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Mercury Hour Magazine

Issue Highlights Book Review Working with Astrology by Michael Harding & Charles Harvey – Doris Greaves Articles Missing Visa Book – Marie DeLeone Student’s Corner [the Ascendant] – Annibale F. Verzumo Jupiter-Neptune, The Celestial Twins, Part I – Ted George NCGR Conference [report] – Edith Custer Indications of a Winner *or* Do You Have a Gambling Chart? – Cammille Adams Planet Watch – Paul O. Hewit The Natural Disposition, Part II – M.J. Makransky Michel Gauquelin 1928-1991 – J. Lee Lehman [USSR charts] Part I – Annibale Verzumo The Three Amigos, Part II, Conclusion [Saddam Hussein, Jim Jones, Adolph Hitler]– Susan J. Kientz [Risks of publishing astrological materials] Part II, Conclusion – C. J. Puotinen Central American Data – M.J. Makransky Her Proudest Moment [Helen Herron Taft] – T. Patrick Davis Pluto, Part II, Transpluto – Joyce Wehrman [transcription of talk] The Gemini Theme, Using the Astrological Language, Part III, Conclusion – Anne Foley Autumn Equinox September 23, 1991 – Dorothy S. Willis Discussions Astrological weather prediction Solar returns Chart of Napoleon Neptune Gulf War chart Heliocentric charts Finding the time of sunrise in birthchart Chart data (some incomplete or in question) Napoleon Taft, Helen Herron Iraq War Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Notable contributors Marion March (semi-sextiles) J. Lee Lehman (classical astrology techniques; homosexuality & astrology) Marc Penfield (the astrology of Orlando, FL & Disney World)

04th Edition

January 1975

Issue Highlights Articles House Systems – Michael Munkasey Four Questionable Practices of Astrologers – Dr. James T. Hayes Excerpt from Foundation of the Astrological Chart – Ivy Jacobson (Johndro Locality Charts) The Cosmic Structure – Inge Aach (continuation of the Cosmobiology Series) The Vertex (series continuation) – Ruth Dewey Discussion Carl Payne Tobey’s Astrology of Inner Space (various contributors) Chart data Gerald Ford Muhammed Ali James Dean Marlon Brando Clark Gable Henry Kissinger Notable contributors Stephen Arroyo (Mars in Scorpio; Polarity Therapy) Zip Dobyns (formation of International Astrological Abstracts – IAA) Isabel Hickey (short bio & involvement in astrology

13th Edition

April 1977

14th Extra Edition

April 1985

Issue Highlights Articles Published Birthtimes for Ronald Reagan – Raul Davila Sampling of the Research from the Astro-Punology of Names – Judy Goodwin The State of Israel – Marc Penfield Geo & Helio Mars-to-Moon Aspects in 150 Charts – T. Patrick Davis Excerpts From Letters to Michael Erlewine – John McCormick The Basic Meaning of Configurations – Marion March Atlantis and Astrology – Joylyn Hill Discussions Gauquelin’s “Mars effect” Astrological triggers for agoraphobia Commentary on Marion March’s “The Many Faces of Pluto” John H. Nelson’s heliocentric planetary aspects & ham radio operation Pearl Harbor attack Birth of Astrology Chart data (some incomplete or in question) Cuomo, Mario Duncan, Isadora Gacy, John Wayne Liddell, Alice (daughter of Lewis Carroll) Mondale, Walter Sepeda, Loren Faith (abducted child & related charts) Spungen, Nancy AFA (Sideral/Lavagnini Houses) Pact between Hitler and Stalin, Aug 1939 Pearl Harbor attack, Dec 1941 State of Israel Weizman-Peres Agreement, Tel Aviv, Aug 1984 Notable contributors Mark Melton (scientific method in astrological research) Marc Penfield (birthtime/rectification of chart of Ronald Reagan; numerological axioms of the American Presidents) Al H. Morrison (house systems; natal Moon void-of course; astrology and the federal Dictionary of Occupational Terms) Ivy Goldstein-Jacobs (brief non-astrological piece on the escalation of medication) Zane Stein (Halley’s Comet; Chiron; beginning of the Aquarian Age; rulership of body parts)

26th Edition

July 1980

Issue Highlights Articles Book Review Relationships & Life Cycles, Modern Dimensions of Astrology by Stephen Arroyo – Rochelle Gordon Articles Saturn Through the Signs – Bil Tierney Crisis in the Near East – Gregg Castellucci Chiron and Group Fusion – Tom McNamara The Discovery of the Asteroids – Joylyn Hill In the Winter of our Discontent – Marc Robertson (Jupiter-Saturn cycles) Pluto (Part III) – R.C. Davison Discussions AFA Conventions Void of Course Moon Ted Bundy Inherited family traits Chart data Israel Joan Crawford Candice Bergen John B. Anderson Mohammad Ali Jim Jones Notable contributors Marion March (Fiji conference) Lois Rodden (mostly notes on chart data) Jim Lewis (notes on A*C*G* maps of US Presidential candidates) Lee Lehman (research on astrology & homosexuality)

33rd Edition

April 1982

Issue Highlights Articles Chart Mart – Marc Penfield (charts included in “Chart data”, below) Tragedy at Tanque Verde Falls: A Case for Midpoints - Barbara May Khomeini’s Days Are Numbered – Manik Chand Jain Mercury – Erin Sullivan An Astrological Review of Passages (by Gail Sheedy) – Bil Tierney Astrology vs. Psychology: A Minor Dilemma for the 80’s – Stanley Kustesky Discussions Astrological research on incest Astrological birth control (human and equine) Ayatollah Khomeini Pluto transits Heliocentric astrology Charts of Israel Chart of Ronald Reagan Astro*Carto*Graphy Crash of AirFlorida Jet, Jan 13, 1982 Chart data (some incomplete or in question) Lucille Ball Tallulah Bankhead Constance Bennett Rosa Bonheur John Browning Horst Bucholz Bernard Buffet James Caan James Callaghan Julie Christie Van Cliburn Joan Crawford Bing Crosby Arlene Dahl Bobby Darin Bette Davis Deanna Durbin Jane Fonda Peggy Ann Garner Robert Guillaume Marilyn Horne Carole King Hedy Lamarr John Lennon George Lucas Jeanette MacDonald Archbishop Makarios Penny Marshall Bette Midler Harvey Milk George Moscone Alla Nazimova Mabel Normand Elvis Presley Louise Rainer Ruth St. Denis Ann Sheridan Beverly Sills Edith Sitwell Elke Sommer Cat Stevens Susan Strasberg Margaret Sullavan Constance Talmadge Renata Tebaldi Dame Sybil Thorndike Dorothy Tutin Lupe Velez Betty White Dan White Mary Wilson Leigh Taylor Young Pope John Paul II Kansas City, MO Lebanon Poland First US test tube baby Notable contributors Zane Stein (eclipses, quincunxes, Association for Studying Chiron (ASC) Michael Erlewine (Heliocentric astrology) Al H. Morrison (Void-of-Course Moon in the birth chart) Erin Sullivan (various topics)

36th Edition

January 1983

Issue Highlights Articles The Vertex - Jan Popelka Student’s Section: A Visit to Astrologers in the U.S.A. – Ann Stevens-Patacchiola The Catch-30 Passage: [28-32], Part III – Bil Tierney [life stages] [Uranus age cycle] Part II – Dale Huckeby Mysterious Neptune, Part II [Continuing of delineation of Marcia Moore’s chart and death] – Manik Chand Jain Moon Void of Course in the Signs, Part I – Ted George Is Nuclear War in Our Future? [An Astrological Call to Action] – Virginia Miller The Pshaw Report – Jayj Jacobs [humor] The Role of the Moon’s Nodes in World Events – Alan Richter The New Orleans Air Crash of July 1982 – Jeff Jawer The Effects of Saturn Transits in the Lives of the Pacific Club Members – Dona Shaw A Royal Baby – Judith Gee [Prince William] Determining the Winner of a Game – Sophia Mason The Psychological Patterns of Jesus Christ [book excerpt] – Frank Jakubowsky Discussions Astro*Carto*Graphy/Geodetic Equivalent system/mundane predictions [Jim Lewis/Eva McCabe] Chart of Israel Astrology hardware and software (report on Osborne and Astro Star) Sunspot activity & the stock market Gauquelin studies and statistics Chart of Vincent Van Gogh Lindbergh baby kidnapping Calculation of the Part of Fortune Fraternity for Canadian Astrologers 1st National Conference [list of awards] Heliocentric planetary nodes Parallax Intruder in the Queen’s Bedroom [Elizabeth II] Horoscope of Jesus Chart data (some incomplete or in question) August Belmont David Crosby Richard Dreyfuss Michael Fagan Andy Gibb Bruno Hauptmann Charley Pride Victoria Principal Ronald Reagan Michael Trestrail Israel (& Partition) United Kingdom Intruder in Queen’s Bedroom [Elizabeth II] Invasion of Falkland Islands Lindberg Baby kidnapping Notable contributors Jim Lewis (chart of Ronald Reagan; Astro*Carto*Graphy) Jeff Jawer (First Canadian National Conference) Barbara Watters (Grand trines; her book Sex and the Outer Planets) Tracy Marks (financial compensation for astrologers) Kay Taylor (astrology of poltergeist activity) Zane Stein (Chiron) Erin Sullivan (astrology of sexuality, hetero- vs. homo-)

42nd Edition

July 1984

Issue Highlights Book Reviews Interpreting Your Retrograde Planets by Linda Carbone – Marion March The Jupiter/Saturn Conference Lectures by Liz Greene and Stephen Arroyo – Marion March Astroeconomics: The Union of Astrology and Economics by Barry Lynes – Marguerite Dar Boggia The Astrology of Choice by Roy Alexander – Carolyn Dodson The Cosmic Informer by Robert Pelletier and Leonard Cataldo – Edith Custer Articles An Astrological Anatomy of Behavior, Part IIB – Danni Herman Paragon, the Twin of Mercury – Ted George IAO Research Center News – Robin Armstrong (President) Houses – Marc Penfield Uranian Astrology – Penny Bertucelli Neptune – Terri Kerins AIDS Data – Jack Fertig Creativity – Defiance Gregg AFA/AFAN – Jeff Jawer Astrology and the Law – Angel Thompson Magic, Madness, and a Cancer Stellium – Amy M. Franco Astrology and its Implications for Education of the Gifted – Lynette Nygaard Astrology Now – Bonnie Parker [Humanistic Astrology] Discussions Karma and reincarnation Charts of Ronald Reagan and George Bush 1984 Korean airliner shooting Chart of Kansas City San Jose, CA and Los Angeles, CA “Fortune Telling” legal cases Chiron Charts of USA and American Civil War Taurus degrees Chart data (some incomplete or in question) (see next page for Marc Penfield’s Chart Mart charts) Andropov, Yuri Diamond, Neil Jackson, Jesse Glenn, John Olivier, Lawrence Westmoreland, William Williams, Tennessee Foundation of Russia Notable contributors Al H. Morrison Marion March

47th Edition

October 1985

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 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 Page 2 of 3 Chart data (some incomplete or in question) (see next page for Marc Penfield’s Chart Mar

52nd Edition

January 1987

Issue Highlights Book Reviews By Marion March The Changing Sky, A Practical Guide to the New Predictive Astrology by Steven Forrest Toward a New Astrology [The Approach of Edgar Cayce] by Ry Redd Interpreting Solar Returns by James Eshelman Complete Horoscope Interpretation: Putting Together Your Planetary Profile by Maritha Pottenger Seven Paths to Understanding by Zipporah Dobyns and William Wrobel Asteroid Goddesses by Demetra George with Douglas Bloch Astro-Data III by Lois M. Rodden Healing Pluto Problems by Donna Cunningham The Timing of Events: Electional Astrology by Bruce Scofield Generations and the Outer Planet Cycles by Steve Cozzi *** The Astrological Art Calendar 1987 – Ellin Yassky Llewellyn Astrological Calendar 1987 & Llewellyn Daily Planetary Guide – Mindy Krupp The Moon in Your Life by Arlene Robertson – Edith Custer Classical Scientific Astrology by George C. Noonan – Olivia Barclay Astro-Data III by Lois Rodden – T. Patrick Davis Articles A Flood Warning for New Year’s – Nancy Ray UAC Conference – Marion D. March [report] The Uranus/Pluto in Virgo Generation 1962-68 – Ann Kreilkamp The Prediction Game – Robert Cole The Market Goes Up and Down – Marc Penfield Massacre or Escape? – Marc Penfield The Aquarian Agenda – Robert Cole Astrology in the Bible, Part I – Lew Paxton Price Down to Earth Astrology – Howard Stephen Berg Reagan’s Real Ascendant, Part I – John Kalus Astrology & The Weather, Forecasting the Weather – Dorothy Willis Sidereal Astrology: Influence of the Houses, Part 1 – Kevin W. Barrett Page 2 of 2 Articles (continued from previous page) Relationships and Astrology, Part 1 - Klara Henderson The Southern States of the Confederacy – Marc Penfield [“readmission” dates] The Counties of America – Marc Penfield [dates of incorporation] Corrections or Errata Sheet to 2001 – Marc Penfield [book corrections] Hot Legs from Nutbush: The Chart of Tina Turner – Marc Heereen Penfield Reinterpreting the Basics – John H. Roth, Jr. The Tenth Aquarian Age – Robert Cole Comments on our Marvelous Solar System – Wendy Hawks This and That – Marc Penfield Horoscope Du Jour – T. Patrick Davis [chart of the AFA] Discussions “Key to the Universe”/astrology/numerology/Einstein’s unified theory AFA Chart data (some incomplete or in question) (see below for Marc Penfield’s Chart Mart charts) Sunny von Bulow The Montgolfier Balloon [first manned, untethered flight] NASA Steamboat “Clermont” [first run] Notable contributors Lillian Huber (completion of Metro Atlanta Astrological Society HQ) Al H. Morrison (Chiron glyph) Reinhold Ebertin [notes on his book COSMOPOLITICS] Joylyn Hill [India/Israel; US Presidents with afflicted Moons] Additional Chart Data From Chart Mart – Marc Penfield Castro, Fidel Geldof, Bob Iacocca, Lee Knight, Ted Lansbury, Angela Leakey, Richard Lennon, Julian Rossellini, Roberto

53rd Edition

April 1987

Issue Highlights Book Reviews By Marion March Your Fertile Hours – Emily Faugno The Book of Houses – Robert Cole Life Clock, Volume II – Bruno and Louise Huber The Twelve Healers of the Zodiac, The Astrology Handbook of the Bach Flower Remedies – Peter Damian The Art of Chart Interpretation – Tracy Marks Astrological Megatrends 1996 – Edward J. Kluska Your Greatest Strength – Grant Lewi *** A Graphic Ephemeris of Sensitive Degrees – Eleanor Bach by Rochelle Gordon Delineation of Progression – Sophia Mason by Jorja Brentwood Articles Astrology and the Weather, Vernal Equinox 1987 – Dorothy Willis Unreliable Data in “The International Atlas” – Thomas G. Shanks [from Jack F. Chandu] Saturn/Uranus in Sagittarius: Conceptual Repatterning – Ann Kreilkamp TONALPOHUALLI, The Prophecy Calendar of the Aztecs, Part I – Sigvard Mahlerdam The Heart Center Library – Michael Erlewine Art and Astrology – Ellen Price Prospects for a Golden Age – E. Alan Meece Astrology and the Weather, Forecasting the Weather – Dorothy Willis Sideral Astrology: Influence of the Houses, Part II – Keven W. Barrett Relationships and Astrology, Part II – Klara Henderson [Reprinted from “Astrology”] Tragedies in San Francisco – Marc Penfield The World’s Biggest Franchise – Marc Penfield Tourette Syndrome, A Bewitching Disease – Ted George Down to Earth Astrology [statistics]– Howard Stephen Berg [column] Astrological Bible Quotes – Elizabeth McCumsey The Progressed Horoscope of the United States of America, Part I – Marc Penfield Hiroshima – Stephen Brown The Language of Astrology – Mindy Krupp Sunny Von Bulow’s Chart, A Modest Speculative Proposal and The Wynn Key Cycle Formula, A Valuable Predictive Tool – Charlotte Tuton Numerology and the Names of Cities – Marc Penfield Reagan’s Real Ascendant?, Part II – John Kalus Reinterpreting the Basics, Part II – John H. Roth, Jr. Lunar Notes – Wendy Hawks Astrology in Brazil – Jeff Jawer Discussions First of the year Ephemeris for the Christian Era. Astrological correspondences of chemical elements, glands, health conditions. Neptune. Eli Cohen, Israeli spy. Astrological weather forecasting in the Southern Hemisphere. Mass/serial killers. The Pymander and Hermes-Thoth. AFA/AFAN controversy. Chart data (some incomplete or in question) Casey, William McFarlane, Robert Meese, Edwin Poindexter, John Regan, Donald T. Schultz, George Weinberger, Casper W. (above charts related to Iran-Contra scandal) Iacocca, Lido Knight, Ted Lennox, Annie Savitch, Jessica (correction) Marc Penfield’s Chart Mart charts Bergman, Ingrid Eklund, Britt Garbo, Greta Shepherd, Cybil Castro, Fidel Boyd, Malcolm Stuyvesant, Peter City of Los Angeles Notable contributors Joylyn Hill (Neptune/Tarot-astrology correspondences.) Marion March and Lillian Huber (Critique of AFA column “Basic Horoscope Interpretation” and rebuttal from Dorothy B. Maass.
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