Mundane Astrology, Medical Astrology, and Astrological Techniques. This archival item is the January 2000 issue (103rd Edition) of Mercury Hour, a quarterly astrological magazine edited and published by Edith Custer in Lynchburg, Virginia. Key contents include Lorraine Welsh’s article addressing a psychiatric clinic checklist that categorized using astrology alongside mental health pathologies, Virginia Reyer’s examination of the Nodal Barrier trapped configuration across various birth charts, and Rowena Wall’s guide to relocation astrology featuring city charts for Las Vegas and Toronto. The issue features Mary Downing’s eclipse watch report on the January 20 lunar eclipse and February 5 solar eclipse, Arlene Marcia Nimark’s “Tidbits and Obits” column detailing charts for public figures including Placido Domingo, Catfish Hunter, and Lance Armstrong, and Guy de Penguern’s medical astrology study on Chiron keywords and planetary sendings. Additional contributions include reviews of books by Terry Lamb and Bil Tierney, alongside reader discussions on Y2K, solar flares, Chaos Theory, the Bible Code, and chart data for figures such as John F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
Issue Highlights
Book Reviews
By Lorraine Welsh:
Born to be Together: Love, Relationships, Astrology, and the Soul by Terry Lamb
Daily Planetary Guide 2000 by Llewellyn Publications
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Alive and Well with Uranus by Bil Tierney – Edith Custer
Articles
Fear Abandonment, Use Astrology, Cut Wrist: The faces of prejudice
– Lorraine Welsh
Passport to Good Visiting – Rowena Wall
Trapped Configuration, also called the Nodal Barrier – Virgina Reyer
Tidbits and Obits – Marcia Nimark
Eclipse Watch [Jan 20 and Feb 5, 2000] – Mary Downing
Discussions
August 1999 Eclipse
Chart of Jack Kevorkian
Chaos Theory
War of 1812
Black Moon Lilith
Chart data
(some incomplete or in question)
Armstrong, Lance
Bessete, Carolyn
Bradley, Bill
Cullberg, Birgit
Domingo, Placido
Exner, Judith Campbell
Gore Jr., Al
Hardin, Louis “Moondog”
Hunter, Catfish
Kevorkian, Jack
McCain, John
Mraz, Charles
Mussolini, Benito
Parker Bowles, Camilla
Rimes, LeeAnn
Sarraute, Nathalie
Schoen, Leonard S.
Starr, Ringo
Weill, Kurt
New York City Subway opening
Saturday Night Live (debut)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Notable contributors
Bil Tierney (new books in his Alive and Well trilogy)
Marion March (birth data; books on Progressions)
