- Evangeline Adams
Evangeline Smith Adams, born on
8 February 1868 , was perhaps the best known Americanastrologer of her day. She ran a hugely successful astrologicalconsulting business as well as writing several books about the subject (including "The General Principles of Astrology " as co-author) and herautobiography , "The Bowl of Heaven ". Because Adams's biography primarily focused on her astrological business, not much is known about her personal life.Biography
Adams was born on
8 February 1868 at 8:30 am inJersey City ,New Jersey , to a conservative family. Her father died when she was 15 months old. Before Adams began working as an astrologer full time, she became engaged to a Mr. Lord, who was believed to be her employer. Although she claims she was initially in love with him, she lost any feelings that she had for him and subsequently broke the engagement. In 19th centuryBoston , breaking an engagement was tantamount to divorce, and it was seen as a grave scandal. Evangeline Adams died in 1932.Arrests
Adams was arrested twice in
New York forfortune telling , in 1908 and May 1914. Although practicing astrology was not legalized at that time, Adams was later acquitted in 1914 after she gave the judge an accurate astrology reading describing the death of his son. Newspapers quoted the judge as saying that Adams "had raised astrology to the dignity of an exact science."ources
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NAME = Adams, Evangeline Smith
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Astrologer, astrological writer
DATE OF BIRTH =February 8 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH =Jersey City ,New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH = 1932
PLACE OF DEATH =
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