Mundane Astrology, Astrological Techniques, and Medical Astrology. This archival item is the January 1989 issue (59th Edition) of Mercury Hour, a quarterly astrological magazine edited and published by Edith Custer in Lynchburg, Virginia. Key contents include Don Borkowski’s “A Cynic’s Centiloquy” presenting a hundred-point philosophical guide to astrological practice, Edward Dearborn’s application of horary rules to personal event charts, Joyce Wehrman’s key phrases for transiting aspects, and Robert Cole’s critique of astrological counseling. The issue features Carolyn H. Caufman’s investigation into the true birth year and history of Wallis Simpson (Duchess of Windsor), John Kalus’s analysis of Ted Bundy’s “Viper’s Nest” chart pattern, Guy de Penguern’s research on an AIDS/HIV+ oncogene signature, and Marc Penfield’s “Chart Mart” data collection for political figures including George Bush, Michael Dukakis, Lloyd Bentsen, and Mikhail Gorbachev. Additional contributions cover a debate between Michael Munkasey and Dennis Frank over the exact founding moment of the United States, Dorothy S. Willis’s geocentric and heliocentric weather forecasts for the 1988 Winter Solstice, and reader discussions on software reviews, progressions, and local space charts.
Issue Highlights
Book Review
Astrology, The Classic Guide to Understanding Your Horoscope by Ronald C.Davison – Marguerite Dar Boggia
Articles
Salem, or A Cynic’s Centiloquy – Don Borkowski
Horary Techniques Applied to Personal Events – Edward Dearborn
Another Asteroid Turned Comet – Richard A. Kerr [Chiron}
Against Astrological Counseling – Robert Cole
Will the Real Duchess of Windsor Stand Up – Carolyn H. Caufman
Moving to Paradise – Marc Penfield
Joyce’s Key Phrases for Transiting Aspects – Joyce Wehrman
Ted Bundy’s “Viper’s Nest” Chart Pattern – John Kalus
Discussions
Calculating progressions/progressed houses
Speculative chart for Mikhail Gorbachev
Winter Solstice 1988 weather predictions
Charts of the U.S.A.
Scientists/Humanists vs. Astrology
Heliocentric charts
Prenatal eclipse
AIDS/HIV+ oncogene
AFA Las Vegas Convention report
U.S.A. Election 1988
UNOCAL management changes
Chart of Ronald Reagan
Local Space charts
Chart data
(some incomplete or in question)
Gorbachev, Mikhail
Simpson, Wallis
Individuals involved in Jack the Ripper case
Carmel, CA
Pacific Grove, CA
U.S. Constitution
Marx Penfield’s Chart Mart charts
Crane, Cheryl
Crockett, Davy
Hepburn, Katherine
Shearer, Norma
Windsor, Duchess of (wife of Edward VIII)
Bentsen, Lloyd
Borge, Victor
Burton, Richard
Bush, George
Dukakis, Kitty
Dukakis, Michael
Holmes, John
Quigley, Joan
Notable contributors
Michael Munkasey (Chart of the U.S.A.)
Al H. Morrison (Neptune aspects; shamanism; timing of horary questions)
Jim Lewis (1988 U.S.A. election)
Marion March (C-Sections; Chiron; chart of Jesse Jackson)