Anyhow, if some "astrologers" are joking with the celestial bodies, we know that real science is not concerned with such computations. As long as that remains a riddle-joke, a bit similar to crossword puzzles, we will make no objections. If, nevertheless, these astrological com> putations are proposed as a socially useful occupation or research—then one feels sorry and sad for such a waste of brain energy.
The assumed "fact" "that certain effects do usually follow certain planetary indications" (page 61) has, to say the least, a very frail logical foundation and cannot be accepted as a real causal link between both groups of events. One is, nevertheless, pleased to note the rejection of Astrology as "a fatalistic system of fortune telling."
Mr. Leon accepts the following statement by Dr. Rolf-Wheeler The planets serve to indicate the periodicity of the rhythms to which all beings and objects in the Universe are subject. ese rhythms are predestined, but their c laxity is so great and the Free Will of Yran so intervenes, that the influences of these rhythms on any individual must be worked out with great care. Here lies the skill of the astrologer.
These last words give the impression that psychology will have the upper hand over astrology—and so much the better!—z.c.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.