The Influence of the Stars: A Book of Old World Lore

ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND WELL-WRITTEN WORKS OF ASTROLOGY PRODUCED IN THE 19TH CENTURY
VERY RARE AND THE ONLY ONE I CAN FIND FOR SALE ANYWHERE ON THE WEB
INCLUDES DETAILED CHARTS, KNOWLEDGE OF THE MYSTIC WHEEL OF PYTHAGORAS, PALMISTRY, CHIROMANCY, DIVINATION, THE 12 HOUSES, THE ZODIAC, THE HOROSCOPE, ANCIENT STAR LORE, AND MUCH MUCH MORE!!
A GUIDEBOOK FOR THE BEGINNER AS WELL AS THE ADVANCED

It's one of my absolute favorite books here in my astrology section. This book is a true Victorian-era printing that is now nearly 127 years old This is a treasure trove of occult knowledge. I would snag this one before someone else does.

Of all subjects that have at any time engaged the attention of the world, there is none more ancient than astrology. In the East—where it first arose at a period of very remote antiquity—it still holds sway, and in every part of the world (especially among the learned), it reigned supreme until the middle of the seventeenth century. That it not only ruled the daily actions of individuals but swayed the councils of princes is shown by the records of every nation that has a history (and by none more fully than that of England). Yet, the present generation seems never, until quite lately, to have cared to inquire on what basis this belief could have been for so many ages. During the past ten years, however—possibly from a reaction growing out of the realism by which we have been so long oppressed—a new interest in these old-world beliefs has sprung up, and it is to satisfy that interest that this book (containing the results of many years' study) was written.
Chiromancy and Physiognomy are both based on astrology and are, therefore, quite in place as the second and third parts of a work treating the influence of the stars. Many of the modern writers on Chiromancy seem disposed to deny its affinity to astrology, with which it is, however, inseparably connected. Dr. Saunders, in the preface to his exhaustive work on Chiromancy and Physiognomy, published in 1671 and dedicated to his friend Lilly, the great astrologer, says: "For our more orderly proceeding with the body of this work, it is in the first place necessary to be observed that there are seven planets, named Stellæ Errantes—wandering stars—which have each of them its separate character as they are used in astrology; the which stars have great power over inferior bodies and do, each of them, govern some part or other of man's body and they especially have their material existence in the hand and without astrology, Chiromancy could not subsist and be subservient to true wisdom."
Now, why, in the face of this and many other equally forcible words among the old-world authorities, do the modern writers try to force their own crude theories upon us? To drag the time-honored study of Chiromancy into the turmoil of nineteenth-century existence and—by robbing it of its mysticism—to strain it into unison with the realism of modern thought, strikes the earnest student with the same sense of incongruity as would the hanging of a carnival mask over the mystically calm features of an antique statue.


CHAPTER
I. Astrology
II. The Alphabet of Astrology
III. Concerning the Signs of the Zodiac
IV. Of the Natures of the Seven Planets and of their Essential and Accidental Dignities
V. Of the Influences of the Seven Planets
VI. Concerning the Twelve Houses of Heaven and their Powers
VII. An Explanation of Various Terms used in Astrology
VIII. Of the Figure of the Heavens
IX. Of the Influences of the Fixed Stars
X. Of the Effect of each Planet in each of the Twelve Houses
XI. On Forming a General Judgment on a Nativity
XII. Concerning Directions and Horary Questions
XIII. Solar Horoscopes
XIV. Aphorisms culled from the Works of Ptolemy and other Ancient Astrologers

PART II.
CHIROMANCY
XV. Chiromancy and its Origin 1
XVI. Concerning the Principal Lines in the Hand and the Mounts
XVII. The Line of Life
XVIII. The Line of Heart and Line of Head
XIX. The Saturnian Line
XX. The Line of the Sun and Line of Health
XXI. On the Ring of Venus, the Wrist Lines and the Letter M to be seen in most Hands
XXII. Concerning Chance Lines; that is, Lines which are sometimes—but only rarely—seen on any Hand
XXIII. Concerning the Fingers and Thumb and Nails
XXIV. Of the Various Marks to be seen on the Hand
XXV. The Triangle, the Quadrangle, and the Happy Hand

Part III.
PHYSIOGNOMY
XXVI. Physiognomy
XXVII. The Forehead and Eyebrows
XXVIII. The Eyes and Eyelashes
XXIX. The Nose
XXX. The Mouth, Teeth, Jaw and Chin
XXXI. The Hair and Ears
XXXII. The Signatures of the Planets
XXXIII. The Moles on the Face
XXXIV. Moles having no Corresponding Moles on the Face
XXXV. The Zodiacal Marks
XXXVI. Concerning Alfridaries
XXXVII. Concerning the Wheel of Pythagoras and the Method of Working It

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Wheel of Pythagoras Frontispiece and Cover
The Earth To face Chapter VI.
Natus. 9th January 1889 " " VIII.
Facsimile of a Map of a Horary Question from Lilly's "Astrology" " " XII.
Principal Lines on the Palm of the Hand " " XVI.
The Line of Life " " XVII.
Chance Lines on the Hand " " XXII.
Various Marks on the Hand " " XXIV.
The Happy Hand " " XXV.
The Planets' Places on the Face " " XXVII.
Alfridary Table " " XXXVI.



"Ye stars which are the poetry of Heaven!

If, in your bright leaves, we read the fate

Of men and empires—'tis to be forgiven,

That in our aspirations to be great,

Our destinies o'erleap this mortal state.

And claim a kindred with you; for ye are

A beauty and a mystery and create

In us, such love and reverence from afar,

That Life, Fame, Power, and Fortune have named themselves a star."