(XI.) HISTORY - Into the Twentieth Century

Progress is being made.

The Astrological Association in Britain and the American Federation of Astrologers hold annual conferences as well as weekly meetings; certainly theories are aired that seem decidedly 'chintzy', but a great deal of serious work is also done.

Correlation, a regular journal published by the Astrological Association, is probably the most serious periodical in the history of the subject.

In London recently as many as four hundred astrologers and students met for an evening's study, on a serious level; and there are regular meetings and conferences in most western countries, many of them international.

The British Faculty of Astrological Studies holds classes in London and has a correspondence course which has been taken by students in most countries of the world. Its final examination involves several papers, and there is a high and rigorous standard of marking, with relatively few passes each year.

Yes, Sun-sign books continue to be published, and account for the majority of sales of astrological books. But many of them now have tables of planetary positions which enable the reader to work out a virtually complete horoscope.

Historians too are beginning to explore the documents left by the astrologers of the past. Even science begins to show a reluctant interest through the study of various natural rhythms, of cosmobiology, and of correlations of terrestrial events and planetary movements.

It seems likely that the next fifty years or so will make it clear to what extent the longest-living scientific tradition is based on superstition, and to what extent it can help to illuminate the nature of our existence.

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