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ASTROLOGY, DIVINATION, AND COINCIDENCES
Stars" will not be upon the scene at that time to rejoice at the fulfilment of his prophecy or to mourn over the destruction of London.
When the figure is completed, and the positions and aspects of the planets are duly marked, preparation is made to form a judgment.

To make the proper calculation is a work requiring experience.
The above is the famous figure which William Lilly drew to decide whether Presbytery should stand in England. Zadkiel adduces this figure with the judgment pronounced upon it as a decisive proof of the science, and of its ability to decide the most important questions, but public and private.
EVIDENCE RELIED UPON
To demonstrate the truth of astrology, its votaries appeal to the history of England for the past six
- ↑ Lilly, "Introduction to Astrology," p. 29.