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The
O.B! or West Indian Astrologers was a secret art and system of
prediction by planetary influence. It involved the use of charms,
spells, incantatations, love presents and bewitching secrets as
well as fortune telling by cards, dice, tea and coffee. There was
the observation of good and ill fortune relating to the days, weeks
or months of embarking on important engagements, particularly
marriage.
The following
are a few examples of the beliefs of O.B! about lucky days:
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There are
three months in a year, in which it is not reckoned fortunate to
enter a new house, or sign a lease; those are April, July and
November; neither is the 11th of any month good for such
projects.
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Let women be
careful what they transact in the thirty first year of their
life, for it is to all females a year of importance, whether
they are married or single; some great change will await them,
or they will lay under peril or temptation, have a great loss or
a great gain, go on an unexpected journey, or, in short,
something or other remarkable is to happen, and dark
complexioned women have in general fate stronger than others.
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