Mundane Astrology, Astrology History, and Astrological Techniques. This archival item is the April 1992 issue (72nd Edition) of Mercury Hour, a quarterly astrological magazine edited and published by Edith Custer in Lynchburg, Virginia. Key contents include Donald E. Byrne’s exploration of orbital velocities in “Where is Vulcan & Nemesis?” and “Precession of the Equinox”, Dianne Lawson’s synastry comparisons of John Lennon with Paul McCartney, Richard Nixon, and Yoko Ono, and the conclusion of M. J. Makransky’s critique of the Koch House System alongside his analysis of astrolocality mapping variants. The issue features Adze Mixxe’s concluding advice on commercial astrology practice, Dorothy S. Willis’s weather forecasts for the 1992 Vernal Equinox and Pre-Solstice Full Moon Eclipse, Nicholas Campion’s historical data corrections for The Book of World Horoscopes, and Annibale F. Verzumo’s final installment on the astrology of Russia. Additional contributions include reviews of books by Patricia Foreman, Karen Hammaker-Zondag, Pat Morimando, and Meriam Perego, tributes to the late Nancy Anne Hastings, and community debates surrounding CSICOP, humanism, declinations, and political candidate horoscopes for the 1992 elections.
Issue Highlights
Book Reviews
Reviewed by Arlene Marcia Nimark:
Computers & Astrology by Patricia Foreman
The Houses and Personality Development by Karen Hammaker-Zondag
The Neptune Effect by Pat Morimando
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Predicting With Planetary Stations by Meriam Perego – Edward L. Dearborn
Articles
Where is Vulcan & Nemesis? Part I – Donald E. Byrne
John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Richard Nixon, and Yoko Ono – Dianne Lawson
The Last Word on the Koch House System and Further Critique of the Koch House System, Part II, Conclusion– M. J. Makransky
Precession of the Equinox – Donald E. Byrne
How to Make Astrology Pay From A-Z, Part II, Conclusion – Adze Mixxe
Variant Forms of Astrolocality Mapping, Part I – M. J. Makransky
[Russia] Part III, Conclusion – Annibale F. Verzumo
Vernal Equinox March 20, 1992 – Dorothy S. Willis
Corrections: The Book of World Horoscopes – Nicholas Campion
I Ching: The Trigrams-Fu Hai Arrangement – Dorothy J. Sarka
Discussions
Transpluto/Pluto Square 1991 – 1993 [table]
December 21, 1991 lunar eclipse
Secondary progressions
CSICOP
Humanism/Humanistic astrology
Antichrist/Judgement Day/new dispensation
Gulf War chart
Horary of missing articles
Charts of the USSR
Astrology of twins
Naibod MC
Synastry of famous couples
Chart data
(some incomplete or in question)
Clinton, Bill
Keating, Paul
Lennon, John
McCartney, Paul
Nixon, Richard
Ono, Yoko
Tsongas, Paul
USSR Constitution
Notable contributors
Marion March (problematic astrological terminology)
Gilbert Navarro (declination)
Lee Lehman (humanism; CSICOP; tribute to Nancy Anne Hastings)
Diana Rosenberg (Jeffrey Dahmer)
Edith Custer (defending Astrology)