Category Archives: history

Reincarnation: And Now Back to the Show…

Adele and Judy Garland I knew I should have slept on it, overnight. There was always something about Adele’s makeup that reminded me of Judy Garland, but I couldn’t put my finger on it: the heavy eyeliner and red lipstick. … Continue reading

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How My Astrology Business Came to be Called:

Star Logic Astro = Star. A study of any kind has -logy as a suffix. The next step is logical: Logic. Simple as that. And now I control the online account starlogic.ca, having chosen that name years ago. The rest, … Continue reading

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He Hated Writing Books, So He Stopped

Len Deighton (February 18, 1929) I’m coming to the end of XPD, so I thought I should look at Len Deighton, StarLogically. As you might expect, no one knows what time he was born, nor has any astrology site tackled … Continue reading

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If Adele was a Reincarnation of Someone Famous…

Rita Hayworth (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987) This is a total speculative post: this morning, I was trying to imagine who Adele might have been in a past life and I got a list of candidates. Peggy Lee, … Continue reading

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In American Politics, Turnabout is Fair Play

Birth of the Democratic Party (January 8, 1828) Having looked at the birth of the G.O.P. yesterday, I thought it only fair to do the same for the Democrats, today. Because my own leanings are slightly left of centre, this … Continue reading

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The Party on the Left is Now the Party on the Right

Birth of the Republican Party (March 20, 1854) After writing about Warren Harding yesterday afternoon, I began to remind myself that the Republican Party was a progressive platform to abolish slavery, or, at least, to limit its use in the … Continue reading

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The Day Harding Put A Cat Amongst the Pigeons

Warren G. Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) Imagine, if you will, an American president using the 50th anniversary of the founding of Birmingham, Alabama, to talk about race relations to a segregated crowd. Oh, boy… Before we … Continue reading

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Dr. Phil Tackles a 31-year-old Cold Case

The Murder of Dennis Wustenhoff (July 14, 1948 – February 15, 1990) There’s no ‘proof’ that the husband of Dennis Wustenhoff‘s lover actually planted the bomb that blew up Dennis’ car in 1990, but, as has been shown, this ‘bomb … Continue reading

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What Triggered “Kristallnacht” in 1938?

Herschel Grynszpan Shooting Ernst vom Rath (November 7, 1938) It seemed an extreme action when suddenly German nationalists started venting their anger against Jews during a night and a day in November 1938. The German authorities were instructed not to … Continue reading

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The Man who Built Iconic Structures in the 1880’s

Gustave Eiffel (December 15, 1832 – December 27, 1923) In terms of middle-of-the-night inspirations, this one was the strangest. As I was in the midst of a dream about something else, my mind was being told that Satan’s birth happened … Continue reading

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