Astrological Techniques, Astrology History, and Mundane Astrology. This archival item is the October 1985 issue (47th Edition) of Mercury Hour, a quarterly magazine edited by Edith Custer and Jewell Fahey in Lynchburg, Virginia. Key contents include technical articles such as John F. Gay, III’s guide to calculating house cusps and astronomical coordinates using scientific calculators, Joan McEvers’s second installment on interpreting Lunar Returns, and Dorothy Willis’s foundational rules for astro-meteorology. Mundane and historical pieces feature Marc Penfield’s chart rectifications for Russia’s 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and the “Chart Mart” data collection, Fran Rosen’s explorations of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life and Tarot symbolism, and Gilbert Navarro’s definition of horary astrology. Additional contributions include reviews by Marion March, reports on the 7 Hills Astrological Conference, an analysis of the 1985 Bradford football stadium fire by Olivia Barclay, and reader discussions surrounding topics such as ethics, licensing, house systems, and birth data for figures like Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Mary Baker Eddy.
Issue Highlights
Book Reviews
By Marion March:
Celestial Psychology: An Astrological Guide to Growth and Transformation by Doris A. Hebel
Astrochemistry: A Study of Metal-Planet Affinities by Nick Kellerstrom
Instant Astrology by Mary Orser, Rick and Glory Brightfield
The Astrology of Deep Space by Philip Sedgwick
Spiritual Astrology: A Layperson’s Guide to Self-Unfoldment by Jan Spiller
The Practice and Profession of Astrology by Stephen Arroyo
Birth Pattern Psychology by Tamise Van Pelt
The Astrological Prayer Book by Alda Marian Jangl
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Your Key to Astrology [book plus] Astrological Key Cards: Planets, Signs, Houses, Aspects by Bill Hansen – Edith Custer
Articles
Astrology and the Weather – Dorothy Willis
Lunar Return Notes, Part II – Joan McEvers
Calculation Without Tables of the Julian Day & Century, Obliquity of the Ecliptic, MC, ASC, and Houses, Part I – John F. Gay, III
The Tree of Life: An Overview – Fran Rosen
Astrological Hall of Fame Awards – Fraternity for Canadian Astrologers [2nd National Conference]
Along the Tarot Path – Fran Rosen
How I Survived my Pluto Square Pluto and Other Transits – Carol Hemingway
The Luscher Color Test, A Symbolic Testing Model – Zan Key
Observations on Astrology, Original & Borrowed – John F. Gay, III
I’m Mad at You!!!! – Mary Ellen Glass
The Horoscope of Russia – Marc Penfield
Chart Mart – Marc Penfield
A Trip Round the Hawaiian Zodiac, Part II – Cheryl Niggle
Astrology and the Weather: Forecasting the Weather, Part I – Dorothy Willis
Horary Astrology: A Definition – Gilbert Navarro
The Business Cycle, Part II – Bill Hansen
Neptune, The Collective Fantasy, and Popular Music – Amy Franco
The Mystery of the Chinese Zodiac, Now Revealed for the First Time – Frank Hampton
The Qualities of Time, Part I – Tundra Wind
Discussions
Astrology, licensure, & ethics
Quadrant house systems vs. Equal Houses
Radix-based Tarot technique
Natal location in Return chart
Birth time of Ronald Reagan
Seven Hill Astrological Conference [reports]
Mercury retrograde
Chart data
(some incomplete or in question)
(see next page for Marc Penfield’s Chart Mart charts)
Anderson, Loni
Benetar, Haley (daughter of Pat Benetar)
Bowie, David
Eddy, Mary Baker
Eisenhower, Melanie (daughter of Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower)
Gorbachev, Mikhail
Jagger, Elizabeth (daughter of Mick Jagger and Jerri Hall)
Kennedy III Robert F.
Morgan, Vicki
Neves, Tancredo
Pace, Canio and Thomas (cross-year twins)
Reagan, Ronald
Schwab, Loluis and Leona (cross-year twins)
Spielberg, Max (son of Steven Spielberg and Amy Irving)Vaughn, Sarah
Frustaci sextuplets
Czar Nicholas II
Prince Henry
Air India 747 jetliner crash
Christian Science Church
Formation of the Soviet Union
Founding of Tel Aviv
Halley’s Comet return
Live Aid Concert 1985
Notable contributors
Joylyn Hill (Chart of Israel, chart of Robert E. Lee, the nature of Venus)
Olivia Barclay (astrological signature of fires and explosions)
Misty Kuceris (7 Hills Conference)
Robert Pelletier (7 Hills Conference)
Zane Stein (Solstice points, Sabian symbols)
Erin Sullivan (Mercury retrograde)
Michael and Margaret Erlewine (Matrix Heart Center)
Eleanor Bach (Marc Edmond Jones Award)
Lee Lehman (Kundalini and asteroid Sappho)
