prove interesting. Her mother died when she was quite young, and as she afterwards says, the family "migrated like birds having no settled abode." Her father sent her to a private school for a time, where after a good many escapades she capped the climax by organizing a sham fight on the grounds. In this fight the flower beds were nearly demolished, and she was sent home. Mars in the 1st Sign indicates fighting in connection with school; later on it would govern love affairs. She was never married, however. A friend once mentioned the subject to her, and she replied that she didn't believe any man ever really loved her, but she hadn't time even to think of it. Her time and energy were devoted entirely to her art. Her father was an artist with a studio in his home, so that early in her teens the art of painting began to monopolize all her spare time. Her fondness for animals developed while she was quite young, and she turned her father's studio into a menagerie. We hear of ponies running up and down stairs after her, and young lions having the freedom of the house; her lions died; one she nursed for a month and he died in her

arms.

We have drawn the Chart at the time when the "Horse Fair" was given to the public; it was praised beyond description. You will notice two planets governing the 12th are in the 11th Sign, and that leads her to be very fond of young baby animals.

The Franco-Prussian war lay very heavily on her mind, and in her distress she turned to painting as her only solace. Her 11th Sign leads her to make life long friends among women. She visited England and was feasted and flattered wherever she went. She wrote to a friend that English people seemed to eat all the time. Her 3rd and 12th Signs had changed from painting and animals to traveling and eating; this is an example of the law of transference.

Her 11th and 12th Signs coupled with the 3rd, controlled every event of any importance during her life. She took cold in traveling and died after a short illness. Her 1st Sign did not call for extravagance in dress and she often wore trousers; in handling animals and painting on a large canvas this style of dress was most suitable. She devoted her life to the art of painting and she has had her reward.

We may have more than one special talent but we must select one of these and consider all others subordinate to this one. We want to close our eyes and ears to everything else for a time and allow the spirit of the theme to permeate our souls. Happy is he who can pitch his tent on the mountains removed from the bustle and distracting influences of earth. Mr. Butler says, "Who that has visited a mountain top but what has felt that he was inspiring the breath of the gods?" When we sit upon a high crest, and look out upon a broad expanse of beauty, we imagine that this is where the spirits dwell and can almost hear the rustle of their wings. You will notice that Christ, when he wanted to teach the people some great and lofty truth, took them out into a mountain. His greatest sermon is known as the "Sermon on the Mount." When he desired to gain strength for the agony of the Cross he went up into a mountain t pray, but when he went out to be tempted of the devil he went into the wilderness. From the mountain top we will gain inspiration for the work before us, although we may not all find it convenient to retire to the hill-tops; in that case we must form the habit of concentrating all our powers on the theme before us.

We should also be careful not to work until the mind is fatigued. There are times when we can accomplish far more than at other times, and this is an important point to study. Take No. 76 for exampie. During the months of July and August he should be

very successful. The earth is in his 1st Sign from the middle of July to the middle of August. The Moon will pass through his 1st and 3rd Signs several times, and these will be his best times for work. in September he should rest. October and November again will be a good time for work, and December a good time to rest. You should work while the Earth and Moon are opposite large conjunctions and rest when they are passing through the weaker Signs. By this means one should accomplish much more in a given time and yet not overtax the brain. July, August, October, November, January, and February should be his best months for work, and this gives him September, December, March, and June for recreation. We are assuming that by choosing the most suitable time for work he will accomplish as much in a year as he would by working every day, and he should produce better work. We all know what it means to settle down to a task when we caunot concentrate our thoughts upon it; we have chosen a bad time for our work. What applies to No. 76 applies to all; his horoscope has been chosen to illustrate because of his planets being banked up in two places. His horoscope is at the strongest point in 1913, and he should allow nothing to stand in the way of attaining perfection in his chosen calling.

still a young man, mentally considered, and should produce a few masterpieces if he is spared to reach old age. In a few years Venus will be found in the 2nd Sign and Mercury in the 5th. Mercury in the 5th will give him greater success with children. The Transits also will at times work strongly on the 5th and 6th Signs.

Those who would attain to great heights in their chosen calling should avoid dissipation of every sort. Late hours, rich food and stimulants are brain and nerve wreckers; avoid these as you would poison.

We recollect reading a story of a painter who died; his work being left on his easel for years afterward. Another artist called to see his Studio and what was his surprise to find a picture which he himself had completed, standing half finished on the easel. This incident was narrated in support of the reincarnation theory. We do not believe in reincarnation and would not wish to believe in it; one trip through this vale of tears will be sufficient for most of us; it is quite probable however that the dead artist may have inspired the living artist; it is also possible that the same unseen influence might have prompted the production of the picture in two different cases. This is a similar instance to that of Helen Keller and the "Frost Fairies."

We cannot compare horoscopes in either case.

CHAPTER XVI

Inventors.

No. 79 is the Chart of an inventor, who requires no introduction to the world. His horoscope doubtless goes a long way toward making him what he is; the resemblance between his Chart and that of his rival No. 80, goes to prove this fact, and yet we believe that early training contributed greatly toward making him a man of genius. He was trained at home by his mother who was a teacher, and it is said that his father paid him for every book he read. When he