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Astrology newspaper predicts the future of the Civil War...



Item # 689800

March 01, 1862

BROUGHTON'S MONTHLY PLANET READER & ASTROLOGICAL JOURNAL, Philadelphia, March, 1862  A fascinating and very unusual newspaper of small-size themed on predicting what would happen in the future as well as astrology and phrenology.
The ftpg. has: "Geomancy", an old "science". Page 2 has: "The Fate of the Nation for March, 1862", according to astrological signs, resulting in: "...will be a number of engagements between the Norther & Southern forces in this month, which will be attended with much loss of life...forms an evil aspect to his own place in the President's Nativity in the latter part of the month...Mars afflicts Gen. McClellan's Nativity...incline them to push on the War...". "The Astrologer" is on page 3.
Four pages, 5 3/4 by 9 inches, nice condition.

Category: Moments in American History