THE ASTROLOGERS' MAGAZINE. VOL. III. A WORK DEALING SOLELY WITH ALL BRANCHES OF ASTRAL SCIENCE. PRICE: SIX SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE. Published by the Proprietors, 12, Lugard Road, London, S.E, MDCCCXCIII. INDEX. PAGE. Astrology : Crypto . 44 Hindu i. 25. 49. 74 Horary 16, 32, 47, 63, 103, 137, 141, 156, 245, 272 Limitations of 184, 226, 246, 267 True and False . 194 Answers to Correspondents . 72, 167, 215 Antipathy 135 Announcement, Important .. 275 Astrological Leaflets !98 Astro-Meteorology 258, 260, 278 Birthmark, A Curious . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 99 Blavatsky, Madam 55 Boulanger, General .. .. .. .. .. 41 Brighu Sanhita, Horoscopy of 178, 2n, 233 Byron, Lord . 201 Browning, Robert 221 Bradlaugh, Charles 222 Bombay Astrological Society 236 Correspondence (see Letters). Chatre, Prof, (see Nativities). Crypto- Astrology .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 44 Celestial Periods of the Planets 172, 199, 230 Coleridge, S. T 253 Death Figures (see Termini Vitae). Deeming, F. B 63, 120 Degrees of Zodiac Symbolized . .35, 84, 204, 223, 254 Directions .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15° Duchess of Fife, Infant Daughter of . 270 Duke of Clarence, Death of 14, 115. 263 Eclipses Hi 129, 262 Elections .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ill Epoch, The Pre-Natal 21, 58, 108, n7, n8 Equation of Time . 167 Errata 139 Exaltations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 215 False Prophets and Teachers 14 Ferry, Jules . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 274 Fixed Stars, Table of .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 121 Foreign Horoscopes, How to erect . .. 33, 50, 72 Foreign Readers . 273 Gladstone, W. E. 43, 46, 107, 116 Herbal Corner 167, 192, 216, 240, 259 Hermes, The Trutine of 21 Horary Astrology 15, 16, 32, 47, 63, 103, 137, 141, 156, 245, 272 Horoscopes (see Nativities). How NOT to Predict 14, 42 „ NOT to tell the Truth 167 Ingresses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..60,102,183,256 Keats, The Poet 254 Letters to Editor 21, 44, 70, 95, n7, 140, 163, 167, 189, 215, 260 Lessons in Mundane Astrology 9, 33, 50, 79, 98, 129, 163, 169, 209, 219, 241, 265 Lunations . 10, 12, 31, 59, 81, 101, 131, 160, 182, 200, 225, 257 Lowell, The Poet 221 Law and the Astrologer . 244 Macaulay, Lord . 254 Man with Two Nativities . 237 " M.A. Oxon." [see Stainton Moses). Medicine, Ancient and Modern .. .. .. .. .. ..77,n4,124,155 Mercury, The Planet .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 132 Mundane Astrology 10, 12,31,59,60,81, 101, 102, 131, 160, 182,200,210,225,256, 257,276 Mundane Directions . 84 Nativities : Chatre, Prof 1, 25, 49, 74, 97 Deeming (the Murderer) . 61 Duchess of Fife, Infant Daughter of . 270 Gladstone, W. E 107 A Peculiar 140, 251 Raphael IV 27 Stainton Moses : 145. M9 Tennyson, Lord . 5^ Todd, Ifa 127 Notes on Recent Events 3, 13, 43, 55, 62, 69, 92, 103, 109, n6, 137, 150, 154, 174, 177, 189, 198, 200, 203, 209, 213, 220, 222, 224, 229, 250, 256, 257,281 Pearce, A. J. — Urania.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1n ,, Mundane Directions .. .. .. .. .. .. 84 „ Sundry Matters .. n8,142,161,165,167,189,195,209,214,238 Planetary Hours 17, 36, 66, 75, n2 Poe, E. A. 104 Prophet, A False 15, 24, 42, 83, in, 195 Prince of Wales' Directions .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,84,94,214 Profections .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15° Prediction, A Fateful 205 Professions .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 122 Princess Marie of Edinburgh . 238 Raphael on Misrepresentation . 164, 1S9, 209 Reviews 161, 262 Ruling Sign Prognostications — Aries .. .. .. .. .. .. 217 Saturn, To 53 Sympathy . 135 Stainton-Moses . *49 Shelley, The Poet 175 Spurgeon, Rev. C. H. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 221 Students' Corner (Raphael) 237,250,277 Science of the Stars, Mistakes in .. .. .. .. .. .. 164 Termini Vita; 4, 41, 55, 86, 93, 104, 127, 149, 175, 201, 221, 253 Tennyson, Lord 43, 86, 91, 93, n8, 154, 165 Urania .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1n Whittier, J. G 93 Zadkiel, an Indian . 38 ,, The Modern (see Pearce). „ Grammar of Astrology r94' *95 Hstrolocjevs' flfoachine. [COPYRIGHT]. No. 25. y£* * AUGUST, 1892. .* Price 4d. Post free 4$d. Gbe 1RatMt£ of prof. Ikero laruman Cbatre. BY THE INDIAN SAYAN SYSTEM AND WESTERN ASTROLOGY, BY JWAURAS TRIMBAK CHITUIS. (From the " Indu Prakash," 18th April, 1892.) [Note by Editor A.M. The map of the nativity of the late Professor Chatre will be given at the conclusion of our Hindu brother's remarks, and an explanation of the various terms used in his letter will be duly given. We do not give the Sanscrit charac ters that occur in the original, as our contributor has paraphrased it into English, and as very few of our readers (including ourselves) understand Sanscrit, it would be useless to give it. Our remarks, with the directions, will be given in due course.] IN previous numbers of this letter we have attempted to shew for the assurance of our readers, that the equinoctial point has been ever considered the beginning of the zodiac for astro logical purposes, and its retrograde motion has been made to coincide with different asterisms such as Shatataraka, Dhanistha, Aradra, Krittika and Ashvini ; we have also concluded that the Sayan system in whose favour we have been strongly advocating, was in use many centuries before, ere anything like the Niryan (fixed zodiac) system was talked or heard of. In order to convince our general readers, (and our brother astrologers in the west), of the truth of the Indian Sayan system, we propose to summarise the life of the late Prof. Chatre according to the western system, and while introducing it to our Indian astrologers, we mean to give the verses in Sanscrit works, paraphrasing them in English for the perusal of astrological students in the west. We are sorry, through the want of astronomical characters, we are not in a position to acquaint our readers with the astrological signs and symbols so necessary for erecting a theme of the heavens when our subject first breathed the fresh air of this frail world. With an apology to our readers we now propose to give in words, instead of in figures, the positions of the heavenly bodies at 9 p.m. on May 16th, 1824, of the Bombay latitude. B 2 THE NATIVITY OF PROF. KERO LAXUMAN CHATRE. When our subject came in the world, the first degree of the celestial sign Capricorn was rising, and the tenth degree of the sign Libra was culminating. On the cusp of the eleventh house, the tenth degree of the sign Scorpio was rising. On the cusp of the twelfth house the sixth degree of the sign Sagittarius was rising. On the cusp of the second house the second degree of the sign Aquarius was rising. On the cusp of the third house the third degree of the sign Pisces was rising. On the cusp of the fourth house the tenth degree of the sign Aries was rising, and so on for the opposite signs. In the ascendant were posited the moon in the eighth degree, the dragon's head was in the twelfth degree, and Herschel 15 degree retrograde. Venus was in the sixth degree of the sign Taurus in the fourth house and near the cusp of the fifth house. The Sun was in the 25th degree and 39th minute of the sign Taurus, befriended by Saturn in the 27th degree and 8th minute of the same sign. In the sixth house Mercury was posited in his own house in the 15th degree and 44th minute Gemini. In the seventh house Jupiter was posited in the tenth degree of the sign Cancer, together with Dragon's Tail in the twelfth degree. In the ninth house Mars was posited in the 25th degree of the sign Virgo. The following are the principal aspects of the planets. The Sun was in conjunction with Saturn, and both were trine to Mars. The Moon and Herschel were in opposition to Jupiter, and Jupiter was sextile to Venus. The Moon was trine to Venus, and Venus semi-square to Mercury. Leaving aside the personal description of the native in detail, we summarise in short that the native was of middle stature, well built, had prominent forehead and round head. The Moon was in the ascendant and in opposition to Jupiter, who is also afflicted by Herschel by opposition. The wife of the native was endowed with jovial qualities ; yet the opposition of Herschel shews that the native had no good domestic happiness, and as the Moon formed the trine aspect to the lady of the fifth house, much pleasure is pointed thereby. The position of the Moon in the ascendant of the sign Capricorn makes the native, according to Raphael, the astrologer of the nineteeeth century, a debauch. The position of Venus in the fifth house, and in good aspect to Jupiter, rendered the native an eminent scholar in sciences. According to the Indian Sayan system, the Moon of the sign Capricorn produces the native according to the Jathaka Paree- jathaka, page 30, verse 93, Benares edition : " Fond of music, of THE NATIVITY OF PROF. KERO LAXUMAN CHATRE. .3 large head, of bad gait, a philosopher and a debauch." The position of the wife is thus described (The Jath. Par., page 43, verse 22) : " If the lord of the seventh house be in an angle beholden by a benevolent planet, or of the good degree, or of the benefic sign, produces a wife who is chaste and obedient." Jupiter being strong in the seventh house and in good aspect to Venus, and the Moon being in good aspect to Venus, the native's wife received after his death pension from government. Such a pension to a widow has never been on government records. The Sarvartha Chintamani in page 30, verse 43, Bombay edition, states: "The lord of the seventh house beholden by Jupiter is powerful, or if a Karaka be in the seventh house then there will be a wife who is chaste and of religious turn." The Moon in the ascendant is under the good rays of the greater fortune, and being the lord of the seventh house, awarded her pension.