Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore
Ask a dozen people whether they have any superstitions, and the majority will tell you, without hesitation, that they have not the slightest belief in such things. If the truth is told there are very few of us who do not cherish some little weaknesses in this direction. One pe...
Ask a dozen people whether they have any superstitions, and the majority will tell you, without hesitation, that they have not the slightest belief in such things. If the truth...
2. Part 2Now, while we would be the first to deny that Palmistry is an exact and infallible science, yet we just as strongly affirm that it is undoubtedly a most fascinating and interest...
3. Part 3(4) The positions of the Mounts of Mercury, Apollo, Saturn, Jupiter, Luna and Venus are shown in Fig. 7. Of the Mounts of Mars, there are two positions. One is situated between...
4. Part 4Everybody sums up the faces of his friends and of the people he meets. It is a habit we all have. But most of us are apt to classify these faces into groups according to whether...
5. Part 5People born during this period have considerable mental ability and a keen business instinct. They are fond of the imaginative arts. They are proud; they like their own way and...
6. Part 6No. 3 (_Tuesday_).--The day of Mars (French--Mardi). Frequently the engineers of the world. An ambitious go-ahead day is Tuesday. These Tuesday folk are the explorers, the men w...
7. Part 7_FACES._--(Smiling) Happy times with friends; (pale and gloomy) trouble and poverty; (changing faces) a removal; (washing own face) repentance for sin; (own face in glass) long-...
8. Part 8_INITIAL._--In this important leaf-picture the initials should be carefully studied. If the initial is formed near the rim, the significance is one of good fortune. Initials mos...
9. Part 9+------------------------------ Lucky Dates: | Unlucky Dates: | Jan. 1, 5, 9, 19, 20 and 27 | Jan. 6, 7, 21 and 23 | Feb. 2, 6, 15, 20, 24 and 29 | Feb. 11, 17, 19 and 22 | Mar....
10. Part 10Now perhaps you can better appreciate the wonderful stories which you hear about mediums (people who pass into these trances), who have spoken--or are alleged to have spoken, fo...
11. Part 11To estimate the amount of luck or good fortune that awaits your future, pick up the last card that was laid down in each row. Naturally, there will now be no card left in the fi...
12. Part 12Shuffle the sixteen cards and then spread them out on the table, face down. They should lie on the table in a mixed-up heap and not in an orderly pack.
13. Part 13The game is played in practically the ordinary way that one takes a hand at dominoes. All the cards from double-six to double-blank are shot on the table, pips down, and shuffle...
14. Part 14This month is so called in honor of the god Janus, who is always depicted with two faces or heads, one to look forwards, the other backwards. His work was to preside over the be...
15. Part 15_Decem_ means ten and December was the tenth month of the early Roman calendar. Probably it has had more names conferred upon it than any other of the twelve months. Among the S...
16. Part 164.--Greatest happiness is likely to come in the middle period of married life. In the early portion, you and your partner will not have learned to understand each other: in the...