CAMPAIGN NOTES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXIV, Issue 17731, 3 December 1919, Page 5

CAMPAIGN NOTES.

DECEMBER 17TH.

A DAY OF RECKONING

PROPHECY AND FORECAST

By "Kaione."

To-day is December 3rd, so it is only a fortnight till the "awful day" that certain astronomical Jeremiahs foretell. It is on the authority of no less a person than Mr Clement Wragge, who, basing his prediction on the positions of the sun and the planets, forecasts that something will happen on December 17th in the nature of tidal waves, storms, or meteorological disturbance. "There is just a possibility," he says, "that the earth's axis may experience a slight wobble." Of course, the fact that December 17th' happens to be the day of the general election is a slight coincidence, for astronomical experts would scout the idea that a general election in New Zealand, could possibly be the cause of the rattling of the universe. But politico-astrolo-gers take a very different view, and many have spent some sleepless iights in scheming charts and charters. Their x opinions and comments are most interesting. They vary considarably, but a careful analysis of an astrological expert divides the prophecy under two phases,-which may be termed Now and Then.

Astrological chart of well-known seer: Now we come to our study of those two stars of universal magnitude known to the ancients as Castor and Pollux, more recently as the Heavenly Twins and the Bing Boys, but now* as Bill and Joe. These two stars have that peculiarity known to the scientific world as eccentric orbits. For long their courses ran di-

vergent to each other. Then they crossed, .but. owing .to. influence exerted by this portion of the universe, they * drew together and ran parallel for some time. Coming under the influence of. the planet Extremis, Joe Avas attracted, and now runs a halfway course between that planet and Bill. For some weeks past these two stars have been travelling much, and are at present very bright objects' in the southern sky. They, are well worth watching, eyen with the naked eye. Bill has been keeping to a welldefined track, but J.oe has lately been very erratic. He has been influenced much by Gemini. On December 17th he crosses Bill's orbit, behind Bill, and for some time to come he will be lost to the sight of New Zealand. He will probably be in the Pisces (fishing) constollatiou. . The. eclipse will be complete on the 17th. To the nautical mind the evolution may be better described as an attempt on theh part of Joe to ram Bill, but he fails and passes astern. Public interest will be keen as to the effect of the sweep of Bill's tail over Joe. In an addendum the seer adds: Joe came into the solar galaxy as a star from three bright globular nebulae, and his course was directly under the influence of the comet Seddonia and the planet Cornucopia. In an effort to follow the comet he lort the attraction ■of the more stable planet, and other attractions have prevented him fron regaining it. He has wandered in the coma state. -The influence of Bill has always been for his good, and it would have been well for him to have cultivated it mere, rather than that of the Extremis group, who may at any time become shooting stars. The horoscope of Joe is at present very cloudy. "Bill is now a star of the greatest magnitude.- He first came into view a long way off, and has gradually approached. His brightness is -dail/ increasing, and he has n6t reached his zenith yet."