On April 12, 1955, at Kokubunji, Tokyo, a tiny rocket called Pencil was launched horizontally. Even before and during WWII, research into rockets is said to have attained a considerable level, but most scientists destroyed their materials for fear that they would be accused of war crimes as after World War II, Japan was forbidden... Continue Reading →
C523, Dr. Rocket, Hideo Itokawa
In astrology, the asteroid Itokawa is named in honour for the Japanese scientist Dr. Hideo Itokawa or "Dr. Rocket" because on April 12, 1955. he led his fellow scientists in launching the tiny rocket called Pencil in the suburbs of Tokyo. That chart, also with a sunrise time, is here. His asteroid is used to... Continue Reading →
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#J47 Psychosynthesis and Roberto Assagioli
The data is straight from Jones' book, Sabian Symbols. Assagioli developed psychosynthesis that he felt had much in common with Jung's archetypes. Read more here. He was born on February 28 1888 in Venice at around 8 o'clock in the morning. His ascendant is 23 Taurus, a jewelry shop with the keyword of Preservation. With... Continue Reading →
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C475 Mathematics Man, E. T. Bell
Our header picture of E. T. Bell is from the Constance Reid biography on him, taken when he was a freshman at Stanford, then a free college. Bell was born February 7, 1883, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and died December 21, 1960, Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California. He emigrated to the United States in 1902 at... Continue Reading →
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C476 The problem of prophesy, Jerome Cardano
Jerome Cardano's astrological reckoning was the date I used to backtrack Marc Jones Martin Luther King scope, and I have been a fan ever since. Since we seem to hitting a lot of mathematicians this week, I thought I would add his for Cardano wrote Ars magna (The Great Art; or, The Rules of Algebra) a... Continue Reading →
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C478 Fibonacci, Julia Robinson and Hilbert’s 10th Problem
Fibonacci Day is November 23rd, and celebrates the work of medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa. We have no solid dates on Leonardo, but 11-23 was chosen as those are the first numbers in the sequence. In honour of the day, Science Magazine published an article on an American mathematician who utilized the Fibonacci series to... Continue Reading →
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Dr. Coryell & Prometheus or should we say Clinton-ium ?
Coryell's early years Charles DuBois Coryell was born on February 21, 1912 at 6:45 am in Los Angeles, according to CC Zain who lists him as one of his notables. Dr. Coyrell was an American chemist and a co-discoverer of the element promethium, a building block for the nuclear reactor. Coryell earned a Ph.D at... Continue Reading →
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#J13 Robert Seymour Bridges, poet
In Autumn Moonlight In autumn moonlight, when the white air wanIs fragrant in the wake of summer hence,'Tis sweet to sit entranced, and muse thereonIn melancholy and godlike indolence:When the proud spirit, lull'd by mortal primeTo fond pretence of immortality.Vieweth all moments from the birth of time,All things whate'er have been or yet shall... Continue Reading →
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Guillaume Depardieu
I caught the musical biography of Marin Marais, (baptized March 31, 1656, Paris—died Aug. 15, 1728, Paris), the French composer & virtuoso of the viola da gamba (a musical instrument similar to the cello), in the French movie Tous les matins du monde (1991; “All the Mornings of the World” directed by Alain Corneau) where Depardieu fils plays the younger Marais... Continue Reading →
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Really Hazel Birch
This is a chart of a real person whom we shall call Hazel. Her surname, also fictitious, is because Hazel is a shrub of the birch family. Our header picture is of a hazel eye. Hazel's birthime is unknown so this is a perspective chart that we rectified with her help. Ms. Birch has a... Continue Reading →
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#347 Sigmund Freud & the Piano Keys
We mentioned previously that Elbert Hubbard was the first horoscope in How to Learn Astrology with a full complement of astrological symbology. Sigmund Freud is part of the earlier lessons where Marc Jones uses his "piano key" to highlight what the student should focus on. In a B&W publishing word, the piano keys were a... Continue Reading →
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Gaspard Bauhin– the flower’s best friend
First is Dr. Bauhin's chart as would have been made for him at his birth, unless Campanus or Regiomontanus was in favour, a Hellenistic whole house affair. We have rectified him to 05.18 Gemini, that Dr. Gordon says gives a "studious and sane mind. Sober judgement." I decided to do a chart on him because... Continue Reading →
