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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 317, 5 December 1906, Page 1

ARTICLE XII. PROGNOSXiCAIIONS FOR DECEMBER, 1906. (T%IRbIPART.) DuMjig . the ' month' of December _th< Moon-ii chief coj unctions and bp'posi tions Wtp\ be as follows : — On the 3rd ■Pe&mber the Moon wil be i tt opposition TWith Uranus and ii conjunction ■with' Jupiter and Neptune OriTthe Bth" : Decejjiber the Moon wil be in Wilh Saturn. On jtKg* 12th! December the Moon wilbe in, conjunction .^frith Mars. On ittiefi^th!- December the Moon will 'be in conjunction "{with Mercury and Venus.-" 1 'K '.'•,•} ,-. On the IStniNDecember the Moon will be in c6j6junojion with the Sun. On the" 16tt' December the Moon will be in conjunction.. jvith-Urnaus and ii opposition, with Jupiter. £,-on?the 17th December the Moon wil) jtje 1 in opposition to Neptune. On the' 2ist»J)eceinbev tbe^^con wil: bcr, in conjyn^on " I'tln the-26tJi;Decemfier the'Moon wil! •be in opnpsjtion. ,to. Mars. "''On the "a^tit' December the Moon wil! be jin opposittep to^ Venus. ,',,On the 28th- December the -Moon wili , ; be in opposition to Mercury. •j, On the ?Qth December the Moon wil be in oppgSi.tkin to the Sun and Ura nus will nw conjunction with- Jupi ter? - ■•;."Tp' On the 31st December the Moon wil' be in conjunction with Neptune. I give this list now as the founda tiqn of my forecast for December, .a; the circumstance of time may lend additional weight to a somewhat darinf .'predictibh' I "have 'to make respecting -what will take place during the las' two weeks in the 1 present year, and which I had foreseen and worked out • diagramaticaUy (as well as shown to a number of people) some time ago. There will be' two particularly critical periods during December, the firs' extending from the 12th to the 16th and the second from the 25th to thi 31st. At, both these times we ma} expect very exceptional seismic distur bances; N but those occurring during thi ' latter period will be most pronouncet and serious .especially on the 30th ant 31st. The principal cosmic factors operat ing in the production of seismic dis turbances have been gathering force foi a considerable time, and they will ex press themselves during December in • more marked manner than even during November. Between the 12th and the 16th the Mooii. comes into conjunctioi respectively with the planets Mars Mercury, Venus, and Uranus, whili on the 15th she is also in line with th' Sun, and on the 16th in oppositior with Jupiter and Neptune. Thimeans that the main bodies in our sola) system will , be arranged in almost i straight liqe in absolute space, and wil be tugging unitedly with all thei might in opposite directions at th< Earth, at the same time as the malefii planets Mars and Saturn will be pull ing practically at right angles, th' former on! the left side and the latte; on the right. The main pull will be in the direc tion of the Sun, and to its strength will from the 14th to the 16th be unit ed all the t force of the Moon, Venus Mercury and Uranus. The vastnes; of this force surpasses the power of the human mind to definitely grasp In order to convey some idea of it 1 will quote the following forcible pas sage from: Grattan Guinness' magnifi cent book, : entitled "The Approchinj End of the Agft" : — "Be it rememjoerecl ihat every aton in the universe attracts e\ - ery otheatom with , a force inverse to thi square of the distance. Such is th( great and universal law of gravitation What then must be the attractivi power exercisedj on our globe by iti closely attendant satellite, the Moon which is a worjd 7000 miles in circum ference, with a mass estimated at 78,M0,0QQ,000,000,000,000 of tons 1 And how' stupendous and overmastering must be tlje attractive force brought to bear upon the earth by the supreme central orb . of the system, which if 700 times, greater than all the planeti put together, and a million time: greater than the; earth itself? A ponderous luminous globe, equal to a million worlds 'in magnitude, is ever ex erting on our world all its might of irresistible attraction. The globe we inhabit,, vast relatively ' to us thougl it be, yields to its influence as the wave to the wind." It will readily be seen and admitted that I am not drawing upon imagination, but expressing the sober ant' sensible conclusions of empirical science., when I say that under the united influence of forces' thus so eloquently de-i scribed, and especially as there will be added thereto the might of three planets— Venus, Mercury, and Uranus — at that simultaneously with a pull in tho opposite, direction of Jupiter and Neptune, I . am constrained on principles of : Natural Astrology to predict positively that there will be a very exceptionally heavy strain upon the Earth between the 12th and 16th of next month (December), especially on the 14th and. 15th, , at the time of New Moon, which will cause seismic dißtur : bances (accompanied by storms, cy : clones, blizzards, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions centering in variouf parts of v the Southern Hemisphere) surpassing in .'force and in destructive effects anything experienced previously in 1906. '. . ■ - ■ ■ I further prognosticate that the same forces will produce similar — if not greater and still more destructive — effects between' the 25th December (Christmas Day) and next New Year's Day; seeing that the Moon in hei monthly -Jpyqle will then have got round into opposition with Venus, Mercury, the Sun/J;and Uranus ; and will unite her force, of gravity on the opposite side of the; .Earth from the Sun with the strength 6JP Jupiter and Neptune. Our EariS will thon be in such a position as 6bo his not occupied for many^ centuries:" Alt the bodies in our solar system-will be again arranged in nearly a straight line in absolute space except for Mars and Saturn pulling at right, angles 1 ; a'nd, as the Moon will be on the sime side as Jupiter and Neptune (in, .. exjunction with Jupiter on the 30th and with Neptune on the 31st), our Earth wilt then occupy about the neutral ri(?de (nearly magnetic middle) of the 'huge cosmic magnet, and will display. very 'exceptional weakness' in her equatorial .legions, especially in the neighbourhood of the Sun's meridian, which' wjll "render her a very easy prey

to. the. solar, lunar, and planetary wok ves which seem to be conspiring to prat her to pieces. i •■:■ These ,• general; cosmic,, cpnditjpns w^[ continue for some ' cdnsiderable"iim& They ..will not reach their maximum during December;" 1 although during the lag; week in the present year they wul'operate with greater energy than at aim time 'during the present year. TheJ; are gradually gathering force, and at the same time working towards tfie south. It^isjpossiblej and. even prpbable.'/that,.before >they ; r- have reached their maximum they will find jut and open up afresh the lines of tTiSild earthquake rents in these Islands of New Zealand, running from. ■ . Chrisi.hurch, through^Wellington, to Napier. [f so, they will probably once more 'jring down" the chimneys in Nelson ; ivill overthrow the Government Buildings in Wellington, and will shatter the rpnde of Zealandio : s -glory-' by- tearing" 1 down the towers of Christchurch Exhibition. • V I don't stafce^my reputation on my ability to^ precisely locate the effects of the. cosmic qunrer in New > Zealand; Srst, because I have not the instruments •and means necessary for very "precise local determinations ; secondly, 'because there are other factors to^bst'considered ' besides the conjunctions and oppositions -. which in the' main I -base my calculations upon ; "'and- thirdly, bScanse \suelj i general cosnyc situation-has never -before occurred^ within .the experience "of anyone now living on the Earth. Nevertheless, reasoning upon the same principles as I have gone upon with, tolsrable accuracy month after monih ,-fot i long tirie, il^tan affirm without fear >f contradiction that the periods I haye marked off for December will be characterised by' very exceptional cosmic disturbance, the chief seat of which will be somewhat south of the Equator; and that, so far as this country is concerned, the seismological tendencies certainly are setting generally in the direction I have hinted. For all this, however, the last fortnight in December this year is a very good time to be born, and the full force )f what I mean by this reiterated expression will better^ be seen twenty years hence. It is a very remarkable fact that, .vhereas at the time in question the planets which al lastrologers agree cast j malefic influence, viz., Mars and Saturn, will be free to exert their powers practically apart from complication .vith other planets, the Moon and the Sun, with, the rest of the ilanets (the most numerous and •nftuential for good), will unite in ixertine their benefic influences in a lear field, which they also will have all jo themselves. It would seem as if the forces which make for physical health .hd beauty, and for intellectual and spiritual greatness, were about to con;pire to compete with the gross materiilistic and brutal forces of the cosmos, .vith a view to crushing them at the noment of their greatest strength. It vould not be verji surprising if under ;hese peculiarly favourable cosmic conlitions another unique personality were o appear, comparable to the Christ of sod. "We have seen his star, and are :ome to worship Him." I will conclude this article (already ar too long) by again quoting some •rrestibly tempting passages from the^ vork by the Rev. H. Grattan Guiniess above referred to, in spite of the ! act that Mr Guinness inconsistently •onfines their application to the, effects of solf.r and lunar gravity. The ■Sun exerts mighty and mysterious inluences over the earth, * independently 1 if his attractions and' of his heat. That there is a close connection between solar and lunar force, .and magletism, has been abundantly demonstrated, though the nature of thatconusction is still, to a great extent;, a iroblem awaiting solution. "Distinct durnal, monthly, and anlual variations in the magnetic needle lave been 'discovered, indicating the existence of some hidden but close reation between the revolution of the Sun and Moon,- and this potent and ill-pervading force. Universal magletic variations, accurately and con;tantly correspond with the changes which take place in the position of tho 3un and Moon with reference to the 2-,-th. All the magnetic elements are -.übject to periodical variations," dependent on the position of tho Sun with respect to the meridian, the period of which is accordingly the solar lay. They are subject also to a (mall variation dependent on the position of the Moon with respect to: the neridian ; and to a third irregularity jvhich is annual in character .attaining its maximum and minimum in the >pring and autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, and vice versa in the Southern "Their rule not.o'n'y embraces the greatest things, but is felt also by the least. The huge world itself submits to it, and every drop of water, every leaf, every ; in•sect is similarly subject. It is,principally by means of its attractions that the Sun governs the motions of/ the globe ;_ but. it -is more through |its heat, its light, and its activic (magnetic and electric influences, .that; it operates on the atmosphere of our earth, on . its seas and continents, on its flora and fauna, and on mankind. These forces acting separately, or in combination, produces almost all the changes and movements of matter which we witness, from the hurricane that cools and clears the heated atmosphere, to the opening of the rosebud, and tho painting of the petal or the leaf. . . The slowness of some of these movements, the amazing velocity of others , the ..variety of their form, and the vastness of their sweep, fill the mind '.* which contemplates them, as affecting the globe 'on which we "dwell, with awe and admiration, and with a profound sense of the reality of j solar and lunar dominion. The rule of these worlds over, our own, is not in '.word, but in power." It la a rule, unlike the most despotic rule with which men are fartiiliar, that makes itself felt at all times, in all places, in spite of all cpuuteracting influences, and it is a rule that nothing can in the long run resist ; apt image of the power exercised by Him whom Gerhardt wrote : — " •" \ "He everywhere hath sway ' .. \ And all things serve His might, His every act pure blessing is : \ Hia path unsullied '.light. .• ■•. JOSEPH TA*l r I,OR. • The Universal Institute, Nelson, 12th Nov., .1906.