The astrologer of the nineteenth century (1825) (14760506601)

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Title: The astrologer of the nineteenth century

Year: 1825 (1820s)

Authors: Raphael, pseud., 1795-1832 Anglicus, Merlinus, junior, Gent

Subjects: Astrology Occultism

Publisher: London : Knight & Lacey

Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

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e greatest mutations that have ever happened in any portion of theglobe have always been evinced within a short time after the planetshave changed their triplicities. To confirm this, I will observe that,under the fiery trigon, the Roman empire was beheld in its proudestglory: and, as soon as the earthly trigon commenced, that celebratedempire began to decline; and her ruin was effected by Saturninepeople, who made dreadful inroads upon her territories and rights*But, when the watery trigon prevailed under Scorpio, then theempire of Rome was disabled from effecting its own liberty and inde-pendence. About the second time of the congress of these planets,Mahomet commenced his fatal career, which leads me to consider,that the conjunction of £jatum and Jupiter, in December, 1821, inthe fiery triplicity, will occasion great wars in the eastern hemisphere,and extraordinary changes of dynasties in several countries undertheir influence. WOXDERKUf. PROPIIKCIF.S. 383 ILLUSTRATION, No. XLIII.

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Fragment the Fourth, So great are the power and extent of the planets considered byancient and wise philosophers, that they declared celestial bodieshave the most prevailing efficacy, St. Thomas Aquinas confirmsthis in his book De Fato, assuring us that everything upon earthreceives a certain qualification from the planets, as the beams of thecelestial bodies, being animated, bestow admirable gifts and bless-ings upon mankind, impressing upon the human mind the mostastonishing genius; and to this heavenly influence is to be reasonablyattributed the surprising inventions of men from one generation toanother! In one part of his writings, Nostradamus declares that Antichristshall arise in the north, of amazing craft and contention, about the eveof the millenium: and he further declares, that the kings of the earthwill be in alliance to war against the liberty of mankind ; but that thepower of the Supreme shall be a rushing and impetuous torrent, andwash from the surface of the earth the

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