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Astrology History

Astrology History encompasses the chronological development, cross-cultural transmission, and intellectual evolution of astrological theory and practice from antiquity to the modern era. Spanning Mesopotamian omen reading, Hellenistic horoscopic developments, medieval Islamic scholarship, Renaissance humanism, and 20th-century psychological reformulations, this domain tracks how celestial observation intersected with science, philosophy, and religion across societies.

Mercury Hour 66th Edition October 1990

  • 66
  • 69 pages
  • Lynchburg, VA, USA
  • 1990

Mundane Astrology, Astrology History, and Astrological Techniques. This archival item is the October 1990 issue (66th Edition) of Mercury Hour, a quarterly astrological magazine edited and published by Edith Custer in Lynchburg, Virginia. Featured articles in this issue include Marc Penfield’s solar chart analysis of Donald Trump and natal study of Greta Garbo, Part I of M.J. Makransky’s series correlating zodiacal degrees with geographical locations and political shifts in Guatemala, Robert Baumgartner’s examination of a Demotic astrological text regarding the Egyptian star Sothis, Joseph S. DeMello’s instructional guide on diurnal charts, Paul Hewitt’s analysis of the 1989 Eastern European revolutions, and T. Pat Davis’s geo-helio study of the 1901 Texas oil discovery at Spindletop. Additional contents include reviews of Alan Oken’s Soul-Centered Astrology and Margaret Millard’s The Genetics of Astrology, weather forecasts by Dot Willis, and historical discussions regarding Tycho Brahe’s birth chart, the Society for the Advancement of Astrology, the 1992 Philippine presidential election, and birth data for figures including Saddam Hussein and Kenneth Branagh.

Issue Highlights

Book Reviews

Soul-Centered Astrology: A key to the expanding Self by Alan Oken – Marguerite dar Boggia

The Genetics of Astrology by Margaret Millard – Teresa Hamilton

Articles

The Great Garbo: Sphinx or Siren? – Marc Penfield

Guatemala, Part I – M.J. Makransky

The Egyptian Sothis in Gemini – A Demotic Astrological Text, Part I – Robert Baumgartner

Saturn, Our Night-Light, Part I – Ann Foley

Living the Hero’s Journey, Part I – Carol Voeth-Lavoie

Diurnal Charts – Joseph D. DeMello

Next Philippine President – Serafin Lanot

Autumn Ingress, September 23, 1990 – Dot Willis

Students Corner: Aspects – Anne Toth

[Essential charts of Chicago], Part I – Sonja Foxe

Saturn Anxiety, Part I – Carole Devine

Donald Trump: His Solar Chart – Marc Penfield

Eastern Europe – The Revolution of 1989, Part I – Paul Hewitt

Texans Discover Oil – T. Pat Davis

Discussions

Ethics of predicting death

Chart of Tycho Brahe

History of the Society for the Advancement of Astrology

Sun sign columns

Polio vaccine/SV-40 virus/AIDS

Warren and Florence Harding

Neptune transit of Capricorn

Chart of San Francisco Astrolocality Page 2 of 2

Chart data
(some incomplete or in question)

Iraq
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
San Francisco, CA
Common Market/EEC

Brahe, Tycho
Branagh, Kenneth
Griffith, Melanie
Hussein, Saddam
Linares, Enrico
Quayle, Dan
Stuart, Matthew & related charts

Notable contributors

Joe DeMello (the semi-sextile aspect)
Marion March (Joan Quigley’s involvement with the Reagans)
Kay Shinker (solar returns)
Lois Rodden (chart data)
Frances McEvoy (Matthew Stuart/Boston murder case)

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Mercury Hour 70th Edition October 1991

  • 70
  • 73 pages
  • Lynchburg, VA, USA
  • 1991

Astrology Community, Mundane Astrology, and Astrology History serve as the primary focus areas of this historical astrological literature. This archival item is the October 1991 issue (70th Edition) of Mercury Hour, “The Astrologer’s Astrological Magazine,” a reader-driven correspondence periodical edited and published by Edith Custer of Lynchburg, Virginia. Structured largely as an open forum of subscriber letters, it documents the working preoccupations of a grassroots American astrological community, with debates over classical versus modern technique, chart-matching blind tests, and the interpretation of stations, midpoints, solar returns, and heliocentric charts. Reflecting its Gulf War moment, the issue features mundane analysis of the Gulf War chart, the USSR’s dissolution, and comparative studies of Saddam Hussein, Jim Jones, and Adolf Hitler; alongside contributions from Ted George, M.J. Makransky, Joyce Wehrman, and Lee Lehman, a memorial for statistical researcher Michel Gauquelin (1928-1991), chart data for figures such as Napoleon and Helen Herron Taft, and period advertisements for early astrological software that capture the field’s transition into desktop computing.

Issue Highlights

Book Review

Working with Astrology by Michael Harding & Charles Harvey – Doris Greaves

Articles

Missing Visa Book – Marie DeLeone

Student’s Corner [the Ascendant] – Annibale F. Verzumo

Jupiter-Neptune, The Celestial Twins, Part I – Ted George

NCGR Conference [report] – Edith Custer

Indications of a Winner *or* Do You Have a Gambling Chart? – Cammille Adams

Planet Watch – Paul O. Hewit

The Natural Disposition, Part II – M.J. Makransky

Michel Gauquelin 1928-1991 – J. Lee Lehman

[USSR charts] Part I – Annibale Verzumo

The Three Amigos, Part II, Conclusion [Saddam Hussein, Jim Jones, Adolph Hitler]– Susan J. Kientz

[Risks of publishing astrological materials] Part II, Conclusion – C. J. Puotinen

Central American Data – M.J. Makransky

Her Proudest Moment [Helen Herron Taft] – T. Patrick Davis

Pluto, Part II, Transpluto – Joyce Wehrman [transcription of talk]

The Gemini Theme, Using the Astrological Language, Part III, Conclusion – Anne Foley

Autumn Equinox September 23, 1991 – Dorothy S. Willis

Discussions

Astrological weather prediction

Solar returns

Chart of Napoleon

Neptune

Gulf War chart

Heliocentric charts

Finding the time of sunrise in birthchart

Chart data

(some incomplete or in question)

Bonaparte, Napoleon
Taft, Helen Herron

Iraq War
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua

Notable contributors

Marion March (semi-sextiles)

Lee Lehman (classical astrology techniques; homosexuality & astrology)

Marc Penfield (the astrology of Orlando, FL & Disney World)

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