Today's Stichomancy for Hillary Clinton

The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Rivers to the Sea by Sara Teasdale:

A woman waits with bag and shabby furs, A somber man drifts by, and only we Pass up the street unwearied, warm and free, For over us the olden magic stirs. Beneath the liquid splendor of the lights We live a little ere the charm is spent; This night is ours, of all the golden nights, The pavement an enchanted palace floor, And Youth the player on the viol, who sent A strain of music thru an open door.

A WINTER BLUEJAY

The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Tanach:

Psalms 89: 52 (89:53) Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. BOOK IV

Psalms 90: 1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.

Psalms 90: 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.

Psalms 90: 3 Thou turnest man to contrition; and sayest: 'Return, ye children of men.'

Psalms 90: 4 For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Psalms 90: 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

Psalms 90: 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Psalms 90: 7 For we are consumed in Thine anger, and by Thy wrath are we hurried away.

Psalms 90: 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance.

Psalms 90: 9 For all our days are passed away in Thy wrath; we bring our years to an end as a tale that is told.

Psalms 90: 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years; yet is their pride but travail and vanity; for it is speedily gone, and we fly away.

The Tanach

The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from An Historical Mystery by Honore de Balzac:

"We have seen no one," said Monsieur d'Hauteserre.

"So much the better," said Goulard; "but I care too much for the Cinq- Cygne and Simeuse families to let any harm come to them. Listen to me. If you have any compromising papers--"

"Papers!" repeated the old gentleman.

"Yes, if you have any, burn them at once," said the mayor. "I'll go and amuse the police agents."

Goulard, whose object was to run with the royalist hare and hold with the republican hounds, left the room; at that moment the dogs barked violently.

"There is no longer time," said the abbe, "here they come! But who is

The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert:

with the insignia of their magistracies or the instruments of their calling, were making their way towards the tabernacles which were descending from the Acropolis between the colleges of the pontiffs.

Out of deference to Moloch they had adorned themselves with the most splendid jewels. Diamonds sparkled on their black garments; but their rings were too large and fell from their wasted hands,--nor could there have been anything so mournful as this silent crowd where earrings tapped against pale faces, and gold tiaras clasped brows contracted with stern despair.

At last the Baal arrived exactly in the centre of the square. His pontiffs arranged an enclosure with trellis-work to keep off the

Salammbo