On the 3rd of November, 1827 ; the effects of which will be in active influence over the greater part of Europe for a const-derable period!

That the stars are signs of future events, and that they have power over the inferior world, and over all terrestrial objects, is dearly demonstrated; not only by the inspired writers, but also by the most celebrated fathers of the Christian church, in all ages. - Luther, the great reformer, in his commentary on the book of Genesis, affirms, that Moses expressly declares", that the Moon, with the Sun and Stars, were placed in the firmament of heaven for tokens of that which should befall us, as experience teaches, in eclipses, great conjunctions, and the like". Melancthon also advises the reader to compare this with the prophet Jeremiah, who speaks of " the signs of heaven" in a most emphatic manner.

The records of antiquity assure us, that Astrology was formerly the favorite pursuit of the wisest, the mightiest, and the most exalted of mankind. Thus Berosus, the Chaldean, was so famous in the art, that, after his death, his statue was erected with a golden tongue, to denote his almost divine skill in predictions. - It is recorded of the Roman emperor Adrian, that by his knowledge in the science", he was able to set down a diary of every accident that would befall him, to the very hour of his death!" - And the extraordinary skill of Severus, another Roman emperor, was such, that having cast his nativity, previous to his expedition for the shores of Britain, he caused it to be inscribed on the walls of his judicial palace, with the prediction affixed, (as a monument of his knowledge,) " that he should never return again;" which accordingly happened, for he died at York, after ruling the empire eighteen years ! - And, as Sir Christopher Heydon justly observes, "so highly hath this divine knowledge ever been esteemed, by the ancient monarchs of the world, that grateful antiquity could not better eternize their memory to posterity, than, as when they lived, they valued nothing so precious as the contemplating the heavenly bodies; so being dead, to make their names live for ever amongst the stars.

From hence it is that the fairest constellations of heaven, as Arcturus, Orion, Hercules, Castor, Pollux, Perseus, Chiron, and the like, still do retain their names: whereby their renown now shines more durable, in these celestial lamps, than it could by being engraven on the most sumptuous pyramid, mausoleum, triumphant arch, or other monument, made of frail earthly matter, and subject to the ruins of time !"

Amongst the celestial phenomena of the starry orbs, those of eclipses rank in the first class. In the Prophetic Messenger of the former year, I have deduced an evidence of Christianity therefrom, and proved thereby, that Astrology and Theology are twin sciences; each capable of making mankind happier and better. The ancient records, were they consulted, would also lead to convincing instances of these facts, had we time to descant thereon. And it has been remarked by every wise observer of nature, that important changes follow such configurations; which extend not only over kingdoms, states, and individuals, but also over the brute creation. A singular instance whereof is recorded by Peucer, in his " Tractate of Astrological Predictions", where he gives an authentic example of three dogs, " who were all whelped in the eclipse of the Moon", " and which, after they were grown up, fulfilled the significations of the eclipse by their miserable death - one of them being torn asunder by hounds, another falling off from a high place, first broke his thigh, and the next time his neck; the third was burnt!"

The eclipse, of which I now intend to decipher the omens, is that of the lesser luminary, the. Moon, which takes place November 3rd, 1827, 5h. 7m. P. M. or afternoon, a correct view, of the theme of heaven, for which is given in the foregoing page.

" Full orb'd, The Moon, rising in clouded majesty, Is now all over blood.

A setting crimson stains her beauteous face; A vast eclipse darkens the lab'ring planet",

Milton.

In the horoscope of the hour, the 23rd degree of the celestial Bull is oriental; and the mischievous fixed star, Caput Algol, or Medusa's Gorgon-Head, is unluckily located near the cusp of the House of Life. The Moon is just arising in Taurus, opposed to Venus, from signs of a fixed nature, and singular power. The Sun and Venus being configurated in the constellation of the Scorpion. - Supreme in the middle heaven, the Georgian planet Herschel, is gloomily beheld by a malicious aspect of Saturn, the lord of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh houses, who, by retrograde motion, approaches a radical trine of Venus, the reigning star, and ruler of the ascendant. Jupiter and Mars are each found in the sixth mansion, in the Autumnal Equinox; the latter in amicable reception with his dispositor, from swift and moveable constellations, containing particular groups of eminent fixed stars; Mercury", the swift messenger of heaven", being angular, and beholding Mars by amicable rays, while no less than five planets are under the earth!

" Behold! the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

" For the start of heaven, and the constellation thereof, shall not give their light: the Sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the Moon shall not cause her light to shine". - Isaiah, xiii. 9, 10.

The Astral omens of this celestial horoscope are very portentous and lasting in effect; they afford matter of serious contemplation to every " nation of the earth", especially as it takes place in a fixed and determined sign, and under baleful constellations. On the continent, and more particularly in those countries where the eclipse governs, the hostile rays of the warring orbs will be severely felt. Those are the Russian and Turkish empires; great part of Persia, Germany, Holland, Rome, Italy, and the Netherlands; the South American States, the American Republic, and also India or China. In some of these countries there will be fearful mortality, civil commotions, insurrections, decay of trade, and oppression of the common people, by tyrannical rulers; numerous outrages, or fearful murders, assassinations, and many unheard of crimes. The Austrian monarchy has a share of the evil, in various ways. The coffers of the continental governments are emptied and drained of wealth. The cities of Tunis, Algiers, Constantinople, Moscow, Petersburgh, Berlin, Madrid, Vienna, Mexico, New York, and Philadelphia, are subservient to the hostile decrees of fate.

Death seems busy with his dart, even in the imperial palaces ! An Empress, or princely matron, and an unusual number of the fair sex, will stoop to fate.* The grim tyrant will make sad havoc among the high, and the warlike, and the mighty; and many a splendid mansion, many a royal structure, will be turned into mourning. The configurations will cause malevolent effects in Spain, the country of anarchy; and not even the Bourbon government can expect to escape from harm. Even nearer home, 60th in our own country and in Ireland, will the shock of evil aspects be conspicuously perceived. The Catholic mitre, the Episcopal chair, the Dissenting pulpit, each are warned of evil. A sudden event causes much alarm to a distinguished European state; an appeal will be made " to the Wooden walls of England;" but the omens are singularly favourable for any enterprise in which the gallant naval heroes of Britain are concerned.* Crafty incendiaries in the " Emerald isle", are completely foiled in their endeavours to instigate the peasant, and urge him to deeds of revenge; yet in that country some treacherous scheme is planned, or partially executed, which will bring down vengeance on the head of the wicked designer; priestly artifice meets also with its deserts.

From the position of Herschel, I fear many failures will take place in public buildings, edifices, and national works of importance. Certainly the greatest genius in the known, world will die under the effects of this eclipse, and one state in particular will, like a furnace boiling with wrath, become both the terror and warning of despotic nations. The winding-sheet will also deck the banners of a great military hero; another, high in rank, but not in prowess, descends the steps of that mansion from which none return; and not even the elegance of the bar, the senate, or the classie academical chair, can frustrate the powerful mandate of him who was never yet known to turn from his purpose. - I foresee extraordinary deceit and hypocrisy in religion; atheism advancing rapidly, and crimes increasing fearfully. I see kings but as dust, and the renowned as the chaff in the field. Great part of the continent will suffer by storm and tempest, or inundations. The fruits of the earth will fail, and even the brute creation will suffer unconscious of the cause. In the new world, I perceive states as if rising and falling with the passing breeze; in the • The battle of Navarino has been since announced! old world, sickness, death, crimes, and commotions.

Even on the shores of Britain, may the blast of preparation for war be sounded; and on the continent, as well as the Turkish empire, some great crisis is at hand! Let Europe beware; for there are few nations which will not feel, and that most bitterly, the effects of the Moon eclipsed in Taurus, afflicted by the evil rays of Caput Algol!"

* These predictions were published in October 1827- The Empress of Saxony is since dead!

P. Messenger 1828.

The Duration Of The Effects Caused By Eclipses

In eclipses of the Moon, the effects are found uniformly to succeed the obscuration of that luminary almost immediately. But in those of. the Sun, it is generally found that three months or more elapse, before the grandest effects are visible; and as to the duration thereof, the student must well observe in what sign or constellation of heaven, the eclipse happens; for the effects of an eclipse of either luminary in , will last for several years; if in , the effects are over in a far more brief space of time; but if in or , they are found to commence much sooner, and to continue a long while in force, yet liable to occasional interruptions; and in these latter signs, they are found also to afflict mankind far more powerfully, than when the eclipse falls in tropical or equinoctial signs. - It must also be again remembered, that the greater or lesser effects of each eclipse, will be always in proportion to the number of digits eclipsed; or in other words, the more total is the eclipse, the more powerfully will it operate upon the earth and its inhabitants. - Also, that eclipses which are invisible, are found to have no peculiar or perceptible influence over that region, city, or country, to which they are invisible. - The united observations of Astrologers, " in every age and every clime", confirms this opinion; and the student himself can soon prove it.