Casting the National Horoscope.

The article presents an overview of alleged prophets and futurists throughout U.S. history, discussing various successful and unsuccessful predictions concerning the nation's future trajectory. Details are given distinguishing different popular and fringe predictions by topic and era. The apocalyptic movement of William Miller in 1844 is mentioned, the drastically expanding population theories of Benjamin Franklin and Edward Wigglesworth during the 1780s are cited, and multiple forecasts and predictions concerning the U.S. Civil War and the succession of states are mentioned throughout the 19th-century.