Mundane Astrology, Predictive Astrology, and Astrology History. This archival item is the October 1994 issue (82nd Edition) of Mercury Hour, a quarterly astrological magazine edited and published by Edith Custer in Lynchburg, Virginia. Key contents include Part 1 of Robert Zoller’s four-part series on Guido Bonatti and medieval European astrological literature, Van K. Golay’s mundane assessment of the “Soviet Power” regime and its post-1987 transformation, and Marc Penfield’s astrological analysis of natural disasters in California alongside chart profiles for Rodney King and O.J. Simpson. The issue features extensive coverage and reader discussions surrounding the O.J. Simpson murder case, featuring chart analyses and comparisons by T. Pat Davis, Karen Christino, Jim Haynes, Joseph S. deMello, John Somoza, and Edith Custer. Additional contributions include Dorothy Willis’s weather predictions for the 1994 Autumn Equinox, book reviews by Rose D. Owen, Edith Custer, Marc Penfield, and Ann Requa, and community discussions on solar return timing, death indicators, house representations of parents, and software/computer developments.
Issue Highlights
Book Reviews
The Eagle and the Lark (A Textbook of Predictive Astrology) by Bernadette Brady
– Rose D. Owen
Forecasting – Backward & Forward by Bruce Hammerslough
– [two reviews] Edith Custer and Marc Penfield
A History of Western Astrology by Jim Tester – Ann Requa
Articles
Crisis Alert [California natural disasters] – Marc Penfield
Autumn Equinox 1994 – Dorothy Willis
“Soviet Power” Dead or Alive? – Van K. Golay
Guido Bonatti and the Spread of Astrological Literature in Mediaeval Europe,
Sive, Pro Astrologica per se Studiendo, Part 1 of 4 – Robert Zoller
People [Rodney King; O.J. Simpson] – Marc Penfield
Discussions
O.J. Simpson case
Neptune
Transiting Saturn in Pisces (1994)
Timing in solar return charts
Locating death in a chart
House representation of parents
Bill Clinton/Whitewater
Chart data
(some incomplete or in question)
Simpson, O.J.
O.J. Simpson case lawyers:
Cowlings, A.C.
Dershowitz, Alan
Lerner, Mark
Shapiro, Robert
Bundy, Ted
Candy, John
King, Rodney
Klaas, Polly
Davis, Richard Allen (abductor of Polly Klaas)
Los Angeles, CA (City & County)
Notable contributors
Carole Devine (astrological counseling; timing in solar returns)
Karen Christino (O.J. Simpson)
Lois Rodden (Michael Jackson birth time; continuation of chart after death)
Marion March (challenging aspects)
