CHAPTER XLII

Persons born on May 1ˢᵗ, 10ᵗʰ, 19ᵗʰ, 28ᵗʰ.

Number 1 people in this month.

If you were born on any one of the above dates« following the rules of Zodiacal Astrology and my system based on Chaldean Numerology, you come under the vibrations of Venus and the Sun in the Zodiacal Sign of Taurus, First House of the Triplicity of Earth.                                                                         

As the 1ˢᵗ, 10ᵗʰ, 19ᵗʰ and 28ᵗʰ, by natural addition produce for the single number the “one” or symbol of the Sun, the First Cause or Creative Force, if you were born on any of these dates you come under a very powerful combination which, if understood and used, should bring you a considerable measure of success.       

The 28ᵗʰ of May, being the commencement of the incoming Sign of Gemini, ruled by Mercury (Positive) will make your mentality even keener than if born on the other dates in May.

The basic foundation for your character and disposition is that described in preceding pages for persons born in May.

In your special case the stronger qualities will more dominate your life and career.          

You will have a considerable amount of self-reliance and be creative and original in all your plans.

You will be very patient and gentle, unless prodded to anger by jealousy or underhanded work, but you will be, at times, liable to sudden outbursts of temper and passion if opposed in your plans and ambitions.

You will have large vision about whatever work you may be engaged in, but it will not be an easy matter for you to stand interference of any kind, petty annoyances or criticism.    

You would meet with success in any career that would bring you before the public, also in offices or in executive work of any kind such as the head of hospitals, institutions and large enterprises.            

FINANCE

You will be lucky in money matters but inclined to indulge in luxury and an extravagant style of living. You will be prone to take great risks in speculation or in attempting to do business on too large a scale, but speaking generally, you may expect to be successful                                                                                    

HEALTH

As regards health, you will possess a good constitution, backed up by great vitality, which you will at times undermine by expending too much energy in carrying out your plans and not taking enough systematic rest and sleep. The chief delicacy you may have at periods to contend against will be neglected colds settling on the lungs and chest, but fresh air and sun baths would keep you protected against such ailments.

If born on May 28ᵗʰ, the nervous system will be inclined to be over-strung and too active.

Your most important numbers and dates for carrying out your ambitions are the 1ˢᵗ, 2ⁿᵈ, 6ᵗʰ, 10ᵗʰ, 11ᵗʰ, 15ᵗʰ, 19ᵗʰ, 20ᵗʰ, 24ᵗʰ, 28ᵗʰ and 29ᵗʰ.

To increase your magnetic vibrations and so make yourself more fortunate, you should wear the colours relating to your planets as much as possible, such as the Sun:

All shades of gold, orange or bronze to golden brown.

Moon: All shades of green, white and cream.

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

If born on May 28ᵗʰ you can employ the colours of Mercury, all light shimmering materials.

Your “lucky” jewels are diamonds, topaz, amber, moonstones, jade and turquoise, and for May 28ᵗʰ all bright glistening stones.

The most important or climacteric years in your life are the 1ˢᵗ, 2ⁿᵈ, 6ᵗʰ, 10ᵗʰ, 11ᵗʰ, 15ᵗʰ, 19ᵗʰ, 21ˢᵗ 24ᵗʰ, 28ᵗʰ, 29ᵗʰ, 33ʳᵈ, 37ᵗʰ, 38ᵗʰ, 42ⁿᵈ, 46ᵗʰ, 47ᵗʰ, 51ˢᵗ, 55ᵗʰ, 56ᵗʰ, 60ᵗʰ, 64ᵗʰ, 65ᵗʰ and 69ᵗʰ.

You will find yourself attracted to persons born on any of the series of the “one,” “two,” or “six” in any month, and if born on May 28ᵗʰ, also to persons born under the number five series, such as the 5ᵗʰ, 14lh or 23ʳᵈ.

*  James Gordon Bennett, son of the founder of the New York Herald, called to see me one evening in my house in Paris during the Summer of 1900.  He was the man who had sent Henry M. Stanley on a mission to find Livingston in Central Africa.  James Gordon Bennett was a remarkable personality, very much misunderstood by the majority of people. Under the cover of a rather brusque defiant manner, he was at heart a most generous minded man, who did a lot of good in his own peculiar way.

** “As I have related in my Memoirs “the great Melba,” as I must always term her, came as an unknown person to see me in my rooms in London in November, 1888. She did not open her lips until I had finished an examination of her hands. She then gave me the satisfaction of saying that I had told her all the important details of her past life, and she added “every date you have given me has been exact.”

Some years later, in New York, she again came to consult me and before leaving, wrote in my visitor’s book: “‘Cheiro’ you are wonderful. What more can I say?”

In her characteristic writing, she signed: “Nellie Melba, New York, 1894.”