the morning; and from 15 minutes past 8 till 15 minutes past 9 at night.
10 and 11th. From 15 minutes past 6 till 9 in the morning; and from 8
till 9 in the evening.
19th and 20th. From 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 8 in the
morning; and from 30 minutes past 7 till 30 minutes past 8 in the
evening.
25th. From 15 minutes past 5 till 8 in the morning; and from 7 till 8
in the evening.
September 4th. From 15 minutes before 5 till 30 minutes past 7 in the
morning; and from 30 minutes past 6 till 30 minutes past 7 in the
evening.
8th and 9th. From 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 7 in the
morning; and from 15 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes past 7 in the
evening.
17th and 18th. From 5 till 15 minutes before 5 in the morning; and from
15 minutes before 6 till 15 minutes before 7 in the evening.
23d. From 30 minutes past 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the morning; and
from 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 6 in the evening.
October 3d. From 3 till 15 minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 15
minutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 5 in the afternoon.
7th. From 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the morning;
and from 30 minutes past 4 till 30 minutes past 5 in the afternoon.
16th. From 2 till 5 in the morning; and from 4 till 5 in the afternoon.
21st and 22d. From 15 minutes before 2 till 30 minutes past 4 in the
morning; and from 30 minutes past 3 till 15 minutes past 4 in the
afternoon.
November 5th. From 1 till 15 minutes before 4 in the morning; and from
15 minutes before 3 till 15 minutes before 4 in the afternoon.
14th. From 15 minutes past 12 till 3 in the morning; and from 2 till 3
in the afternoon.
20th. From 15 minutes before 12 till 15 minutes past 2 in the morning;
and from 15 minutes past 1 till 2 in the afternoon.
December 14th and 15th. From 10 till 30 minutes past 12 in the morning;
and from 12 at noon till 15 minutes before 1 in the afternoon.
18th and 19th. From 15 minutes before 10 at night till 15 minutes past
5 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 11 till 15 minutes past 12
at night.
January 3d. From 30 minutes past 10 till 15 minutes past 11 in the
morning; and from 15 minutes before 9 till 15 minutes past 11 at night.
12th and 13th. From 15 minutes past 9 till 10 in the morning; and from
15 minutes before 8 till 30 minutes past 10 at night.
18th. From 9 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and from 15
minutes past 7 till 10 at night.
27th. From 9 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and from 7 till
15 minutes before 10 at night.
February 1st. From 8 till 30 minutes past 8 in the morning; and from 6
till 30 minutes past 8 in the evening.
11th and 12th. From 15 minutes before 8 till 30 minutes past 8 in the
morning; and from 15 minutes before 6 till 30 minutes past 8 in the
evening.
17th. From 7 till 15 minutes before 8 in the morning; and from 15
minutes past 5 till 8 in the evening.
March 1st. From 30 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes past 7 in the
morning; and from 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes past 7 in the
evening.
16th and 17th. From 30 minutes past 5 till 15 minutes past 6 in the
morning; and from 15 minutes before 4 till 30 minutes past 6 in the
evening.
19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 24th, and 25th. From 30 minutes past 5 till
30 minutes past 6 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 3 till 15
minutes past 6 in the evening.
26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th. From 15 minutes past 5 till 15
minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 15 minutes past 3 till 6 in
the evening.
April 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th. From 30 minutes past 4 till
30 minutes past 5 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 2 till 5 in
the afternoon.
10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th. From 15 minutes before 4 till 15
minutes before 5 in the morning; and from 2 till 30 minutes past 4 in
the afternoon.
19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, and 23d. From 30 minutes past 4 in the morning;
and from 15 minutes before 2 till 30 minutes past 4 in the afternoon.
25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th. From 3 till 4 in the morning; and from 15
minutes past 1 till 15 minutes before 4 in the afternoon.
May 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th. From 15 minutes past 2 till 15
minutes past 8 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 12 at noon till
15 minutes past 3 in the afternoon.
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th. From 2 till 3 in the morning; and from
15 minutes past 12 at noon till 3 in the afternoon.
16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22d. From 15 minutes before 2
till 15 minutes before 3 in the morning; and from 12 at noon till 15
minutes before 3 in the afternoon.
23d, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th. From 15 minutes past 1 till 15 minutes
past 2 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 11 in the forenoon till
15 minutes past 2 in the afternoon.
June 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th. From 15 minutes past 10 in the
morning till 1 in the afternoon; and from 15 minutes past 12 at night
till 15 minutes past 1 the next morning.
11th. From 15 minutes past 10 in the morning till 15 minutes before 1
in the afternoon; and from 12 at night till 1 the next morning.
20th. From 30 minutes past 9 in the morning till 12 at noon; and from
11 till 12 at night.
25th. From 15 minutes past 9 in the morning till 15 minutes past 12 at
noon; and from 11 till 12 at night.
July 5th. From 15 minutes before 8 till 15 minutes past 10 in the
morning; and from 15 minutes before 10 till 15 minutes before 11 at
night.
9th. From 15 minutes past 8 till 11 in the morning; and from 15 minutes
past 10 till 11 at night.
19th. From 30 minutes past 7 till 10 in the morning; and from 15
minutes past 9 till 15 minutes past 10 at night.
24th. From 7 till 15 minutes before 10 in the morning; and from 9 till
10 at night.
August 2d and 3d. From 30 minutes past 6 till 15 minutes before 9 in
the morning; and from 30 minutes past 8 till 30 minutes past 9 at night.
6th. From 15 minutes before 6 till 9 in the morning; and from 30
minutes past 7 till 30 minutes past 8 at night.
22d. From 15 minutes past 5 till 8 in the morning; and from 15 minutes
past 7 till 15 minutes past 8 at night.
September 1st. From 4 till 15 minutes before 7 in the morning; and 6
till 7 in the evening.
5th. From 30 minutes past 4 till 15 minutes before 7 in the morning;
and from 30 minutes past 6 till 30 minutes past 7 in the evening.
14th. From 15 minutes before 4 till 30 minutes past 6 in the morning;
and from 30 minutes past 5 till 30 minutes past 6 in the evening.
29th. From 15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 5 in the morning;
and from 30 minutes past 4 till 30 minutes past 5 in the evening.
October 3d. From 3 till 15 minutes before 6 in the morning; and from 15
minutes before 5 till 15 minutes before 6 in the evening.
12th. From 15 minutes past 2 till 5 in the morning; and from 15 minutes
before 4 till 30 minutes past 4 in the afternoon.
18th and 19th. From 30 minutes past 1 till 4 in the morning; and from
15 minutes before 3 till 30 minutes past 4 in the afternoon.
November 10th and 11th. From 30 minutes past 12 at night till 15
minutes past 3 in the morning; and from 30 minutes past 1 till 30
minutes past 2 in the afternoon.
15th and 16th. From 12 at night till 15 minutes before 3 in the
morning; and from 15 minutes past 1 till 2 in the afternoon.
29th and 30th. From 15 minutes past 11 at night till 2 in the morning;
and from 1 till 15 minutes before 2 in the afternoon.
December 8th and 9th. From 15 minutes past 10 at night till 1 in the
morning; and from 30 minutes past 12 at noon till 30 minutes past 1 in
the afternoon.
14th, 15th and 16th. From 10 at night till 15 minutes before 1 in the
morning; and from 15 minutes before 12 to 30 minutes past 12 at noon.
23d and 24th. From 15 minutes past 11 till 12 at noon; and from 15
minutes past 9 till 12 at night.
28th. From 15 minutes past 10 till 11 in the morning; and from 9 till
15 minutes before 12 at night.
* * * * *
We do not presume to assert that every lady born on the last-mentioned
times will be exempt from all descriptions of trouble during the whole
of their lives, but that they will never (in spite of whatever may
happen to befall them) sink below mediocrity. Even servants and those
born of poor parents will possess some superior qualities, get into
good company, be much noticed by their superiors, and will, in spite of
any intervening difficulties, establish themselves in the world, and
rise much above their sphere of birth.
It has often been recorded, and though a singular observation,
experience has shown it to be a true one, that some event of importance
is sure to happen to a woman in her thirty-first year, whether single
or married; it may prove for her good, or it may be some great evil
or temptation; therefore we advise her to be cautious and circumspect
in all her actions. If she is a maiden or widow, it is probable she
will marry this year. If a wife that she will lose her children or her
husband:--She will either receive riches or travel into a foreign land:
at all events, some circumstance or other will take place during this
remarkable year of her life, that will have great effect on her future
fortunes and existence.
The like is applicable to men in their forty-second year, of which so
many instances have been proved that there is not a doubt of its truth:
Observe always to take a lease for an odd number of years; even are not
prosperous. The three first days of the moon are the best for signing
papers, and the first five days as well as the twenty-fourth for any
fresh undertaking. But we cannot but allow that a great deal depends on
our own industry and perseverance, and by strictly discharging our duty
to God and man, we may often overcome the malign influence of a bad
planet, or a day marked as unlucky in the book of fate.
ST. AGNES’ DAY
(_Charm to know who your husband shall be._)
Falls on the 21st of January: you must prepare yourself by a
twenty-four hours’ fast, touching nothing but pure spring water,
beginning at midnight on the 20th, to the same again on the 21st; then
go to bed, and mind you sleep by yourself, and do not mention what you
are trying to any one, or it will break the spell; go to rest on your
left side, and repeat these lines three times:
St. Agnes, be a friend to me,
In the gift I ask of thee;
Let me this night my husband see--
and you will dream of your future spouse: if you see more than one in
your dream, you will wed two or three times, but if you sleep and dream
not, you will never marry.
NAPOLEON’S ORACULUM; OR, BOOK OF FATE.
_The Oraculum is gifted with every requisite variety of response to the
following questions_:
1. Shall I obtain my wish?
2. Shall I have success in my undertakings?
3. Shall I gain or lose in my cause?
4. Shall I have to live in foreign parts?
5. Will the stranger return?
6. Shall I recover my property?
7. Will my friend be true?
8. Shall I have to travel?
9. Does the person love and regard me?
10. Will the marriage be prosperous?
11. What sort of a wife, or husband, shall I have?
12. Will she have a son or daughter?
13. Will the patient recover?
14. Will the prisoner be released?
15. Shall I be lucky or unlucky?
16. What does my dream signify?
HOW TO WORK THE ORACULUM.
Make marks in four lines, one under another, in the following manner,
making more or less in each line, according to your fancy:
* * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Then reckon the number of marks in each line, and, if it be _odd_, mark
down one dot; if _even_, two dots. If there be more than nine marks,
reckon the surplus ones over that number only, viz.:
The number of marks in the first line of the foregoing are _odd_;
therefore make one mark, thus *
In the second, _even_, so make two, thus * *
In the third, _odd_ again, make one mark only *
In the fourth, _even_ again, two marks * *
TO OBTAIN THE ANSWER.
You must refer to THE ORACULUM, at the top of which you will find a row
of dots similar to those you have produced, and a column of figures
corresponding with those prefixed to the questions; guide your eye down
the column at the top of which you find the dots resembling your own,
till you come to the letter on a line with the number of the question
you are trying, then refer to the page having that letter at the top,
and, on a line with the dots which are similar to your own, you will
find your _answer_.
* * * * *
The following are unlucky days, on which none of the questions should
be worked, or any enterprise undertaken: Jan. 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 20, 22;
Feb. 6, 17, 28; March 24, 26; April 10, 27, 28; May 7, 8; June 27; July
17, 21; Aug. 20, 22; Sept. 5, 30; Oct 6; Nov. 3, 29; Dec. 6, 10, 15.
* * * * *
⁂ It is not right to try a question twice in one day.
ORACULUM.
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1 Shall I obtain my wish? A B C D E F G
2 Shall I have success in my undertakings? B C D E F G H
3 Shall I gain or lose in my cause? C D E F G H I
4 Shall I have to live in foreign parts? D E F G H I K
5 Will the stranger return from abroad? E F G H I K L
6 Shall I recover my property stolen? F G H I K L M
7 Will my friend be true in his dealings? G H I K L M N
8 Shall I have to travel? H I K L M N O
9 Does the person love and regard me? I K L M N O P
10 Will the marriage be prosperous? K L M N O P Q
11 What sort of wife or husb. shall I have? L M N O P Q A
12 Will she have a son or a daughter? M N O P Q A B
13 Will the patient recover from his illness? N O P Q A B C
14 Will the prisoner be released? O P Q A B C D
15 Shall I be lucky or unlucky this day? P Q A B C D E
16 What does my dream signify? Q A B C D E F
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H I K L M N O P Q 1
I K L M N O P Q A 2
K L M N O P Q A B 3
L M N O P Q A B C 4
M N O P Q A B C D 5
N O P Q A B C D E 6
O P Q A B C D E F 7
P Q A B C D E F G 8
Q A B C D E F G H 9
A B C D E F G H I 10
B C D E F G H I K 11
C D E F G H I K L 12
D E F G H I K L M 13
E F G H I K L M N 14
F G H I K L M N O 15
G H I K L M N O P 16
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* What you wish for, you will shortly OBTAIN.
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** Signifies trouble and sorrow.
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* Be very cautious what you do THIS day, lest trouble
** befall you.
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** The prisoner DIES, and is regretted by his friends.
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** Life will be spared THIS time, to prepare for death.
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** You will have a virtuous woman or man, for your wife or husband.
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* You had better decline THIS love, for it is neither
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* DECLINE your travels, for they will not be to your
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** There is a true and sincere friendship between you BOTH.
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* You will NOT recover the stolen property.
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** You are NOT lucky.
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* The luck that is ordained for you will be coveted by others.
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** Whatever your desires are, for the present decline them.
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** There ARE enemies who would defraud and render you unhappy.
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** With great difficulty he will obtain pardon or release again.
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** The patient should be prepared to LEAVE this world.
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** She will have a SON, who will be learned and wise.
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** A RICH partner is ordained for you.
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* By THIS marriage you will have great luck and prosperity.
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* THIS love comes from an upright and sincere heart.
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** A higher Power WILL surely travel with you, and bless you.
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* Beware of friends who are false and deceitful.
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* You WILL recover your property--unexpectedly.
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* Love prevents his return home at present.
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* Your stay is NOT here; be therefore prepared for a change.
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** You will have NO GAIN; therefore be wise and careful.
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* With the blessing of God, you WILL have great gain.
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** Very unlucky indeed--pray for assistance.
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* If your desires are NOT extravagant, they will be granted.
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** Signifies peace and plenty between friends.
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** Be well prepared THIS day, or you may meet with trouble.
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** The prisoner WILL find it difficult to obtain his pardon
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** The patient WILL YET enjoy health and prosperity.
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** She WILL have a daughter, and will require attention.
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* The person has NOT a great fortune, but is in middling
* circumstances.
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* Decline THIS marriage, or else you may be sorry.
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** Decline a courtship which MAY be your destruction.
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* Your travels are IN VAIN; you had better stay at home.
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* You MAY depend on a true and sincere friendship.
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* You must NOT expect to regain that which you have lost.
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* SICKNESS prevents the traveler from seeing you.
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* You WILL obtain a great fortune in another country.
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** By venturing freely, you WILL certainly gain doubly.
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* A higher Power WILL change your misfortune into success
** and happiness.
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** Alter your intentions, or else you MAY meet poverty and
* distress.
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** Signifies you have many impediments in accomplishing your
** pursuits.
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** Whatever may possess your inclinations this day, abandon them.
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** The prisoner WILL get free again this time.
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** The patient’s illness WILL be lingering and doubtful.
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* She will have a dutiful and handsome son.
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* The person will be LOW in circumstances, but honest-hearted.
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** A marriage which WILL ADD to your welfare and prosperity.
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* You love a person who does not speak well of you.
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* Your travels WILL be prosperous, if guided by prudence.
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* He means NOT what he says, for his heart is false.
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* With some trouble and expense, you may regain your property.
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