Mundane Astrology, Predictive Astrology, and Astrology History. This archival item is the April 1987 issue (53rd Edition) of Mercury Hour, a quarterly magazine edited by Edith Custer and Jewell Cook-Fahey in Lynchburg, Virginia. Key contents include Dorothy Willis’s astro-meteorological forecasts for the 1987 Vernal Equinox, Ann Kreilkamp’s analysis of the Saturn-Uranus conjunction in Sagittarius, and Sigvard Mahlerdam’s study of the Aztec Tonalpohualli prophecy calendar. Additional features include Marc Penfield’s chart rectifications for U.S. historical events and San Francisco tragedies, Stephen Brown’s analysis of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, Charlotte Tuton’s speculative chart for Sunny Von Bulow using the Wynn Key Cycle method, book reviews by Marion March, technical columns by Ted George and Howard Stephen Berg, an exchange between Thomas G. Shanks and Jack F. Chandu on international time data, and birth chart data for figures in the Iran-Contra scandal.
[Note: this issue is missing pages 31-32, which, according to the index, was an
advertisement for the Seven Hills Astrology Conference.]
Issue Highlights
Book Reviews
By Marion March
Your Fertile Hours – Emily Faugno
The Book of Houses – Robert Cole
Life Clock, Volume II – Bruno and Louise Huber
The Twelve Healers of the Zodiac, The Astrology Handbook of the Bach Flower
Remedies – Peter Damian
The Art of Chart Interpretation – Tracy Marks
Astrological Megatrends 1996 – Edward J. Kluska
Your Greatest Strength – Grant Lewi
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A Graphic Ephemeris of Sensitive Degrees – Eleanor Bach by Rochelle Gordon
Delineation of Progression – Sophia Mason by Jorja Brentwood
Articles
Astrology and the Weather, Vernal Equinox 1987 – Dorothy Willis
Unreliable Data in “The International Atlas” – Thomas G. Shanks [from Jack F.
Chandu]
Saturn/Uranus in Sagittarius: Conceptual Repatterning – Ann Kreilkamp
TONALPOHUALLI, The Prophecy Calendar of the Aztecs, Part I – Sigvard Mahlerdam
The Heart Center Library – Michael Erlewine
Art and Astrology – Ellen Price
Prospects for a Golden Age – E. Alan Meece
Astrology and the Weather, Forecasting the Weather – Dorothy Willis
Sideral Astrology: Influence of the Houses, Part II – Keven W. Barrett
Relationships and Astrology, Part II – Klara Henderson [Reprinted from “Astrology”]
Tragedies in San Francisco – Marc Penfield
The World’s Biggest Franchise – Marc Penfield
Tourette Syndrome, A Bewitching Disease – Ted George
Down to Earth Astrology [statistics]– Howard Stephen Berg [column]
Astrological Bible Quotes – Elizabeth McCumsey
The Progressed Horoscope of the United States of America, Part I – Marc Penfield
Hiroshima – Stephen Brown
The Language of Astrology – Mindy Krupp
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Articles (continued from previous page)
Sunny Von Bulow’s Chart, A Modest Speculative Proposal and The Wynn Key Cycle
Formula, A Valuable Predictive Tool – Charlotte Tuton
Numerology and the Names of Cities – Marc Penfield
Reagan’s Real Ascendant?, Part II – John Kalus
Reinterpreting the Basics, Part II – John H. Roth, Jr.
Lunar Notes – Wendy Hawks
Astrology in Brazil – Jeff Jawer
Discussions
First of the year Ephemeris for the Christian Era.
Astrological correspondences of chemical elements, glands, health conditions.
Neptune.
Eli Cohen, Israeli spy.
Astrological weather forecasting in the Southern Hemisphere.
Mass/serial killers.
The Pymander and Hermes-Thoth.
AFA/AFAN controversy.
Chart data
(some incomplete or in question)
Casey, William
McFarlane, Robert
Meese, Edwin
Poindexter, John
Regan, Donald T.
Schultz, George
Weinberger, Casper W.
(above charts related to Iran-Contra
scandal)
Iacocca, Lido
Knight, Ted
Lennox, Annie
Savitch, Jessica (correction)
Marc Penfield’s Chart Mart charts
Bergman, Ingrid
Eklund, Britt
Garbo, Greta
Shepherd, Cybil
Castro, Fidel
Boyd, Malcolm
Stuyvesant, Peter
City of Los Angeles
Notable contributors
Joylyn Hill (Neptune/Tarot-astrology correspondences.)
Marion March and Lillian Huber (Critique of AFA column “Basic Horoscope
Interpretation” and rebuttal from Dorothy B. Maass.)
