Foreword, by David R. Roell
Preface: Astro-Meteorology
Introduction
0.01 Major stations
0.02 Aspects, or magnetic angles
0.03 General influence of planets when stationary or in the Equator or Tropics
0.04 The Sun configured with the various planets and their general influence on the atmosphere
G-1. Mercury
G-2. Venus
G-3. Mars
G-4. Jupiter
G-5. Saturn
G-6. Uranus
G-7. Neptune
Lecture 1: Mercury’s Configurations in Relation to Weather
1.01 Mercury
1.02 Mercury in major stations
1.03 Mercury with Venus
1.04 Mercury with Mars
1.05 Mercury in aspect with Jupiter
1.06 Mercury in aspect with Saturn
1.07 Mercury in aspect with Uranus
1.08 Mercury in aspect with Neptune
1.09 Statistical data: Mercury
(a) Mercury-Neptune-Saturn
(b) Mercury-Sun conjunct
(c) Mercury retrograde Sun
(d) Mercury stationary
(e) Mercury retrograde Saturn
(f) Mercury in an angle
(g) Galveston Flood
(h) Mercury Uranus lower meridian
(i) Mercury opposite Uranus
(j) Mercury opposite Uranus
(k) Mercury conjunct Sun
(l) Mercury stationary
Lecture 2: Venus’ Configurations in Relation to Weather
2.01 General
2.02 Venus with the Sun
2.03 Venus with Mars
2.04 Venus with Jupiter
2.05 Venus with Saturn
2.06 Venus with Uranus
2.07 Venus with Neptune
2.08 Venus: Statistical data
(a) Winter solstice, 1917
(b) Venus conjunct Mars
(c) Venus in the Equator
(d) Full Moon November 9, 1927
(e) Mississippi valley floods
(f) Venus on meridian
(g) Venus in the north Tropic
Lecture 3: Mars Configurations in Relation to Weather
3.01 General
3.03 Mars with the Sun
3.04 Mars with Jupiter
3.05 Mars with Saturn
3.06 Mars with Uranus
3.07 Mars with Neptune
3.08 The planet Mars in relation to weather: Statistical data
(a) Sun conjunct Mars in Leo
(b) Mars conjunct Jupiter
(c) Mars in perigee
(d) Mars in the north Tropic
Lecture 4: Jupiter’s Influence on Weather
4.01 General
4.02 Primary stations, Jupiter, Sunspots
4.03 Jupiter with Saturn
4.04 Jupiter with Uranus
4.05 Jupiter with Neptune
4.06 Statistical data: Jupiter, earthquakes
(a) Los Angeles and Charleston earthquakes
(b) Extremes of weather and magnetic storms
(c) Jupiter-Uranus conjunction
(d) Perihelion of Jupiter
(e)Jupiter square Uranus
(f) Jupiter conjunction Uranus
(g) Sunspots and magnetic storms
Lecture 5: Saturn’s Influence on Weather
5.01 General
5.02 Primary stations
5.03 Saturn with Uranus
5.04 Saturn with Neptune
5.05 Statistical data: Saturn
(a) Saturn in north Tropic
(b) Saturn in south Tropic
(c) Saturn in the Equator
(d) Saturn stationary and square Uranus
(e) Lunar quarters
Lecture 6: Effects of the Planet Uranus on Weather
6.01 General
6.02 Major stations
6.03 Uranus with Sun
6.04 Uranus with Neptune
6.05 Statistical data: Uranus
(a) Uranus in the Equator
(b) Uranus squared by Saturn
(c) Uranus on the lower meridian
(d) Uranus stationary
(e) Uranus squared by Jupiter
(f) Uranus conjoined by Jupiter
(g) Uranus on meridian at solstice
Lecture 7: Effects of the Planet Neptune on the Weather
7.01 General
7.02 Major stations of Neptune
7.03 Statistical data: Neptune
(a) Neptune on the meridian
(b) Capricorn ingress, 1936
(c) Winter solstice, 1937
(d) Seismic and volcanic phenomena
Lecture 8: Other Factors Necessary for Detailed Forecasts
8.01 General
8.02 Storm tracks
8.03 Seasonal indicators
8.04 Moon as important time marker
8.05 Tides in the air
8.06 Perigree and perihelion positions
8.07 Electric signs of the Zodiac
8.08 Electric signs
8.09 Major conjunctions
8.10 High and low pressure areas
Lecture 9: Epidemic Disease and Weather
9.01 Planetary causes ignored
9.02 Assembling scientific data
9.03 Sunspot observations
9.04 Abnormalities accompany disease outbreaks
9.05 Electrical state of the atmosphere
9.06 Vocanic eruptions, earthquakes, disease
9.07 Statistical data
9.08 Epidemics move from east to west
Lecture 10: The Sun and Solar Eclipses Considered
10.01 General
10.02 Solar conjunctions fall later each year
10.03 Erecting ingress charts
10.04 Equinoctial storms
10.05 Eclipses
10.06 Metonic cycle
Lecture 11: The Moon and the Lunar Quarters
11.01 General
11.02 Lunar quarters
11.03 Perigree
11.04 Moon in celestial equator
11.05 Moon’s position during earthquakes
11.06 Neomenia
Lecture 12: The Moon’s North Node as an Important Cyclic Factor
12.01 General
12.02 Effects on Moon’s declination
12.03 Bibliography
12.04 Statistical data
(a) Mean high water to mean sea level
(b) Indian famines
(c) Cold winters and North Node
(d) History of the Moon on weather
(e) The spring of 1947
Appendix
Supplemental materials
Memo to Andrew L.
From a forthcoming Year Book
Letter to Mr. A.L.
Hot Summer is Forecast
Press release, September 8, 1947
Weather Astrology You Can Use, by Z.R. Harmon
Pearce’s Weather Bits, compiled by Carolyn Egan
A Brief History of Astrometeorology, by George J. McCormack
Bibliography
Index About the Author
George McCormack, (1887-1974), had a life-long interest in astrology and the weather. Inspired by the astrometeorological work of A.J. Pearce (1840-1923) and others, McCormack meticulously tracked and recorded the weather, from before World War I, until his death more than half a century later.
This is the finest of all the books on astrology and weather, written by a man who spent his whole life observing it. In this book, McCormack goes far beyond predicting weather. He predicts particular kinds of sunny days, he predicts epidemics, he predicts tornadoes, he predicts earthquakes. He shows how weather follows major rivers and lakes, how, in the US, weather that customarily forms in the Gulf of Mexico, travels up the Mississippi to St. Louis, where it veers northeast to follow the Ohio River and then the Great Lakes, before finally exiting the North American continent along the St. Lawrence, in Canada. Where it meets up with weather systems travelling up the US Atlantic coast. This is a stunning book. McCormack relates the weather to specific topography, which will tie his book firmly to Chinese Feng Shui.
In 1947, after 23 years of observation and research, he published his "key" to long-range weather forecasting, being this book. Confident of his ability, in that same year McCormack predicted one of the most severe winters in decades, specifically forecasting the infamous snows of December 26, 1947. When the snows came and life in the US northeast froze to a halt, he was nationally famous overnight.
Later, in 1963, before the US Weather Bureau, and again in 1964, before the American Meteorological Society, McCormack presented his life's work. Both groups ignored him, to our great loss.
The techniques he used are in this amazing book. With study they will become yours. The weather bureau predicts the weather, day by day, by careful observation of current conditions. You can learn to predict based on underlying celestial factors, which can be known as far in the future as you like. The uses are endless. Many organizations and governments schedule activities months, often years in advance. NASCAR, for example, runs automobile races, which can only run on dry track. Rain is a crippling event. Rescheduling dozens of cars, hundreds of participants, and thousands of spectators, from an unexpectedly rainy day, to a day which is merely hoped to be dry, is not only a logistical nightmare, it is ruinously expensive. As we all know, the weather department cannot reliably predict rain even 24 hours in advance. With astrology and this book, you can learn to predict rain as far in advance as you need. As far as you like. And make plans accordingly.
This book was originally published as 59 single-sided, single-spaced, hand-typed loose sheets (standard typewriter bond, with watermark), 8.5 x 11 in size, in a standard 3-ring binder, and limited, so I understand, to 100 copies. I myself made this book from them. I know from experience that when books such as this turn up in the estates of old, forgotten people, they are commonly thrown away, wholesale. This book, one of the finest astrology books which I have ever seen, one filled with dazzling, hard-won and unique insights, was very nearly lost altogether. When I think of that, I am in shock.
George McCormack was also an expert on mundane and financial astrology and for many years published a weekly, and then monthly newsletter. I would very much like to find copies, as I am eager to see McCormack's work reprinted and preserved.
Read an excerpt, Chapter 9, on Epidemics, here.
Also read my Foreword Astrology Under Our Feet, where I tie McCormack's work to my theory of Earth-based astrology.
Astrology Classics, 160 pages.