Creator
ANONYMOUS
Title
Astrology Applied to Horse-racing
Coverage
Doncaster
Publisher
Town Moor
Date
1928
Subject
Mentioned in George Orwell’s Coming Up for Air
Description
This 1928 booklet, apparently published by a race-course, attempted to prove that the order of finish in a race can be determined by calculating the influence of the planets on the colors of the jockey’s silks, typically understood as:
Aries: Red Leo: Gold Sagittarius: Purple
Taurus: Green Virgo: Brown Capricorn: Gray
Gemini: Yellow Libra: Pink Aquarius: Blue
Cancer: Silver Scorpio: Black Pisces: Lt. Green
Aries: Red Leo: Gold Sagittarius: Purple
Taurus: Green Virgo: Brown Capricorn: Gray
Gemini: Yellow Libra: Pink Aquarius: Blue
Cancer: Silver Scorpio: Black Pisces: Lt. Green