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)