This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at Phillips Hotel, Room 115, Dayton, Ohio, this 20th day of November, 1923, in accordance with request made by self - Miss [288].
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Linden Shroyer, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mrs. Cayce, and George S. Klingensmith.
R E A D I N G
Born January 30, 1905, near Centerville, Alabama. Time of Reading 11:15 A. M. ..., Ohio.
1. LS: Now, you have before you the body of [288], who was born January 30th, 1905, at Centerville, Alabama. You will give a horoscope reading, a reading giving the effects of the planets upon the life and destiny of this individual. You will give the vocation in life for which this person is most adapted. You will also give the personalities and time in history of each appearance upon this earth plane. You will speak very slowly and distinctly.
2. EC: Yes, we have the conditions and record here. In the evening [About 1:30 a.m. her mother later said.], you see, the soul entered this body.* Goodly soul, and rather old, you see. One destined to bring, both from its own self and from the experiences of the past, much good to many peoples, and much good for individuals who put their trust and faith in the entity, for the soul and spirit of this entity has seen many and various phases of the evolution of the human family. * [Apparently soul birth was several hours prior to physical birth - See 288-36, Par. 5-A--7-A. See opposite situation in 538-30, Par. 13-A in which [538]'s soul entrance was several hours after the physical.]
3. Under the conditions, and the rule of these, little of Saturn or Mars enter the present entity control. This we see coming under that of Venus direct. That of Mercury in the 7th house, Neptune in the 11th house, Jupiter in the 9th house. [See in 288-1, Par. R39, 9/23/34 astrologer's letter.]
4. The Moon in its effect gives that of the great increase in the physical, and also in the development of the entity toward the mark of the higher calling, as is set in Him, the Sun's effect leaving the afterglow of the relations as have been effected upon those with whom this individual has and will come in contact.
5. One whose will force has, and will, when kept in that straight and narrow way that has been set for itself, lead to that of the Truth and the making of the soul, spirit and
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physical forces free.
6. One who, under the influences of Mercury's forces, with that of Venus, will bring much of this world's goods to the individual, through those of the forces that have to do with nature's or the earth's storehouse.
7. One whom the gods [gods - guards?] of the forces in natural force give of the better things of life, with the entity's developing through that of its own experiences upon the other planes through which it, this entity, has passed.
8. One in whom there will be, in the future, little of the earthly ills for itself, though one that will lend much to the assistance in the earthly ills of others.
9. One who will find its greater force in the home, and the dedication of its better self to the future generations of its own strain. [9/28/39 See suggestion in 288-45 seeking clarification.]
10. One who, with others, will draw much of the more beautiful things of the earth plane about them, and one to whom all obstacles become the stepping stones for higher development in this present earth plane.
11. One whose greater possibilities in the physical lie in and about the last days of June, October, see? June 21st to July 2nd, October the 19th to November 7th, and the forces of the natural elements lend to the developing of the entity here. [See 288-27, Par. 7-A, and 8-A clarification.]
12. One in whom the better forces in the natural elements will be the guiding forces in the manifestation of earthly welfare - that is, these to the entity, [288], we are speaking of, will become manifestations of the forces, as have been given, of the gods [gods - guards?] of natural force giving their sanction to the developing of the entity, with this entity's faith in the immutable laws of the Prince of Peace, and through these gain the dynamic forces of the greater development upon this plane. [See 288-27, Par. 9-A--11-A.]
13. In appearances and personalities, we find in this four:
14. Now, these as exhibited in the former appearances, there are many stages of the developing that may be given. This we find, those not of the whole life, but those points which had to do with the developing upon the earth plane, or that in those lives as lived upon which the soul and spirit of the entity developed to bring the various stages to the individual entity.
15. Just previous to this we find one born in the household of royalty, and of the royal family, in the King's Court of Louis the 15th. That of the King's own household, the daughter, and in the conditions as were surrounding the
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individual then was in the Court of that country, of which the individual and entity was a part, with the pomp, the glory, the magnificence of the worldly show as was manifest in that country at the time, with the education in the hands of those of the Church as was manifest in and through the minds (secular) of the people at the time.
16. The first change came in the seventeenth year of the life, then, with the meeting and betrothal of this individual to that of the Duke of York, as then known. This, we find, was not consummated, and brought to the individual that in the inmost soul of the distrust of man, or of the opposite sex, and the body then became an inmate of the confined walls, where the rest of life was spent, and only lived to the age in years then of thirty.
17. In this, we find that personality as is given in the present sphere, with the innate feelings oft of that same distrust, though the body, with the whole being and soul, enters into that which it makes a purpose. [See 288-10 on 3/17/25 indicating she was Louis 14th's daughter but lived during the Regency, when Louis 15th was the child king. See 288-27, Par. 15-A--18-A.]
18. In that before this we find in the land that is now known as Persia, [Uhjltd Period, 8,058 BC?], and in the forces under that of Croesus. In this we find this body still in that same sex as has been and is shown, and those points then we find that made the manifestations were in the association of the individual to whom this body then was close, that of the only daughter* of the ruler, and their studies and education of the time were together, though they were of different households; yet the position of him who was in the earth plane, the father, brought this body into this contact early in the life, and in this same place where the entity spent the days with this individual was where the life, as known, was taken by the invading forces from the South and East, and in this the aversion to those cutting instruments, for in that manner the bodily destruction came, and those forces, as given, in personality were the manifestations in the present sphere, and added that of loyalty to friendships made. [See 288-10 and 288-27, Par. 19-A, 20-A, also 288-38 Par. 9-A.] * [See 369-3 on 11/3/27. 2/13/24 See 294-8 in re [288]'s association in the Uhjltd period. 7/26/38 See 1007-3 indicating Mrs. [1007] was a sister of the first Croesus, "being the name of a line of several kings that followed"; that she was later active during the Uhjltd period. Perhaps Uhjltd lived at the period of Croesus II?]
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19. In that before this we find in the lands just before the present plane, as given, in the Egyptian forces, and in the rule of the second ruler of that land, when the glory of the country was near its height, and was in the household of Potiphar [?] [Ra-Ta]* but the sojourn in that sphere, was of short duration, for we find only a short span is given in earth plane. [See 294-147 through 294-153, July/August 1932 EC readings on Ra-Ta.] * [GD's note: This was one of the earliest Life Rdgs. I'm sure it was the Ra-Ta period, as we later came to know it. Not knowing how to spell it, EC told me to put Potiphar, as it sounded nearest to the sound I gave him, and he thought it was the Bible Character.]
20. In the one before this we find in that fair country of Alta, [See 339-1 on 5/27/33 saying Alta was a ruler, a scribe, just before the third destruction of Atlantis.] or Poseidia [GD's spelling based on Poseidon in Greek Mythology.] proper, when this entity was in that force that brought the highest civilization and knowledge that has been known to the earth's plane, and this entity was one of those who lent much assistance to the developing of those forces that made the common peoples that they became the assistance in the knowledge as obtained. Again we find the entity in that sex as given, and was in the household of the ruler of that country. [This body (not physically) will be present when the earth is changed again, see? See 288-29, Par. 8-A expanding on "when the earth is changed again."] This we find nearly ten thousand years before the Prince of Peace came, and this entity then found the destructive forces to life in the misapprehension of those who were attempting to be of assistance, and not by their fault was the catastrophe brought; yet not until the entrance into the land of the unknown did this entity come to the realization of this as truth, and in the affliction as brought to the physical were the personalities and manifestations of same brought through to the sphere at present. [See 288-10 and 288-27, Par. 22-A--25-A.]
21. Follow well in those paths that are set by the present entity's will and knowledge of those laws that make [the entity] its self secure in the blood of the lamb, that taketh away the sins of the world.