BROTJGHTON'SMONTHLY PLANET READER

AND

ASTROLOGICAL JOURNAL.Vol. 1. PHILADELPHIA, SEPTEMBER 1, 1860. No. 6.

Born Feb. 12th, 1809, at 2 h. m. A. M.

42 Broughton's Monthly Planet Reader.

NATIVITY OF THE HON. ABRAMLINCOLN.

Hon. Abram Lincoln was born Feb-

ruary 12th, 1809. After careful ex-

amination of his Nativity, we are of the

opinion that he was born near two o'clock

in the morning. Should we have ascer-

tained the correct time of Abram Lincoln's

birth, he was born under the planets Jupi-

ter and Saturn, as the sign Sagittary was

ascending at the above-named time ;and

xhe planet Saturn was in the ascendant.

Saturn in Sagittary describes a large per-

son, not stout, but raw-boned ;dark-brown

hair, good make, and rather dark in com-

plexion ; careful, choleric, and will not

bear an affront, yet willing to do good to

all : a lover of his friends and merciful to

enemies.

The Moon in good aspect to Jupiter,

will cause him to be of a good natured and

benevolent disposition, and very sociable,

and one that will be very popular and very

much esteemed among the poorer classes

of people. It will likewise cause him to be

of sound judgment, and of a practical turn

of mind. Saturn in the ascendant will

cause him to be of a plodding, thoughtful,

careful character, and one that will try to

provide something against a rainy day.

The planet Mercury having no aspect to

the Moon, will show that his mental abili-

ties are not of the highest order, and wemay venture to predict that he will never

become noted for his learning or scholar-

ship. But at the same time Mercury being

in good aspect to the planet Herschel, will

cause him to be of an original turn of mind,

and one that will think and act for himself,

and not care about following fashions, or

the rules of etiquette ; and it would cause

him to appear rather blunt or abrupt in his

deportment and language, and to have a

rather comical way of expressing himself.

As the Moon first makes an aspect to

the planet Mars, his wife is denoted by that

planet ; Mars in Libra describes a person

rather tell, well built, but not stout made,

rather light in complexion, light brown hair,

and oval face ;disposition cheerful, but

rather fond of dress and fine outside, of a

quick temper but soon over, fond of com-

pany, aad would be very much respected

both by male and female acquaintances and

friends. But on account of the Moon mak-

ing an evil aspect of Mars, they would n

live in the most happy manner in a marrulife. And it would indicate that he wououtlive his wife.

This Nativity would not indicate a ves

large family of children, but we could msay for certain how many ; we should sa

that they would have some five or s

altogether, but there would be much da:

ger of burying some of them when qui

young.Mr. Lincoln has a rather fortunate N

tivity for becoming popular, and for risk

in the world with care and industry. Bwe are sorry to say, that he has son

rather unfortunate aspects coming on, ai

that is the planet Saturn coming in squa

to his own place, and in opposition I

Mercury ; and the planet Jupiter in opp<

sition to the Sun's place ; all of whi<

aspects make us inclined to judge that 1

will be defeated this next coming Preside

tial election, and we think that it will 1

caused by some intrigue or politic

manoeuvers.

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONWe are still of the opinion that S. 1

Douglas, will be the next President ; £

though when we published our predictio:

in the August number of the Planet Readewe appeared to be alone in thinking th

he would ever be elected President th

next coming election. , And so far i

we could find out, his most sangui)

friends had not the slightest hopes of hi

succeeding. A great number of peop|

have hinted to us that we were of Doughparty, and that we had some self-intere

in making that prediction. But we migsafely say that the party has to be formi

that we should be willing to join, as t

never intend to give a vote under ai

circumstances. And we might cle

Douglas from having any hand in us makii

our prediction, by stating that he nevnoticed our letter, when we wrote to hi

to know his time of birth. So let our pr

diction turn out which ever way it wi

we have nothing to thank him for, or 1"

party either ; nor do we ever expect

have anything to thank any party for,

we never intend our little periodical

ever become a party tool, like many oth

papers.

Broughton's Monthly Planet Reader. 13

©El 111OR, THE ART OF FORETELLING EVENTS BY

LOTS OR TOINTS.

This curious art was form or)y in high re-

pute ; being a favorite science among the

monks and friars of the middle ages;who,

immured in the solitary gloom of their

abbeys and monasteries, stood in need of

some peculiar invention, that combined the

then universal desire for unveiling futurity,

with a recreation at once pleasant andamusing. Such advantages were speedily

discovered in the practice of Geomancy

;

added to which, where the inquirer is sin-

cere in his wishes, the universal sympathy30 prevalent throughout all nature, (aud

which not even the profoundest philosopher

of the present day can deny or satisfactorily

explain, except by admitting occult princi-

ples,) will seldom fail, to procure him a

rational and true answer.

The art or science of Geomancy consists

3f two parts, which, although distinct in a

manner from each other, are nevertheless

'ounded on, and produced by, the samesympathetic impulse. The first is termedSimple Geomancy ; and consists in judgingDf future events by the nature and proper-

ties of the sixteen figures or emblems, with-

out combination, by house, place, or aspect.

The other is termed Compound; as it

reaches the method of judging the correla-

tive contingencies of each question bymeans of aspects, houses, and emblematical

movements. This latter part is far morelifficult than the former ; and I shall there-

fore first initiate my readers into the prac-

tice of the former, or Simple Geomancy

;

is it cannot fail to afford many an hour's

rational amusement.I need scarcely observe, that books on

ihis subject are so extremely rare as seldomto be met with at any price.

The method of working the questions in

Greomancy consists in marking clown with

pen, pencil, or any other instrument, uponpaper, slate, or any legible material, a cer-

tain number of points, or dots, leaving the

precise number to chance ; and all the time

the inquirer is so doing, his thoughts mustivreWearnestly upon the matter upon whichhe wishes to be informed, with a fervent

wi-li (devoid of doubting as much as pble) to have a correct and tro

The ancients affirmed, that in thesec

an invisible spirit, or planetary

formly directed the hand of the qn< rist, .0

to form the mystic point.-; as to obtain thft

desired resolution of his query : but wheth-er or not this may be the ease, it is 1

certain that the thonghtc andsires of the mind have a wonderful control

over the nerves, muscles, and pnl

the body. This is seen plainly in

of timid, weak, and 'nervous persons, who.when writing letters, or sentenc

their feelings are more than usually

wrought upon, never fail to exhibit

of such mental irritation in their b

writing. But this fact, which is. I believe,

well known to every one, is more clearly

demonstrated by the following s&thple but

curious experiment, the truth of which I

can avouch from my own experience.

Sling a shilling or sixpence at the endof a piece of thread, by means of a loop,

or tie a ring thereto ; then, resting your

elbow upon a table, hold tightly the other

end of the thread between your forefingerand thumb, taking care that the thread

passes across the ball of the thumb (wherethe pulse lies,) and thus suspend the shil-

ling or ring in an empty goblet. Observeto keep your hand as steady as possible, or

otherwise it is useless to attempt the ex-

periment.

When the shilling or ring is properly

I

suspended, you will find it will for a moment1be stationary. It will then, of its own ac-

|cord, and without the least agency from

\the person holding it, vibrate like the pen-

I

dulum of a clock, from side to side of the

J

glass ; and, after a few seconds, it will

Istrike the hour nearest to the time of daat

1or night. For instance, if the tiro

! twenty-five minutes past six o'clock, ii

strike six; if thirty-five minutes past, it

will strike seven, and so on of any other

hour. It vtffll also strike any number youthink of: which latterproperty arises sole-

ly from the pulsation of the thumb, commu-nicating, by an occult principle, the desire?

of the mind to the nervous system. Butto what cause its striking the precise houris to be traced, as the author of ''Rational

Recreations" observes, '"remains unex-plained ; for it is no less astonishing than

44 Broughton's Monthly Planet Reader.

trne, that when it has struck the propernumber, its vibration ceases, it acquires akind of rotary motion, and at last becomesstationary as before."

NAMES OF THE SIXTEEN FIGUKES OFGEOMANCY.

o o

Acquisitio o Caput

o /

o oo Amissio Cauda

o o

o o

Rubens o Fortuna Major

o

Albus Fortuna Minoro

o oLetitia o Puella

O

O o

oTristitia Puer

oo oo Conjunctio o Via

o

o

ol

o

o o

o

Career

o o

o o

o o Populuso o

(To be continued in our next. J

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Nativity of the PRINCE of WALES.As the Prince of Wales is expected to

visit New York and other cities in theUnited States, while on his visit to theContinent of America

; and as some ofour readers may wish to know what theAstrologers have to say about England'sfuture King

; and as the enemies of As-trology have said that one Astrologer con-tradicts another, and that there is no sys-tem in their science, we concluded to insertverbatum the Nativity of the Prince ofWales, as calculated by W. J. Simmonite,only a few weeks after the Prince wasborn, and published in the " Monthly Mes-senger," for January, 1842, (a periodicalsimilar to the "Monthly Planet Reader,"published by the above-named author.)And then our readers can compare it withthe one calculated by Mr. Parker in 1860,which was eighteen years apart, and pub-lished in the " New York Weekly," forFebruary 23d, 1860 ; and in the "MonthlyPlanet Reader," for July, 1860.

Brouqhton's Monthly Planet Reader. 45

(From tho " Monthly Mc««on(,'or, " for January, 1M2.)

NATIVITY OF THE

I*HI NTC EJ OJF" ^WALES,November 9th, 10th hour, 48m,, A.M., 1841.

According to the figure which is erected

I the minute given by authority; this scion

the royal stock was born under the

inevolent star Jupiter, which star is in

irallel with Saturn and Mercury. Thein is Hyleg, or giver of life, and angular

10th house, but in square, a malignant

pect to Mars, who is in the ascendent

;

lich aspect I fear will influence his health

[ his life time, subjecting him to inflam-

atory and feverish complaints, pains in

e legs and arms. He will be near death

about the age of two years and a half.

at as the Sun is in semisextile of Yenus,id has also a mundane sextile of Jupiter

:ar the ascendant, I believe will be power-auxiliaries in preserving life If he

survive the age of three years, he may thenlive to sway the sceptre over these realms,

after he has been well experienced in the

uncertain things of this life.

The Prince is born under / and 11 onthe cusp of the first, which will render his

person tall and upright, oval face, complex-ion rather ruddy, hair brown, an intelli-

gent eye ; the O in * to % will give hima degree of pride, but will make him honor-able, just, and noble ; disposition courteous,

affable, and agreeable ; manners polite andaccomplished.

The Moon has a sextile aspect to $ ,

which will render the mind ingenious,

shrewd, quick, and of a clever turn. Mer-cury is in zodiacal parallel to X , which

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will make him fond of learning, poetical,

and as ? is posited, he will be a patronizer

of polite literature- The planet $ is also

in parallel with \ > which will incline him

to be serious, strong and profound in

opinion ; inquisitive, loquacious, studi-

ous, meditative, fond of employment.

Again as the D is in parallel with

$ , he will be fond of novel science, but

peculiar in his mode of treating art. Thenation will find in this royal branch a great

deal of native tact and talent. As % is in

his ascendent, I am afraid England will

frequently be involved in war during his

reign. From the position of $ in § to J) ,

I am also afraid ofgreat losses to the nation,

much turmoil concerning the raising of the

revenue ; also, from the situation of \ in oto D , he will be very subjected to misfor-

tunes and sorrows. Nevertheless, he will

be found a kind, benevolent, mild, and hu-

mane sovereign ; one studious of measurescalculated to benefit his subjects, and will

be found a proper pattern for the monarchsof the world.

May he live to reign over the British

Empire. God bless the Prince.

TRADITIONS OF FORMER TIMES.P&OGNQSTICATIONS FEOM THE MOON'S AGE.

Moon's Jge.

1st day. The child born is said to belong-lived. The dream true, and the

event satisfying.

2d day. The dream will be unprofitable.

The child born on this day grows fast.

It is a fortunate day for searching af-

ter remarkable things.

3d day. The dream good. The child

born this day is said to be fortunate

with great men or Princes.

4th day. Unhappy, evil, and perilous,

especially to those who fall sick. Thedream will not be effected.

5th day. Good to begin any work, or to

voyage on water. A good dream will

be effected and brought about ; but a

bad dream will have no meaning.

—

The child born this day proves a trai-

tor.

6th day. The fugitive shall be recovered..

Dreams suspended. The child bornwill, it is said, be short-lived.

7th day. The sick person whose sickness

began on this day shall soon be well.

The dream must be kept secret. Thechild born this day will be long-livec

and liable to trouble.

8th day. The dream true and certain

The child born long-lived.

9th day. The dream will turn out goocnext day.

10th day. The dream will be soon effected

The sickness perilous. The child borr

this day is said to be fated to long

life. The Q being Alchochodon.11th day. Here rules Babiel, enemy tc

dreams ; hence the dreams will be o:

no effect. The child born this dajshall be afflicted in traveling, and irre-

ligious.

12th day. The dream good and effective

The child ingenious and long-lived.

13th day. The dream true and effective

The child then born will be foolish oi

a zealot.

14th day. The dream shall be ambiguousdoubtful, and the effect suspendedThe child born this day will be an ex-

traordinary genius. His fate is ruled

by the demon or angel Cassiel, in the

hierarchy of Uriel.

15th day. He who falls sick this day il

shall be unto death. The dream true

Fortune indifferent. The child undei

$ , handsome, fair, and fortunate.

1 6th day. The dreams will be accomplishec

The child long-lived. 9 is said to be

Alchochodon.17th day. If this fall on a Saturday, it is

said to prove very unfortunate. Thedream not effected for three days.—The child born on this day is said tc

be unhappy.1 8th day. The dream is said to be true

and certain. The child, through mucllabour and travel, will come to higl

dignity and honours.19th day. Hiel rules. The day danger

ous. Dream forbodes ill fortune.—The child likely to prove mischievous;

or a thief.

20th day. The dream true. The child

as before, a cheat.

21st day. The day is said to be goodThe dream unprofitable- The chile

corpulent, strong, but a cheat.

22d day. Gebil rules. The dream is true

The child good, docile, and long-lived

23d day. The dream, nevertheless is false

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The child born this day will be de-

formed, but clever.

24th day. The dream of no effect. Thechild then born soft-tempered, andvoluptuous.

25th day. Unfortunate dream. Adversity

for the child then born.

26th day. Dream certain. The child,

when adult, will be rich and honoured.

27th day. A good day. The child fortu-

nate, bnt a great dreamer. Dreamsprevail.

28th day. The sick will die The dreambad, as the spirits are troubled with

religious whims. The child born this

day will die young ; and if it live past

five months, will prove a zealot, or anidiot.

29th day. Fortunate ; Raphael predomi-

nates. The child born long-lived, andfated to riches. Dreams true.

30th and last day. Unfortunate. Child

short-lived. The sick persons will

die. Cassiel predominates.

With respect to the foregoing traditions,

they are very ancient, and are therefore

curious. Their truth or falsehood may be

proved by observation —The days of the

moon's age may be known by the common-est almanac.

(Con'inueil from page 3t>, No 5.)

ASTROLOGY DEFENDED.The part of the sentence that we shall

examine first is "Fortune-telling by cards."

Perhaps in the first place it will not be amiss

to try to find out the meaning of the wordFortune-telling. But as we have never

seen that word in any Dictionary, or in anywork that gave a definition of its meaning

;

we must try to find out its meaning the best

way that we can. The word Fortune-tell-

ing is a compound word, and our readers

will see that it is composed of the words" fortune" and "telling." Our readers will

understand the definition of the word "tell-

ing" when we say that it is derived from the

verb " to tell," and means " to utter ; to

express ; to speak ; &c. But the defi-

nition of the word fortune is not so easily

arrived at : as its meaning appears to havevaried very much. For instance in someof the old Dictionaries we find that it means" adventure or chance ; that which hap-pens by chance ; luck ; &c*

Now when Mr. Bonner says " Fortune-telling by cards," if he meant, chance-tell-

ing by card, or telling by cards that whiohhappens by chance, or by luck ; we say, if

that be his meaning, we are both of oneopinion ; as we believe that to foretell that

which happens by chance ; either by cards,

by casting nativities or by any other methodis utterly false (or impossible) and an insult

to the majesty of Heaven, because we be-

lieve there never has been, never will be,

nor never can be anything " whichhappens by chance." To believe any suchthing is equivalent to denying the existence

of a God ; and to believe nature is governedby chance, or rather that there is no gov-ernment at all about it or in it ; but that

every thing which takes place, happens bychance : and that cause and effect is wordswithout meaning.

*See Bailey's English Dictionary, Publishedabout 1790, and Jones Sberidens improved

Dictionary, 1609.

(To be continued in our next.)

THE FATE OF THE NATION FORSEPTEMBER, 1860.

The full Moon from which we make ourpredictions for September, occurs on the31st of October, at 3 h. 56 m., A. M.,Philadelphia time, when the first degree ofLeo occupies the ascendant. The Sun is

I lord cf the scheme, and is near the cusp of

I the third house; and the benevolent planet

Jupiter is in the ascendant in the sign Leo,

I

which sign governs Philadelphia. The1evil planet Saturn has passed through Leo,and has just entered Yirgo. All of these

,

aspects indicates that business will beginI to prosper this month in Philadelphia, and

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money will begin to be more plentiful in

I

this city. Fires and robberies will not bej

so numerous, and the state of the public

health will improve. Philadelphia stock

!will rise in the market, and property in-

!

crease in value. Let merchants and bnsi-

:ness people make hay while the Sun shines,

\as Philadelphia will not always have Jupi-

|

ter in the ascendant.

Xew York still feels the evil effects of

the planet Mars in opposition to its ruling-

signs. Fires and robberies will be tooplentiful amongst them, and danger of

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much sickness and disgrace afflicting somejof the female portion of that city.

48 Broughton's Monthly Planet Reader.

California, Mexico and Texas, will feel

the evil effects of Mars in Capricorn, (whichsign rules those places,) and the Suncoming in square to that planet. Thingswill be in an unsettled condition in all these

places, and business will not be good withthem.

Saturn in Virgo will begin to afflict

Boston and the New England States.

Business falls off, and there will be a dis-

satisfaction among the people.

The planet Herschel in eleventh housein square to the Sun and Moon, will causemuch excitement and manceuverings amongthe political parties. Lincoln begins to

feel the evil aspect of Saturn in square to

his own place, which will make his star

begin to wax dim, and his party to lookblue. Douglas will begin to feel the goodeffects of Jupiter in the ascendant ; his

health will improve, and his prospects lookbrighter. Bell and Breckenridge have evil

aspects afflicting their Nativities, and their

prospects begin to look doubtful.

Affairs in Europe are in a very unsettledcondition. England is in doubts and fears

regarding Louis Napoleon ; but Francebegins to prosper again, as Saturn has gotout of Leo, and as Louis Napoleon has gotover several evil aspects in his Nativity, hebegins to be more popular ; and the benigninfluences beginning to operate, will enablehim to persue his path through the mazesof political difficulty and statecraft. TheSun to the right parallel of Jupiter in his

Nativity is coming on, and he will ere longfeel its benefits.

The Sultan of Turkey now feels the ma-lign influence of Saturn in Virgo ; his

government is beset with political troubles.

The Emperor of Prussia labors under evil

aspects. Let him be wary in his conduct.

BISHOP HALL, AN ASTKOLOGEBishop Hall was born July 1st, 5

A. M., 1574, with 5 degrees of °f on I

10th, and 1 degree of SI on the 1st.

The Nativity of this eminent divine mfound after his death in his pocket-bo<written by his own hand. He was comitted to the Tower, with eleven otli

bishops, when in the sixty-seventh yearhis age. He had then operating theC. 6 y; and the continuance of his i

prisonment is denoted by the lord of 1

1st, (©) in the 12th, which is the orluminary above the earth. His death hipened in his eighty-second year, under t

anaretic influence of © J)

.

" For in the Stars, clearer than is the glaIs written, God wot, whoso could it read,The dethe of every man withoutin drede.In Starrs many a winter there beforeWas writ the dethe of Hector, Achilles,Of Pompey, Julius, ere they were bore

;

The strife of Thebis and of Hercules,Of Sampson, Turnus, and of Socrates,The dethe ; but that men's witts ben so dThat no wight can well rede it at the full.

Chaucer.

Eev. Bobert Burton, an Astrologer.

This screwd scholar and excellent authorwas rector of Segrave, in Leicestershire,

and a Member of the College of ChristChurch, in Oxford. He was a zealousAstrologer, an accomplished scholar, and apious divine. He calculated his Nativity,foretold the time and manner of his death,which occured at the period, and in themanner he had predicted

; He was born in

1576, and died in 1640.

|y " The study of astrology itself,

professing to discover, by celestial phenmena, future mutations in the elements ai

terrestrial bodies, ought, perhaps, not to 1

despised. The theory of the tides, f

example, is altogether an astrological dotrine, and, long before the days of Sir Isa:

Newton, was as well understood as it is

this moment. The correspondence allege

by the ancient physicians to exist betwetthe positions of the Moon and the stagesvarious diseases, is so far from being reject*

by the modern faculty, that it has beeopenly maintained." • The writer then r

counts sundry incidents, asserted by the atrologers to be dependent on the Mooiand he adds these words .

" The fact »

these allegations might be so easily ascetained, that it is surprising they should sti

be pronounced incredible, and denied rati

er than contradicted*."

"* Dr. Mead on the influence of the Sun arMoon upon Human Bodies. See also Edinb. Revol. 12, p. 36—Balfour on Sol-Lunar Influence.Blackwood's Magazinefor Dec 1821, Part 2. N59.

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50 to 1.00

50 to 1.00

50 to 1.00

50 to 1.00

50 to 1.00

$20.00

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$40.00 $80.001.00 2.00

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Nativities calculated for 5 years to come,for 10 years to come,

" "for Life, with slight Judgment,

" 1C " " more in full," " " " more in full, with SecondaryDirections and Transits,

Nativities calculated for Life, with Arcs drawn up andevery particular,

Eevolutionary Figures, showing the almost daily eventsfor one year,

The Adverser having studied Astrology with unremitteof'application fornearly 20 years during which time he has had extensive public practice hehopes to give full satisfaction to those who may think fit to entrust him withtheir favors.

ADDEESS3Li. ID. BROUGHTON,

NO. 353 N0KTH TENTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania,Or to Box 573, Post Office, Philadelphia, Pa.

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The object of the present work will be to illustrate the Astral art, which cer-ainly is the most sublime of natural sciences, and the noblest study that everngrossed the attention of mortals. We shall endeavor to remove the prejudicend ignorance which surround this Heavenly science, and by authentic exain->les prove, beyond the possibility of refutation, the truth of ^(.-nothliacal As-rology, or the science of Nativities. The contemplation of these high and nobleubjects elevates the mind to a nearer participation of the divine nature thanny other, and fills the soul with such rapturous feelings as none but those whoave experienced them can possibly conceive. The ancient days in which As-rology flourished are past, and many of the records of antiquity are destroyed,nd the consequence is, that Genethiiacal Astrology is in its second state of in-mcy. Errors and. absurdities have crept upon it, like moss and ivy aroundbe ruins of an ancient edifice, until scarcely anything of its former grandeur is

iscernible. As a very able Astrologer has said

:

" Wherever we search, either among sacred or profane historians, numerousistances are to be found which set forth the astonishing presages of this for-lerly resplendent science, which even in the ruins that time and revolutions ofublic opinion have brought upon it, is grand and magnificent—and like thetarry host, from which its principles are derived, continues wherever itstupendous footsteps are traced, to soar above all other arts even by the loftynd dignified nature of its pretentions

; but when these pretenstons are backedy truth, and demonstrated by the light of philosophic research, it may be as-srted without fear of contradiction, that there exists not a science more trulyiblime, or more generally interesting than the celestial science of the stars."The labours of our present Astrologers in England and other countries, have

1 some measure reduced Astrology once more to a demonstrable system, inrhich science again it appears in its native simplicity.All Sciences or Arts are, more or less, surrounded with difficulties, before

xperiences and daily practice have rendered them familiar; is it any wonderlen, that those persons who are altogether unacquainted with the rules of As--ology, should think that that science is entirely hedged round with doubts andlists.

^

It is to help to remove those doubts and" mists, which prejudice and in-redulity, have heaped around Astrology and to acid our mite in forwardingmt science on this side of the Atlantic, that we have undertaken to republishle following work ; so as to bring a knowlege of this science within the reachf all enquiring minds. As we have out lived the days, when we thought thatre were at liberty to laugh at, and condemn, every subject that we did not un-erstand, our readers will perhaps forgive us, if we are bold enough to adviselose who value truth, to spend a short time in examining the rules and prin-iples that we shall lay down in this work, and apply them to their own indi-idual Nativities, before they join the herd of learned and unlearned, in laugh-lg at and ridiculing the science of Astrology and its professors. Every new3ience and their professors have to go through a kind of purgatory before theyecome popular, and they have to be a butt and laughing stock to those shallowrinded people, who only think by permission. Every age has afforded proofsf the justness of these observations. The disciples of the various philosophicalshools of Greece inveighed against each other, and made reciprocal accusation of

16 PREFACE.

impiety and perjury. The people in their turn, detested the philosophers, a

accused those who investigated the causes of things of presumptuously in

ding the rights of the Divinity. Pythagoras was driven from Athens, and Ancagoras was imprisoned, on account of their novel opinions. Deinocritus "v

treated as insane by the Abderites for his attempts to find the cause of madnby dissections ; and Socrates, for having demonstrated the unity of God t

forced to drink the juice of hemlock. Galileo was twice brought before the

quisition, and only very narrowly escaped with his life, by signing a paper <

claring that his system was false. Even Sir Isaac Newton was abused by '

learned men of his day, for his discovery of the composition of light. Jc

Faust, one of the early printers, having printed a number of Bibles and repahwith them to Paris, to sell, and being enabled to offer them for sale a1

lower price than those which were transcribed by hand, he was charged by t

Monks with having produced them by means of the devil.

Dr. Harvey, the discoverer of the circulation of the blood, met with su

opposition when he announced his discovery, that though he was in extensi

practice, and considered in the highest degree respectable he fell into disrepui

lost his business, and was treated with insult and scorn. Jenner, who inti

duced vaccination as a preventative of small-pox ; a discovery calculated, in tl

country, to save thousands of lives annually, was not only opposed by the merbers of the Medical profession, but he was also denounced from the pulpit ;

being in league with the devil.

Dr. Gall, the hero of Phrenology, was similarly treated. And although th

science seems calculated to become the principal renovator of mankind, andcapable of being demonstrated by any ordinary student, we constantly he*

people exclaiming against an inquiry into its merits. We might go on f(

almost any length of time, stating facts of this nature, but we think that ^have said enough to show, that a science is not always false, because it is n(

the fashion of the day to believe in it ; and to show that popular opinion is nc

always the standard of truth.

In conclusion we have no desire to offend any class of men by putting fort

this work : we do not know whether we should not respect even prejudice fc

the sake of peace, were it not that we cannot conscientiously consent to abando

truth in the effort. After many years experience, we have found the rules (

Astrology unfailing, and as we can discover no prohibition of its practice i

the Word of God, we are prepared to defend it against all the foolish attack

of those who falsely declare that it upholds fatality or is opposed to the provi

dence or the revelation of the Deity.

No one who has not spent a considerable portion of his life in the pursuit c

this kind of knowledge, can form any competent idea of its nature, and it wouLbe as ridiculous to attach any importance to the opinion of a person who ha

not done this, (however extensive his learning may be in other respects,) as i

would be for a mason to listen to a cobbler's opinion on the science of architect

ure. When a man wishes to explode any science, he should learn it ; for th

student may rely on this as an infallible truth, that among all his opponents no

one of them can bring up a direction either primary or secondary, or calculat

an ingress or transit, or even comprehend the meaning of the terms as applie<

to Astrology.

Brouqiiton's Monthly Planet Reader.

TESTIMONIAL.

We have always been very much oppe. <ed

;o testimonials and certificates, &c, as

practised by quack doctors, and people

wishing to impose upon the public, but as

;herc are some people that will not be con-

duced, unless some proof can be shown of

That the parties have done, and to satisfy

hose persons we insert the following testi-

nonial

:

This is to certify that Dr. L. D. Brough-

on, wrote my nativity, which has provedrery beneficial and true to me, and he also

urnished me with medicines of his own

nake, which have perfectly cured me of sick-

less of several years standing, namely, ner-

vous debility of the system, darkness of the

rind, pains in the forehead, &c, in fact his

aedicine built me up from a broken down

ystem to a healthy and sound constitution,

,nd I have remained a healthy and a sound

lan ever since, never having taken any

ledicine since I left off taking his, and it

i near four years now since he cured me.

Washington Evans,Merchant of Charleston, S. C.

eptember 1st, 1859.

This gentleman was living in Philadel-

lia at the time he came to see us, and he

id been very unfortunate for some eight

iars past, so that he had lost all the money

at he had left to him, which was a great

any thousand dollars. But, in writing his

,tivity, for which he paid us ten dollars,

) advised him to move to Charleston, S.

, and he writes back to us " blessing his

ARS that directed him there, for he is go-

af to be a rich man again." He likewise

*ites to us wishing to know what we will

:ite his nativity for, in the best manner

at we possibly can write it, and we an-

•ered his letter, stating that one hundred

•liars would be our price to write it as he

tnted it, and we have just received his

;ter telling us to write it for him for one

mdred dollars.

HERB MEDICINES.

)r. L. D. & Mrs. S. D. Brouqhton, are prepared to furnish

rb Medicines for all complaints that flesh is heir to, such

Liver Complaints, Sick Head-ache, Dyspepsia, Coughsj

Ids, &c. Prices from 25 and 50 cents to $1 00 per bottle,

ording to the size of the botUe.

lesidence, No. 353 North Tenth Stre6t, below Callowhill,

yato entrance on Ridge Avenue, K«xt door to the Drug

MAN, KNOW THYSELF.Prognostic Astronomy, Astro-plin nology, or As-

trology and Phrenology harmonized.Public attention is urgently solicited to these

Sciences as practised on moral and christian

principles, hy Dr. L. D. and Urs. B. I). BftOBeBSOV,

who. by minute investigation and large jiractice

for the last 10 years, are enable 1 to introduce be-

fore the public the Art of delineating hcmascharacter, by the position of the Heavenly bodies

in a more scientific form than has ever yet ap-

peared."I tell thee,

There's not a pulse beats in the human frameThat is not govern'd by the stars above ns.

The blood that fills our veins, in all its ebbAnd flow, is swayed by them as certainly

As are the restless tides of the salt seaBy the resplendant Moon ; and at thy birth

Thy mother's eye gazed not more steadfastly

Oa thee, than did Ike Star that, rules tliyfaU,

Showering upon thy head an Influence,

Malignant or benign." [Neelb.

When practised by honest and intelligent per-

sons, this method of defining Human Character

will be found vastly superior to every other mode,and entirely divested of all the Cant and Sophis-

try with which this useful and Heavenly Science

ha3 been hitherto incumbered by its Professors.

Dr. L. D. and Mrs. S. D. Broughton, Professors

and Teachers of Prognostic Astronomy and Astro-

Phrenology, have great pleasure in announcingto the admirers of these Sciences, that they maybe visited at their residence, No. 353 Xoith Tenth

Street, below Callowhill, where they will be happyto give attention and such advice as their long

experience in accordance with the Holy Scriptures

may render necessary.

Persons wishing to test the truthfulness of these

Sciences, Heads of Families requiring a Profession,

Trade or Calling for their Children, and all those

who make the Nature of Things and Moral Dutytheir study, will derive much benefit by consulting

Dr. L. D. or Mrs. S. D. Broughton, w'ho will practi-

cally illustrate the Electric Phenomena of the

Planetary Orbs, as displayed on the Character of

Man, in his Moral, Mental, and Physical Capaci-

ties, specially pointing out the Nature and Quali-

ties of the Mind—the constitution of the body as

regards Health and Disease—the mental and cor-

poreal affections, and their Influence on Individual

Prosperity, Marriage, Profession and Trade, Mer-

cantile Speculation, and the probability of rising to

eminence and renown in any particular pursuit- in short, ample particulars of Personal Talent

and Power necessary to be known, can be faith-

fully illustrated by these incomparable sciences,

the knowledge being deduced purely from the

position of the Heavenly Bodies, (at the time o f

Birth,) which, according to the Sacred Writings,

were placed in the Firmament by the Great Omni-potent, for Signs, for Seasons, for Days and Years,

to Shine upon Earth, to rule the day and the night,

which fought in their courses against Sisera, andwhich conducted the Wise Men of the East to the

Birth-place of our Saviour.

TERMS. Ladies from 25 to 50 cents.

Gentlemen from 50 cents to $1 00.

43*AH persons forwarding the time and place of birth, with

their sex [Male or Female] enclosing $o 00, will receive bymail a chart with their nativity fully explained in every.point

required. Business hours from S o'clock, A. M., to 10 P. M

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We have a few back Numbers of the "MonthlyPlanet Reader" left, so that any one wishing totake it from the conimencement can do so, bysending to the publisher's residence for them.Price 4 cents a copy.

Lessons in Astrology.

L. D. Broughton will give lessons in Astrologyto any lady or gentleman, and will teach thenrtocalculate their own Nativity, so that they canprove for themselves, and by their own horo-scope whether there is any truth in the science ornot.

Terms, one dollar per lesson.Or a course of fifty lessons for forty dollars in

advance.N. B.—Mrs. Broughton will give Lessons to

Ladies who may prefer her to Mr. Broughton.S^P

23Test Books on Astrology furnished to

students at reasonable prices.

Lecture, " Who are the Quacks?"Read "Who are the Quacks?"

Gratis and Important to Invalids !

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Mr. Wishart—I had Consumption and B)

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