathematics. You cannot do anything you like with a surd merely because it is an ‘impossible’ or ‘imaginary’ quantity. It is such booby traps that catch such asses in lion’s skins as Mr. Bragdon. O. M. Oertviz’s AstrotocicAL Birtupay Boox. By Leo Bernarr. J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Co. Price, 75c. In the preface Mr. Bernart correctly states that the exact date and hour of birth are necessary to delineate a horoscope. Yet he publishes a book which attempts such a delineation on the birthday alone. Now, the birthday tells the astrologer nothing but the position of the sun in the zodiac at the time of birth, and this po- sition varies to a small but sufficient extent in different years. This is indeed di- vining Hercules not merely from his foot, but from a big toe which may not be his at all. The error is often amusingly illustrated in the book itself. For ex- ample, Wm. T. Stead and Admiral Farragut were both born on July sth. On July 11th, John Quincy Adams and Wanamaker. This happy combination is told, “You are a good mimic and have a singing voice. You are not as fond of literary and scientific pursuits as you should be. You prefer the lighter side of life, which is all very well in its way, but the serious side must have its innings also.” On July 23rd, Mr. Bernart tells Cardinal Gibbons that he is religious but not orthodox. It is also new to me that the Cardinal ‘likes candy to an unusual degree.’ A great many of these delineations are evidently taken straight from the peo- ple who are mentioned as being born. For example, October 22nd, “You are emotional and dramatic and would make a success upon the stage in all probabil- ity,” which is Sarah Bernhardt. And on Nansen’s birthday, “You have romantic ideas in youth which probably express themselves in seeking for lost or buried treasures or in exploring underground passages or little known caves.” On Ed- ward VII.’s, “You have a brilliant career before you.” “You are fond of the world.” “You have a great deal of tact and diplomacy.” “You are fond of the good things of this life.” “You are fleeting in your affections, and will have a good many love affairs in your life.” However, “you are eminently domesti- cated.” Sometimes it is rather funny. Literary ability on Conan Doyle’s and Marie Corelli’s birthdays. Poetic talent on that of Ella Wheeler Wilcox!!! Enough has been said to show the absolute worthlessness of this slipshod method of dodging the trouble of doing astrology. Cor Scorpronts 295