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War Time. v. Time.

Watchers of the Heavens. Applied by the Persians (c. 3000 B.C.) to the four Royal Stars then at
the angles of the Zodiac: the Watcher of the East, then at the Vernal Equinox - Aldebaran; the
Watcher of the North, which then marked the Summer Solstice - Regulus; the Watcher of the
West, then at the Autumnal Equinox - Antares, the Watcher of the South, which then marked the
Winter Solstice - Fomalhaut.

Water-bearer, Waterman. The zodiacal Sign Aquarius. v. Signs.

Water Signs. Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces. v. Signs.

Wave Length. Radio waves may be measured either in length or in frequency: the higher the
frequency, the shorter the length of the waves. For example, your WMCA, at the top of the dial,
has a frequency of 570 kilocycles, in a wave that has a length of approximately 527 metres.
Multiply one by the other and you have about 300,000. WQXR, near the bottom, has a
frequency of 1560 kc., and a wave length of approximately 192 metres. These multiplied yield
also approximately 300,000 - thereby showing a definite inverse ratio between frequency and
length of wave. The ultra-short wave lengths in the light band are measured in millimicrons, or
angstrom units. A micron is a millionth part of a metre; a millimicron, a thousandth part of a
micron; an angstrom, one-tenth of a millimicron. Red light has a wave length of about 780 M M
or 7800 A (angstrom units); yellow, 590 M M or 5900 A; and violet, 390 M M or 3900 A. The
range of visibility is thus one octave: from approximately 400 M M to 800 M M. Above that are
the ultra-violet rays, and below it, the infra-red. It is also discovered that refraction increases in
inverse ratio to the wave length - hence the dispersion of light as it passes through a glass prism.
It is a matter of wave length that Mars yields a red light, stimulates the adrenal glands, and thus
produces the sundry emotional reactions that astrologists have learned to associate with a Mars
accent: and similarly with all the other planetary rays, as distinguished from those of the
luminaries.

Weak Signs. Cancer, Capricorn and Pisces. v. Signs.