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My Theory of Astrology 
Cara Soror, 
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 
A few well-chosen words about Astrology? Madam, I am 
only too happy to oblige: our aim is to serve. The customer is 
usually wrong; but statistics indicate that it doesn't pay to 
tell him so. 
It seems a long while since I set up your Nativity , and read 
it, but it is very clear in my mind that you were astonished , 
as so many others have been, by the simplicity and 
correctness of my reading. It began, you remember, by your 
giving me the usual data when we dropped in for tea at the 
Anglers' Rest. I calculated the Ascendant on the spot , and 
remarked "Rubbish!" I looked at you again very carefully ; 
and, after many grunts , observed, "More likely half-past 
ten-within 
an hour one way or the other. You insisted; I 
insisted. Unwilling to make a Fracas in the Inn, we decided to 
put you to the trouble of writing to your mother to settle the 
dispute. Back came the answer: "within a few minutes of 
eleven. I remember because your father had hung on as long 
as he could-he had to take the morning service." 
This occurrence is very common in my experience ; I have 
contradicted what sounded like ascertained fact and proved 
on enquiry to have been right ; so, considering that the 
statistics I made many years ago showed me to have been 
right 109 times out of 120, I think two things are fairly near 
probation ; firstly , I am not guessing- that doesn't matter 
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