CHAPTER XCVIII

Persons born on October 7ᵗʰ, 16ᵗʰ, 25rd.

Number 7 people in this month.

If you were born on any of the above dates in October, following the rules of Zodiacal Astrology and my system based on Chaldean Numerology, you come under the vibrations of Neptune, Venus and Saturn in the Zodiacal Sign of Libra, Second House of the Triplicity of Air. But if born on October 25ᵗʰ, you are then far advanced in the “cusp” of Scorpio—the incoming Sign—making your characteristics in some ways more marked than if born on the 7ᵗʰ or 16ᵗʰ.

The basic foundation of the character and disposition of persons born on the 7ᵗʰ, 16ᵗʰ or 25ᵗʰ of this month, is described in preceding pages for persons born in October.                         

Persons born on these dates are mentally highly gifted, and if they can “keep their balance,” they will turn out remarkable work in whatever career they have made their own, especially should it happen to be in the field of imagination such as poetry, literature, painting, music, or the fine arts in general.

Oscar Wilde, although a most brilliant poet, author and playwright, became so flattered by adulation that he believed he was above criticism, he “lost his balance,” and “great was the fall thereof.”         

I knew this brilliant man extremely well; several years before his “fall” I warned him what was coming, but he simply shrugged his shoulders and made no effort to change his mode of life. 

The 16ᵗʰ of October, being in the centre of the Sign of Libra the Balance, is more easily thrown off its “level” than persons born on the 7ᵗʰ or 25ᵗʰ of the same period.                               

The 7ᵗʰ of October produces types so over-sensitive that they often seem toehold themselves back in whatever their work may be, while those born on the 25ᵗʰ, being far advanced in the “cusp” of Scorpio, are inclined to be daring and impulsive and more adventurous in their undertakings.                          

Persons born on the 7ᵗʰ, 16ᵗʰ or 25ᵗʰ of October have a strong leaning for the unconventional in all their actions. On account of this peculiarity they attract hostile criticism, calumny and, in many cases, open scandal. It is not, as a rule, a favourable period in the Zodiac for marriage, unions or partnerships, unless great care is taken in such matters.

FINANCE

All persons born on the 7ᵗʰ, 16ᵗʰ, or 25ᵗʰ of October, will find much fluctuation in money matters. At times they may be quite rich, at others the very reverse.                                         

They will not, as a rule, be lucky in speculation, as their money would be easily taken from them by unscrupulous persons. The best advice I could give them, is to invest in government bonds and put up with a small but steady interest, and above all to buy an annuity to protect their advanced years.          

HEALTH

If you were born on any of these dates you may expect to meet many peculiar experiences in matters of health. You will be liable at times to run the risk of being poisoned by the food you eat, to be given poison by accident or to take it yourself by your own carelessness.                                                               

The kidneys, liver, spleen and appendix are likely to give trouble.

If you were born on the 7ᵗʰ, 16ᵗʰ or 25ᵗʰ of October, like all “number seven” people, your most important numbers and dates will be the “seven hyphen two”(7-2) and any of their series, and days of any month in the year, such as the 2ⁿᵈ, 7ᵗʰ, 11ᵗʰ, 16ᵗʰ, 20ᵗʰ, 25ᵗʰ and 29ᵗʰ. You should endeavour to make your plans and engagements on these dates and live in houses that come under these series.

To increase your magnetism you should wear in some part of your clothing the colours of your principal planets, which are:

The Moon: All shades of green, creams and whites.             

Neptune: All shades of dove-greys, pastels or electric colours.  

Venus: All shades of blue, from the lightest to the darkest.         

Your “lucky” jewels are green jade, pearls, moonstones and turquoise.

The most important or climacteric years in your life are the 2ⁿᵈ, 7ᵗʰ, 11ᵗʰ, 16ᵗʰ, 20ᵗʰ, 25ᵗʰ, 29ᵗʰ, 34ᵗʰ, 38ᵗʰ, 43ʳᵈ, 47ᵗʰ, 52ⁿᵈ, 56ᵗʰ, 61ˢᵗ, 65ᵗʰ and 70ᵗʰ.

You are likely to be attracted to people born on the 2ⁿᵈ, 7ᵗʰ, 11ᵗʰ, 16ᵗʰ, 20ᵗʰ, 25ᵗʰ and 29ᵗʰ in any month of the year, also those born on the 1ˢᵗ, 10ᵗʰ, 19ᵗʰ and 28ᵗʰ.

*  Sir Austen Chamberlain gave me impressions of his hands when I was introduced to him by his father, the celebrated Joseph Chamberlain, in the House of Commons. He was much interested when he saw the lines on his hands were in the same position as those marked on his father’s palm. Later on he followed Joseph Chamberlain’s footsteps in his distinguished political career as Postmaster-General, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary of State for India and Leader of the House of Commons. He was knighted in 1923 for his services in the Locarno Peace Conference. The signed impressions of the hands of both father and son I have reproduced in my “Language of the Hand” as a remarkable example of heredity shown by the lines of the hand.

** The famous poet, author and playwright, Oscar Wilde, as I have related in my Memoirs, often consulted me, but he would never be guided by warnings, and so went blindly on to his doom. I first met him at a large reception given by the beautiful Blanche Roosevelt in London, where hands were passed before me through slits in curtains. When Wilde’s palms came through, alluding to the fact that the left hand shows the inherited talents and qualities, but the right denotes what one makes, I said : ”In this man’s case, the left hand is that of a king, but the right shows the king will send himself into exile.” From behind the curtain a deep voice asked: ”How many years from now?” I answered, “Four years.”    

Wilde drew his hands from the curtains, and, without saying another word, strode out of the salon.

Exactly four years from that date, Wilde foolishly began his libel action against the Marquis of Queensbury. Facts were disclosed in the trial that forced the authorities to take action, with the result that Wilde was sentenced to two years hard labour in Reading Jail. He came out a broken man, dying a few years later in poverty in Paris.