22 DECEMBER 1950, Page 4

The best thing about astrologers is the company they keep.

"The astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators "—what more impressive or sonorous a trio could be imagined? And now the astrologers of this country (they seem to have some attachment to the Theosophical Society) are to have a diploma, and those who receive it will be able to write after their names D.F.Astrol.S. (F stands for Faculty). %What distinction. And how considerate of the astrologers to leave the monthly prognosticators alone, divining, as they no doubt have (by astrology), that I am On the lay myself. Partic,plars of my examination for the D.M.P. (Doctor Menstruae Prognosticationis) will be published here as soon as I have time to frathe the syllabus. * *